EDS Honored as Partner of the Year for Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Systems Management at 2007 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Program Awards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2007
SINGAPORE — EDS today proudly announced it has won the Partner of the Year Award for Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Systems Management at the 2007 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Program Awards. The company was chosen out of an international field of top Microsoft Partners as delivering market-leading customer solutions built on Microsoft technology. The awards were distributed at a ceremony on July 11 in Denver, CO at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.
Awards were presented in a number of categories, with winners chosen from a pool of more than 1,800 entrants worldwide. EDS was recognized for superior technology and innovation in Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Systems Management. The Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Systems Management Partner of the Year award honors partners that have infrastructure practices with proven proficiency in implementing solutions based on the Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005, Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 and Data Protection Manager (DPM). These awards also recognize partners with innovative solutions that used Infrastructure Optimization Model (IOM) to advance the state of customer’s IT infrastructure using Microsoft systems management products such as MOM 2005, SMS 2003 or DPM.
“We are pleased to have EDS recognized by Microsoft, based on our current roll out of Microsoft Systems Management Server and Microsoft Operations Manager as our global standards for managing Windows servers and desktops,” said Matt Trevorrow, vice president of workplace services at EDS. “As a member of the EDS Agility Alliance, Microsoft represents the kind of best-in-class technology that helps EDS drive client productivity, growth and innovation, all while ensuring data security.”
With more than 3 million Windows-based systems under management worldwide, EDS looks to Microsoft Systems Management Server to facilitate centralized software deployment and user support. In implementing Systems Management Server, EDS achieved significant productivity gains, reducing the deployment time of security patches by 92 percent, with 90 percent coverage in five days, versus previous methods that resulted in 60 percent coverage in 50 days.
As a member of the EDS Agility Alliance, Microsoft provides the standard platform for EDS’ desktop and server operating systems, and integrated development environments. The EDS Agility Alliance benefits clients with development, management and modernization of their mission-critical applications and infrastructure, including the next generation of .NET, workplace and mobility solutions. The use of Operations Manager aligns with EDS’ global standardized work practices and contributes to the company’s “zero outages” mindset, while reducing cost and improving quality and the client experience - from the desktop to the data center.
“EDS has proven its proficiency in implementing solutions based on the Microsoft Operations Manager 2005, Systems Management Server 2003, and Data Protection Manager. We commend partners like EDS whose offerings provide repeatable value to our mutual customers,” said Peter Boit, Vice President, Enterprise Partner Sales, Microsoft Corp.
The Microsoft Partner Program Awards recognize Microsoft Partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions over the last year.
About EDS EDS (NYSE: EDS) is a leading global technology services company delivering business solutions to its clients. EDS founded the information technology outsourcing industry 45 years ago. Today, EDS delivers a broad portfolio of information technology and business process outsourcing services to clients in the manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, communications, energy, transportation, and consumer and retail industries and to governments around the world. Learn more at
eds.com.
About the EDS Agility Alliance The EDS Agility Alliance is a coalition of companies globally recognized for their quality, products and value to clients. Its mission is to innovate, develop and deliver the EDS Agile Enterprise Platform – EDS’ next-generation global delivery system. Together, EDS and its Agility Alliance partners collaborate to design, build and run a market-leading services platform and develop technology-based services to deliver tangible client results. EDS Agility Alliance partners include Cisco, EMC, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Sun Microsystems and Xerox.
Contact
Kimberly Nelson
EDS, Marketing and Communications Director Asia
Hong Kong
852 2953 7678
kimberly.nelson@eds.com Vincent Leong or Wang Huibin
Upstream Asia (Singapore)
65 6323 7377
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia Extends EDS Contract in US$310 Million Deal
For IMMEDIATE RELEASE: THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2007 SINGAPORE – EDS has strengthened its relationship with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia after significantly revamping a $US310 million service-based contract to deliver desktop and other end-user computing services for the next five years.
The new contract covers all end-user computing services, including desktop, service desk, ATM services, managed output, email, messaging, Outlook web access and mobile information protection. The new contract is focused on significantly enhancing business outcomes through improved service delivery.
The deal follows last year’s $US350 million signing of a new master IT&T Agreement involving Enterprise Processing Services (EPS) for mainframe, midrange and data storage until 2012.
