It’s that time of the year again! Penang International Science Fair (PISF) is an important annual event for science lovers, technology enthusiasts and electronic mavens.
The 8th Penang International Science Fair is organised by the Penang Science Cluster.
The public will witness and experience first-hand the showcase from various electronic companies on their technology and the science behind the products they manufacture.
Are you ready for this year’s science fair and its latest edition, the ‘Coolest Projects’ competition, the first in Asia?
The competition involves visual programming, games, web, mobile apps and hardware.
What’s more exciting is that we have some surprises and fun activities waiting for you!
Here’s a tip – Read until the end of the post to know what’s coming (so you can prep yourself to win)!
This year, Exabytes has prepared 3 games and 2 workshops together with Gogokids.
Winners will get to spin the lucky wheel and bring the gift home!
Games
1) Hotwheels on the run
All you have to do is to pedal the generator prepared with your hands in order to move the toy car.
2) Hydraulic Maze
Participants pump each of the syringe to lift the respective edge of the maze and allow the ping pong ball to roll to the destination.
3) The Robot Assistant
Participants use the controller provided to control the robotic arm to grab the cubes and place them in a container.
We encourage all parents to bring their children to participate in this event because believe us, we have some truly amazing giveaway that you have been waiting for.
It will definitely be a weekend to remember!
Are you up for the challenge? Mark your calendar! See you there!
For further details on the event, please visit www.pscpen.com
We are glad to have Patricia, Director of Business Development Global Channels from Plesk to provide internal training towards our marketing, sales, customer service and web designer team to improve and update the knowledge on Plesk Obsidian and how this new major release address customer challenges especially with intelligence and an enhanced user experience.
Plesk has recently announced the major release “Plesk Obsidian”. Plesk Obsidian is your powerful Server, Website and WordPress Management Platform and coms with more integrated security, a modern and state of the art webstack and enhanced user experience for web projects of any size.The main benefits of Plesk Obsidian? It helps developers to enhance their website performance, manage caching, smart update features, staging and backup functions and much more.
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Let’s look at the quick wrap-up we have created of the day’s topics, along with some key tips and takeaways from Patricia.
Understand Client’s needs
Take them seriously
Tell the product’s value
Personalize your brand’s vision and mission
As a conclusion, understand what your customers are looking for and provide a suitable service to them with support and advice. At the same time, bundle the cloud services to customers as a value addon. It depends on how you position your services to the client and meeting what they really want from your services.
So, What’s coming next?
To learn more about WordPress, join our upcoming WordPress Workshop! Hope to see you soon!
The partnership was marked by the signing of the Strategic Alliance Partnership Agreement between Chan Kee Siak, CEO and Founder of Exabytes and Anand Venkatraman, Vice President of Global Partnerships at Freshworks. This ceremony was witnessed by Norhizam Abdul Kadir, Vice President of Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) in an event held on 2 October 2019 at Connexion Conference and Event Center.
Exabytes & Freshworks yesterday announced a partnership to help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) win customers and grow their business.
Through this partnership, Exabytes will offer a suite of innovative customer engagement software from Freshworks together with a host of its existing solutions including web hosting, email and digital marketing, as a one-stop solution provider of cloud-based services for SMEs.
We invited our valued customers to join us the product launching yesterday. Everyone was quite excited to know what Freshworks is and how can it help on their business growthAt the moment, Exabytes is offering four products from Freshworks: Freshdesk, Freshchat, Freshsales, and FreshmarketerMr Abishek Murthy, Head – Product Marketing, Freshworks, is showing how Freshworks can simplifying your support and how does it help on marketing.
The partnership was marked by the signing of the Strategic Alliance Partnership Agreement between Chan Kee Siak, CEO and Founder of Exabytes and Anand Venkatraman, Vice President of Global Partnerships at Freshworks.
This ceremony was witnessed by Norhizam Abdul Kadir, Vice President of Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC).
Chan Kee Siak, CEO and Founder of Exabytes said, “Exabytes and Freshworks share a common goal to help SMEs grow their business.
Our company has been using the Freshdesk software from Freshworks for three years now to manage customer inquiries and we are very impressed with its capabilities.
Therefore, we’ve decided to establish a partnership with Freshworks so that we can make available its innovative products to SMEs in Malaysia.” Anand Venkatraman, Vice President of Global Partnerships at Freshworks said, “We are thrilled to partner with Exabytes and provide businesses with customer engagement software that is simple to use, easy to deploy and light on the pocket.
Exabytes empowers businesses to move online and this partnership helps meet demands of customers who want powerfully simple software for meaningful customer interactions with context.”
Thank you Mr Hizam, VP of Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) for joining us and witnessed the partnership.
Freshworks Customer Engagement Software
To kick-off the partnership, Exabytes will begin offering four products from Freshworks that are suitable for use by SMEs in any industry. They are:
● Freshdesk—omnichannel helpdesk ticketing system;
● Freshchat—modern messaging software for sales, marketing, and support;
● Freshsales—CRM solution and sales system for high-velocity sales teams; and,
● Freshmarketer—all-in-one conversion optimization suite.
