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Get Your Startups Fired Up @ Penang!

November 26th, 2008

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You’ve got the business and you wanna get it groovin’?

Now is the time!

BizSpark is Microsoft’s innovative new program that unites Startups with entrepreneurial and technology resources in a global community with a common goal of supporting and accelerating the success of a new generation of high-potential Startups.

Understanding the importance of a strong and solid startup in kick-starting your business, Microsoft is introducing the “Get Your Startups Fired Up @ Penang” program which is designed to accelerate your business success by providing strong startups guaranteed to get your business grooving.

This is also an event not-to-be-missed as you will get the chance of meeting and getting to know the sole CEO of Exabytes, Mr Chan Kee Siak, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in Malaysia in person, as he will be giving talks on all about Exabytes Network entrepreneurship and how he founded the company.

Get your Startups Fired Up!

Date: Saturday, November 29, 2008
Time: 2.00pm – 6.00pm
Venue: SUNTECH, Penang MSC Cybercity, CBD Bayan Baru, Penang

Register and join now at http://www.microsoft.com/malaysia/events/bizspark/

For more info about Microsoft BizSpark, log on to http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/

See you guys there!

Community Events

Exabytes Angel Program

November 25th, 2008

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Exabytes existing clients, listen up!

Are you tired of working all day, all night, trying to get that extra income you need? Dreaming of an easier way to earn them but don’t know how? What if we tell you we know exactly just how!

Great news for all of you! Step into the magical world of Exabytes, and be blessed with a heavenly opportunity that will get you smiling blissfully!

Introducing Exabytes Angel Programme.

A program that will take you away from your financial troubles and allow you to gain extra cash, the easiest way. All you have to do, is refer your friend to our products/services and you will earn commission in return. Earning extra cash has never been this easy, right!

No more sleepless nights and mind-boggling jobs. Step into our magical world and be an angel today!

Announcement

2008 Second Malaysia Chinese Blogger Award!

November 24th, 2008

1122, another meaningful, and special number for Malaysian Chinese bloggers. The second MyBloggerCon (MBC) Award, took place in Dewan Sivik, PJ on the last 22nd November 208. Exabytes, as the proud main sponsor of this event, has made the event even more joyful by giving out cash and door gifts to the participants of the event. This event was another initiative taken to help develop the blogging industry in Malaysia, and encourage more professional bloggers in this blogging industry.

This prestigious blogger award has attracted more than 1000 bloggers from local and also overseas to register as contestants. The awards consist of variety of blog categories, from tech, movie, photography, music, sexes, fashion, humor, to current affairs and even “self-enjoy” (a.k.a syok sendiri).

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The commitees were doing the final preparation before the event.

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The view from the back of the hall. The venue was pretty grand.

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The guests were registering themselves and getting Exabytes Goodies Bag filled with door gifts.

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Many bloggers were excited when they finally could meet each other face to face, not virtually on Internet.

We have snapped of the guests during the free-and-easy session before the award. We wanna shot their photos like Oscar Award’s but unfortunately there was no red carpet.

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There were interviews for the bloggers to share couple words for entering the final stage of the award or about this event. Erm… the emcee was gorgeous.

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As the main sponsor of this event, the CEO of Exabytes Mr Chan Kee Siak no doubt is one of the interwees.

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There is no age limitation in blogging. I just wonder how young these little bloggers really are.

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The MBC commitees were yelling in pasar malam style to promote their T-Shirt.

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Some guests dressed up in their best clothes in this event. For instance…

Oh my… this guy got style.

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Besides the bloggers, there were some special guests came all the way from a galaxy far far away with their best outfits to support this event as well.

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These fellas in famous Star Wars costumes had caused en excitement right through the crowd when they appeared at the venue.They were the members of 501st MALAYSIA-BRUNEI OUTPOST and Rebel Legion Malaysian Legion (RLMO) who specially came to put some momentum to this event.

Here are brief intro of the characters. (From left) a TIE Fighter Pilot, a Clone Trooper, a preganant princess, a Jedi Knight, a TIE Fighter Pilot again and a X-Wing Pilot who looked like a firefighter.

