AUNET and eTranslate to Offer One-Stop E-Business Solutions in Asia; Bundled E-Business and Translation Services Provide Seamless Access to New Markets.HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 1999-- AUNET Corporation and eTranslate today announced that they have formed a strategic alliance to offer integrated Internet-solutions-and-translation-services in Asia. The seamless, turnkey offering will help U.S. companies do business in Asia, give Asian companies easy entry into the U.S. market, and make it easier for companies in Asia operate in other markets across the region. Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will co-market and sell eTranslate's portfolio of professional translation capabilities and AUNET's e-commerce, hosting, co-location, and Internet connectivity services to multinationals, "dot.coms," and regional and local companies. JoAnn Patrick-Ezzell, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AUNET, a PanAsian Internet solutions company, said that by collaborating, the two companies can greatly simplify the complexity of entering foreign markets. "To use a travel analogy, we're giving customers red-carpet service, country by country," Patrick-Ezzell said. "It's the e-business equivalent of having first-rate travel and hotel arrangements and a guide who speaks the local language rather than being dropped at a foreign airport with a phrasebook to figure it all out yourself. Together, we take care of the technology and language challenges, so our customers can focus on their own core businesses." "AUNET's progressive approach towards e-commerce solutions in Asia makes this a beneficial relationship for both companies," said Charles Baxter Charles Baxter may be:
Asia is the world's largest but least-tapped Internet market. Half the world's population lives here, and the Internet-user-growth-rate is the fastest in the world. E-commerce, which is already some US$2.7 billion, is expected to surge to US$72 billion in Asia by 2005. About AUNET AUNET is a PanAsian Internet solutions company with world headquarters in the Silicon Valley and regional headquarters in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. . It provides Asia and U.S.-based companies, multinationals and dot.coms with a broad range of Internet solutions, including hosting, Internet connectivity, co-location, Web design and e-business consulting. At present, the privately owned, venturedbacked company has operations in Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . More information about AUNET is available at www.aunet.net. About eTranslate Founded in the fourth quarter of 1998, eTranslate provides strategic globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation services for businesses seeking to communicate in international markets. In scaling a company's multilingual mul·ti·lin·gual adj. 1. Of, including, or expressed in several languages: a multilingual dictionary. 2. communication requirements, eTranslate continuously delivers fast, affordable translation services. Through the acquisitions of Aleph 1. (language) ALEPH - A Language Encouraging Program Hierarchy. 2. (tool) ALEPH - A system for formal semantics written by Peter Henderson ca. 1970. [CACM 15(11):967-973 (Nov 1972)]. 3. and Glenn's Guide To Translation Agencies, eTranslate has a validated, proprietary network of over 12,000 language professionals in 110 countries. eTranslate, http://www.etranslate.com/, is based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden with offices in Asia, Europe, and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . |
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