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 Samsung Electronics |
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Samsung Electronics has been sponsoring World Cyber Games since 2000. Samsung aims to utilize this e-sports platform to contribute to the gamer community and help fuel the development of a gaming industry.
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With gaming, Samsung is helping to break down cultural barriers and bring regions together, while supporting friendship and sportsmanship among youth around the world. Samsung believes there is a strong need to nurture a healthy and sound cyber world. Its support of the WCG aims to maximize the beneficial effects, and minimize any adverse effects of games by nurturing a sound and healthy games culture.
Through the WCG, gamers, representing their countries can fully exercise their talent, skills and energy to attain self-esteem and self-actualization. Furthermore, the WCG strengthens Samsung’s relationships with future customers of the cyber world. Participants and spectators of the WCG are mainly ‘early adopters’ of up-to-date technologies and are opinion leaders in the IT industry.
Samsung and Sports Sponsorship
Samsung has consistently sponsored and supported a broad range of sporting events for almost 20 years, including many world-class competitions such as the World Cyber Games, Olympic Games and the Asian Games. Sports sponsorship is a vital communication tool that helps people understand Samsung’s corporate philosophy and values. Its ability to unify people and encourage them to challenge themselves and find inspiration strongly echoes Samsung’s corporate philosophy, which seeks to improve human society through the application of digital technology. Sports also demonstrate the company’s commitment to responsible corporate citizenship and global friendship.
About Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2006 parent company sales of US$63.4 billion and net income of US$8.5 billion. Employing approximately 138,000 people in 124 offices in 56 countries, the company consists of five main business units: Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business, Telecommunication Network Business, and Digital Appliance Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones, and TFT-LCDs.
For more information, please visit www.samsung.com |
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| Microsoft |
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With its sheer power, portfolio of graphically stunning games, rich online capabilities, and features for enjoying music, movies and photos, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Games for Windows are delivering integrated digital gaming and entertainment experiences that simply can’t be matched.
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Xbox 360 is the most powerful video game and entertainment system, delivering the best games, the next generation of the premier Xbox Live online gaming network and unique digital entertainment experiences that revolve around gamers. Xbox 360 is expected to have a catalog of more than 160 high-definition games by the end of 2006 and to be available in nearly 40 countries by the end of 2008.
Additionally, Microsoft Windows is the most popular operating system in the world for games, delivering the widest range of titles, the most gaming hardware choices, and advanced gaming technology for players of all types. With the introduction of Windows Vista in 2008, the Games for Windows platform powered by DirectX 10 will deliver to gamers the most enjoyable and innovative gaming experiences available on a PC through popular favorites such as Flight Simulator X and Age of Empires III: WarChiefs as well as genre defining titles such as Crysis and Alan Wake.
For more information on how you can jump in, visit http://www.xbox.com/xbox360
and http://www.gamesforwindows.com |
| Saturn |
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Saturn stores are characterized by their varied assortment with up to 100,000 articles, large selling spaces of up to 18,000 square meters, competent customer assistance, good service, and consistently low prices. The company founded in 1961 has been managed as an independent company under the umbrella of Media-Saturn-Holding GmbH since 1999
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and generated sales of € 2.8 billion with 7,524 employees on the domestic market in 2007. The company presently operates 128 stores in Germany and 205 stores in another nine countries across Europe.
Brand-name products at constantly low prices and knowledgeable sales staff - these are the qualities synonymous with the Saturn retail brand. Shortly after having been presented at trade fairs, the very latest in consumer electronics technology can be found on the shelves at Saturn. The product portfolio for this retail brand comprises approximately 45,000 different articles, including entertainment electronics, new media, household appliances, telecommunications equipment, computers and cameras. |
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| Philips amBX |
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amBX is shorthand for ‘ambient experiences’. Driving the next generation of home entertainment, it’s a scripting language, a software engine and architecture.
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With amBX, multiple devices in your room work in harmony to deliver new entertainment experiences: surround lighting, sound, vibration, air movement and other effects. It takes what’s pretty much a ‘virtual’ activity - games, DVDs, music - and turns it into a far more tangible, immersive experience.
