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MBAN spreads wings with BANSEA to lift angel investing

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To jointly guide development of angel activity among Singapore & Malaysia Workshops and networking sessions scheduled for the next six months THE Malaysian Business Angels Network (MBAN) has signed a memorandum of information (MoU) with Business Angel Network Southeast Asia (BANSEA) to further support the improvement of angel investors in Malaysia and Singapore.   This is the second MBAN has signed with an global business angels network following the MoU with the European Business Angels Network (EBAN) which became sealed final October.   Under the MoU, both events will commit to together help the improvement of business angel pastime between the neighbouring nations and make efforts in fostering pass border investments among its respective individuals.   Douglas Abrams, BANSEA chairman expressed pleasure over the association and sees vast benefits for the angel groups in Malaysia and Singapore.   “Successful angel investing is based totally on imparting excessive ability beg

LinkedIn hits 200 million milestone appoints new Asia Pacific MD

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Network reaches 2 hundred million individuals international Appoints Hari Krishnan as handling director for APAC  PROFESSIONAL social network LinkedIn introduced it has reached two hundred million members worldwide, with new members becoming a member of at the fee of two in keeping with second.   Since its final statement in November of final year, the corporation has brought more than thirteen million individuals.   In a weblog submit reflecting at the community’s growth, LinkedIn’s senior vp of product & person enjoy, Deep Nishar, stated the milestone was “more than only a metric.”   “It’s a reminder of the worldwide footprint and the scale of effect our network has every day. Members come first at LinkedIn and we stay centered on growing economic opportunity for every expert in the international. We sit up for bringing the strength of the LinkedIn community to many more specialists within the coming years,” he brought.   Today, the community counts extra than one hundred s

Fujitsu takes on regional IT infra ops for REC Solar ASA

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5yr agreement to manage IT infrastructure operations at datacentre in Singapore REC focused on expanding its product presenting and marketplace presence in key markets FUJITSU Singapore has been appointed through REC Solar ASA to manage IT infrastructure operations at the global sun energy answers provider’s Singapore hub in a 5-year, multi-mullion dollar agreement. The provider of IT-primarily based commercial enterprise solutions will manipulate IT infrastructure operations at REC Solar’s datacentre in Singapore, which helps workplaces in Singapore, India, Japan, Norway, the USA and Germany.   Martin Cooper  (percent) , meantime chief govt officer at REC stated that because the enterprise continues to adapt and grow, it changed into searching out a accomplice with revel in and strong managed services capabilities.   “Fujitsu now not simplest met those requirements, it proposed a compelling answer that met our present day requirements whilst thinking of our future wishes. The le

MyTeksi’s GrabCar launches in Singapore

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Going head-to-head with Silicon Valley-primarily based startup’s UberX Follows launch of top rate experience provider in KL and Manila MALAYSIAN startup GrabTaxi, known as MyTeksi in its domestic base, has launched its premium ride carrier GrabCar in Singapore, following the rollout of the new service in Kuala Lumpur and Manila earlier this year.   GrabCar is a complementary carrier that enables users to e book a personal rent premium automobile via their smartphones.   It operates on the equal mobile software platform as GrabTaxi (or the MyTeksi app in Malaysia), even as ensuring a continuing revel in for customers looking the selection among reserving taxis or top class vehicles, GrabCar said in a declaration.   “The inclusion of GrabCar as a part of the GrabTaxi provider indicates our preference and capacity to meet our customers’ wishes in particular for the duration of top hours. It gives them get admission to to a much broader community of taxis in addition to top class mot

Aegis Global takes up BPO challenge in Malaysia

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Feels it has compelling BPO presenting to overcome market reluctance Describes Malaysia as ‘incredible marketplace’ this is nonetheless ‘very aggressive’ LEADING worldwide commercial enterprise procedure outsourcing (BPO) company, India-based totally Aegis Global has hit the ground going for walks after these days completing its acquisition of Symphony House Berhad’s BPO business.    It has already improved the headcount of the enterprise, now renamed to Aegis Malaysia Sdn Bhd, by 600 humans thru new business wins inside the 3 quick months because it closed the deal in mid-March 2014.   And it targets to hit a four,000 headcount inside three years. “We could have carried out pretty well, if we hit that,” says Sudhir Agarwal, president of Global M&A and strategic Initiatives for Aegis Global.   Sudhir is aware of a factor or two approximately scaling a organization hastily. Part of the pioneer group that launched Aegis Global in 2005 as the BPO subsidiary of Indian conglomer

iCar Asia acquires another auto website

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Agrees to buy DQBP, proprietor and operator of LiveLifeDrive.com Says acquisition similarly strengthens its foothold in Malaysian marketplace ASX-indexed iCar Asia Limited, which claims to very own Asean’s No 1 community of automobile portals, introduced it has entered into an agreement to collect DQBP Sdn Bhd, proprietor and operator of LiveLifeDrive.com.   LiveLifeDrive.com is Malaysia’s fastest developing automobile website, iCar stated in a assertion, having grown over four hundred% via 2012 to approximately 272,000 specific visitors in November, in step with Effective Measure.   The website affords great coverage and reviews of latest automobiles in Malaysia. The acquisition further strengthens iCar Asia’s foothold in the Malaysian market as it keeps to grow its reach and offerings, the business enterprise stated.   “Combining our leading classifieds website, Carlist.my, with LiveLifeDrive.com will create the clear No 1 website in Malaysia for people searching to buy or prom

Auto industry needs to get with online program: Accenture

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In Malaysia, vehicle consumers visit a median of eleven one of a kind websites previous to making the purchase Lack of included virtual advertising in auto industry, that is lagging at the back of other retail sectors CONSUMERS say they're turning to loads of online and offline offerings to assist them make their car-shopping for choices due to the fact industry websites do no longer fulfill their needs, a new global survey by means of Accenture famous.   The survey of thirteen,000 drivers in eleven countries – together with 1,000 in Malaysia – determined that clients believe the car-buying process might be less difficult and faster if the content material on auto industry websites became customized to be greater applicable to their precise car-buying possibilities.   It would additionally assist if the industry followed such on-line innovations as web chat and cell-enabled web sites, that are used extensively in different retailing sectors, Accenture said in a statement.   C