Michelle Chin, Product Lead of Digi-X, also joined and shared her experience of using Freshworks to manage her clients and how does it improve their quality of service.A Fireside Chat was on-going as well. The conversation was mainly about the experience of Exabytes using Freshdesk as its support portal; how the investment helps Exabytes to main the quality of support and services.
Exabytes has been a catalyst for digitalization of business. Chan explained, “Systematic business and productivity management is imperative to all businesses.
We encourage SMEs to look into transforming their conventional business processes into digital to enjoy many benefits.
For instance, once the customer engagement process is digitized with Freshworks, service teams can automate responses, quickly route time-sensitive requests to ensure all our customers can deliver the best service possible and save on time, cost, and boost productivity.”
Do stay tuned with us! We will definitely be working together to organize more in-depth workshops on how to use the software and tools.
We’re glad to have our special Speaker, Ms Ashley Ong, Trainer of ‘Mahir Digital Bersama Google’ to share with the audience some valuable tips and guidance on Google My Business and the Basics of Digital Marketing Plan last Thursday at Komune KLCC.
Ms Ashley covered from basic topics to more in-depth ones, such as “How does Google search engine work?”, “How to make your website appear on the first page of Google Search?”, “The most active social media platforms in Malaysia” and “Tips of using Google My Business”.
Besides learning how to optimize to achieve good organic search ranking and get your business found on Google, the attendees also enjoyed themselves in the game session.
Congratulations to the winners!
The turnout was great, and definitely better than what we anticipated! We’re glad that the enthusiastic attendees brought home the valuable knowledge shared by Ms Ashlet. We hope they enjoyed learning from this workshop too!
It was another awesome full-house event with great audience and great sharing, including stock picks!
In the last Exabytes Digital Day, participants learned to understand Facebook campaigns types; how, when and which to choose; the importance of Facebook pixel, metrics & optimization methods to get superb results; the effective retargeting campaigns based on first-party & third-party data; the Facebook tools, and last but no least, content optimization.
The speaker of the event, Jason was amazing in sharing additional tips with our participants on the effective tools that marketers can get the ideas from, and how we could learn from competitors’ ads.
The audience was very pleased with the input from Mr Jason & Mr Isaac. Both presentations were valuable and easy to understand. Before the workshop came to an end, both speakers selflessly shared their own experiences in the Q&A session.
The response of the event was overwhelming; all 90 tickets were sold out even before the event! Moreover, the enthusiastic participants showed great interest for more workshops, which we’d love to organize in the future!
Colocation, a.k.a. colo, is a data centre facility in which businesses rent a data centre space for their servers, and other computing hardware that support the server, such as networking switch and so on.
In this services, we provide the space, cooling, power, bandwidth and physical security while customers provide servers and other hardware. Space often leased by the rack or room. We also offer extended services, such as support level and managed services to support business operation.
Reasons why choose to use colocation
Reliability. Our data centre facilities offer redundant cooling, power and communication systems that ensure constant connection. Companies can invest in equipment and measures to implement similar systems in-house, however doing so require a significant amount of capex and space.
Performance. Constant cool temperature and a dust-free environment. Even the cleanest offices can’t compare with the cooling and air filtration systems that a state-of-the-art data centre provides.
Security. Data centres and colocation facilities are designed to ensure that your systems are protected from burglars, fires, and other things that can compromise the security of your information.
Reduced Maintenance. In many cases, companies are familiar with server setup, but not server maintenance, which may cause a surge in maintenance costs. With colo, data centres design, monitor, maintain support systems and have dedicated systems and staff to ensure that systems are running at top performance as always.
For certain organizations or business, colocation can be an ideal solution.
Why Choose Us?
Local Data Centre
Our Data Centres are strategically located at Exabytes Data Center @ Kuala Lumpur and @ Penang Cybercity. Other data centre locations include Singapore and the US. Check out our data centres HERE.
You are welcome to visit our data centre by appointment and find the best data centre for your servers.
Connectivity with MyIX & JBIX
Exabytes Data Centre is now connected with Malaysia Internet Exchange (MyIX) and Johor Bahru Internet Exchange (JBIX). The connectivity improves the stability and speed of data transfer, network traffic and dedicated bandwidth.
Top Level Support
Top level support is included in the Colocation package — we perform basic server monitoring and handling, such as checking the output from the server screen, pressing on/off switch to reset the Server, and swapping a faulty cable. Moreover, optional Server Management service is available to provide you with a comprehensive list of services (optional).
It’s hard to believe that another Exabytes Internet Marketing Summit (EIMS) has come and gone!
We certainly had a great time; thank you very much to each and everyone who joined us!
This year’s EIMS is something we wouldn’t forget! 1000+ attendees came together to share industry news and best practices, network, and learn.
We’re elated that 95% of the attendees were very satisfied or satisfied with the the event, according to our survey.
The mix of presentations and workshops was also a magnet to the attendees, who were very positive about the workshops and felt it gave them an opportunity for further discussions in the future, and to interact and bounce ideas on certain important and exciting topics.
