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While everyone else is preparing for their Christmas holidays, I’m back from my somewhat long leave. And before I forget, Happy Aidiladha to all Muslim visitors of HTNet.

This long and mostly offline holiday have given me some energy and a lot of enthusiasm! I’m itching to write some posts on a variety of topics, and believe me, they will be coming onto your browsers and RSS readers very soon.

So how did I spend my holidays? Well, to be honest it’s all wallet-intensive travels. I went shopping in IKEA, One Utama, The Curve and KLCC. I also visited Zoo Negara and Petrosains… so there’s a dose of edutainment in it as well

The only thing that sucks is that I didn’t bring along my camera as I had loaned it to a friend prior to my trip. But I’m sure that this won’t be my last time visiting the places mentioned above.

It’s back to your regular HTNet updates from now on

KUALA LUMPUR, 21 November 2007 – UNOS, a Virtual SIM for mobile phones, has been recognised at the recent Mobile Innovation Summit at Macau on 12-13 November 2007 as one of the Top 50 Innovators at the GSMA’s Asia Mobile Innovation Awards. At the Summit, UNOS won the Mobile Monday Audience Choice Award.

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I was looking to buy a few stuff from Giant on Sunday and went there with my family. After picking up some of the items we already planned to buy, I proceed to check out the instant beverages section of the store.

If you watch Malaysian TV, you’ve probably seen an advertisement showcasing Oligo Coco, a chocolate malt drink with oligofructose and DHA/EPA. It’s a pretty catchy ad… you know, one where the product jingle just gets stuck in your head!

Read the rest of Product Promotion Gone Wrong »

KUALA LUMPUR, 19 November 2007 - SAS Malaysia, leading provider of Business Intelligence (BI) solutions today announces the recent appointment of Jonathan Lee as its Head of Channels & Alliances.

The appointment of Jonathan Lee is in tandem with SAS Malaysia’s onward strategy to cover a wider market and to extend SAS market leadership in Malaysia via Channels and Alliances. So far, SAS Malaysia has principally been operating via a direct sales model.

Jonathan Lee has more than 10 years experience in the IT industry in the area of Marketing and Channels, and has worked in both hardware and software companies including Patimas Group of companies, NEC Malaysia and IBM (ASEAN). He holds a Bachelor of International Business and Trade Relations from an Australian-based university.

Jimmy Cheah, Managing Director of SAS Malaysia, says that Lee’s appointment is a clear indication of SAS Malaysia’s focus moving on for 2008, “SAS has tremendous offerings to all organizations looking to improve performances and competitiveness with better insights of its data, whether enterprises or SMIs, public or private. We look to work with partners who bring about specific vertical industry value which can synergize with our existing and new offerings to the expanding BI market. Via our direct sales force and now complemented by our alliances and channel partners, SAS will have greater reach and expertise to effectively address all sectors of the growing market space.”

SAS Malaysia has been the market leader in BI for the past few years and according to the1H07 IDC AP BI Tracker, SAS holds 31% of the BI market share.

KUALA LUMPUR, 13 November 2007 - Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SAS Malaysia in collaboration for a SAS Business Intelligence Competency Centre (BICC) at the university’s premise.

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