An Eee PC Sold Every 2 Seconds!

The ASUS Eee PC was officially released on 18th October 2007 in Taipei, Taiwan amid great fanfare and tremendous user response. More than 300 reporters attended the global launch event, which witnessed the official launch of this groundbreaking notebook. Just like the Wii of gaming consoles and the Ipod of MP3s, the Eee PC is becoming synonymous with the Internet.

Sales figures since the release have been astounding, with 200 pieces snapped up in 20 mins on Taiwans shopping channel, ETTV Shopping - averaging an Eee PC sold every 2 seconds!

Compact and highly portable at 7" and only 0.92kg in weight - providing an Internet experience like never before. It is also very easy to use, with two modes of intuitive graphic user interface design to accommodate both experienced and inexperienced PC users. The Eee PC is also Windows XP compatible, and comes with over 40 built-in applications to offer a dynamic computing experience to learn, work and play! For more details : 01713257900.

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HP Expands Total Care Program

HP on October 18, 2007 unveiled 26 new solutions in its HP Total Care programme, further strengthening its suite of services, tools and options for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) which now has more than 200 offerings across all HP product lines.

HP Total Care is the end to end portfolio of support, services, options, and programs - both free and fee-based - that provides customers with a differentiated and better experience with HP. It addresses the needs of the SMB market by providing customers with a full circle of personalised services for every stage of the device/computer lifecycle: from choosing, to using, to protecting, to transitioning it .
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Oracle Buys Enterprise Role Management Leader Bridgestream

Oracle recently simultaneously at California and Dhaka, announced that it has acquired Bridgestream, Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Role Management software. Enterprise Role Management has emerged as a key component of identity management deployments to improve overall security and address regulatory requirements. Oracle provides the most comprehensive and feature-rich identity management solution. Oracles Identity and Access Management Suite is a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, the industrys fastest growing, most standards-compliant, and best-of-breed technology foundation for Service-Oriented Architecture.

With the acquisition of Bridgestream, Oracle can help organizations streamline compliance related tasks and automate role management," said Hasan Rizvi, vice president, Identity Management and Security Products, Oracle. ÒBridgestreams core competency in Enterprise Role Management complements Oracles already strong presence in identity and access management," said Mark Tice, president and CEO of Bridgestream. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. More information is available at http://www.oracle.com/Bridgestream.
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Acer-Gateway: Completion of Merger

Acer Inc. (TWSE: 2353; LSE: AM50), announced that it has completed the merger of its indirect wholly owned subsidiary with Gateway, Inc. (NYSE: GTW). Gateway common stock was suspended from trading on New York Stock Exchange as of the close of business, October 16, 2007, New York City time. As a result of the merger, all outstanding shares of Gateway common stock other than shares as to which appraisal rights are perfected under Delaware law, were converted into the right to receive US$1.90 in cash per share.
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IOMs Weeklong Showcases of Toshiba Notebook PC Held at Bashundhara City

International Office Machines Limited (IOM), the sole distributor for TOSHIBA Notebook PCs in Bangladesh, organized a weeklong road show from October 3 to October 9, 2007 at Bashundhara city level 1. The roadshow was inaugurated by Rezaul Karim, Director of IOM. The main objective of this program was to inform the consumer about the versatile product ranges of Toshiba notebook pcs that are offered by IOM in Bangladesh and also to inspire the customers to buy from the authorized distributor of Toshiba notebook pcs in Bangladesh, IOM.

In the roadshow, different ranges of notebook pcs of the Satellite, Tecra and Portege models were displayed for the visitors. Two new models Satellite M200 and Pro M600 also were introduced to the visitors during the roadshow. During the roadshow visitors got the opportunity to know more about the different notebook models of Toshiba, their features and specialty, price range of different models, after sales services etc. The visitors have the chance to directly interact with the sales and marketing teams of IOM to better acquainted of the Toshiba notebook pcs.

During the roadshow a special offer was given to the customers by IOM for the purchase of Toshiba notebook pcs. Free Web Cam was offered with Satellite Pro M200-A451 & Tecra A9-P560 notebook pcs and Free Bluetooth with Satellite M200-A411 notebook pcs. In addition to these customers will also get special international warranty, assurance of original spare parts in case of spare parts replacement, product servicing by the service engineers of IOM trained by Toshiba and other available after sales services.