Chris Mitchell, EDS vice president for Australia and New Zealand, said the agreements were in line with a more collaborative and strategic relationship being developed between the two organizations to decouple arrangements and deliver specific business outcomes.
“When we signed the EPS agreement last year we also agreed to a joint Charter as a foundation for further enhancing our ongoing business relationship,” Mr Mitchell said. “We support the Bank’s business every day and the Charter reinforces our close involvement in helping it achieve its goals.”
Mr Mitchell said the latest contract renewal was a reflection of the hard work that had gone into meeting the quality and service challenges that underpin the relationship.
“The EDS teams continue to work with the Commonwealth Bank to ensure it achieves its strategic vision of excelling in customer service,” he said. “We can help the Bank realize this by delivering the most reliable financial services infrastructure in Australia.”
Under the new end-user computing services contract, EDS will be responsible for supporting the Bank’s 44,000 desktop devices, 3,300 ATMs, 4,000 printers and 1,000 facsimile machines.
CBA group executive CIO, Michael Harte, said the collaborative approach was enabling EDS to find new ways of providing value to the Bank through enhancing and meeting end-user expectations.
“EDS has stepped up to the quality and service challenge, adding simplicity, stability and improved delivery to the IT services offered to the bank,” he said. “The latest re-signing is a reflection that EDS has raised the bar and will deliver significantly enhanced business outcomes.”
The partnership between EDS and the CBA began in 1997 with a 10-year agreement for IT services.
About EDS EDS (NYSE: EDS) is a leading global technology services company delivering business solutions to its clients. EDS founded the information technology outsourcing industry 45 years ago. Today, EDS delivers a broad portfolio of information technology and business process outsourcing services to clients in the manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, communications, energy, transportation, and consumer and retail industries and to governments around the world. Learn more at eds.com.
The statements in this news release that are not historical statements, including statements regarding the amount of new contract values, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond EDS' control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. For information concerning these risks and uncertainties, see EDS' most recent Form 10-K. EDS disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Contact
Rosalind See
EDS Malaysia
603 8686 5309
rosalind.see@eds.com Kimberly Nelson
EDS, Marketing and Communications Director Asia
Hong Kong
852 2953 7678
kimberly.nelson@eds.com Vincent Leong or Wang Huibin
Upstream Asia (Singapore)
65 6323 7377
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EDS Appoints New Leader For Southeast Asia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2007
SINGAPORE - EDS announced today that it has named Mark Abe as vice president and managing director for the Southeast Asia region. He will take on responsibility for driving growth in key Southeast Asian markets including Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. He will also be setting the direction and charting the strategy for EDS in emerging markets within the region.
This responsibility is in addition to his role as the Asia Pacific Transportation Industry Leader, where he oversees the combined Air Services, Freight, Logistics & Rail, and Travel & Hospitality interests for the region. Abe brings combined management consultant capabilities and vast industry knowledge that will bring maximum value to our clients.
“The economies of Southeast Asia continue to expand, offering plenty of opportunities and challenges at the same time,” said Kerry Purcell, vice president and Managing Director of EDS Asia.
“Mark Abe brings with him a great wealth of operational experience and leadership skills that will help our clients succeed in this marketplace.”
Prior to this appointment, Abe was vice president of EDS’ Global Air Services division, providing management consulting services to global airline clients around the world leading major outsourcing and merger/acquisition initiatives. He joined EDS in 1989 as an aerospace engineer supporting EDS' Air Transportation Strategic Business Unit. He has since held various roles in the organization focusing on the transportation, manufacturing and aerospace & defence industries.
Mark and his family have relocated from Shanghai to Singapore which is the SE Asia Headquarters as well as the newly appointed Asia-Pacific headquarters. He holds a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
About EDS EDS (NYSE: EDS) is a leading global technology services company delivering business solutions to its clients. EDS founded the information technology outsourcing industry 45 years ago. Today, EDS delivers a broad portfolio of information technology and business process outsourcing services to clients in the manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, communications, energy, transportation, and consumer and retail industries and to governments around the world. Learn more at
eds.com.
