HomePress Releases 2004

Microsoft Announces The Broad Availability Of OEM Products In Chinese
Following customer feedback, Microsoft Malaysia Sdn Bhd today announced the broad availability of Windows XP Pro, Windows XP Home, Windows Office 2003 and Windows Server 2003 in Simplified Chinese.
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100 Children Graduate From Microsoft's Partners In Learning Outreach Program
100 Standard Five and Standard Six pupils from 50 Chinese Schools in the Klang Valley recently received their certificate of participation for the Microsoft Partners-In-Learning program called ICT Innovation for Teachers and Students..
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Universities: Tap On Private Sector To Produce Industry-Class Graduates
By 2005, it is believed that the country would face a shortage of 35,000 skilled workers, especially in critical fields such as ICT. In the face of intensifying competition from emerging and established markets in ICT. There is a dire need for Malaysia to produce more qualified and quality graduates, with degrees in computer science and IT-related courses.
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Intan's XML Program Sees First Public Sector Graduates
The pioneer batch of 25 participants, from 5 Government agencies graduated today from INTAN's XML-based software development course marking a new phase in the Malaysian Government's efforts to encourage software application development in the Public Sector space.
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Microsoft Applauds Local Partners In Glitzy Awards Night
Microsoft Malaysia Sdn Bhd paid tribute to over 300 local partners companies through a night of glitz and glamour at the annual Microsoft Partner Awards Nite held last Friday at the Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel. A number of 27 Malaysian companies received accolades in this year's Microsoft Partner Awards Night, spanning 17 different categories which celebrated excellence in solution development, marketing, sales, and training.
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Microsoft Partners-In-Learning Initiative Gets Thumbs Up
The Ministry of Education today announced its support for the Microsoft Partners-In-Learning program, through it's project called ICT Innovation for Teachers and Students. Following a successful first phase, the program is expected to benefit a community of 30,000 teachers and 600,000 students who will benefit from ICT training and equipping courses in the near term.
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.NET Technopreneur Development Centre Opens Doors To Technopreneurs
Local start-ups with aspirations of greatness in software development can now turn to the .NET Technopreneur Development Centre (NTDC) for that important starter boost.
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Malaysia's First Centre for Cutting Edge Project Management Learning Launched
The Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM) in partnership with Management Concepts Asia Pacific (MCAP) and LK Solutions Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd (LKS) and with the sponsorship of both Microsoft (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd and Acer Sales and Services Sdn Bhd, today launched the “Centre of Excellence for Project Management Learning” (CEPML).
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Ramadhan Special - Technologies That Bring Families Closer Together
Technology has brought families closer together, and this Ramadhan, it will further transcend generation and language, allowing more Malaysians to use technology, be part of the digital era and Internet age.
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Microsoft Invests RM2 million into NEF'S Catalyst Program
Microsoft Malaysia and New Entrepreneur Forum (NEF) today signed a memorandum of understanding marking a long-term commitment and partnership between the two organizations to prepare Bumiputra technopreneurs to develop products for the global market, through NEF's Catalyst program.
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Microsoft Appoints Ananth Lazarus as Head of Small and Mid-Market Business Segment
Microsoft Malaysia Sdn Bhd today announced the appointment of Ananth Lazarus as Director of its Small and Mid-market Solutions and Partners (SMS&P) division.
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Microsoft Increases Focus on SMB Market Through Enhanced Partnership With Digital DNA
Microsoft Malaysia Sdn Bhd today signed a memorandum of understanding appointing Digital DNA Sdn Bhd as one of its large account resellers in Malaysia. This is part of the company's long term strategy to enhance they way it engages and supports the needs of Malaysia's fast-growing small and medium-sized business (SMB) market.
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Microsoft Invests RM4 Million Into MAVCAP Program
Microsoft Malaysia and Malaysia Venture Capital Management (MAVCAP) today signed a memorandum of understanding, marking the formalisation of a long-term commitment and partnership between the two organizations to continue joint efforts to promote the creation of a thriving technopreneur ecosystem in Malaysia.
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Malaysia's Largest Technopreneur event draw to an upbeat close
Microsoft TechEd 2004, Malaysia's largest annual technopreneur and developer conference, drew to a close after five eventful days. The closing ceremony was officiated by chief executive officer of the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDC), Y.Bhg. Datuk Dr Arif Nun, who joined Microsoft Malaysia Managing Director, Butt Wai Choon, on stage as they entertained the crowd.
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Windows® Storage Sserver 2003 Debuts In South Asia
Microsoft announced at Tech•Ed 2004 today the broad availability of Windows® Storage Server 2003 for South Asia markets. Windows® Storage Server 2003, part of the Windows Server System, is a dedicated file and print server solution available through original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), including Dell, EMC, HP, Iomega, Maxxan and Systex.
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Attaining the Edge For Return on Innovation
Microsoft TechEd 2004 opened its doors today, for the fifth consecutive year, to over 1500 local and regional technopreneurs, IT Professionals, Software Developers and Architects.
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Sole Malaysian Company bags Award at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference
I-Systems Group Berhad (“ISG”), a Malaysian-grown leading Insurance IT Solutions Provider, recently bagged an award at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference held in Toronto.
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Microsoft Announces Windows XP Starter Edition Pilot Programme
Microsoft today announced a five-country pilot programme for Windows® XP Starter Edition, a low-cost introduction to the Microsoft Windows® XP operating system designed for first-time desktop PC users in developing technology markets – Malaysia being one of them.
