Hans Lombardo

Enhancing its business in what is potentially the largest networking market outside of the United States, Cisco Systems has signed up one of China’s leading bandwidth providers, Data Communications Bureau of China (DCB), as its first Asian customer for its Network Supported Accounts (NSA) initiative. According to Cisco reps, NSA is a support program designed […]

Kowloon Motor Bus is using KRONE’s PremisNET structured cabling system to support its network infrastructure at its bus maintenance and service depots in Hong Kong. “As more personal computers have been added to the network, the demand for reliability and traffic volume has increased significantly,” said Tommy Leung, IT manager of KMB. “KMB needed a […]

As widely expected, Softbank Technology Ventures announced that is has increased its stake in Hong Kong-based ISP Asian Online to majority shareholder status, giving it control of its operations in Hong Kong, Philippines and the United States. Softbank hopes to turn the flagging Asian Online around and make it “a global ISP for Asians.” “The […]

Trade information provider Asian Sources has launched its first interactive Web site in simplified Chinese, Chief Executive China Online. The new site focuses on the needs of China’s growing business elite in a complementary format to the print edition, Asian Sources Chief Executive China. “Currently, there are 2.1 million Internet users in China and this […]

Officials of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) apparently affronted Asian Internet community officials during March’s Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT) in Singapore by not adhering to protocol. APRICOT organizers invited ICANN to hold a general meeting in conjunction with the Asian conference and various other meetings of regional […]

Hongkong Telecom (HKT) and Hongkong Post signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide the government agency with electronic verification support. On behalf of Hongkong Post, HKT will become one of the first Hong Kong registration authorities to receive and verify applicants’ information and details. The telecom will ensure that the e-commerce applications of businesses […]

Hong Kong’s Wharf Cable has launched a dial-up Internet service (56 kbps); the move is a surprise to industry observers because the cable television carrier plans to launch a broadband multimedia and Internet service of 10 mbps and 38 mbps at mid-year. “Since we don’t have our cable modem service ready yet, we think we […]

Cable & Wireless and Cisco Systems will conduct a trial of an IP-VPN (Internet Protocol-Virtual Private Network) service based on IP QoS (Quality of Service) and MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching) technology. The initial phase of the trial is taking place with Hongkong Telecom but the capability will be extended to a global service later this […]

The University of Hong Kong has implemented Citrix’s WinFrame application server to allow students at home or on campus worktstations to have easier access to library resources. “We were looking for a computing solution that would allow those legacy CD-ROM databases to be accessed by our on-campus and remote students,” said Dr. Ku Kam Ming, […]

Hong Kong’s Stock Exchange (SEHK) plans to implement a second stock market by the end of 1999 to provide a venue for growth enterprises, giving progressive regional technology firms funding opportunities and an alternative to NASDAQ. Hong Kong’s second board, or Growth Enterprise Market (GEM), will provide a venue for growth enterprises to raise public […]

American networking giant, Cisco Systems Inc. will pump US$40 million into its Asian business over the next 12 to 18 months. “Despite the tough economic environment in Asia, our business in the region increased dramatically by 40 percent in 1998,” said Bill Nuti, Cisco Systems president for Greater Asia. “We expect to see Internet traffic […]

Microsoft Hong Kong has released the beta of BackOffice Small Business Server version 4.5, which it believes is ideal for Hong Kong’s abundant small and medium enterprises (SMEs). “Technology providers in Hong Kong are facing increasing demand from small and medium-sized businesses to implement systems with network and Internet access that streamline operations while providing […]