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Red Hat Academy to expand in Southeast Asia

As part of Red Hat’s OSCI (Open Source Collaborative Innovation) initiative, Red Hat recruited the following partners for Red Hat Academy in Southeast Asia:

Red Hat Academy

Asia Pacific College (Philippines)
Singapore Polytechnic (Singapore)
Institute of Technical Education (Singapore)
Bangkok University (Thailand)
Temasek Polytechnic (Singapore)

Red Hat Academy together with its partners will set up courses and offer the Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT) certification examination to students and staff members. The Red Hat Academy program is targeted at working professionals who want to equip themselves with Red Hat-specific skills.

Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, is expecting 1,000 students to be trained under this program by 2009.

Note: Henry Sy, is the Honorary Chairman of Asia Pacific College.

Dell wins CXO’s Choice as Overall Best Laptop Brand

Dell Website

Last year, Dell got the Overall Best Laptop award and they got it again this year!

According to Frost & Sullivan’s independent research 2008, Dell was voted as the number one choice for Notebook PCs, by nearly one-third (31 percent) of the European CXOs surveyed. Its nearest competitor, Lenovo, got only 19 percent. The objective of this survey, is to measure the preferences of Notebook PCs among European CXOs, specifically, C-level Executives (i.e., CEOs, CIOs, CFOs, etc.), Company Presidents, and other executive decision makers. Various features were rated such as customer service, quality, reliability, durability, etc. According to some trends, a Notebook PC that receives a Choice Award would likely influence which brand CXOs would use in the future.

Henry Sy is Philippines’ richest – Forbes Asia

Henry Sy

Henry Sy, the 83 year old, low-profile, shopping mall mogul, topped Forbes Asia’s list of Philippines’ richest. Sy and his family’s wealth has increased by US$1.4 billion despite the global financial crisis, rising from No. 2 position last year.

Lucio Tan and family moved from third to second place with a total networth of $1.5 million. But Tan’s wealth is still down by $100 million from last year.

Last year’s richest, Jaime Zobel de Ayala and family, has dropped to third place, losing a whopping $800 million. Ouch! More »