If you’re a gamer, the virtual world reaches out from your screen. You feel the action: the movement of vehicles, shifts in lighting, rumbling explosions, ricocheting bullets, wind in your face. The mix of ambient lighting, vision, sound and tactile sensations mean the gaming experience will never be the same. Further information on Phillips amBX is available at
http://www.philips.com/amBX
For more information on how you can jump in, visit http://www.philips.com/amBX |
| AMD |
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Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) is an innovative technology company dedicated to collaborating with customers and partners to ignite the next generation of computing and graphics solutions at work, home and play. For more information, visit http://www.amd.com
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| Samsung Monitor |
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In 1988 Samsung launched a new brand named SyncMaster. Since then it has been a leading monitor brand in the global display industry. The company is now working hard to advance the future of digital convergence.
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Today, Samsung is working to meet various needs of customers by providing not only home monitors, a necessity of life, but also network displays, displays for financial institutions and large-sized display solutions such as digital electronic bulletin boards, which offer broader business opportunities to B2B customers. |
| ProCurve Networking by HP |
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The ProCurve Networking business unit of HP delivers wired and wireless enterprise networking products, services and solutions. The foundation for ProCurve’s business model is the Adaptive Networks strategy in which networks are adaptive to users, applications and an organization’s needs.
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ProCurve was positioned in the challenger quadrant in research and advisory firm Gartner, Inc.’s 2006 Magic Quadrant Report for Global Campus LANs and is the No. 2 networking company worldwide measured in both ports and Ethernet switch market revenue according to Dell’Oro Group.
Further information on ProCurve networking solutions and products is available at www.procurve.com |
| Samsung Mobile |
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The Telecommunication Business is the world's second largest manufacturer of mobile phones with a market share of 14.4% in 2007, expected to supply more than 200 million units in 2008. This is a dramatic increase compared to the sales of 1 million units shipped in 1996.
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Its remarkable success can be possible due to its strong drive of technology innovation, the trend-leading design and consumer-focused marketing. Samsung Electronics is also pioneering a wide range of mobile technologies such as Mobile WiMAX, HSPA and diverse mobile TV standards. The Telecom Business is actively building its global presence in other mobile product categories including MP3 players and note PCs. |
| Falcons Safety Products |
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Founded in 1953, Falcon Safety Products, Inc. is a privately held corporation headquartered in Central New Jersey. A world leader in compressed-gas technology, Falcon manufactures a diverse line of products including the Dust-Off® brand of computer / personal electronics cleaning products and signal horns for the marine, sport and safety markets. For additional information, please contact Falcon Safety Products, Inc. at 908-707-4900 or visit www.falconsafety.com
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| Thermaltake |
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Started from the passion for the DIY (Do It Yourself) concepts and the desires to realize the goal of “Ideas are originated from humanity; Realizing ideas is our belief.” Thermaltake Technology was established in January, 1999 and has been market to the world with “Thermaltake” brand name ever since.
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The brand personality of Unique, Aggressive, Vivid, and Stylish makes Thermaltake an expert in creating exciting things and fascinating environment for gamers and enthusiasts. Excellent technical expertise and integration ability, plus dare to experiment on the new possibilities give Thermaltake the source of authority in the market. Moreover, Thermaltake get close to consumers and observe lead users’ behavior and requirement, to design aesthetic and high quality products which will greatly improve system performance and bring the user to the up most potential. With innovative design and unique style, Thermaltake products spread rapidly among the enthusiasts in DIY market and soon become the number one choice for PC DIY enthusiast worldwide. |
| Razer |
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Headquartered in Carlsbad, California, Razer™ collaborates with gamers to develop, manufacture and market cutting-edge gaming peripherals utilizing proprietary technologies that give gamers the competitive edge.
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Razer products have earned critical praise and won multiple awards from around the world for their precision, sensitivity, usability and distinctions in product design. Razer’s products have a reputation for being the leader in gaming peripheral technology, with every single product engineered to near perfection. For more information, please
visit www.razerzone.com
Razer - For Gamers. By Gamers.™ |
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