Manila, Philippines –
ZOTAC has revolutionized the award-winning ION platform with the
processing power of Intel consumer low-voltage, or CULV, processors for
new platforms with superior performance capabilities while maintaining
class-leading energy-efficiency. The new ZOTAC ION platforms powered by
Intel CULV processors include the new ZBOX HD-ND22, HD-NS21 mini-PCs,
ION-ITX N series and ION-ITX P series mini-ITX platforms.

An
Intel Celeron SU2300 processor powers the ZOTAC ZBOX HD-ND22 and
ION-ITX P series with dual-cores clocked at 1.3 GHz for multi-threaded
processing power that delivers unprecedented performance levels in an
energy-efficient mini-PC for demanding users. A Single-core Intel
Celeron 743 processor powers ZOTAC® ZBOX HD-NS21 and ION-ITX N series
platforms for outstanding single-threaded CPU performance.

“Intel
CULV processors have previously been exclusive to ultra-portable
notebooks, but not anymore. We’ve taken the award-winning Intel CULV
processors and paired them with our award-winning ION platforms to
produce the world’s first mini-PCs and mini-ITX platforms that combine
the power of Intel CULV processors with NVIDIA ION graphics processing
for the perfect combination of CPU and GPU performance with superior
energy-efficiency,” said Carsten Berger, marketing director, ZOTAC
International.

NVIDIA ION graphics empower the Intel
CULV-powered ZOTAC ZBOX and ION-ITX platforms with outstanding 3D
capabilities and support for Microsoft DirectX 10, DirectCompute and
NVIDIA CUDA-enabled applications for energy-efficient GPU computing.
NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology delivers flawless GPU-accelerated
high-definition video playback with breathtaking clarity and details.

ZOTAC
ZBOX HD-ND22 and HD-NS21 mini-PCs with Intel CULV processors feature
class-leading flexibility with an easily customizable tool-less chassis
and room to accommodate a 2.5-inch SATA 3.0 Gb/s HDD or SSD, two DDR3
SO-DIMM memory slots, integrated 802.11n WiFi and four different
placement positions – flat, on a stand, on the back of a monitor or on
a wall with the included VESA75/100-compatible mount. External
expansion options include plenty of USB 2.0 ports, a 6-in-1 memory card
reader that supports SD, SDHC, MMC, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro and
xD memory card formats, and an eSATA 3.0 Gb/s port for plug ‘n play
expansion.

ZOTAC ION-ITX O and P series are world-class
platforms that combine the miniature size of mini-ITX with big-system
expansion capabilities including a PCI Express x16 slot, two DDR3-1066
DIMM slots, three SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports, up to 10 USB 2.0 ports and an
eSATA 3.0 Gb/s port. Onboard 802.11n WiFi and Gigabit Ethernet port
enables lightning-fast network transfers for stutter-free
high-definition video streaming.

It’s time to play with the new ZOTAC ZBOX HD-ND22, HD-NS21 and ION-ITX O and P series.

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Manila, Philippines — AMD recently
announced an important milestone for its graphic business. The company
announced the transition of its graphics business from the ATI brand to
AMD with the first products to carry the AMD Radeon brand to be
launched later this year. Similarly, graphics-related technologies such
as ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology, and ATI Catalyst drivers,
will change over to the AMD brand over the course of the next few
months. Existing products will continue to maintain the ATI brand
straight through to their end-of-life (EOL).

The rebranding
from ATI to AMD has been an option since AMD and ATI first came
together as one company four years ago. AMD made the decision to
consolidate the company under the AMD brand based on market research
and feedback from partners. This important consolidation will
positively associate the AMD brand with the product and technology
innovation of Radeon, FirePro, Eyefinity and others. AMD’s AIB and OEM
partners have clearly indicated support of this move and in many cases
have stated that they expected the transition to have happened even
sooner than today.

AMD graphics has helped to redefine how
consumers shop with VISION, and AMD Fusion technology is right around
the corner. The rebranding from ATI to AMD will further ensure that
“graphics aware” computer users know AMD and ATI are one company.

AMD launched VISION in 2009, the most successful platform introduction
in the company’s history. In the second quarter alone, AMD VISION
secured more than 130 global design wins, spanning multiple price
points across both the consumer and commercial markets. VISION branding
has demonstrated that AMD is responsive to customer needs and through
VISION, consumers will find the PC buying experience simpler and more
focused on the overall experience.