Contact Rosalind See
EDS Malaysia
603 8686 5309
rosalind.see@eds.com Kimberly Nelson
EDS, Marketing and Communications Director Asia
Hong Kong
852 2953 7678
kimberly.nelson@eds.com Vincent Leong or Wang Huibin
Upstream Asia (Singapore)
65 6323 7377
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EDS Appoints New Southeast Asia Sales Leader
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2007
Kuala Lumpur - Leading global technology services company EDS announced today the appointment of Azwan Baharuddin as regional sales leader for the Southeast Asia region.
Previously vice president of Sales and Development for EDS in Malaysia, Azwan has taken on the new expanded role of fostering EDS’ business growth throughout Southeast Asia markets, including Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
Azwan will be supported by a team located across Asia and EDS industry experts based in different parts of the world. He will continue to be based in Malaysia.
“This regional role is an exciting challenge and new opportunity for me. I am honored that EDS has appointed me to anchor growth in a region that has so much potential,” said Azwan.
“The Southeast Asia region is very vibrant currently and businesses are looking at how they can grow rapidly. EDS is a viable partner that can help businesses save on cost and leverage on resources to gain critical advantage over their competition,” he added.
Azwan’s diverse experience in information technology, financial services, strategic planning and implementation gives him an understanding of what different businesses require. He joined EDS in 2003, and has played an instrumental role in the discussions for EDS Malaysia’s largest key clients.
Prior to joining EDS, Azwan was with a global consulting company. He co-authored a Malaysian Broadcasting Digitalization Study commissioned by the Malaysian Government and worked on several Corporatization and IT Masterplans for public corporations.
Azwan was previously based in London, UK. There, he held key positions in Temenos (a global banking software company) and Brown Shipley & Co (a private merchant bank, part of Kredietbank Luxembourg Group). He holds Masters in Business Administration and a Bachelors Degree in Economics from Leicester University.
About EDS EDS (NYSE: EDS) is a leading global technology services company delivering business solutions to its clients. EDS founded the information technology outsourcing industry 45 years ago. Today, EDS delivers a broad portfolio of information technology and business process outsourcing services to clients in the manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, communications, energy, transportation, and consumer and retail industries and to governments around the world. Learn more at
eds.com.
Contact Rosalind See
EDS Malaysia
603 8686 5309
rosalind.see@eds.com Kimberly Nelson
EDS, Marketing and Communications Director Asia
Hong Kong
852 2953 7678
kimberly.nelson@eds.com Vincent Leong or Wang Huibin
Upstream Asia (Singapore)
65 6323 7377
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Skype Lets You Call A Billion People For Less Than The Price Of A Postage Stamp
Sydney, 3rd July 2007 – Skype today announced it has lowered the cost of calling India or Pakistan for the month of July. Now anyone in the world can call India or Pakistan for less than the price of a postage stamp with Skype’s new ‘To Bangalore or Lahore’ calling promotion. So wherever you live in Australia, you can call your friends, family and business colleagues in India or Pakistan for hours on end using Skype™ and pay very little for the privilege.
Calls cost 10.9 cents excluding GST per minute to India and 7.8 cents excluding GST per minute to Pakistan and can be made to both landlines and mobiles registered in India and Pakistan. Connection fees apply. Skype’s ‘To Bangalore or Lahore’ promotion runs from 2nd July 2007 and ends on 31st July 2007.
˝Skype wants to open up the world of communications and make the world a smaller place,˝ said Stefan Oberg, VP & GM telecoms at Skype. ˝We make it easy for people to stay in touch with one another all over the world. Today on Skype, you can talk and see each other for free. At the same time, we’re working very hard to make it even cheaper to call your friends and family – even if they aren’t on Skype. With our new promotion, you can now make calls to Indian and Pakistan landlines and registered mobiles for incredibly cheap rates, making it possible talk to the ones you love for next to nothing.’
In the first quarter of this year, people all over the world spent over 7.7 billion minutes on Skype. And today, Skype’s 196 million strong user community does the equivalent of 7% of the world’s long-distance minutes. Calling India and Pakistan can cost as much as $1.50 per minute from a traditional landline but on Skype, you pay a much lower price.
Making a call is easy. Simply download Skype, buy Skype credit from skype.com and click on the green button to start calling.
Skype’s popularity comes from letting people make free and very cheap calls over the internet, setting conversations free at home, at work and on the move.
