Next we were heading to one of the most special destinations of our Kerachut trip, the Meromictic Lake! You may ask what is really so special about a Meromictic lake? Well, the water in a Meromictic lake consists of sea water and fresh clear water, in 2 SEPARATE layers that do not mix!! Yeah the denser salty sea water will always remain at the lower layer while the less dense fresh water will always remain on top. Dipping your legs in a Meromictic lake, one will feel cool water sweeping swiftly through the top while warmer water drifting slowly at the bottom. What is even more special is that the Penang National Park’s Meromictic lake is a seasonal one that is only visible for six months of the year.

Getting ready to go into the Meromictic lake

Dipping our legs in the lake water

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Exabytes Event Team Building

Being the official technical partner of Digi WWWOW Awards and sponsor for its Video of the Year, Exabytes Network wishes to congratulate and compliment the winner of Video of the Year Mr. Bajetnyeewww, who filmed himself talking about the interesting way of communication via short from language which is nowadays adopted by so many of us especially the youngsters.

• Canon Digital Camcorder – Legria HF M41
• 1 Year FREE Domain (choices of .com/.net/.org/.info/.biz)
• 1 Year FREE Easy.my hosted e-Commerce solution (Silver Plan)

General

Undisturbed, tranquility, lush greenery and full of natural wonders are what best to describe Exabees’ team building destination of 2011, Pantai Kerachut! Famous for its beautiful beaches, turtle hatchery site and the seasonal meromictic lake that is only visible for only six months of the year, Pantai Kerachut is also a dream destination for many city folks to relax, unwind and disconnect from their daily hustle and bustle. On July 16, more than 50 Exabees with their spouses were in for a 2-day 1-night special nature odyssey and team building which promised to leave a lifetime memory.

Gathered at our assembly point next to a shabby wooden bridge, which was just a stone’s throw away from the entrance of our climb to Pantai Kerachut, we anxiously waited for our team members to arrive.

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Pre-departure moments with four female Exabees on the bridge next to our assembly point, which gave a fantastic view of our destination – Pantai Kerachut

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Exabytes Event

The latest brainchild of Exabytes – Easy.my, which lets the customers start their own Online Stores as EASY as frying an egg has recently given a jumpstart to many interested customers in KL by presenting to them the versatility, functionality and the easy integration of payment methods such as Paypal, etc into their web stores.

Initial booking of the training was made and seats were taken up in an instant. However, we could only accommodate 60 participants for two sessions (morning session: 9.30-12.30pm, Afternoon session: 1.30-3.30pm) of training at Wisma MCA in KL. Arriving at 8.15am, Exabees swiftly set up Wi-Fi, prepared for the giveaway of Easy.my goodie bags and did some table arrangement. Read more…

Exabytes Event Easy.my, Easy.my Training

Exabytes Movie Day 2011 in Penang – Transformers 3

In the beautiful evening of July 2, Saturday, six Exabees plus 200 over Exabytes clients packed GSC Gurney Plaza, Penang to witness the most exciting battle between humans and machines! Yes, it was the 2011 Exabytes Movie Day and we were thrilled to watch the long awaited Transformers 3 – Dark of the Moon with our valued customers.

Reaching GSC Gurney Plaza at 12.30pm, Exabees prepared and made sure everything was ready before the open of our ticket collection booth at 1.00pm. ‘Excited’ was the word to describe how we felt, as we were about to meet many of our clients who we usually only interact via email and phone calls. At around 2.30pm, movie crowd was sizing up and more Exabytes clients began to show up to collect their movie tickets.

Coupled with the coupons of the delightful must have FREE popcorn and drinks, Exabees gave away Easy.my goodie bags / recycled bags which gave great convenience to shoppers doing shopping on No-Plastic days. Some were really curious about what Easy.my could do for them, and were glad to find out that it is a Hosted eCommerce platform that lets our customers instantly start their own Online Shops and sell on Facebook and their website right away.