In 2011, AMD plans to
release an entirely new type of processor that delivers computing,
graphics, and power advantages on a single chip that no one else can
match. Fusion APUs (Accelerated Processing Units) represent an entirely
new class of processor that combine the CPU and GPU on a single chip,
delivering breakthroughs in visual computing and user interface,
security, performance-per-watt and enable appealing new PC form
factors.

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Manila, Philippines
–

Emerson Network Power has appointed Barry Bunyi as director for
Solutions Partner Business in Asia. This appointment is indicative of
the more aggressive stance the company is employing with regard to high
growth potential and existing core verticals.

"This strategy
serves a two-fold purpose," said Hitesh Prajapati, senior director of
channel and market development for Emerson Network Power’s operations
in Asia. "By focusing more effort to drive the business of our
channels, we make working with Emerson Network Power a profitable
engagement for our partners. In turn, we give more of our customers
direct access to our Enterprise-level IT infrastructure expertise. We
are thrilled to have Barry on board with us, and we look forward to his
plans to grow our partner business."

Bunyi will own and drive
the Network Solutions Partner (NSP) business, engaging the active and
potential NSP organizations through the collaborative efforts of
channel managers, partner managers and country sales leaders. This
resulting team shall focus all effort to develop a robust network of
active and suitable NSPs in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore,
Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Pakistan; then eventually Australia,
New Zealand, Japan and Korea.

According to Bunyi, the biggest
advantage of working with Emerson Network Power is the vast network of
support and resources the company offers its partners. From trainings,
market pulse updates, marketing and promotions, the company is always
ready to extend all necessary assistance to strengthen the capability
of existing partners, resulting in increased productivity and
substantial improvement in sales performance.

“Emerson Network
Power’s move to appoint a director for its Solutions Partner Business
in Asia means we’re strengthening our commitment to our channels,
cognizant that there is much growth potential in this area,” adds
Bunyi. “Emerson Network Power has an existing network of highly-skilled
and highly-reliable partners in the region, and we’re gearing up to
take our current channel business to higher levels.”

Bunyi
joins Emerson Network Power with over 10 years of highly successful
sales and marketing experience in the IT industry. He was most recently
the director and country manager of Dell Philippines with full
accountability for the P&L and entire operations of the subsidiary.
Bunyi also worked for Hewlett-Packard and Ayala Systems Tech Inc.,
holding various management and marketing positions. He graduated from
Ateneo de Manila University with a degree in Business Management.

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MANILA, Philippines—Memorizing a deck of cards
in precise chronological order under one minute may seem like a
superhuman feat because it has been accomplished by only less than 1
percent of the world’s population.

But it’s not because they are naturally gifted, according to memory experts. The feat simply has only been attempted by a few.

A Filipino, Johann Randall Abrina, has tried it in the international
arena, with astonishing results. So has Roberto Racasa, a “kristo” or
bet-taker in a cockfighting arena in Marikina City.

Abrina, a registered nurse and sports psychology student from
Marikina City, memorized a deck of 52 cards in sequence in 80 seconds
at the United Kingdom Open Memory Championships on Aug. 26-27, beating
Ben Pridmore, the current World Memory Champion, in one discipline and
winning a silver medal.

Pridmore, a three-time World Memory champion, finished as the overall UK Memory champion.

To attain the rank of Grandmaster of Memory in the world, one
requirement is to be able to memorize one shuffled deck of 52 cards in
two minutes.

If Abrina succeeds in future performances to memorize 1,000 digits
in under an hour and the precise order of 10 shuffled decks in the same
amount of time, along with his incredible skill in speed cards, he will
be joining an elite group composed of less than 40 grandmasters in the
world.

Pridmore, whose memory feats have been the subject of many TV
documentaries in England, has memorized 27 packs of cards, in order, in
under 60 minutes.

Plucky Pinoys

Pridmore lost to Abrina in a discipline where he has a personal best
of 24 seconds, according to memory enthusiasts, because he was going
for another world record and made costly mistakes.

In a field of 14 memory experts from the UK, Germany, Austria, Italy,
Sweden, the Netherlands, Ireland, Poland and Slovenia who competed in
Paddington, London, Abrina was beaten in the speed cards discipline
only by the Austrian Corina Draschl, who memorized the whole deck in 78
seconds.

Abrina finished ninth place overall.

Racasa, the “kristo,” finished 11th, beating competitors from the Netherlands, Italy, Slovenia and Lithuania.

The plucky Filipinos traveled more than 11,000 kilometers to participate in the event for the first time.

“The performance is impressive and unexpected,” said Klaus Kolb,
president of the German Memory Council and founder of the German Memory
Championships whose candidates often dominate the world rankings.

