Just like what said by the famous American poet Langston Hughes “Let the rain kiss you….. Let the rain sing you a lullaby…” The whole atmosphere at Exabytes’ office today resembles what MR Hughes said about rainy days. “Let the rain beat upon your head… feel the rain like a lullaby…”

It is a Wednesday’ morning, it is first day of September 2010 in Penang, and many of us have to work today after a long break during the weekend + Merdeka Day celebration, so instead of relishing MR Hughes’ ambience of a rainy day, many Exabees have come to work, with umbrellas.

Not only do them remind us of MR Hughes’ famous rainy day quote, all these umbrellas actually look like a few mushrooms growing on the ground, some of these umbrella do have their WEBSITES’ URLs printed on the surface, aren’t they?

How would it be if all umbrellas in the world have their brands’ websites printed on them? Wouldn’t it be a wonderful thing for people to get to know about them?

Well, well, well ……

How about a cup of Nescafe.com.my after the crazy rainy day traffic in this hectic Wednesday’s morning?

If we could treat all our customers to a cup of Nescafe in our office today, we would!

Cheers~!

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Happy 53rd Birthday to Malaysia !!

53 years is not a short time. For the past 53 years, we Malaysians with different cultures and lifestyles have lived happily under one roof, and that’s the spirit we are talking on this special 53rd Independence Day!

Merdeka! Merdeka!! Merdeka!!! These words are so sweet and motivating and we believe it still plays in many of our minds!

In this exceptionally special occasion, Exabytes wishes all Malaysians a Happy and Meaningful Merdeka Day!

While you are enjoying this wonderful holiday on 31st August, please don’t forget that our professional technical team will still be working 24 x 7 to assist you in case of any technical issue. Even it’s a public holiday, please do not hesitate to contact us via our ticketing system.

Once again, Happy Merdeka Day to all MALAYSIANS and Happy Holiday to everybody!!!

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This September22-24, there is a perfect place for a geek like yourself to supercharge your career by feeding yourself with new technologies such as SharePoint 2010, Visual Studio 2010, SQL Server 2008 R2, Silverlight 4, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and many more through an in-depth and hands on demonstration by Microsoft MVPs and industry experts local and abroad!!!

Tech Insights Penang 2010 is a major technology conference, an event which provides you with the most cutting-edge insights and expertise that will make your working life a lot easier , while giving you the chance to mingle with like-minded peers and immensely upgrade your knowledge on latest technologies.

Chan Ming Man, MVP (Visual C#), Malaysia and Randy Williams, MVP (Share Point Server), USA among others are the speakers for this event.

Sign up NOW (or before 3rd September 2010) to get the early bird price of RM80 (Normal Price: RM120) with discount code EXACU only for Exabytes Fans.

Date:  22nd to 24th September 2010 (Wednnesday to Friday)
Venue: Eureka Building, University of Science Malaysia (USM), Penang
Time:  9.00am to 6.00pm

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Time lapses, it’s already middle of August. Looking back to July, there were a lot of things happening and there was also SOMEONE VERY IMPORTANT and definitely worth mentioning in the month of JULY! Yeah… you’ve guessed it right, it is the moment of truth, and we are here to announce our EOTM for July 2010.

Well, this person is no new face to us at Exabytes and a lot of our clients, as he has been with Exabytes for more than 3 years, assisting customers in finding the most value-added hosting packages and answering all their hosting doubts both via email and telephone.

Patience is his motto and giving the most thorough explanations to clients is his principle. Besides, if you have followed our stories on the various departments in Exabytes, our July’s hero is one of the ‘Active 5′ in our Business Development Department – Malaysia Division. Without further ado, let’s give a big round of applause to welcome our EOTM July 2010 – MR Kevin Ooi!!

Kevin in our eyes, is no ordinary colleague, for his great patience in dealing with customers has put many of us in awe. And in this July, he is officially voted as the EOTM because:

• very patient in guiding juniors to sell better
• very patient when handling sales calls + helpdesk tickets and guiding clients at his best
• works well and is very friendly with his team members and all the colleagues from other departments
• communicate well with team members
• initiative to propose/suggest more efficient ways to handle daily tasks

Congratulations Kevin, you make us proud!

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If you ever see a lady in her twenties pushing a shopping trolley full of Milo and Nescafe, making her way to pay at the cashier of Sunshine Supermarket in Bayan Baru, Penang, don’t be surprised! Well, she is no owner of a large kopitiam or a ‘Milo hoarder’ who tries to hoard Milo in Malaysia. Instead, chances are high that she is our Office Manager – Ms KY Chan.

