HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services, and imaging and printing. Our US$4 billion annual R&D investment fuels the invention of products, solutions and new technologies, so that we can better serve customers and enter new markets. We invent, engineer and deliver technology solutions that drive business value, create social value and improve the lives of our customers.

HP established a presence in Asia Pacific in 1963 when its first office was set up in Japan. Today, we have more than 32,000 employees in this region with operations in 14 countries - Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
For the four fiscal quarters ended July 31, 2004, HP revenue totaled US$78.4 billion. More information about HP (NYSE, Nasdaq: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.

EMC Corporation is the world leader in products, services and solutions for information storage and management that help organizations extract the maximum value from their information, at the lowest total cost, across every point in the information lifecycle. Information about EMC's products and services can be found at http://southasia.emc.com

Intel, the world’s largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom