Melbourne, December 11, 2008. The impact of the slowing economy on BPO business models, the convergence of IT and telecom services, and the continued importance of quality and security are among the top issues IT service providers will face in 2009, says a new report from Ovum, one of the market’s leading global IT advisory and consulting firms. Ovum’s global IT services team have collaborated on a soon to be released report, The Ovum Eight, to identify eight of the top IT Services issues that will impact IT vendors, their partners and end-users.

Singapore and Hong Kong, December 9, 2008 – According to IDC's latest research, “Green IT Software – Nutritious Supplements for Your Datacenter” (Doc#AP322309Q), Green IT software can enable significant economical benefits as well as environmental sustainability through the efficient management of existing hardware or services within datacenters.

KUALA LUMPUR, 5 DECEMBER 2008 – The Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), through its strategic agency MIMOS, yesterday exchanged Memorandum of Agreements with 10 technology recipients from various local industries to develop products based on MIMOS technology platforms for commercialization.

Cisco® today announced two new gateways bringing to Malaysian home-users the freedom of wireless connectivity. Premiering at the upcoming PIKOM PC Fair 2008 (III), the new range features the Linksys by Cisco Wireless-G ADSL2+ Gateway (WAG54G2) and the Linksys by Cisco Wireless-N ADSL2+ Gateway (WAG160N).

Singapore and Hong Kong, December 4, 2008 – The Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) IT services market is expected to remain healthy and grow to US$49.4 billion in 2009 despite IDC’s recent downward adjustment inof the region's IT spending forecast for the region.

HP today announced that HP Halo Telepresence Solutions has received the 2008 Asia Pacific Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Award in the Telepresence Market at the inaugural 2008 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Best Practices Awards.

Asia Pacific, 24 October 2008 – HP today announced its participation at the upcoming inaugural Federation of European Screenprinters Associations (FESPA) World Expo Asia Pacific 2008.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, October 20, 2008 – Hewlett-Packard (M) Sdn Bhd recently announced the winners of the ‘HP Supplies RM10, 000,000 Treasure’ Pre-Raya draw. 105 winners walked away with prizes worth more than RM35, 0000.

Singapore and Hong Kong, October 13, 2008 – Leading independent research and advisory firm Financial Insights, an IDC company, today announces the release of a new report, entitled, "Asian Banks Still Prepared to Invest in Technology Despite Crisis". This report is based on a survey conducted in the Asia/Pacific region as the crisis in the financial industry unfolded, and as bank executives assessed the impact of the crisis on their institutions.