Information technology research and advisory company Gartner recently announced its ranking of top IT companies in emerging markets, including a listing for Vietnamese firm Bkav Corporation.

Also featured in the list are E-Like from Brazil, DocPlanner from Poland and two other businesses from India and South Africa.

Gartner says Bkav represents a new competitive force in the network security market for businesses and consumers who want to be secure against attacks from malicious software.

The first Vietnamese firm to be ranked in Gartner's list, Bkav has just shifted to a joint stock company based on an IT corporation model. It has established a branch in Silicon Valley, California and plans to introduce several services that can compete with those from Google.

Gartner's research provides a good reference for CIOs and leaders of government agencies, as well as hi-tech and telecom business and service suppliers and technology investors around the world. -VNA