Footnote: All SkypeOut™ calls, including calls made by Skype Pro subscribers, are subject to a connection fee. For details on the connection fee, go to
http://www.skype.com/products/skypeout/rates/connection_fee.html.
About Skype Skype sets conversations free by providing new and easy ways to stay in touch over the internet. Millions of people every day make free Skype-to-Skype voice and video calls and send instant messages using our software. Some pay a little per minute for long-distance and international calls to phones and mobiles and for SMS, voicemail and call forwarding, or they buy subscriptions that give unlimited calls nationwide.
We certify and sell hundreds of hardware products from more than 50 partners and work with third-party developers to create software to extend Skype's functionality. Skype has been downloaded more than half a billion times and over 196 million people from almost every corner of the globe have registered. Make your world a smaller place: talk, share and do more with Skype.
Skype is an eBay company (NASDAQ: EBAY), and you can learn more and get Skype at
www.skype.com.
Access to a broadband Internet connection is required for Skype and all Skype Certified devices and accessories. Skype is not a replacement for your traditional telephone service and cannot be used for emergency calling.
Skype, SkypeIn, SkypeOut, Skype Me, Skype Certified, Skypecasts, associated logos and the “S” symbol are trademarks of Skype Limited.
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Riverbed Provides WDS Solutions to Hyundai Hysco
Delivers Significant Improvements in Application Response Time
San Francisco, CA – July 2, 2007 – Riverbed Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: RVBD), the performance leader in wide-area data services (WDS), announced today Hyundai Hysco, a leading manufacturer of automotive steel sheet and high-tech steel pipes, and a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company, has deployed Riverbed’s Steelhead WDS appliances.
Hyundai Hysco is a leading manufacturer in the Korean steel industry and currently operates 11 overseas offices in countries such as the United States, China, India, and the Slovak Republic. Hyundai employees in overseas offices are connected to groupware and electronic approval systems via an Internet VPN, and have been suffering poor application response time. Users in China were particularly hard hit when a strong earthquake struck Taiwan last year, damaging undersea cables and disrupting communications across East Asia.
To overcome these issues, Hyundai Hysco performed proof of concept tests with Riverbed® solutions at its manufacturing facility in Beijing, China, where the performance impact had been most severe. The tests confirmed a four- to ten-fold boost in application response time for groupware and electronic approval systems. “With Riverbed’s Steelhead appliances installed, our remote office users were able to access head office applications quickly, resulting in enhanced productivity and improvements in overall user experience,” said Donghoon Seo, manager, IT Team at Hyundai Hysco.
Hyundai Hysco has since deployed Riverbed’s Steelhead appliances in local datacenter and manufacturing facilities in Beijing and Yenchung, China. Hyundai Hysco is also planning to deploy the Riverbed solution at its India offices.
“Many customers are witnessing improvements in business productivity with the implementation of Riverbed’s Steelhead appliances,” said Jaewook Kim, country manager for Riverbed in Korea. “With the recent growth in B2B electronic document exchange and the adoption of electronic approval systems, WDS solutions are becoming a must-have infrastructure component for many global companies with overseas offices looking to enhance business and management efficiencies.”
About Riverbed’s Steelhead Appliances Riverbed’s WDS solutions enable organizations with more than one office to overcome a host of severe problems, including poor application performance and insufficient bandwidth at remote sites. By speeding the performance of applications between distributed sites by five to 50 times and in some cases up to 100 times between enterprise datacenters and remote offices, Riverbed’s award-winning Steelhead WDS appliances enable companies to consolidate IT, improve backup and replication processes to ensure data integrity, and improve staff productivity and collaboration. Steelhead appliances have been deployed in organizations ranging from the world’s largest corporations with offices around the globe to small companies with a couple of sites that are just miles apart. To learn more, view Riverbed’s demo:
www.riverbed.com/pr/jack.
