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ZiaZan is selected to join Macau Tourism Department’s Industry Partner Program

ziazan — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:35:13 +0000

ZiaZan is very happy to announce that we have been selected to join the Industry Partner Program from Macau Business Tourism Centre and be listed in the MICE database. This will give us the opportunity to expand our area into event management in Macau.

As a selected participant we will have the possibility to join MBTC (Macau Business Tourism Centre) in a number of cooperative sales and marketing programs, including trade shows, industry training program, Meeting Planners Guide and online leads. We will in this way do our best to promote Macau in a positive way.

ZiaZan offers a online management registration system to handle the complete process of any event and congress (including paper submissions). Please contact us on our contact page for further information.

eGroupWare: Enterprise Collaboration update to v.1.6

ziazan — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:39:32 +0000

Project “eGroupWare: Enterprise Collaboration” (‘egroupware’) has released the
new version of package ‘egroupware’.

eGroupWare Collaboration suite

eGroupWare is a free enterprise ready multi-user, web-based groupware suite. Currently available modules include: email, addressbook, calendar, infolog (notes, to-do’s, phone calls), content management, forum, bookmarks and wiki.
eGroupWare is platform independent. The server runs on Linux, Mac, Windows and many more other operating systems. On the client side, all you need is a internetbrowser such as Firefox, Konqueror, Internet Explorer and many more.

According to eGroupWare website, the news in version 1.6 includes:

Implementation of new functions like multiple mail accounts and many bug-fixes in the email client.
Complete new implementation of the filemanager DMS by means of streamwrapper and WebDAV, ACL control on directories and files – the new architecture allows now uploading of big files.
Extensive new features for the tracker-application: for example escalation-matrix for tickets and automatic mail-conversion as a ticket.
Improved calendar functions especially with recurring-events.
Supplements and adaptations in the addressbook like appointment-view, custom fields, distribution lists shown in the contact directly and in the addressbook list, multiple categorization of contacts in the addressbook list.
Improvement of the template functionality of the project manager and some bug-fixes.
Many useful extensions and adaptations as well as bug-fixes in all modules.

Read more about the update on eGroupWares Homepage.

For any questions regarding installation of eGroupWare, please contact ZiaZan Macau.

Links:
eGroupWare webpage
ZiaZan.com

Event Management Registration Handling

ziazan — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:20:21 +0000

ZiaZan has announced they provides a online event management registration system with an optional paper submission and review module. The system has several payments methods and are suitable for events like conferences, seminars and workshops of any sizes. Even a free version exist for small non-commercial conferences.

Some key features of the online registration system is:

Online registration for participants
Online submission of papers
Bidding for reviews
Submission of reviews
Assignment to reviewers based on biddings and conference topics
Download of assigned papers by reviewers
Support of the PC-meeting, either locally or online by a forum
Bulk mailings
Administation of final upload
Support of the PC-meeting, either locally or online by a forum
Eeasy assignment of accepted contributions to conference sessions

The system is multi-language supported and available in whole Asia.

More information about the Event Management Registration System can be found in English and Chinese

10 ways to avoid virus on your computer

ziazan — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:55:28 +0000

Everyday thousands of new computer viruses is being made. You end up struggling how to get rid of the unwanted parasite and how to clean up the mess. Here is a list that will help you to avoid them in the first place.

Install and use a good anti-virus program. I suggest AVG Free or Avast Free. Make sure you update your anti virus on a regular basis. Most anti virus solutions today does this automatically, but make sure once in a while that yours is up to date.
Never open an attachment in an e-mail that either didn’t expect or don’t know what is. Same for messengers. If someone is starting to send you files without informing you first, confirm it from sender before accepting the transfer. Under no circumstances accept files with extensions .vbs
Pirated software may contain virus and trojan’s.
Don’t use CD’s or DVD’ if you don’t know the content or who is responsible for the content.
Make sure you scan all downloads of free software and e-mails you receive.
Keep your OS updated at any time with the newest patches and security updates.
If you are using Internet Explorer, change to a safer web browser like Firefox or Opera. They are both free to download.
Avoid using administrator as a daily basis user.
Install a firewall or use Windows firewall to avoid worms spreading to your computer.
Bank Scams: Ignore emails from banks, unless you have explicitly asked the bank to communicate with you via e-mail. Even if you have explicitly asked a bank to communicate with you via e-mail, be cautious if you choose to enter your account details such as your BSB number, account number or pin into a website supplied via e-mail, as it may be forged. Never follow a link to your bank via an email, but type it in yourself in the browser. This because the link in the email can link you to another website that you don’t know.

Even though you take all measurements to avoid virus, you still should take backup of all your important files on a regular basis. Because when you first have a virus in your computer, it may also be in your personal documents.

Lenovo Launching Servers for Small and Medium Businesses

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:30:53 +0000

The Chinese producer Lenovo have for a long time been selling servers on their home market. Today they are taking the next step and launching few different servers, called ThinkServer – the name close up to their IBM franchise Thinkpad.

The tree tasks Lenovo is highlighting for these servers is to manage internet access, consolidate data for backups and to offer net security for client PC’s. These tasks is additional to the standard features like email, file and print, storage and web server.

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Lenovo is also launching ThinkServer management tools, software designed to make set up, update and management simple and effective for SMBs without dedicated IT departments.

ThinkServer management tools consist of:

ThinkServer EasyStartup – a basic hardware configuration tool that helps customers with limited technical knowledge set up a server environment.
ThinkServer EasyUpdate – an update utility that allows users to easily identify, download and install hardware and firmware updates.
ThinkServer EasyManage – a full featured tool developed together with LANDesk that allows users to oversee the performance of one or more servers from a single console.

The ThinkServer products start at $749 and will be available starting September 30, 2008 from Lenovo business partners.

Welcome to ZiaZan’s newsblog!

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:58:57 +0000

Here we are intending to put up news about products, services and solutions that may help business owners and managers to work better, smarter and hopefully having more fun doing so!

So check back soon!

The ZiaZan Team

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