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Forlink Launches an ASP - Application Service Provider - Service: For-Online BEIJING --(Business Wire)-- May 20, 2004 -- Forlink Software Corp. Inc. (OTCBB:FRLK) today announced that it has launched an ASP (Application Service Provider) service: For-Online, which provides IT services over Internet to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in China.Forlink will deliver enterprise applications and services to small and medium-sized Chinese companies from a centrally managed facility. The applications include many Forlink flagship products, such as ForRMS (Resources Management System), For-Mail (E-mail system), For-ISMG (Internet Short Message Gateway), and other Web-related applications. This service is becoming increasingly attractive to companies outside the IT management industry that are resource constrained or simply want to focus on their core competency. According to China's State Economic and Trade Commission, the number of registered Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in China has exceeded 8 million, and both the industrial output and export volume of these enterprises account for 60 percent of China's total. Forlink's CEO Yi He, commented: "For-Online provides SMEs with a cheaper, more efficient and more reliable alternative with which to acquire better IT services. Web-enabling our applications, also opens a new channel for delivering and distributing our products and services to more customers. We are confident that For-Online will gradually become one of our important revenue drivers." About Forlink Software Corp. Inc. Forlink Software is a professional company dedicated to software development and Information Technology (IT) services. The company focuses on providing OSS (Operation Support System) and RMS (Resources Management Systems) solutions and products and IT outsourcing services for telecom, logistics, financial, governmental, and other industries. The company delivers a cutting edge Application Integration platform based on CORBA/EJB/XML technologies and provide various software solutions and products, enabling its customers to build, maintain, operate, manage and continuously improve their information systems. The company provides IT outsourcing services for several industries. Its services include ASP (Application Services Provider), software outsourcing services, network design/development and management, application system design/development and maintenance, customer support, and system support/recovery, among others. Since the inception of the company's business in 1993, its customers represent over 20 provinces, cities and municipalities in China. The company has accomplished hundreds of application integration projects in telecom, logistics, financial, governmental, retail and other industries. For more information about Forlink, please visit http://www.forlink.com. Note on Forward-Looking Statements: Statements herein contained that are not strictly historical are "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the US Securities Act of 1998, as amended, and Section 21E of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are made based upon information available as of the date hereof, and the company assumes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements. Editors and investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties and the company's actual results may differ from these forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to demand for the company's products and services, the company's ability to continue to develop its market, general economic conditions and other factors that may be more fully described in reports to shareholders and periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Note to Editors:Forlink, the Forlink logo and Services are trademarks of Forlink Technologies Co., ltd. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. For more information about Forlink, please visit http://www.forlink.com |