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Rural Internet Centres get major boost
Wide-reaching programme to increase computer literacy among underserved communities in Malaysia.
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Microsoft TechEd 2004
Malaysia plays host for fifth consecutive year IT Professionals and Developers gear up to
attain the edge
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Nine .NET Developers Survive The Technopreneur Test
 The second MDC-Microsoft .NET Technopreneur Development Seminar today saw the formal induction of nine Microsoft .NET developers into the Multimedia Development Corporation's (MDC) technopreneur development programs for further growth and venture development under the MSC Technopreneur Development Flagship (MSC-TDF) program curriculum and resources.
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Teachers Get ICT Lift
Partners in Learning, a global initiative by Microsoft to increase access to technology tools, programs and practices to empower teachers and students to realise their full potential, was jointly launched by Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect, and Dato Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, Minister of Education.
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Gates launches TechNet Connection community programme from Malaysia
 Malaysia served as the launch pad for Microsoft's TechNet Connection - a programmatic approach for the IT professional community, as announced by Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect.
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Microsoft recognizes 163 students under CyberCare programme for excellence in education
Four years on, and 163 more students from the CyberCare eCommunity are being recognised for education excellence under the Microsoft Education Excellence Programme. The awards aim to enable recipients to further their formal education beyond secondary level into university.
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MMU and Microsoft extend collaboration to .NET adoption in curriculum
Continuing their collaboration, Multimedia University and Microsoft Malaysia signed their second MoU, this time to adopt a .NET curriculum in courses in the Faculty of Information Technology and the Faculty of Information Science & Technology.
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Microsoft creates new opportunities for developers on the mobile platform
Microsoft Mobile Developers Conference made its debut in Malaysia today, attracting more than 1000 developers hungry to take advantage of the fast-emerging mobile computing sector.
(2004/04/20)
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MALAYSIAN BANKING SECTOR TO EMBRACE TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE COMPETITIVENESS
The local banking industry has been encouraged to adopt greater use of technology to improve competitiveness and customer centricity as it is entering an exciting era that comes hand in hand with globalisation and market liberalization.
(2004/04/20)
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Brazil, Brazil for Imagine Cup winning team
A Brazilian samba awaits the all-girl winning team from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) of Microsoft Imagine Cup 2004.
(2004/04/12)
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Compete Globally: Be The Hunter
The Edge and Microsoft Malaysia are working together to bring a conference for businesses in Malaysia that will empower local businesses to get and stay ahead. The conference will be held on April 12 at the Sunway Convention Center.
(2004/04/09)
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Smashing Bootcamp for Malaysia's first batch of Microsoft Student Ambassadors
Fifteen students, representing eight leading universities made the cut as Malaysia's first batch of Microsoft Student Ambassadors at a two-day bootcamp recently.
(2004/03/09)
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Microsoft CRM to help Malaysian SMEs increase customer-centricity
More than 300,000 small and medium sized enterprises in Malaysia will have a powerful new tool with which to take their customer relationships to new heights. Microsoft CRM 1.2, a new product from Microsoft Business Solutions, helps SMEs to increase their customer-focus, manage their customer relationships with a high degree of efficiency, and deploy their customer resources for maximum business return.
(2004/03/09)
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‘PC GEMILANG' project brings Microsoft technology to first time users
The government's announcement to rollout the ”One Home One PC” program aimed at driving greater access to PC technology in homes nationwide receives the full support of Microsoft Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
(2004/03/09)
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Microsoft Offers Malaysian Customers Premier Support and Services for Greater Reliability and Competitive Advantage
Microsoft Malaysia today appointed its first two Premier Microsoft Certified Support Centers (MCSCs) in Malaysia to offer local businesses a greater degree of stability, reliability and responsiveness. The appointment of Computer Systems Advisers (M) Bhd (CSA) and Persoft Systems Sdn Bhd (Persoft) as the first such centers is testimony of Microsoft's commitment to raising its customer satisfaction levels by providing greater quality of service, technical excellence and support capabilities for businesses in the country. The appointment also signals Microsoft's intentions in building the local software and services industry.
(2004/02/26)
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Two companies to develop Bahasa Melayu language interface for Microsoft products
Following the announcement of the translation of the glossary of Microsoft Windows XP into Bahasa Melayu by Dewan Pustaka dan Pustaka, Microsoft (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd has appointed two local independent software companies to provide localisation services for the user interface of Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003.
(2004/02/18)
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UTAR marks another first
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) and Microsoft Malaysia Sdn Bhd today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which makes UTAR the first private higher education institution to adopt a .NET curriculum in courses in the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology
(2004/02/17)
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Microsoft spurs university students to imagine the future, design it today
– For the second consecutive year, Microsoft is organising its annual global competition – Imagine Cup -- for creative and tech-savvy tertiary education students, spurring students from all over the world to stretch and push the boundaries of their imagination, spurring them to design the best new web services solution using Microsoft .NET technologies.
(2004/01/26)
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“MSDN Connection” Takes Off in Malaysia
Microsoft Developers' Network (MSDN) Connection (www.microsoft.com/malaysia/msdn), a new initiative for Microsoft developers aimed at nurturing local developer skills, talent and creativity was announced today.
(2004/01/15)
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Last Updated: Friday, December 17, 2004