The response was incredible and most free movie tickets were collected before 3.15pm. Waiting anxiously for Transformers 3 to begin, some were already munching on their popcorn while chit-chatting and making some new friends at the waiting area.

Finally, theater number 2 was ready for seating!

Without further delay, we rushed in like a swarm of bees. The 2 hours and 32 minutes show was really spectacular and it’s not hard to tell that a lot of us were stunned by the high tech computer graphics used in the movie. We sincerely hope that there will be more and more good movies like Transformers in the near future so that Exabytes can offer our beloved customers another pleasant surprise in 2012.

So it’s a wrap for Exabytes Movie Day 2011 in Penang, but rest assured that there will be more surprises from Exabytes in 2011, our 10th anniversary. Before we end this post, we would like to give a special thanks to our dedicated OC as well as our valued customers for their active participation.

Stay tuned for more exciting news and see you next time!!

General

We would like to Thank you for joining us for our Exabytes 10th Anniversary Super Blogger contest.

We are happy to announce our winner for this contest.

iPad 2 Winner
Mohd Zaid Bin Othman

Starbucks Voucher Winners
Leona Chin
Esther Usasa
Wee Yin San
Mohammad Luthfi
Sam Fong

Haagen Daaz Winners
Selina Ooi Shin Ping
Lim Chea Ying
Hadijah Binti Mohd
Mohd Hamirul Bin Mohd Puad
Linda Yeoh Phaik Lay

KFC Voucher Winners
Karen Ann
Mohamad Firdaus
Soo Wei Siong
Loh Winzhi
Mohd Faridzul Asyraf Mat Arifin
Muhammad Fakhrullah Bin Zulkifli
Nadia Salim
Pang Wei Kheong
Khirulnizam Abd Rahman
MUHAMMAD MUNZIR BIN SHAFIE

To all our winners, kindly email us your address so that we can post the gift to you.

Once again, Congratulations to all Winner.

General

First of all, if you ever thought of selling something online or in Facebook then this is your perfect time. With this powerful tool, you can make your dream come true!

What is that powerful tool?
It’s called Easy.my! A brand new product by Exabytes - Malaysia’s leading web hosting provider.

Why is Easy.my so powerful?
Because Easy.my is using a SaaS (Software as a Service) platform. In another word, Software as a service is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally,typically in the Internet cloud and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet. Which also means, No Software Download Required!

How do I start selling online with Easy.my?
Easy.my allows anyone to create their own online shop WITHOUT any coding required! Which also means, no HTML, no PHP, no CSS, nothing! All you need to do is:

- Upload your product price, put in description and price.
- Customize your store front with WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) features.

Sounds great! How much is Easy.my?
Easy.my is completely free for sign up! But however you can only upload up to 20 products. But when your business expand, perhaps you can consider taking up their paid packages. More info HERE But even with a free account, you can still enjoy the features as below:

- Shopping Cart
- Contact Form
- Customizing Own Store Front Template
- Using Pre-made Templates from the Templates Gallery
- Auto generated Invoice and Official Receipt for your customers
- Auto email notification upon orders or payments from your buyers.
- Tracking Orders history and updating shipping status for your customers.
- Integrate your products into Facebook fan page and sell directly in your fan page!
- and much much more!

The Contest

Currently Easy.my is running a “Spot and Win” contest and the prize we are giving away is mouth-watering. Easy.my is giving away not only one, not even 2, but 18 FREE Silver Plans worth RM799 each! An exact total worth of RM14,382 prize to be given away! So are you ready to enroll yourself into this jaw-dropping Easy.my Spot and Win contest? To engage yourself into the contest, here’s what you need to do:

1) Spot for our Easy.my billboard banner located in Penang island.

2) Take an actual* picture of our Easy.my billboard banner.

3) Submit the picture to our Easy.my Facebook fan page.

4) If you are the first 18 to submit our Easy.my billboard banner picture, you walk away with a FREE Silver Plan!