Pridmore, a 33-year-old accountant, sits on top of the world
rankings but the rest of the top 10 are dominated by Germans who, among
them, have produced three world champions. The Germans also hold seven
world records in 10 memory disciplines.

But the performance of the unheralded Filipinos is nothing to be
sneezed at, said Kolb, also a famous memory trainer in Germany and
author of several memory books published in Europe.

“Their performance in their first international memory tournament is
proof that with enough time and discipline, Filipinos can be a major
threat to memory athletes, if not in the world, at least in Asia,” Kolb
said. “Certainly, they are coming into the World Memory Championships
in December with a lot more respect than before.”

Racasa also placed a respectable sixth in the marathon 30-minute
card discipline, memorizing 156 cards in sequence in 30 minutes while
Abrina memorized 130 cards.

Abrina bolted into the top 10 of the UK championships with another
respectable finish in the random words discipline, memorizing 77 words
in 15 minutes.

624 cards in 30 minutes

Considering the world record in speed cards held by Simon Reinhard
of Germany is 21.9 seconds and that Pridmore can memorize 624 cards in
sequence in 30 minutes, the Filipinos may still have a long way to go.

“But compared to the United States

,
they can very well hold their own,” Kolb said, adding the Filipinos can
probably handily beat the Americans at the US Memory Championships if
they are allowed to compete.

The current record for speed cards in the US championships is one
minute and 27 seconds. Abrina has already done it in under one minute.

Mental decathlon

The Memory Masters is a mental decathlon and sporting tournament with a following in 20 countries.

For the last 17 years, the World Memory Championships have been held
in Europe, the Middle East and Asia where astonishing records are set
by the world’s best memory athletes in 10 disciplines that include
memorizing decks of playing cards, pages of random numbers and words,
names and faces, poems and historical facts.

A record holder can recall over 180 names within 15 minutes or more than 300 numbers within five minutes.

Competitive memory has been an organized sport only since 1991 when
Tony Buzan, a business consultant and author of 82 books on brain and
memory, organized the first international competition in England.

Buzan calls it mental olympics, focusing on training the mind to develop its latent abilities in much the same way athletes train their bodies to perform to their fullest potential.

Mental, physical fitness

The training required for competitive memory sports is like training
for the Olympics, stressing the need both for mental and physical
fitness,

In the last 17 years, the sport has grown in popularity with
national championships held in the United States, Germany, South
Africa, Australia, Singapore, China, Japan, and Mexico.

The first Philippine Memory Championships will be held next year
under Memo Masters Philippines in cooperation with the Center for
Memory Training and Creativity based in Germany.

Those interested are encouraged to join and train for free under
Kolb, who stresses that high IQs are not required to do well in the
sport, simply remarkable amounts of focus and discipline.

Kolb underscored the importance of memory training in learning.

“Learning requires more than understanding. You only really learn
what you remember and what you have forgotten you have not learned,”
Kolb said.

“Students have to learn vast amounts of information in vocabulary,
historical facts, scientific terms and learning can be made easy and
fun if you know the best strategies. This is where memory training
comes in.”

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Manila, Philippines
– Fujitsu Enterprise Solutions will be participating at the 4th Ayala
Group ICT Summit with the theme “Creating Possibilities” at the Edsa
Shangri-la Hotel from September 1 and 2, 2010. Philip Wong, Fujitsu’s
SAP ASEAN Competence Center Head, will speak on “Setting the right
foundations for Cloud with SAP Infrastructue-as-a-Service.”

“We
are honored to sponsor this event and to have an opportunity to share
our expertise in the field of SAP and in the emerging cloud technology.
The Ayala Group ICT Summit is a premium platform to highlight the
advancements in the Philippines’ IT industry. As a leader in the IT
market, this is the perfect platform for Fujitsu Enterprise Solutions
to showcase our innovations and best practices in SAP technologies,”
said Jan Biezepol, Fujitsu Enterprise Solutions Managing Director for
Asia.

The two-day summit, now on its fourth year, is annually
hosted by the Ayala Group of Companies. Organized to gather industry
practitioners and key decision makers from across the Ayala Group with
select invited delegates, the event aims to increase awareness and
exposure to the latest emerging trends and opportunities in the
Philippines’ IT sector.

Biezepol also added, “This summit is
just one of the activities that Fujitsu Enterprise Solutions is
participating in this year, as part of our strategy to strengthen our
relationship with industry players and allied sectors. Mr. Wong’s
participation as a speaker underscores the position of the company as a
leader in the industry, and as an active player in promoting enhanced
IT performance for companies.”

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