Forward Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the expected demand for Riverbed’s products and services, statements relating to the expected growth of the WDS market, and statements relating to Riverbed’s ability to meet the needs of distributed organizations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they do not fully materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include our ability to react to trends and challenges in our business and the markets in which we operate; our ability to anticipate market needs or develop new or enhanced products to meet those needs; the adoption rate of our products; our ability to establish and maintain successful relationships with our distribution partners; our ability to compete in our industry; fluctuations in demand, sales cycles and prices for our products and services; shortages or price fluctuations in our supply chain; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; general political, economic and market conditions and events; and other risks and uncertainties described more fully in our documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. More information about these and other risks that may impact Riverbed’s business are set forth in our Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on April 27, 2007. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
About Riverbed Riverbed Technology is the performance leader in wide-area data services (WDS) solutions for companies worldwide. By enabling application performance over the wide area network (WAN) that is orders of magnitude faster than what users experience today, Riverbed is changing the way people work, and enabling a distributed workforce that can collaborate as if they were local. Additional information about Riverbed (Nasdaq: RVBD) is available at
www.riverbed.com.
Riverbed Technology, Riverbed, Steelhead, RiOS, Interceptor, and the Riverbed logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Riverbed Technology, Inc. All other trademarks used or mentioned herein belong to their respective owners.
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SWIFT 2007 Price Reductions Reach 10.4% to Date
Record traffic growth enables SWIFT to offer additional savings to its
Brussels, 13 June 2007 – SWIFT announced today that the Board has approved new price reductions worth MEUR 8 for the remainder of 2007. This new initiative, made possible by record traffic growth, benefits all segments of the SWIFT community. It Includes a 4% reduction on FIN messaging to build on the 6.4 % reduction introduced in January 2007, as well as the cancellation of entry and other administration fees to lower costs for new and existing customers.
The following price reductions will take effect from 1 July 2007:
- SWIFTNet FIN non-reporting: reduction of domestic and intra-institutionprices ranging from 4% to 12%;
- SWIFTNet FIN reporting: prices for international traffic are aligned with domestic and intra-institution traffic fees, complemented by an overall reduction of 5%;
- Messaging discount for high volume users: a new discount on messaging fees ranging from 10% to 25% for institutions reaching annual messaging thresholds above MEUR 20;
- One-time entry fees to SWIFT are cancelled;
- Market Infrastructure and Member-Administer Closed User Group annual administration fees are removed.
Francis Vanbever, CFO, SWIFT said, “Overall this will result in MEUR 8 in savings for our community for the second half of 2007. This demonstrates SWIFT’s commitment to continuous price reductions. Since July 2006, message prices have decreased by 19%. We recognise the importance of lowering barriers to entry and reducing pricing to maintain our competitive position.”
To find out more about how the price reductions affect individual organisations, users should contact André Boico, Director, Pricing, Information Services and Analysis, SWIFT at
andre.boico@swift.com.
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Note to Editors:
About SWIFT SWIFT is the industry-owned co-operative supplying secure, standardised messaging services and interface software to over 8,100 financial institutions in 208 countries and territories. SWIFT members include banks, broker-dealers and investment managers. The broader SWIFT community also encompasses corporates as well as market infrastructures in payments, securities, treasury and trade. Over the past ten years, SWIFT message prices have been reduced over 80%, and system availability approaches 5x9 reliability — 99.999% of uptime.
For more information about this press release, please refer to our website: www.swift.com or contact the SWIFT press office:
Kara Condon
SWIFT
Tel: +32 2 655 3740
Email:
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SWIFT Partnership and Solutions to Boost China Financial Infrastructure
BEIJING, 5 June 2007—In an initiative that is bolstering the management and security of financial transaction processing within China’s fast-growing financial services sector, SWIFT, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, is pursuing an initiative to significantly extend its business operations, services and solutions in China.
SWIFT expects these measures to benefit China as it continues to reform its financial transaction processing infrastructure domestically, while cementing more robust operational links to the global financial system.
"Working more closely with our national and international communities is integral to the SWIFT2010 strategy ‘Achieve more, together,’” said Francis Vanbever, Chief Financial Officer, SWIFT. "This is particularly relevant in China where SWIFT can enable banks to play a key role as China diversifies its economic base from reliance on production of consumer goods to value-added manufacturing and services and upgrades its financial system as a consequence."
SWIFT is developing partnerships with regulators, financial institutions and corporations – all of whom can benefit from being part of the global SWIFT community by using its worldwide network and shared platform, its common standards, and its growing range of solutions. SWIFT can help them create new business opportunities and revenue streams while reducing costs, improve efficiency, and manage risk.
