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AINEO Networks Rocks!

Feb 14

Posted by Editor in Business, Business in Japan, Inspirational, Technology | 1 Comment

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It is great to be a part of the work at AINEO. We work very hard and do a great job for the smart firms that select AINEO to do their IT.The year 2007 was a great year for us. We delivered product or services in every major city in Japan, and a lot of minor ones to boot. Our weakness has always been that we are an engineering company… our strength is that we are an engineering company.AINEO client satisfaction levels are the highest of our history in 2007. Of course, we are Asia Pacific’s best IT firm. We also continue to be the best Nortel reseller (distributor) in Japan. The number of NEC, Avaya, and Cisco PBX (or IP PBX in many cases), continues to increase.Due to the increase in hardware and software business, we have become the top buyer of HP, Dell, Microsoft, Canon, Polycom, Panduit, Lenel Systems, Rittal, and just about anything IT. With our business volume, we have been able to become the IT purchasing department for many Japanese and Multinational firms. We can get great prices for our clients. We are in the 10 ten shops for business volume in Tokyo now.Probably the most exciting area is a new service we will be launching in April. This product is designed specifically for out customers. We have named it AINEO Secure. Very excited about this as we have many people waiting for its introduction.Many thanks to the great AINEO team, and the AINEO partners. Without are partners and their faith in us in outsourcing their IT departments, entrusting their moves and other projects, and enlisting AINEO consultants to clean up their IT departments, we would not have the success that we have.

Many thanks to everyone involved with AINEO!

Victory Lady

US Presidential Election- What about McCain?

Feb 10

Posted by Editor in Insights | No Comments

Isn’t the presidential election amazing? I was recently at an event of international businessman with a British organization in Tokyo. The speaker from London spent a considerable amount of time discussing the US election and it impact on the world.

With the Democrats, we have a choice to continue the Clinton dynasty by voting for Hillary or voting for the younger guy (Obama) and hoping for the best. I think it has been nice to get to know the Bush and Clinton families for 16 years or presidents, but a change would be nice in my humble opinion.

On the Republican side, Mitt Romney has now quit thrown in the towel. Now, there is a much clearer difference between the candidates Mr. McCain, Mr. Huckabee, and Mr. Paul. Romney’s weakness really was probably his Mormonism. There are too many Christians in the US of varying levels of dedication. Getting them to vote for someone from the Mormon church was a very tough sell no doubt. Mr. Huckabee continues to rise as Mr. McCain doesn’t really seem to be much of a Republican according to the Republican majority evidently.

Many conservative commentators don’t see much of a difference between Hillary and McCain. Interesting interview with Ann Coulter on Good Morning America last week. Here comments were

“If Hillary is elected president, we’ll have a four-year disaster, with Republicans ferociously opposing her, followed by Republicans zooming back into power, as we did in 1980 and 1994, and 2000. (I also predict more Oval Office incidents with female interns.)

If McCain is elected president, we’ll have a four-year disaster, with the Republicans in Congress co-opted by “our” president, followed by 30 years of Democratic rule. ”

I don’t know if I agree with her comments and strategy, but it is interesting to watch the grass-roots rise of Mike Huckabee.

It is amazing how the whole world is watching US politics.

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