China Tops US In Web Users (July 25, 2008) - According to government data, the growing presence of online Chinese has surpassed the US to become the world's biggest, logging 253-million people online, despite government interference with the web.
According to a report by the Associated press on Friday, 19.1 percent of the world's most populous country is connected.
The China Internet Network Information Center (cnnic.net.cn) reported that at the end of June, there was a 56 percent increase in use from a year ago, compared to the US, which had about 223 million users in June according to research firm Nielsen Online, a little less than three-quarters of Americans.
"This is the first time the number has drastically surpassed the United States, becoming the world's No. 1," a CNNIC statement said.
The Chinese government is in favor of internet use for business and education but has been known to block access to certain sites considered pornographic or subversive, including sites run by dissidents, human rights groups and some news media.
Also in June, internet research organization Stopbadware.org placed China well-ahead of the US in terms of badware share when it identified the top countries and networks responsible for hosting "badware," which includes spyware, malware and deceptive adware. China accounted for 52 percent, while the US took second place with 21 percent and no other country hosted more than 4 percent of badware sites.
Synnex Acquires HiChina (April 5, 2007) - IT services company Synexx (synnex.com) announced on Thursday it has purchased controlling interest of China Civilink (Cayman), which operates in China as HiChina Web Solutions (http//www.net.cn/static/english/). The e-commerce company provides domain name registration, Web hosting and design and runs a popular portal site.
"HiChina is a well respected organization and a pioneer in the e-commerce business in China," says Robert Huang, president and CEO of Synexx. "This acquisition provides Synnex with an effective e-commerce vehicle and a broad customer base, including over 300,000 profiled end-users, to evolve our emerging supply chain services business in China."
HiChina is headquartered in Beijing, China and has approximately 360 employees. The company will continue to operate as a stand-alone entity under the HiChina Web Solutions name.
Synexx offers a comprehensive range of services to original equipment manufacturers, software publishers and reseller customers worldwide. Its services include product distribution, related logistics services, business process outsourcing and contract assembly.
Chinese Web Hosts Turn to SWsoft (November 20, 2006) - Web hosting automation software provider SWsoft (sw-soft.com) announced on Monday that more than 30 Web hosting providers in China, including the largest, HiChina (net.cn), have launched virtual private server services in the last six months using SWsoft's Virtuozzo virtualization software.
"Internet addresses, dedicated servers and VPSs are very rare in China and as a result, the costs are much higher as compared with Europe and the United States," says Silen Zhang, CEO of SWsoft China. "Virtuozzo operating system-level technology provides a cost-efficient alternative that enables VPS hosters like HiChina to provide better customer service and tap into the needs of one of the fastest growing segments in China, small-to-medium size businesses."
According to analyst firm IDC, worldwide industry sales of virtualization software topped $560 million in 2005 and are expected to grow to $15 billion by 2009. The report says Virtuozzo is growing fastest among vendors in the market for virtualization technology.
SWsoft says hosting providers need solutions that maximize server resources in China, where dedicated servers are expensive. Virtuozzo virtualization technology creates multiple virtual environments on a single physical server, enabling users to share hardware, licenses and management effort.
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