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To cover a projected strong demand for e-business solutions in Hong Kong and China, Attachmate has partnered with Automated Systems (HK) Ltd. (ASL), a major regional systems integrator and network services provider, to offer comprehensive host access management solutions. Under the partnership, ASL will integrate Attachmate’s Unix and OpenVMS-based host access management solutions with enterprise […]

Hong Kong startup Asia Capacity Exchange Limited has launched Asia’s first Internet-based market for trading international telecommunications capacity, Virtual Trading Floor. ACE has introduced an online environment for matching buyers and sellers of telecom bandwidth over the Internet. “The creation of ACE will lead the telecoms industry toward a more liquid market,” said Paula Brillson, […]

In accordance with China’s National Consumer Rights day on Monday, Sohu is hosting in partnership with China Consumer News a month-long Web-based consumer complaints desk called the “315 Consumer Rights Network.” The 315 Web site was produced to encourage China’s consumers to report false product claims and faulty merchandise to the appropriate government officials via […]

Former Malaysia based BizTone.com Inc, a provider of rental enterprise resource planning applications over the Internet, has signed up San Francisco based despatchNet.com Inc. as its first U.S. customer. despatchNet develops enterprise solutions for couriers, car service, emergency and other despatch industries, and will incorporate BizTone ERP suite for tracking and reporting on all financial […]

As Security Dynamics Technologies Inc (SDI) (NASDAQ: SDTI) launches its Keon public key infrastructure (PKI) products, the provider of enterprise network and data security solutions is gearing up for expansion in Asia. “We are expanding heavily through Asia,” said Simon Naylor, Security Dynamics vice president, Asia Pacific. “In Hong Kong , we will be opening […]

Compaq Computer Corp.(NYSE: CPQ) today signed a landmark agreement with the China National Computer Software and Technology Service Corp. (CS&S) to co-develop an enhanced and localized 64-bit UNIX for the PRC market. Compaq will provide CS&S with the source code of its Tru64 UNIX, the new name for Digital UNIX, to develop COSIX64. According to […]

In an apparent move to please Beijing, Microsoft will donate software and support to Government On-Line, a project jointly launched by China Telecom, China’s State Economic and Trade Commission (SETC) and 40 other government departments. The initiative is aimed at improving the image and working efficiency of the government and co-sharing of information resources. Microsoft […]

The Beijing Book Center Online, allegedly China’s largest Web-based book store, was launched on Tuesday by Compaq and China Information Highway Corp. (CIHC). Presiding over the online bookstore’s opening was Eckhard Pfeiffer, Compaq’s president and CEO, during a four-day visit to China, and Lin Wenyi, the vice mayor of Beijing. Pfeiffer had spoken about his […]

The CEOs of Hongkong Telecom (HKT) and Microsoft Corp., Linus Cheung and Bill Gates, yesterday announced a strategic cooperation to develop high-speed broadband services that, according to both companies, will bring to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) a convergence of PC and image-based television technologies. Running on the Microsoft Commercial Internet System (MCIS) […]

Singapore-based Datacraft Asia Ltd., the network systems integrator, has acquired Commis Network Inc. in South Korea making it the company’s third acquisition in three months and second in Korea. In December 1998, the company, which is listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange, acquired a Singapore cabling company, EMS Wiring Systems, for S$4.5 million (US$2.6 million) […]

Local banking ATM consortium Joint Electronic Teller Services Ltd. (JETCO), has become the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s (SAR) first Internet Certification Authority. Following the completion of a major systems integration project led by Hewlett-Packard, JETCO will be able to provide its 49 member banks with digital certificates for Internet-based transactions. At the same time, […]

iPass Inc., the San Francisco-based Internet roaming giant, plans to enhance its dominant position in Asia and prioritize untapped markets in China and India. “We are continuing to expand our partnerships in Asia with ISP telcos and ISPs,” said Jason Ma, iPass managing director for Asia Pacific. “These ISPs have to rely on iPass to […]