YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian government and the IT company Sun Microsystems (US) will sign a cooperation agreement on September 20 during the second Armenia-Diaspora economic forum. Bagrat Yengibarian, Director of the Enterprise Incubator Foundation, stated this at the September 8 press conference. According to him, under the agreement Sun Microsystems will assist Armenia with the creation a radio frequency identification laboratory and an equipment integration laboratory, as well as educational laboratories on JAVA technologies at three Armenian universities. B. Yengibarian said that until now the company has founded only one radio frequency identification laboratory in a CIS country - that in Saint Petersburg. The laboratory to be created in Armenia will enable to implement educational programs and perform research orders. The equipment integration laboratory will have computer systems and powerful servers allowing to perform orders on IT equipment creation and to make integration and expert examination of production of Armenian IT companies. "This lab will provide us with the opportunity to raise the rating of Armenian companies in the IT sector," B. Yengibarian underlined. To recap, Sun Microsystems is a world leader in the manufacture of computer equipment and software. It is headquartered in Silicon Valley, the USA. In late 2005, the company employed 31 thousand people throughout the world. In 2004, its capital made 338 bln USD, and sales amounted to 11 bln 185 mln USD.

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