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Asia Pacific award for best IT practices announced

Asia Pacific award for best IT practices announced THE ASIA Pacific Economic Conference Digital Opportunity Center (ADOC) is inviting government agencies, private organizations and other organizations in the Asia Pacific to participate in its second year of competition for the best use of information and communications technology. Currently on its second year, the award hopes to highlight the best practices in ICT of organizations or individuals. The competitions will be divided into three categories: ICT Best Practice for e-Government, ICT Best Practice by Small Medium Size Enterprise (SME), and Best Practice for Bridging the Digital Divide, according to ADOC. The ADOC Awards competition

Hurix Systems listed in Red Herring 200 Asia

Hurix Systems listed in Red Herring 200 Asia Hurix Systems Pvt. Ltd, the fastest growing eLearning company in India and one of the fastest growing technology companies in the Asia Pacific region, today announced that it has been named one of the 200 finalists for the Red Herring 100 Private Companies of Asia awards. Hurix Systems is proud to feature in the list of finalists for the Red Herring 100 Asia for 2006. This recognition is a validation of our business model, which has created outstanding growth for us in terms of revenues, new markets and new customers said Mr.

PanAmSat Named Best Satellite Carrier at 2006 Telecom Asia Awards

PanAmSat Named Best Satellite Carrier at 2006 Telecom Asia Awards PanAmSat has received a top honor from Telecom Asia magazine. The publication awarded PanAmSat with the Best Satellite Carrier award at the 2006 Telecom Asia Awards, held in Phuket, Thailand, on April 24. PanAmSat was selected for the award due to its market leadership, innovations in technology and services as well as its strong financial performance in one of the worlds most challenging telecommunications markets. PanAmSat has been dedicated to serving the Asia-Pacific region with world-class satellite services for more than 10 years, said David Ball, PanAmSats vice president for Asia Pacific,

Saudi Arabian is Asia’s footballer of the year

Saudi Arabian is Asia's footballer of the year Hamad Al Montashari of Saudi Arabia won the Asian Football Confederation's Player of the Year award amid controversy, after prominent players from Japan, South Korea and Iran were deemed ineligible for the region's highest individual accolade. The award was presented in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday evening to the 23-year-old defender, who earlier this year helped his country to qualify for the 2006 World Cup finals and his club Al Ittihad to win the AFC Champions League. He beat Uzbekistan's striker Maksim Shatskikh, the only other contender for the honour. Al Montashari's Saudi national teammate Sami

Indiantelevision.com’s Media, Advertising, Marketing Watch

Indiantelevision.com's Media, Advertising, Marketing Watch MUMBAI: The Promax&BDA 2005 Asia, which was held in Singapore on 28 and 29 November saw Channel [V] India and UAE based MBC Creative Services hogging the limelight with the maximum number of awards. Channel [V] bagged the gold and silver awards for the Best In House Station Image Promo for V Gyaan- Phart Silencer and V Gyaan- Seedha Sar respectively. It also bagged the gold for Best Comedy Promo for V Gyaan - Phart Silencer. The gold for the Best Interactive Promo went to Channel V's Scooty Get Colourful promo. On the other hand, the award for