INFORMATION technology provider Fujitsu Caribbean has eyes on a number of Spanish-speaking markets, including the Dominican Republic as part of expansion plans for 2017.

It’s one of the latest objectives by the company, following a relaunch of its relationship with California-based data management company Veritas, on the heels of its split with Symantec.

Earlier this year, Symantec announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to sell Veritas information management business to global investment firm Carlyle Group after acquiring the company back in July 2005 for US$13 billion.

Upon completion of the sale Veritas became a privately held company, giving both Symantec and Veritas the financial resources to accelerate execution of their respective strategies. The reinforcement of Fujitsu’s relationship with Veritas will help in “building a road map” for customers across the region on managing structured and unstructured data.

“It’s well timed in terms of what we are doing with our customers across the region and there is huge momentum around because our customers in the region are beginning to generate so much data that how they manage it and keep it safe is a huge issue,” President and CEO of Fujitsu Mervyn Eyre told the

Jamaica Observer during its relaunching reception on Tuesday.

He added that the initiative is forefront in keeping businesses and governments across the region abreast with global competition, in addition to stimulating significant investments in data management from the companies.

In echoing similar sentiments, Veritas global system integrators alliance director for the Americas, Carlee Chun, noted that the Caribbean is seen as one of the “hot areas” for the company to invest more resources, based on the demands of the region.

“The separation of Veritas from Symantec is good for both organisations because when they were both together, with one doing security and the other doing data management — if you had investment dollars to spend, where would you put it?” Eyre questioned.

“So having them as separate entities clarifies that, and allows for Veritas to accelerate its own ambition and have a clearer relationship with its partners. For Fujitsu that’s great news because we can invest more proactively in places that have a clear strategy as well as have a more intimate relationship with this region,” he told the

Caribbean Business Report.

A global industry giant, Fujitsu has some 40 enterprise customers in Jamaica, among them financial services, telcoms, retail and government. Fujitsu has been operating in the Caribbean for more than 60 years and has offices in Jamaica, Barbados, Bahamas, Trinidad and Mexico, with business agents and partners in other islands. The company recently launched its cloud services in Mexico.

“We have an established business in Mexico, but what we were asked to do is take strategies working here and implement them over there. We also want to be able to accelerate more partner-based relationships like what we have been doing in Central America,” the CEO said.

Fujitsu Caribbean is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Fujitsu Group and is a part of Fujitsu America Inc.