ShowCase Opens Asia Pacific Headquarters in Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur Office Will Be Central to Company's Asia Pacific Operations.ROCHESTER, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 1998--ShowCase(R) Corp., the leading provider of end-to-end data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse solutions for AS/400 clients, today announced the opening of the company's Asia Pacific headquarters in Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (kwä`lə l  m`pr), city (1990 est. pop. . The new 4,100-square-foot office will be home to ShowCase's Asia Pacific sales, consulting and support staff and will serve as the company's Asia Pacific data warehousing training and competency center for both business partners and clients. "During the past year we have concentrated on recruiting premier business partners throughout Asia, building their skills and assisting with initial ShowCase STRATEGY implementations at prestigious accounts such as United Overseas Bank, OCBC OCBC Orange County Business Council OCBC Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (Singapore) OCBC Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative OCBC Oil City Birdge Club OCBC Oil City Bridge Club (Casper, WY) Bank, Navakij Insurance, LG Card and Sunkus," said Ken Holec, 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. of ShowCase. "With a strong business partner network and initial Asia references in place, we will continue to enhance the data warehouse skills of our partners. We now stand ready to assist them in supporting our clients throughout the region as they begin to deploy mission-critical applications powered by ShowCase Strategy." The new regional headquarters will be headed by ShowCase's Asia Pacific managing director, Jennifer Higgins and will serve clients in Malaysia, Japan, Korea, 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. , Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, 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. . The new office is located at Level 6, Wisma UOA UOA University of Athens UOA University of Auckland (New Zealand) UOA United Ostomy Association UoA Unit of Assessment UOA University Of Alberta UOA Used Oil Analysis UOA University of Arkansas Damansara, 50 Jalan Dungun, Damansara Heights in Kuala Lumpur. About ShowCase Corp. Founded in 1989, ShowCase Corp. is the leading provider of end-to-end data warehouse solutions for IBM's AS/400 clients. ShowCase STRATEGY is an integrated offering that enables customers to perform data transformation, extraction, distribution, and analysis, with the centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. security and maintenance of a server-based architecture. ShowCase STRATEGY consists of seven products: Server, Query, Report Writer, Distributor, Essbase/400, Analyzer, and Analyzer for the Web. These are available separately or as an integrated solution. ShowCase Corp. has more than 175 employees worldwide serving customers at more than 2,600 active client sites in 50 countries. The company sells products in 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. and Canada through direct sales operations and operates subsidiaries in Asia Pacific, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France, and the Benelux region, in addition to distributors worldwide. For information regarding products and services, contact ShowCase at 800/829-3555 or visit their World Wide Web site at www.showcasecorp.com. -0- Note to Editors: ShowCase is a registered trademark, and STRATEGY is a trademark of ShowCase Corp. Other product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders, and should be treated as such. CONTACT: ShowCase Corp. Alice Englin, 507/288-5922 aenglin@showcasecorp.com or Phase Two Strategies Michele McMahon-Cost, 415/772-8412 michele_mcmahon-cost@p2pr.com |
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