At the SWIFT Business Forum in Beijing on 5-6 June, over 200 representatives of China’s financial community met with 19 SWIFT experts to learn more of SWIFT’s plans for China and about opportunities for increasing the competitiveness and efficiency of their own institutions.
“As a cooperative, we work with and for our members,” said Michael Cheung, Managing Director, at SWIFT. “SWIFT is well placed to assist China’s financial community to implement a more robust and secure financial market infrastructure both domestically and internationally that will support the growing variety and volume of financial transactions occurring in China.”
Financial transactions in China have been increasing exponentially as a result of the country’s expanding industrial production, imports and exports, burgeoning trade in securities and the gradual loosening of restrictions on the value and trading of the yuan.
As China revamps its big banks allowing them to benefit from the country’s spectacular economic growth, solutions such as SWIFTNet Trade Services Utility (TSU) are creating an exciting opportunity for them to deliver real value added solutions to their corporate customers.
“With the SWIFTNet TSU platform and application, banks are now able to reduce their costs and offer more competitive supply chain services to their corporate customers,” said Jackie Keogh, Head of Supply Chain Management at SWIFT. “We are delighted that three banks in China have already signed up for this service – Bank of China, China Construction Bank and Hua Xia Bank. These early adopters from China send a strong signal about the potential for such a service from SWIFT.”
SWIFT is the industry-owned co-operative supplying secure, standardized messaging services and interface software to nearly 8,100 financial institutions in 207 countries and territories. SWIFT members include banks, broker-dealers and investment managers. The broader SWIFT community also encompasses corporates as well as market infrastructures in payments, securities, treasury and trade.
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Note to Editors:
About SWIFT SWIFT is the industry-owned co-operative supplying secure, standardised messaging services and interface software to nearly 8,100 financial institutions in 207 countries and territories. SWIFT members include banks, broker-dealers and investment managers. The broader SWIFT community also encompasses corporates as well as market infrastructures in payments, securities, treasury and trade. Over the past ten years, SWIFT message prices have been reduced over 80%, and system availability approaches 5x9 reliability — 99.999% of uptime.
For more information about this press release, please refer to our website: www.swift.com or contact the SWIFT press office:
Kara Condon
SWIFT
Tel: +32 2 655 3740
Email:
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2007 Asia Pacific Digital Marketing Yearbook Now Available - Online, of course!
The most statistics, insights and case studies available in a single source
4 June 2007: The Asia Digital Marketing Association (ADMA), the voice of the digital marketing industry in Asia, today released the 2007 Asia Pacific Digital Marketing Yearbook online at
www.asiadma.com/adma/resources/research.asp?ResearchID=100027 as a free download. A limited number of print copies are also available by request from
director@asiadma.com.
The 2007 Yearbook is THE source for marketers, advertisers, media buyers and anyone looking to leverage the power of digital media in the region.
“2007 will be remembered as the year the balance tipped,” said David Ketchum, ADMA’s Chairman. “For the first time, Asia Pacific takes the global lead on some key aspects of the digital marketing mix. The passing of the torch is not just about Web and mobile usage – the region is also at the leading edge of many technologies and marketing techniques, with creative work on par the world’s best. In past years, Asia Pacific often had to look West to find best practice and fresh ideas. Now the level of the bar internationally is being set in the region.”
Both the total number of broadband users and market penetration is highest in Asia Pacific. The region boasts the largest number of Internet users, surpassing the US and Europe. 36% of the world’s online population now lives in Asia, and mobile penetration remains higher than anywhere else in the world, with more Asian users accessing the Internet over their mobile phones than the entire US Internet population.
Asia is driving the digital marketing industry too. Merrill Lynch predicts that global online ad spend will reach US$14.5 billion in 2007.. That represents an increase of 24% from 2006 – and Asia will be the driving engine. The highest growth rates for 2007 are predicted to come from China (50%), Australia (42.6%), South Korea (30.5%) and Japan (30%). Australia, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are expected to have more than 10% of total advertising spend be on the Web by 2008 (of a total eleven markets worldwide).
The Yearbook, compiled from government, industry, company and research data, is the most comprehensive single source available. Contributors to the Yearbook, which was edited by senior journalist Rachel Oliver, include admango, Credit Suisse, Hitwise, Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions, Nielsen//NetRatings, OgilvyOne Worldwide, Synovate, Tribal DDB, Yahoo! Korea and ZUJI.com. Topics covered include advertising spend data, e-commerce, user-generated content, social networking, online communities, viral marketing, broadband, 3G, IPTV, mobile marketing, interactive games, communication, spam, privacy and much, much more.
