Asia Online Adds Internet Systems Integration Firm to its Growing Australian Network.WALNUT CREEK Walnut Creek, residential city (1990 pop. 60,569), Contra Costa co., W Calif., in the San Francisco Bay area; inc. 1914. It is the trade and shipping center of an extensive agricultural area where walnuts are among the major product. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 1999-- As an integral part of its strategy to build an Asia Pacific network of companies that provide complete Internet business solutions, Asia Online, with its Asia Online Americas offices based here, has added Sydney's Flex Internet Technology, a leading systems integrator, to a growing Australia base. The acquisition of Flex by the Softbank and J.P. Morgan-backed-company is the seventh acquisition Asia Online has made in Australia and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. over the past month and the first whose roots are not in the Internet access See how to access the Internet. sector. "We saw from an early stage that the corporate sector was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. companies that could really come in and provide end-to-end communications solutions from the desktop right through to wide area corporate networks and Internet services," said Flex Managing Director Charles Assaf. "Our relationship with Asia Online gives us the global branding, credibility and resources to really make our mark on the Australian market. We also see great benefits for our customers from access, to state of the art products, from the Softbank relationship and Asia Online's other strategic partners," Assaf said. "We believe strongly that the business community wants more than just access," said Asia Online President 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. , Kevin Randolph. "Customers are looking for a company that can solve all their Internet communications issues, from supplying a local area network to giving them an effective electronic commerce presence on the Web. The skill set of Flex complements our other recent acquisitions in Australia to give us a well-rounded portfolio of Internet-related communications solutions and a powerful nation-wide customer base." "We believe our service, before and after the initial sale, is what sets us apart as a provider in this market," Randolph added. Flex Internet Technology is the result of a merger between Morse Corporation and Flex IT. Morse was established as a hardware company in the early 1990s and quickly expanded to include full network integration services to Sydney's corporate and government sectors. Randolph added that his company was very excited to have topped off the recent round of acquisitions in Australia with such a strategically important company as Flex. "I feel we had already gained a tremendous foothold in this important Australasian market with the very high calibre acquisitions we have made these past weeks. Flex brings tremendous value to the rest of the group in Australia and New Zealand. We are now ready to take a substantial share of this growing market," he said. About Asia Online Asia Online, Ltd. is the holding company for Asia Online - 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. , the city's pioneer independent Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. ), Asia Online - Philippines, the Philippines, The (fĭl`əpēnz'), officially Republic of the Philippines, republic (2005 est. pop. 87,857,000), 115,830 sq mi (300,000 sq km), SW Pacific, in the Malay Archipelago off the SE Asia mainland. country's leading Web site developer and Asia Online -Americas, the Walnut Creek, Calif. headquarters for the Company's US operations and, most recently, Asia Online - Australia Pty. Ltd and Asia Online - New Zealand Ltd. Asia Online currently offers a variety of Internet-related services including dial-up, leased lines, ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. , roaming, Web design and hosting, advertising and e-commerce. Through partnerships with leading US Internet companies and internal development, Asia Online plans to offer Internet-based communications products to both international and domestic customers. These will include voice-over-IP, Internet fax, digital signatures, and certified email. Additional information about Asia Online is available at www.asiaonlineltd.com. |
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