BOSTON, July 9 MA-iSoftStone-NECINA
BOSTON, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- New England Chinese Information and
Networking Association (NECINA) today announced a new sponsorship agreement
with iSoftStone Information Services Corporation (iSoftStone), where the
company will be a Platinum Sponsor for the NECINA Organization. iSoftStone is
a leading global consulting, ITO and BPO outsourcing services provider
headquartered in Beijing, China and Boston, MA, North America, and will be
actively involved with NECINA's Technology, Entrepreneurship and Global
Exchange Centers.
"This demonstrates NECINA's further commitment to serve as a unique bridge
between North American hi-tech companies and their counterparts in the Far
East," said Dr. Nick Ning, President, NECINA. "NECINA Excubator is a pilot
program as an extension to global venture incubators to service business plan
contest teams in technology innovations with the help of NECINA resources.
These two initiatives, the Excubator program and the China exchange program
are the key flagship programs of NECINA's Entrepreneurship and Global Exchange
Centers in the coming year. We are very pleased to be partnering with
iSoftStone and look forward to achieving much success with our planned
programs."
"We are delighted to be partnering with NECINA," said Bruce Ferland,
President, iSoftStone, Inc. "By sponsoring NECINA and working closely with
the leadership team, we look forward to the opportunity of hosting dignitaries
from China in the US, participating in local NECINA events and working
together to strengthen cross-border business relationships."
Since 1996, NECINA has organized numerous delegations to China and
received many delegations from China into the United States. For the past
several years NECINA has also organized Global Exchange Forums with high
profile VIPs from all over the world to fulfill the mission.
"We have been actively participating in the NECINA China Outsourcing
Forum, and we are very excited to be sponsoring the brand new NECINA Excubator
program," said TW Liu, Chairman and CEO, iSoftStone. "As NECINA's platinum
sponsor, iSoftStone will be actively involved with NECINA's tech center,
entrepreneurship center, global exchange center, conferences, seminars and
other events, expanding its footprint in the US business and technology
community."
About NECINA: (http://www.necina.org)
New England Chinese Information and Networking Association (NECINA), a
non-profit and non-political organization, was founded in March 1996 by a
group of Chinese professionals from network computing industries. Originally,
NECINA served the needs of professionals to advocate leading edge technologies
and new business opportunities in these areas. The Association has now grown
to become one of the best-run professional organizations in the New England
area covering diverse industries including software, telecommunications,
networking, bio pharmaceutical, venture capital, finance, and law. For more
information, please visit http://www.necina.org.
NECINA's Mission
-- To serve as a platform for entrepreneurship and leadership development
by systematically sharing leading edging technologies and best business
practices.
-- To maximize Chinese Americans contribution to the information-centric
high technology industries by offering the highest quality educational
programs, conferences, seminars, and other activities around advanced
technologies, emerging business opportunities, and new management techniques.
-- To serve as a unique bridge for American and Far East technology
companies to proactively exchange information, develop mutual understanding,
and create business opportunities.
About iSoftStone:
iSoftStone Information Service Corporation (iSoftStone) is a leading
consulting, ITO and BPO services provider in China. Headquartered in Beijing,
iSoftStone has offices in the United States, Japan, Korea, as well as many
other Chinese cities. iSoftStone is a CMMI Level 5 company and has been
certified with ISO9001 and ISO27001 (BS7799). iSoftStone focuses on several
vertical markets, including Financial Services, Telecommunications, High Tech,
Media, Insurance, Transportation and Logistics. iSoftStone is also rapidly
expanding into new business areas such as Business Process Outsourcing. For
more information, please visit http://www.isoftstone.com.
For more information:
New England Chinese Information and Networking Association (NECINA): Ru
Zheng, Email: Ru.Zheng@necina.org
iSoftStone Information Service Corp.: Sophie Yang, Email:
jhyang@isoftstone.com
SOURCE iSoftStone Information Service Corporation
