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| No.5 October, 2013 |
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Hong Kong attracts Australian IT firm with Asian ambitions |
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 Hong Kong’s prime location and status as an international city is attracting local firms with Asian ambitions. Access Testing, an Australian independent software testing company, is one such business which has successful expanded their operations into Hong Kong.
“Hong Kong is very much the heart of Asia. The city runs like clockwork and its infrastructure is highly attractive for IT service companies like us,” said Federico Favini, General Manager at Access Testing.
Founded in 1995, Access Testing is Australia's longest established independent software testing company and is part of Dialog Group - Australia's largest privately owned information services company. Access Testing launched its Hong Kong office in 2011 and is now the largest full service independent testing organisation in the city.
As the leading IT hub of Asia, Hong Kong was seen by Access Testing as a natural place to expand their operations.
“Access Testing’s CEO, Mr. Tony Bailey, was aware of the Hong Kong government’s strategy of turning the city into a regional hub for Testing and Certification. This made Hong Kong a logical choice for us,” said Mr Favini.
Of all the places in Hong Kong, Access Testing chose to open an office in Cyberport, an ICT community hub located on west Hong Kong Island, for its networking opportunities.
“Networking is essential in any country, but even more so in Hong Kong. We chose to set up our office in Cyberport because it’s right in the heart of Hong Kong’s IT community,” said Mr Favini.
“There’s easy access to top universities and talent and we’ve since partnered with universities to launch a graduate program where we recruit, train, certify and mentor local graduates. Our ambition is to invest in Hong Kong by creating a pool of locally-based IT testing professionals. We want to completely transform the face of testing in Hong Kong.”
Since the launch of their Hong Kong office, Mr Favini said Access Testing has made full use of Cyberport’s facilitates and services.
“Cyberport not only has a range of state-of-the-art ICT facilities, they’ve also proved to be a great source of introductions and referrals for our company. In fact, they used to be our landlords, now they’ve also become a client of ours.”
About Cyberport
Cyberport is a creative digital community with a cluster of technology and digital content tenants. It is managed by Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited which is wholly owned by the Hong Kong SAR Government.
With a vision to establish itself as a leading information and communications technology (ICT) hub in the Asia-Pacific region, Cyberport is committed to facilitating the local economy by nurturing ICT industry start-ups and entrepreneurs, driving collaboration to pool resources and create business opportunities, and accelerating ICT adoption through strategic initiatives and partnerships.
Equipped with an array of state-of-the-art ICT facilities and a cutting-edge broadband network, the Cyberport community is home to four grade-A intelligent office buildings, a five-star design hotel, and a retail entertainment complex.
For more information about Cyberport please visit: http://www.cyberport.hk/en |
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