February 9, 2007

Welcome to the Hoover's APAC 50, a monthly list of the companies in the Asia-Pacific region that are most searched on Hoover's. Derived by tracking the search requests of Hoover's subscribers, the Hoover's APAC 50 provides insight on which companies are being watched most closely by corporate executives, as well as sales, marketing, and business development professionals, who represent a large portion of Hoover's customers.

The news behind the biggest movers on this month's Hoover's APAC 50 involves high profile partnerships and corporate reorganization.

HCL Technologies Limited (From #45 to #23)

It seems like every week supplies a new example of big businesses in India making their way onto the world business stage. In January, India-based IT consulting firm HCL Technologies announced a partnership with Hewlett-Packard; the deal calls for HCL to use more HP products and to create service offerings around them. HCL's alignment with big U.S.-based companies is nothing new: its blue-chip client roster includes General Motors and Microsoft. Reflecting the growth in its business, HCL also announced in January that it plans to build a new 10,000-person facility in the city of Nagpur.
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CDC Corporation (From #76 to #38)

In January, Hong Kong-based software maker CDC reorganized some of its operations to create a stand-alone unit for video games. If all goes according to plan, at some point CDC will spin off CDC Games as a freestanding company. In preparation for its planned independence, CDC Games appointed John Lee as its new president in January. The gaming industry veteran has long experience in the Asian and North American gaming markets; most recently he worked at NCsoft, a South Korea-based company that, like CDC Games, has a major focus on expansion in the North American market.
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