The results of the survey are now in, and we are really pleased to see the event was so positively received and that most respondents felt that their expectations were met and even exceeded.
“Good range of topics and speakers. Love that they are keen to share even till they go over their time!” — This is one of the touching comments we got from the attendee!
“The Exabytes team takes time and care choosing the topics and speakers for our events, with the aim to provide relevant and enjoyable sessions.” — Here comes another positive comment that serves as a motivation for us to constantly improve ourselves and organize better and better events!
90% of attendees would like to attend Exabytes Internet Marketing Summit 2020, proving once again the importance of internet marketing today and the need for continuous education and training in this area, which the Exabytes team is more than happy to assist you!
Networking is one of the most important aspects of EIMS 2019, and we are glad to see that attendees’ expectations were met, with 96% being very satisfied or satisfied with the networking opportunities.
Here are some of the additional comments from attendees:
“I’ve learnt the new marketing trends to apply in my day to day job.”
“Learn about current technologies being used in the market. I will join again next year.”
A million thanks to those of you who took the time to share your valuable feedback as it provides us with insight to plan for next year’s EIMS!
A big shoutout to our speakers, partners, volunteers and team members who helped make EIMS 2019 a remarkable success!
Diamond partner:DotAsia (one of the organizer),Tezos Southeast Asia
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If you haven’t found a website name for your online business, domain search instantly with Exabytes to get an affordable top-level domain extension and hosting plan.
Congratulations to our lucky winner of Exabytes reward who are able to claim a 3 days 2 nights Club Med™ Bali Travel package for TWO (Worth RM5000) from us. Once again we would like to say thank you for being our supportive customer and also you’ve won these tickets based on your luck and the chances of draw during our campaign period.
Our Lucky Winner:
Prizes
Client ID
Client Name
3 days 2 nights Club Med™ Bali Travel package for TWO (Worth RM5000)
3146229
Kim Hock Goh
If you are not aware of how this campaign works:
During our campaign period, the amount you spent will be converted to entries for lucky draw. Also, you will get special 2x entries during March and April 2019.
Those who installed our Exabytes App and purchased domains from us will get 3X entries.
Once again, congrats to our winner who will be enjoying the Club Med™ Bali 3 days 2 nights stay from us!
Wish to be the next Lucky Winner?
If you are yet to follow us or yet to be our customer, please feel free to follow our social media and stay updated with our new product launch, giveaway, lucky draw and more
Digital marketing is always evolving, so what’s next in the second halfof 2019?
Here are the five key digital marketing trends in 2019.
1. Strategic Digital Storytelling
When you’re marketing your brand, you’re telling consumers a story.
In that story, consumers are the main characters.
Their problems and needs are the conflict of that story and the solution is the climax to the story.
The outcome is the plot twist of the whole story.
Effective storytelling is not only important for consumers to identify what their problems and needs are but can also help them to relate their problems to your business on a personal level.
But, what is digital storytelling?
Digital storytelling isn’t much different.
It conveys messages to your audience via all online platforms, be it blogs, videos, images or tweets,
2. Chatbot
Chatbot will continue to be an important part of digital marketing in 2019.
What is Chatbot?
Chatbots are computer programmes that are designed to chat and reply your customers/visitors instantly over the Internet.
A bot is an automated system of communication with users with preset answers.
About 1.4 billion people interacting with chatbots today, and about 80% of businesses are using or plan to utilize chatbots by 2020.
Chatbots are estimated to help businesses save over $8 billion per annum by 2022, especially in the banking and healthcare industries.
3. Influencer Marketing
Influencer marketing is no longer a new thing in 2019.
However, not many marketers are utilizing this method as part of their marketing efforts.
You don’t have to hire big celeb like David Beckham, instead, look for local and national leaders in your industry and niche.
User-generated content refers to content created by customers and used by the company.
It can be any kind of content such as videos, images, text, reviews, etc.
These content are created by your customers who featured your products, and are shared on your business social media accounts.
User-generated content increases brand credibility compared to content created by the brand itself.
Today’s consumers want to know what they are going to get before they make a purchase.
UGC creates trust and it does really impact buying decisions.
5. Video Marketing
Videos are a highly effective form of content and its popularity has grown abreast with the rise of social media.
Despite the fact that so many of us consume online videos on a daily basis, many marketers still aren’t using videos as part of their digital marketing strategy or aren’t seeing the best results.
According to Sproutsocial, 100 million hours of video content are watched on Facebook every day.
According to Brightcove’s 2018 Video Marketing Surve, 53% of consumers agree that they engage with a brand after viewing one of their videos on social media.
It proves that videos give marketers an opportunity to promote their brand to its maximum potential.
Video marketing is no doubt an important part of marketing strategies for 2019.
Exabytes Internet Marketing Summit 2019 (EIMS 2019)
Keep yourself updated with the latest trends of Digital Marketing by attending Exabytes’ annual event – Exabytes Internet Marketing Summit 2019 (EIMS 2019).
Learn all the digital marketing knowledge and strategies from our experts.
You will learn from the top industry executives while networking with marketing professionals just like yourself!
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