https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/germanys-sap-invest-150-million-euros-vietnam-rd-centre-2025-08-07/
500 Employees Planned to be there by 2027.
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@nm @nm SAP don't care if their facilities get lost to competitor hands the CEO is simply looking to prove his place in the company by employing a proven strategy of simply cutting costs everywhere. More mass layoffs incoming and the lift and shift to replace high cost western employees with low cost India and third world locations continues.
@mf When it comes to comparison, I don't think Tech companies just throw their money out the window. They know that quality is similar, price is lower and US government "encourage" you to go this direction or there will be conséquences :-)
Anyways, based on the size of the new sites, I guess it's India who wins by far...
Given how everything revolves around market cap and stock price, the outcome isn’t surprising. By chance I was looking at a Sun SPARCstation 10 and an SGI Indy—reminders that Sun Microsystems and SGI were once premier engineering hubs. Sun ended up in Oracle’s hands, and SGI slipped into oblivion. World-class engineering rarely survives when executive incentives favor short-term gains over long-term craft.
No, Vietnamese engineers are not better than the Chinese because you pay what you get. Be a cheap skate get cheap quality output. Like asking for a $2 watch to last forever.
It's US pushing Tech companies out of China... Vietnam is the best alternative for the moment...
It's just a matter of time before SAP closed China site.
@de CK-Fan is it you?
Please go away. Just go away. Nobody needs you.
How many thousand US project managers will be needed to manage quality and testing (unit and break, not just unit) and accurate estimating for Ho Chi Minh City?
The board never makes a mistake. Trust your board.
Product and software layoffs in EU and USA locations incoming.