Extremely dedicated and always willing to take on extra tasks which are not within her job scope, KY Chan aka Qi Yong (a familiar name in our office) is the main person in our this week’s feature – Exabytes’ Administration Department.

Although Qi Yong is the only person in the department, her job includes assisting Finance Department in making various banking transactions, preparing payments for our vendors, processing payroll, handling big and small matters related to human resource, keeping important documents in the filing system, taking care of the office’s amenities, changing light bulbs……. (I’m going to stop here as it’s simply too long to mention all)

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It’s the Annual Exabytes Sports Tournament! This August on 7th, we gathered all the staff especially the sports enthusiasts from Exabytes at this beautiful beach called Ruang Beach, to showcase our ‘athletic’ bodies and skills, enhance the spirit of our sportsmanship, and most importantly, foster the relationships and teamwork among Exabees . Simply put, we were there to have a lot of fun!

While each of us attended the event in the most jovial and excited mood, our 2010 Annual Sports Day didn’t start and appear convincing at all. It was a rainy morning and dark clouds were seen all over the sky. But just as we thought that the event was going to flop, the rain stopped and it turned out to be a pretty fine day!

Seeing this, a lot of us hurriedly unpacked all the stuff we had in our bags, and set up everything which was needed on this ‘half’ fine day! Besides the food for BBQ, the most important thing was the gigantic rope which we would use in our TUG-OF-WAR!!

With more than 30 participants including the organizers, we were all too excited to play the 3 dirty and exciting games we used to play in high school – three-legged race, tug-of-war and volleyball. And when the clocked struck 3.30pm, it was all rock and roll….!

Our sport day kicked off with one of the favorites in most primary and high schools – Three-Legged Race, as planned by the OC.

Many of us started off by being a bit slow, but after some warming up and familiarization, we were so surprised to see that some of the ‘Three Musketeers’ tied together could even sprint! Man! They must have recalled the way to win Three-Legged Race back on their primary school sports days.

To the dismay of teams A, C and D, team B upset the rest and emerged as the winner of this game!!

In the journey to reclaim their pride, tug-of-war was played not too long after the three-legged race. This time, Gaveen of team B had no intention to give it up that easily anymore! Swearing to himself that he must win for his team in this game, he pulled, pulled and pulled like no tomorrow!!! Check out the face he made when he pulled!

But sadly, Gaveen didn’t make it…..   Team A which consisted of our self-claimed hunky guy Roger Lew and our CEO MR Chan among the rest proved themselves to be the most powerful persons!

After that, it’s all fun and breezy. Volleyball by the beach, this time however, our spirit was not as strong as it used to. Distracted by the beautiful view of the sea and the fact that BBQ time was approaching, our concentration started to wander. But still, all of us put on a tough fight but eventually, we had to hand over the champion title to team D.

After all the sweats and exciting moments, it’s time for us to chow down on some delicious looking honey-coated chicken wings and sausages – the long waited BBQ session!

Savoring our favorite food by the beach while chatting with good friends cum colleagues, I guess there is no other better way to wrap up our 2010 Annual Sports Day. But wait! What about the ultimate winner? We already had the winners for three-legged race, tug-of-war and volleyball, but what about the overall winner of this sports day?

After some point calculation and performance assessment by the OC, we are proud to announce our ultimate winner of this sports day – AND IT GOES TO…….. Team A!!!

The Ultimate Champion of our Sports Day – Team A

And the first runner-up is….. Team D

And the second runner-up is….. Team B

The Second Runner-up – Team B

Congratulations to all the winning teams!!

Lastly, we would also like to extend our gratitude to the Organizing Committee – David Ch’ng (advisor), EK Lim, KC Yeap and JY Teh for the sweats and all the hard work! Thank you very much and all we want to say is that we really had a wonderful time!

Ops. I guess I have miss out to share some picture of the location of our Sports Tournament. Yoh, look down and you will see them.

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Well, how many of you out there are crazy about video games? I’m sure tons of you are!

As in Exabytes, there are many video game or Wii fanatics too. In order to feed the gaming appetite of these fanatics in the company, Wii Competition is held as a yearly internal event for our staff.

Exabytes Wii Competition 2010 was held from 26 May 2010 – 15 Jun 2010 in Exabytes Penang office Fun Room. We are sorry for this update which is little later through blog.

Read a little more about Exabytes Wii Competition 2009 here.