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As a Jedi, besides know how to pose, fighting skills is essential. But don’t mess up our booth please.

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The guest got opportunity to take group photo with these bizarre dressed friends, by putting a little amount of cash into their donation box.

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The guests were out in force at the outside of hall while waiting the award to begin.

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8:00pm. The award ceremony began.

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The emcees of the award ceremony.

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Meet Jerry, the chairman of MyBloggerCon. A kinda funny guy with great sense of humor. He was giving the opening speech.

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The nabs from far galaxy showed up on stage again.

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Mr Clone Trooper was proudly be one of the guests to present the award to the winner.

At first the emcee were having some difficulties to communicate with Mr Trooper.

After that, everyone sharply hit by the truth of the official language spoken among Imperial Army, when Mr Trooper was questioned about the language that he was competent at, and his answer was “Malay”. LOL

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Finally, the communication issue was solved and the award was successfully presented. OK, terima kasih manyak-manyak. May the force be with you.

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Here are the winners of the awards of different categories.

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Dejavu? Nope. This guy in casual outfit appeared on the stage twice as he won twice.

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This hottie was the winner of The Best Fashion & Trend Blog. Apparently she was well deserved for that.

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Being the main sponsor, our boss Mr Chan also presented 2 awards to the winners of The Best Humorous Blog and The Best Commercial Blog.

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There were interesting talent shows by the performers from their own blogger community through out the event.

Male singing.

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Female singing.

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Single guy singing.

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Triple girls singing.

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Multiple guys and girls dancing.

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Musical instrumental show. FYI, this special piece of thing is called dulcimer or “yang qing” in Chinese.

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A creative remix of the ancient Chinese zither, guqin and Tang poem.

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A talent performance by an indie band named “New York City Leave Elegantly”. Kinda artistic name. I direct translate it from their band name in Chinese.

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Finally, the event came to the last award, but not really the last technically, as there were 10 winners. It was moment to reveal the winners of The Top 10 Most Recommended Blogs.

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The second MyBloogerCon Award finally drawn to an end successfully.

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Last but not least, a group photo of all the Exabytes crews who have attended and worked hard for this event. Thank you so much for your great effort.

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Congratulations to all the winners once again. To all the bloggers, we hope you guys will continue to carry on your blogging dream and continue to work together to propel the Malaysian blogging industry to the greatest degree.

FYI, we are currently offering an unbelievable promotion. Register a TLD domain name with only RM55 and you will get a FREE EBiz Plus Hosting Plan worth RM269 for one year! Exclusively for MyBloggerCon bloggers! This promotion will end on 30 November and limited to 200 units only.

Log on to www.bloghosting.com.my and move your blog to become a self hosted professional blog now!

For those who have attended the event, do not forget to write your reviews about this event which can earn you some cash! :) http://mybloggercon.com/blog/1122review/

Blogging is fun, blogging we shall! ;)

See you in The Third MyBloggerCon Award next year !

Community Events

November 22nd, 2008

We Like To Move It, Move It – Madagascar 2 Style!

November 18th, 2008

We have flown with the swarm of bees, we have fought a fair battle with the predators, we have met the mysterious aliens and last Saturday, we just had a wild good time escaping with Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippopotamus, Melman the Giraffe to the Africa!

Yes, Exabytes 4th Private Screening held in Cineplex, Damansara was such a blast and very well received, that the hall was fully crowded with people like never before! It was such an honor to receive this heartening response from the crowd which consists from our valued customers, vendors, suppliers, and business partners all joined together as one in this happening event – all smiles!

Million thanks to those who came and made this a successful event! For those who couldn’t make it, don’t fret, as you can also feel part of the event by going thru this special made blog just for the event! The pictures are up, let’s check it out! ;)

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“This is your tickets, enjoy your movie!” :P None other than our very own hardworking and friendly crews at the Ticket Redemption Counter.

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And the evening starts with a throng of people crowding our booth!

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And more people… Oh look, everywhere around you see people carrying our eco-friendly bags too!

