News Release-- May 26, 2005

CSA Malaysia Lands A First!

Recognition Of Microsoft Gold Certified Partner For Security Solutions

Petaling Jaya - CSA Malaysia Bhd today became the first Malaysian company to meet the stringent membership requirements of Microsoft’s Gold Certified Partner Program for Security Solutions.

This certification awards services companies that have exhibited the highest standards of quality for securing enterprise business systems using the Microsoft® platform.

"CSA is extremely elated to be the first in Malaysia to achieve this membership in the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Program for Security Solutions," said Chuah Tai Eu, Managing Director, CSA Malaysia Bhd. “Our commitment to achieving this standard reflects our commitment to providing secure, scalable and available business solutions based upon Microsoft’s technologies –especially for the host of our clients in the financial services industry who place a great importance on data and network integrity.”

CSA has over the past year, successfully implemented 6 medium to large infrastructure-based projects involving nation-wide deployment, especially, for the local banking and financial industry. The company was also involved in implementing 5 medium to large scale security-based projects, namely for local securities and insurance companies.

"The Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Program for Security Solutions requirements are highly stringent, to ensure that customers seeking security solutions will receive premier levels of quality," said Butt Wai Choon, Managing Director Microsoft Malaysia. "As the first to attain the Security Solutions competency, we hope that CSA paves the way, and leads other partners to bring secure solutions to market.

“We have expanded the number of Gold Certified Partner in Malaysia by a factor of 4 in the past 12 months. We are confident that more local companies have the skills and abilities to attain world-class recognition, and Microsoft is committed to building this future with them,” said Butt.

CSA surpassed the high benchmarks set by Microsoft and have proven their ability to architect, develop, deploy and manage security solutions, as backed by the numerous customer references they have received towards attaining this certification. With this certification, CSA will be privy to benefits such as early access to software, marketing and sales tools and resources, and priority referrals. The certification also offers customers the means to identify those companies that are committed to the highest industry standards in building and maintaining end-user solutions.

"Our customers will find it reassuring that the security of their IT infrastructure is planned and implemented by the only Microsoft Gold Security Partner in Malaysia. In our relationship with Microsoft, this certification represents a milestone, which promises further successful projects and thus contented customers in the future."

In line with this first, CSA also fulfilled the requirements of being a Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner for Advanced Infrastructure Competency, a certification which provides high-availability design and deployment solutions based on the Active Directory service, advanced migration or deployment solutions based on Microsoft Exchange Server, design and implementation of systems management solutions based on Microsoft Systems Management Server.

A Microsoft Competency is generally demonstrated through customer references, employee certifications, and partner-tested, certified software based on Microsoft technology.

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About Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Program for Security Solutions
Microsoft’s Gold Certified Partner Program for Security Solutions was announced in December 2001 and is part of Microsoft’s overall commitment to working with partners to develop and deliver the best technology, tools, support and resources to enable success in the security industry.

About Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Program for Advanced Infrastructure Competency
The Microsoft Advanced Infrastructure Solutions Competency is for technology partners that have proven their competency in designing and/or implementing one or more complex infrastructure solutions.