As so many of us are already familiar ‘practising Wii’ after office hours. No doubt, this year’s competition is a special one because in previous years our staff were competing in groups but for this year, it’s all one-to-one actions. Participants are allowed to choose only one game they play best from the following:

1. Table Tennis Game
2. Basket Ball Game
3  Swordsplay Game
4. Cycling Game
5. Archery Game

And…….. Here we start!!

And after numerous exciting rounds and fierce competition, the WINNERS are out. Our CEO Chan Kee Siak will present the prizes to our winners.

You guys are officially recognized as the Wii Fanatics and sport enthusiasts of Exabytes!

And of course after numerous exhausting rounds of competition, it will be against the company culture to not have a ‘Makan-Makan’ feast as a celebration and some ‘sweat replenishment’ moments.

The closing party was held on 15 June, 12-1pm and all participants were treated to a great variety of savory food including pizzas, potato salad, bihun, fried rice, and many more.

Last but not least, a thousand thanks to our Organizing Committee for making this event so much fun and a successful one! Let’s give a big round of applause to them, from your left in the first row is our OC Advisor Adeline Tan, followed by ST Ooi at her right. In the second row starting from your left are Arren Tan, Hooi Meng and Kevin.

So long, Exabytes’ Wii Competition 2010! And we definitely look forward to the next year’s Wii Competition with greater anticipation!

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Suntech @ Penang as an advanced hi-tech hub, is best known for hosting most of the IT companies in Penang. And the first impression we usually get from IT personnel is nerdy and boring. Well not anymore….

To join the fun many of us had during the 2010 South Africa FIFA World Cup, Emerald Capital (The management of Suntech) had organized its own kind of World Cup! And lucky us as two of our colleagues from Exabytes have won the Consolation and Finalists’ prizes.

Don’t take this wrongly as the competition is nothing like the actual football games. Instead, the participants were to predict the scores and the teams which would qualify for quarter finals up to the final!

It was really an exciting competition, as we all know that many unpredicted outcomes were witnessed in the 2010 South Africa FIFA World Cup. So there goes the winner of this competition, who insisted to be known as MR Tan; the tall guy who you can see holding the Adidas Jabulani ball in his hands at the center of the photo.

Besides, the foresighted and lucky finalists got the original World Cup caps; actual size soccer balls for the Special Prize winners and mini-size soccer balls for the Consolation Prize winners.

As you can see, Annie Ong, our Customer Service Manager (the one who holds the England red cap in the photo and dressed in Exabytes T-shirt) was one of the finalists. And Gaveen Khor, our System Engineer who dressed in Exabytes T-shirt, is the winner of Consolation Prize who holds a mini-size soccer ball in his hand second from your right in the photo.

Congratulations again to the Grand Prize winner – MR Tan, and of course our colleagues from Exabytes, Annie Ong and Gaveen Khor. You are making us proud for being so foresighted!

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Another strong propeller of Exabytes, which is of this week’s feature, is our team of Business Development Department – Malaysia Division. Just like their colleagues in the International Division, they too spend a huge portion of their time sitting in the meeting room, brainstorming for ideas and coming out with our market-savvy and value-competitive hosting packages which have benefited many Exabytes’ clients. However, their jobs focus on only the sales and marketing for our customers from Malaysia.

Consisting of 5 very motivated and upbeat individuals, the ‘Active 5′ in this division are probably the most talkative and communicative persons in the whole company, for their jobs are to interact with customers regarding the company’s products and the customers’ hosting needs, both using their mouths and their ‘penmanship’ (using email).

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Have you ever called in to talk to the staff of Exabytes regarding your hosting needs? Ever called in to enquire about our latest promotions and negotiate for a better deal? If you have, who exactly were these people who talked to you on the phone/via email and guided you through the process of finding the most suitable hosting package?

Introducing the powerful, energetic and behind the scene force which drives Exabytes forward, our Business Development Department! With the total number of 34,000+ active clients and 100,000+ domains hosted with Exabytes and growing every day, all these dedicated people you have been interacting with on the phone/via email is the driving force which propels Exabytes forward!

Our Business Development Department consists of 8 important and dedicated people, in which 3 of them are in the International Division, and the remaining 5 in the Malaysia Division. Just like any business development personnel in the world, 8 of them spend a huge portion of their time sitting in the meeting room, brainstorming for ideas and coming out with our market-savvy and value-competitive hosting packages which have benefited many Exabytes’ clients. It’s also their passion to carry out regular sales promotions to reward our existing and prospective customers.

This week, we are going to feature the International Division, which is made up of 3 very important persons who handle the business development activities of exabytes.com, exabytes.sg, wpwebhost.com and iloveblog.com.

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