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And even more people! They just keep coming and they never seem to stop! :D

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Oh and not to forget, the glory time for Mr Noor Azlin Shah Nawawe as he redeemed his MacBook Air from the last I Want A MacBook Air Contest, from our very own CEO, Mr Chan Kee Siak!

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Thanks to those who have made this a successful one, especially to SY Ho (the person in charged for this event) and not forgetting the team from Exabytes Network for the effort and dedication – guys, we have made it!

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Until we see you guys again on the next Movie Day! Stay tuned! ;)

Community Events

Update & Win a HP All-In-One Printer!

November 12th, 2008

 

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Exabytes existing clients, listen up!At Exabytes, we know you love freebies as much as we love giving them away, and as this time around, we are giving away FREE HP All-In-One Printer worth RM455 and FREE hosting plan renewal !

But here’s the catch! In order to win, you just need to keep your contact details (Name, Company Name, Email Address and Address) with Exabytes up to date in Exabytes Billing System. And that’s all that you have to do!

The one lucky client who have successfully updated his/her contact details in Exabytes Billing System will stand a chance to win the Grand Prize of HP All-In-One Printer worth RM455, and the other 30 lucky winners picked at random will stand a chance of winning FREE hosting plan renewal for one year!

Update & Win!

 How to update your contacts details with Exabytes?

Click on the link provided to get the update steps:  Steps to Update

Alternatively, you may refer to our Video tutorial:   Video Tutorial

This campaign valid until 25 November 2008 only, so hurry and update your contact details now to win that printer you’ve been dreaming for!

The winners will be announced in December.

Terms and conditions:

  • FREE 1 year hosting renewal is applicable to one hosting plan only. If the winner has more than one hosting plan, the winner may choose one of his/her hosting plans to be entitled with the FREE 1 year hosting renewal.
  • Judges’ decision is final.
  • In the event of circumstances arising outside of Exabytes’ control, Exabytes reserves the right to substitute a prize of equivalent value or change the specification of the prize if circumstances require it.
  • The prizes are not exchangeable with money or any other Exabytes hosting products and services.
  • This campaign is valid until 25 November 2008
  • Exabytes has the right at any time and from time to time to amend the terms & conditions here without prior notice.

Announcement, Exabytes Contest Bulletins

Effective Sales and Marketing Weapon for Exabytes clients!

November 7th, 2008

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Get ready to untangle your problems and setup your business online in less than a day

Exabytes, together with our joint-ventured partners, Jevince Solutions and Action Coach, is organizing an Internet Business Fundamentals Course for company owners or individuals who are ready to tap into the global market.

1 Full Day Covering the setup of Internet Business System

BENEFITS

1. Web Technology Basics

2. Web Design and HTML Basics

3. How to Register a Domain Name

4. Website vs Blog vs Content Management System

5. Video and Digital Content Production

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN

Module 1 – Understanding Web Technology

Module 2 – Web Setup Planning

Module 3 – Web Development and Design

Module 4 – Tools for Web Enhancement

Module 5 – Content Production

The normal price for this course is RM650. But if you are our FIRST 15  early lucky birds, you can enjoy this course at Penang, on 15 November 2008  at the price of just RM300  ONLY! Yes, that’s HALF of the price! First come first serve only, so hurry hurry!

For more details, here.gif to download the brochure.

To register, kindly fill out the registration form printed on the brochure and fax it back to Action Coach at +60 (4) 643 3363. For more information, please call +60(4) 643 5978 or e-mail to rositaradin@actioncoach.com / radinikram@actioncoach.com

This promotion ends at 13 November 2008 for limited seats only, so, hurry! Register and secure your seat now!

See you all there!

Promotions

October 2008 Employee of The Month!

November 7th, 2008

It’s time to make it hot! After being MIA (Missing in Action) for quite some time, Exabytes is here to heat your day once again with our Second Season of EOTM! October is indeed a month of celebration. Early of the month, we celebrated Eid Fitr aka Hari Raya. A few weeks later, we celebrated Deepavali. And while you just wiped off that gruesome makeup for last Halloween celebration, we are happy to announce yet another best performer in Exabytes!

