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To: hlpinout who wrote (88808)	1/11/2001 7:17:41 PM
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TAIWANESE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EXPORTS UP SIGNIFICANTLY Story Filed: Thursday, January 11, 2001 8:46 AM EST Taipei, Jan 11, 2001 (EFE via COMTEX) -- The sale of Taiwanese information technology (IT) products to foreign computer makers increased significantly in 2000, the island's Informatics Industry Institute (III) said Thursday. U.S.-based Compaq led the way, purchasing $10 billion of Taiwanese IT goods, according to III data. Japan's Toshiba, Hitachi, Sony, NEC and Mitsubishi purchased $3.52 billion of Taiwanese IT products, up an impressive 89 percent compared to 1999. The top 10 U.S.-based importers of the island's IT production purchased $29.6 billion of goods in 2000, up 47 percent compared to the previous year. The top five European importers of Taiwanese IT goods acquired $1.52 billion of products last year, up 46.1 percent compared to 1999. EFE

To: hlpinout who wrote (88808)	1/11/2001 7:54:21 PM
From: hlpinout	Respond to of 97611

Microsoft Launches Certified Partner Program UK-based Equant, NetStore are first certified ASPs By Paula Rooney, CRN Redmond, Wash. 12:03 PM EST Thurs., Jan. 11, 2001 Following the October plan for its new Certified Partner program, Microsoft officially kicked off the 2001 program on Thursday by naming its first bevy of gold certified partners. Of particular interest is Microsoft's newest class of partner, the Application Service Provider. Microsoft today named two U.K.-based ASPs as Gold Certified Partners: Equant and NetStore. Several U.S-based ASPs are also in the running, including USi and ManagedOps, sources said last fall. The Redmond-based company also named the first six ISV partners to be certified under the new program, which replaces the seven-year-old Microsoft Certified Solution Provider (MCSP) program. The first Microsoft Gold Certified Partners for Software Products are BindView, icomXpress Software Solutions, IXOS Software, Lynx Commercial Systems, Priberam Informatica, Navision Financials and NetIQ. Microsoft named 26 companies to be certified as Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for E-Commerce Solutions, including Navantis, Plural, xwave, G.A. Sullivan, Competitive Computing, Sage Information Consultants, Shavlik and Rare Medium. In addition, the vendor established separate Microsoft Gold Certified Partner programs for Support Services and Enterprise Systems. The first U.S.-based partners with this designation include Comdisco, Compaq, Dell Computer, DecisionOne, EDS, EMC/Data General Division, Getronics, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, NCR, Software Spectrum, Stratus, Stream International and Unisys. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners for Enterprise Systems, the final catgeory, includes Compaq, Convergent Technologies, DataReturn, Goliath Networks, Sequoia Software and Vertex Technology Consulting.