Hans Lombardo

Businesses must leverage on the power of the Internet to save costs and increase productivity in the wake of Asia’s economic recovery, said Randy Harvey, president of Interchange Software Group and executive vice president of Sterling Commerce. Harvey said Asia can learn from the American experience of using IT and the Internet to transform its […]

Datek Sdn Bhd., a Malaysian Internet applications developer, formally changed its name to BizTone Sdn Bhd. and signed an agreement with global software implementation consultant BiTech Pte Ltd. at a ceremony in Cyberjaya. Datek was one of the first Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) status companies in Malaysia. The event was co-hosted by Malaysia’s Multimedia Development […]

Mansion House Group, a 17-year-old Hong Kong investment house, has introduced an online securities trading system primarily to attract overseas customers. Through its securities trading subsidiary, Mansion House is offering online trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and China’s stock exchanges in Shenzen and Shanghai. “I think the use of Internet trading will give […]

Cabletron Systems, a global provider of enterprise-class networking solutions, has appointed Global Knowledge Network as its main training partner in the Asia Pacific. As a part of the deal, Global Knowledge, an international provider of IT education, will manage the Cabletron Technical Certification Program in 11 regional countries including Australia, the ASEAN nations, Greater China, […]

Hongkong Telecom’s MemberNet Services, an interactive Web-based customer service interface for businesses, has been nominated for the Computerworld Smithsonian Award in the Business & Related Services category. Sponsored by Netscape Communications Corp., who also put forward the previous winner in this category, Amazon.com, the award is granted for outstanding achievement and innovation in the visionary […]

Beijing-based Zhaodaola Internet Ltd., an American and Chinese run Web design firm, has launched its portal, Zhaodaola, which translates as “Found it!” in Chinese slang. “The newest and most ambitious Chinese-language Web gateway has a lofty goal: to reflect a relevance to users’ lifestyles not seen in other mainland portals,” commented Zhaodaola President Bill Waddell. […]

MTV Networks and Singapore-based Tricast (BVI) Ltd. have signed an extensive, exclusive joint venture agreement to provide MTV-branded online content and services throughout Asia. Dubbed MTV Asia Online, the venture will develop several language-specific Internet sites customized for MTV’s young adult audience across the Asian region. “The partnership with Tricast for MTV Asia Online will […]

Yahoo Inc. has selected Infoshare Technology Co. Ltd, a firm funded by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC), to promote the portal network’s advertising services in China and design online advertising for its Chinese customers. “They are very good in building Web sites as well as selling online advertising,” said Savio Chow, […]

The combination of IP telephony and last month’s liberalization of the telecom market has resulted in a long distance price war in Hong Kong, and fledgling voice-over-IP (VOIP) pioneer Sunday, one Hong Kong’s newest mobile telecom networks. Sunday was founded by Rick Siemens, head of

To explore benefits and issues of deploying school networks, Cisco Systems is organizing a series of networking training workshops for Hong Kong educators that will take place throughout 1999. Cisco’s goal is to increase awareness and the use of networking technology in Hong Kong schools, which the company believes will help students and teachers gain […]

Orientation, the rapidly growing network of regional and local Internet portals, has signed a deal with an established Asian financial market data specialist, Interactive Data Systems (iDS), to deliver Asian financial information and services from its Asian portal. Orientation Asia Money offers financial data on nine Asian markets: Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taipei, Kuala […]

A California-based IT research firm, Computer Economics Inc., projects that by 2005, China will have the second largest population of Internet users, with 37.3 million, next to the United States, with 126.6 million. China’s growth will push Japan, which will have 34.7 million users, from its current second place position to third, according to the […]