And as we do not have any winner for the month of September, the month of October will witness not one, but TWO shining stars who will bring back RM250 Travel Voucher each! Double celebration, yeah! :D Oh and the Voucher can be accumulated, of course. So let’s say the winner for this month does not want to use the Voucher yet, and he/she gets to win the EOTM award for the second time, the Travel Voucher will then be accumulated to RM500 Travel Voucher! Of course, this prize offer is valid for Second Season EOTM (August 2008 – December 2008) only. :P

 Anyway. Without further ado, the winners for this start of Second Season go to – David Ch’ng and JY Teh! Woohoo!

That’s right, for some of you, David and JY Teh are the same people that have been corresponding with you while helping to resolve your webhosting issues through the tickets sent it! But what are the traits they have, making them the best yet among the rest? Let’s check it out!

David

  • Very hardworking and full of initiatives.
  • Very responsible and independent in executing his daily tasks.
  • Incredibly helpful, efficient and dedicated in solving unresolved issues.
  • Extremely friendly, and treat his other team members with respect.

JY Teh

  • Manage to assist customers in a timely manner.
  • Manage to resolve overdue tickets efficiently.
  • Hardworking and full of initiatives.
  • Able to provide good and detailed reports on any issues.
  • Outstanding performance.

So that’s what makes them the heroes of this month! Okay, personality traits revealed, but how do they look like? Ladies and gentlemen, let’s give it up for your reigning kings of this month, Mr David Ch’ng and JY Teh!

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Congratulations both of you!

Employee of the Month

Oh, The Honour! The Glamour!

November 6th, 2008

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 As you know, we brought home yet again another award from the prestigious Golden Bull Award just recently – for second consecutive time, no kidding! :D

We knew we could not have done it without you, our customers, and this definitely calls for celebration for all of us! Therefore, in conjunction to this event, we invite you to join in the celebration by signing up to Exabytes Did It Again promotion to enjoy TWO YEARS worth of hosting, just for you!

Promotion #1 : EBiz Gold Promotion

Start your online business today and get your business running at home! Save on petrol, save on utility costs, and save on operating costs by saving with EBiz Gold!

Buy RM 399 + RM100 = get 2 years of hosting! (normal price: RM 698 for 2 years).
SAVE RM199! 

Promotion #2 : EBiz Plus Promotion

Why pay more when you have got so much to save during this economic downturn? Save and pay less for a longer hosting period with EBiz Plus!

Buy RM 269 + RM 100 = get 2 years of hosting! (normal price: RM 438 for 2 years).
SAVE RM 69!

* Promotions valid until 30 November 2008 so quick, let’s celebrate and save more today!

Promotion #3 : WhoIs ID Protect

Do you hate getting your private contact information exposed for the world to see? Worry no more! With WHOIS ID Shield, your confidential particulars can now be guarded from public viewing at only RM19.90/yr! (normal price: RM29.90/yr). This is to prevent you from receiving SPAM emails as well as junk sales too, so value your privacy. Get protected today!

Promotions

Exabytes Did It Again!

November 6th, 2008

Updates, updates!

Guess what? After all the hard work and sleepless nights, last Saturday, Exabytes staffs have another reason to scream in joy and pat each other at the back as we have proved to ourselves once again, that we are indeed the cream of the crop!

At Exabytes, we believe that hard work coupled with excellent service is the key to our success. And 8 years of hard work definitely paid off as we brought home yet again another award from the prestigious Golden Bull Award!

The glorious night was kicked off with entertaining colorful dances. The dancers were so graceful on the stage, we were held captivated! Just look at them!

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The event then continued with welcoming speeches from the Nanyang Founder, followed our Deputy Prime Minister, Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak.

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And then, it was the moment we were all been waiting for, the main highlight on the night – the presentation of awards. Look at our happy faces! Haha.

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Congratulations to all (Exabytes employees, business partners, valued customers) who have made this possible. Without your great effort and support, we would not have won this prestigious award. This award goes out to all of you too, so thank you so much! Long live Exabytes! ;)

Announcement, Promotions