Dataprep participated in the CeBIT Asia 2003

September 18, 2003

Dataprep participates in biggest & most prominent ICT event in Asia

Pudong, Shanghai (Peoples Republic of China), September 18-21, 2003: Dataprep for the first time participated in the CeBIT Asia 2003. Slated as the biggest and most prominent ICT event in Asia, market leading ICT companies featured their latest products.

Instant Office Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Dataprep Holdings Bhd proudly featured instantOffice?, a locally moulded e-business solution. Showcasing their various offerings ranging from portal management, e-collaboration and e-commerce solutions, to ERP as well as infrastructure services.

"Dataprep as well as other ICT companies are passing through a challenging period and this opportunity might boost its presence locally and in the Asian region," commented Chua Jim Boon, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Dataprep.

These same thoughts were echoed by Instant Office Sdn Bhd, Managing Director, Eric Sito, who highlighted the importance of value creation, which he said was in the centre stage of all economic activity. "Although the Asian ICT companies are facing competitive times and exigent needs, we continued to remain positive and the expected economic growth rate of 6.5 is a testimony of our ICT future.

In charge of international business, Shen Lim, Managing Director, Dataprep International Ltd, another subsidiary responsible for bringing Dataprep solutions to China said, "Companies like Dataprep were passing through exciting and demanding times. Since China is a large market in East Asia, we plan to succeed here." In the past year, Dataprep has successfully slated a foothold in China for the e-government and e-commerce projects, namely the IO-Wuhu Digital Development project, amongst others.

Having completed two ICT projects in China estimated at US$4 mil, Dataprep continues to explore further opportunities in China as well as other Asian countries. "Although Malaysia is our primary market, we are keen to spread our wings in the Asia-Pacific region such as Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia since we have a lot more understanding of their cultures and people. CeBIT has proven to be successful in showcasing world-class ICT providers and solutions and Dataprep is certainly keen to participate in more Asian events in order to achieve our vision," Chua Jim Boon concluded.

In the last year, the company has emerged as a re-energised ICT service provider. Its span of services covers consulting and integration, outsourcing and managed services, e-business and technology and software services.