Tips:

Weekend is approaching... Tour around Penang island and try spotting this billboard to earn yourself a FREE Easy.my Silver Plan!

* Pictures submitted must be unique and not a duplication / edited duplication from other entries.

Announcement, Exabytes Contest Bulletins Easy.my, Easy.my Contest

A father is talking to his 11 year-old, IT savvy son.

Son: Dad, what is the difference between ‘complete’ and ‘finished’?

Dad: My son, if you love the right girl and get married with her then you are complete; but if you love the wrong gal, even if you haven’t married her you’re finished. If you love and marry the wrong girl, then you are completely finished.

Son: Sorry dad, didn’t really get you…

Dad: Ok, let me put it this way. If you choose the right web hosting company and register the right domain then you are complete; but if you choose the wrong web hosting company, even if you got the right domain you’re finished. If you choose the wrong web hosting company and got the wrong domain, then you are completely finished.

Understand?

Son: Oooo….. I got it, thanks dad!

General

In conjunction with the recent partnership of Exabytes with Kaspersky Lab to introduce KHES (Kaspersky Hosted Email Security), an official press conference which attended by more than 15 members of the press was held at Mid Valley SME Expo on 30th June at 2.00 pm.

Couldn’t stress enough on the importance of internet security to any company/individual to avoid being the easy target of hackers and phishers who steal personal/financial information online, CEO Chan once again presented at the event the promotional add-on rate of RM120 for the first year for every 10 mailboxes with renewal of RM300 per year for 10 mailboxes. For new clients, the introductory price is RM300 compared to the regular price of RM600 per year for 10 mailboxes. “We want to encourage our clients to protect themselves against these hackers and phishers who cause users huge amount of money each year. And that’s the reason we are offering discounted introductory price”, said Chan.

Also present at the press conference was Mr. Jimmy Fong, Channel Sales Director, SEA, Kaspersky Lab. Jimmy quoted some highly convincing data by Kaspersky showing that from the close of 2009, the number of malicious programs designed to steal any type of users’ personal data has increased by more than 100%. Moreover, based on a recent survey conducted by IDC Security, about 58% of Asian manufacturers do not know how many security events have occurred in their organizations in the past 12 months. “These cyber criminals have great experience in penetrating corporate networks, stealing personal and financial information from users. For clients who do not have IT support personnel, they are especially vulnerable to these attacks, and KHES can do just the right job by giving Exabytes’ clients a piece of mind.” Fong stressed.

Amid flashes of cameras, Chan and Fong ‘sealed the deal’ with the signature handshake, symbolizing the beginning era of stronger cyber protection for Exabytes clients. 

Announcement, Exabytes Event

This year the pungent aroma of durians from Penang has traveled a far distance to KL and even Singapore. Exabytes’ very first Durian Party attracted more than 80 clients from KL, Penang and some from Singapore. Known as the king of fruits, we all know that the durian is famous for its formidable thorn-covered husk, unique (some say ‘super wonderful’) odour and the heatiness experienced by eaters after consuming. And at Exabytes’ Durian Party just a week ago, there were over 20 different types of durians for our valued clients and Exabees to choose from.

Sunday at 1.30pm, while the sun was still sunny and bright, 50 Exabees together with 80 clients of Exabytes set foot in Fruit n Spice, a durian farm situated at Balik Pulau, Penang for our ultimate Durian Buffet!! Yeah…! And what was crazier was that we were going to eat durians alongside Penang Laksa! As both are infamous for their heatiness experienced by eaters after consuming, we knew that we were in for a food joy ride this afternoon. But we didn’t fret. To tame the formidable durian and the exotic Penang Laksa, we had prepared mangosteens, salt water, cempedak, the rambutan, etc to cool ourselves down.

The Durian aka The King of Fruits

After the long winding roads along Balik Pulau, we finally reached the car park of the durian farm. With more than 50 cars all by Exabytes’ clients and Exabees, we practically jammed up the entire parking space at Fruit n Spice. Read more…

Exabytes Event Durian Buffet