SingTel CIO Day 2012 - Hong Kong 'Unleash the Power of Your Business with Fixed Mobile Cloud Convergence' is heading into its third year on 23rd March, 2012 at Grand Hyatt Hong Kong. Gathering up to 600 C-level delegates, this year will be the largest congregation of industry movers and shakers, entrepreneurs, and business leaders from the region.
Asian Activities Report for December 15, 2011 includes: DeNA Co., Ltd. (TYO:2432) has agreed to form a strategic alliance with Alibaba Cloud Computing to provide DeNA's Mobage social gaming platform to consumers and developers in China; Marubeni Corporation (TYO:8002) has agreed to acquire a 40% equity interest in APT Allgas Energy Pty Ltd; Japan Airlines and WestJet Airlines (TSE:WJA), a low-cost airline in Canada have signed a codeshare agreement which will place the "JL" flight indicator on WestJet-operated flights between Vancouver And six Canadian cities - Calgary, Edmonton, Kelowna, Montreal, Toronto and Winnipeg, from December 15, 2011; Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4005) and Nabaltec AG (ETR:NTG) of Germany have been in discussions about collaborating on their Alumina and Aluminum Trihydroxide businesses.
Today Australian shares continued their losing streak in early trade, despite a positive lead from Wall Street. Yesterday the Asian and Australian market declined massively on the back to credit ratings downgrades for Greece and Portugal. Australian market's decline today was led by financial shares.
SAP Asia Pacific Japan today announced the appointment of Hera K. Siu as President, SAP China (ETR:SAP). Reporting directly to Steve Watts, President, SAP Asia Pacific Japan, Ms. Siu will assume responsibility for all aspects of SAP China's operations with particular focus on continuing to grow SAP's on-premise, on-demand and on-device solutions in China.
Asian stocks saw modest gains Wednesday on hope of a bailout package for Greece. Australian market was boosted yesterday as official data showed that Australia's economy grew 0.9 per cent in fourth quarter, its fastest quarter-to-quarter pace in almost two years. Japan's Nikkei index ended up 0.3 per cent. South Korea's Kospi Composite rose 0.5 per cent. Shanghai Composite climbed 0.8 per cent higher. But Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed 0.1 per cent lower. Today Asian markets are likely to open flat, after Wall Street declined slightly on Wednesday.
The SAP AG (ETR:SAP)(NYSE:SAP) Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) World Tour officially debuted in Hong Kong on 11 June to an audience of more than 600 executives from major global corporations and local government. This year's global SAP Event focuses on harnessing the power of technology to help Best-Run Businesses achieve clarity and thrive in the current business environment.
SAP China launches its 'Clear New World' strategic initiative - beginning a series of activities to help Best-Run Businesses in China see clearly, think clearly and act clearly in order to thrive in the current market conditions.