About the Asia Digital Marketing Association The Asia Digital Marketing Association (ADMA) is the voice of, and advocate for, the digital marketing industry in Asia (excluding Japan). The ADMA is an umbrella organisation, guided by senior executives in the industry, and charged with gaining consensus and formulating a powerful point of view on all key industry issues. The role of the organisation is to promote the strengths of digital marketing and counter misperceptions with clear, compelling information about cost effectiveness, impact and real-world success stories. Learn more at www.asiadma.com.
For more information, please contact:
Mr David Ketchum, Chairman
t: +852 2973 0222
e:
david@upstreamasia.com Ms Kay Bayliss, Director
t: +852 2973 0222
e:
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SWIFT Reports Record Traffic and Strong Financial Results for 2006
Annual Report Now Available
BRUSSELS, 30 May 2007—SWIFT announced today it experienced strong growth in all major markets in 2006. A traffic increase of 13.7% and sustained financial performance have enabled SWIFT to return a total of EUR 65 million in benefits to customers.
Messaging traffic increased by 13.7% to 2.86 billion messages Messaging traffic increased by 13.7% compared to 2005, to a total of 2.86 billion messages and remains SWIFT’s largest source of revenue. Securities messages remain the major growth driver, with a 22.1% year-on-year volume increase. Payments messages were up 9.3% compared to last year, a remarkable increase for a mature market. Traffic in the Treasury market was driven by volatility in the foreign exchange markets and increased 12.8%. A new peak day of 13.6 million messages was reached on 20 December.
SWIFT returns EUR 65 million in customer benefits The savings for the community constituted EUR 23 million in free hardware security modules, an 8% mid-year price reduction of EUR 16 million, and a rebate for the fifth consecutive year worth EUR 26 million. For the first time, the 7% rebate was applicable to all messaging services, not only FIN. Before rebate, revenue amounted to EUR 588 million, a 5.2% increase due mainly to revenue from interface sales and strong messaging traffic.
SWIFT 2010 strategy The March 2006 Board approved the ongoing SWIFT2010 strategy, which incorporates four strategic growth thrusts: Extending client reach into Corporates and Trade Services; European harmonisation by supporting SEPA, TARGET2, Giovannini and MiFID in payments and securities; expansion in emerging markets; and establishing a presence in the pre-settlement space of securities and derivatives. The strategy has been positively received by the community and progress to date is on target.
Lázaro Campos, Chief Executive Officer, SWIFT, said, “Solid growth in 2006 enables us to put the additional resources in place to deliver on our 2010 strategy. We expect to recruit 400 people worldwide in 2007, half of which will be based at our headquarters in Belgium. With a dedicated and talented global staff and the commitment and strength of our community, we are confident we will continue to increase our share of the cooperative messaging space in an increasingly competitive market."
Francis Vanbever, Chief Financial Officer, SWIFT added, “Since 2001 we have reduced the average messaging price by 50%, while we invested heavily in technology renewal and increased resilience. This was achieved thanks to economies of scale and tight cost management. Our strong financial performance provides a solid foundation to finance future investments and reduce prices by another 50% over the next five years.” The 2006 annual report, published 8 May 2007, is now available on www.swift.com.
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Note to Editors:
About SWIFT SWIFT is the industry-owned co-operative supplying secure, standardised messaging services and interface software to nearly 8,100 financial institutions in 207 countries and territories. SWIFT members include banks, broker-dealers and investment managers. The broader SWIFT community also encompasses corporates as well as market infrastructures in payments, securities, treasury and trade. Over the past ten years, SWIFT message prices have been reduced over 80%, and system availability approaches 5x9 reliability — 99.999% of uptime.
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PBEC is an association of senior business leaders from throughout the Pacific Basin and beyond, dedicated to expanding trade and investment through fostering open markets. Founded in 1967, PBEC serves as the key organization through which regional executives create business relationships, encourage increased trade and investment, support open markets to lower trade barriers, and address emerging issues likely to shape the Pacific and global economies.
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