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ASTA Systems Limited
www.astasys.com

ASTA Document Server

This software product offers a comprehensive electronic document management system that can handle documents in a variety of formats. It supports scanning, storage, cataloguing, and distribution control to authorized staff within and outside the enterprise.

A simple workflow engine can route electronic documents to different business processes as defined by the users. A number of enterprise document control functions such as permission to print and watermarking are also included.
 
Comments from Judging Panel
Will prove adequate to meet the electronic document filing and management needs of small and medium enterprises. The developers have made effective use of open source software and technologies in their design.


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Globalshowroom Corporation Limited
www.globalshowroom.com

Globalshowroom Business Web Content Management System and Online Store

This Web based do-it-yourself tool for end users, typically trading firms or factories, enables them to build their own online stores to professional standards with relative ease. The company provides some training for building and maintaining the stores.

Comprehensive in its features, this tool is marketed as readily affordable. Over the last two years, it has gained more than 200 clients, including a number of international ones.
 
Comments from Judging Panel
Although similar tools are available, this system serves Hong Kong's small and medium enterprise market very well, and has some appeal for overseas clients. This should permit continued growth and further improvements in product and service quality.


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KanHan Technologies Limited
www.kanhan.com

ePutonghua Learning Platform

A Web based Putonghua teaching and learning platform, to which adults and secondary and primary students can subscribe. It offers basic Putonghua through game based learning, news, and stories together with an interactive forum. The content is updated daily by a creation and editing team maintained by the company in Guangzhou.

Since the service was launched in December 2005, more than 80 primary schools, 30 secondary schools and a number of other enterprises have become subscribers.
 
Comments from Judging Panel
Although the technologies employed are modern rather than leading edge, this product goes some way towards solving a very real learning problem encountered by many students and others in Hong Kong.



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Pop Right Limited
www.pop-right.com

Pop Right Permission Based Mass Email Management System

This system manages the mass emailings typical of sales and marketing campaigns and comes as licensed software. Since the user interface is simple and intuitive, non-technical users can set the system up and start using it with minimal training.

The comprehensive functions include features to support compliance with recently passed Hong Kong legislation covering unsolicited electronic messages, thus suiting the product well to the local small and medium enterprise market.
 
Comments from Judging Panel
The fact that it is installed on the customer's own equipment … should help it gain acceptance in the light of concerns that many have about entrusting their data on servers hosted by third-party suppliers … On the market for just three months.




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SchoolMO Education (Asia) Limited

BeyondTV Multimedia Training and Management System

BeyondTV Learning is a locally developed web-based multimedia training and management system provides a comprehensive solution for learning, training and excellent communication through video, photo, MP3 and text. It is flexible and easy to create, manage, publish and access with high-quality digital media.

The system allows quick and effective training for new product/service, improved branding and marketing, live and on-demand video broadcasts.
 
Comments from Judging Panel
This video platform has a 'YouTube' feel to it, but is notable for the use of feedback and well directed questioning which allow students to go well beyond passive viewing.



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Wharf T&T eBusiness Limited
www.WeB-123.com

WeB-eM Email Marketing System (apparently not "Web")

This Web 2.0 product is a comprehensive web based email marketing solution. It can easily manage all email promotions by you at anytime and anywhere. The solution comes with innovative interactive function called ‘triggers’. The customer interest can be greatly aroused and the sales can be made at the right time with the right people. It also provides with detailed Send-out Report. You know who had read your emails and what they are interested on.
 
Comments from Judging Panel
The product has features that support compliance with the requirements of the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Bill, which became law in July 2007. It should prove quite useful for small and medium enterprises.