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CDC Corp CHINA.O (NASDAQ)

CDC Corporation is focused on enterprise software, business services, mobile applications and internet media.

The company has over 2,000 employees with operations in over 17 countries.

Sector: Technology
Industry: Computer Services

CDC Corporation (CDC) incorporated in June 1997, is a global provider of enterprise software, mobile services and applications, and Internet and media services, with facilities in the People's Republic of China, North America, Europe and Australia. The Company operates in five business segments: Software, Business Services, Online Games, Mobile Services and Applications and Internet and Media. During the year ended December 31, 2005, CDC reorganized these segments into two core business units, CDC Software and China.com., and during the year ended December 31, 2006, it added a third core business unit, CDC Games. The operations of Software and Business Services are included in the CDC Software business unit, the operations of online games are included in the CDC Games business unit and the operations of Mobile Services and Applications and Internet and Media are included in the China.com business unit. In May 2007, CDC Software, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, acquired a majority interest in Vectra Corporation, a provider of information security consulting services, managed services and enterprise security solutions.

In July 2007, the Company's CDC Games announced that it has completed the acquisition of OPTIC, which is the online games publishing division of CITIC Pacific. During 2006, the Company's acquisitions included a number of enterprise software and business solutions companies, including: c360 Solutions, Inc., a provider of add-in products and development tools for Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform as of April 2006, MVI Holdings Limited, a real-time performance management solutions provider as of October 2006, DB Professionals, Inc., an outsourced IT support and consulting services provider based in Oregon as of June 2006, Vis.align, Inc., an enterprise solutions and IT services provider based in Pennsylvania as of December 2006, and OST International, an outsourced IT support and consulting services provider based in Illinois as of June 2006. CDC Software, a wholly owned subsidiary of CDC Corporation acquired Catalyst International, a provider of supply chain execution solutions and services, in September 2007.

CDC Software Business Unit

The Company's CDC Software business unit is a global provider of enterprise software applications and related business services. CDC's offerings are designed to automate, customize, optimize and support the processes of an organization to achieve company-wide integration of business and technical information across multiple divisions and organizational boundaries, such as finance, manufacturing, logistics, human resources, marketing, sales and customer service, by utilizing common databases and programs that share data real time across multiple business functions. The Company's offerings are provided through two principal business segments: enterprise software and business services. The enterprise software segment provides a diverse portfolio of enterprise application software products to its customers with a range of applications targeting mid-sized enterprises and divisions of larger enterprises, as well as selected target industries. The enterprise software segment provides a diverse portfolio of enterprise application software products to its customers with a range of applications targeting mid-sized enterprises and divisions of larger enterprises, as well as selected target industries. CDC's software suite includes enterprise resource planning (ERP), CRM, supply chain management (SCM), order management systems (OMS), human resources and payroll management (HRM) and Business Intelligence (BI), which are utilized by approximately 6, 000 customers worldwide. The software segment constituted 57% of total revenues during 2006.

CDC's business services segment offers a variety of information technology services The services it offers cover the business optimization spectrum from industry advisory services to business process improvement services to traditional implementation services to tuning/optimization services to outsourced hosting/application management services. The Company's business services offerings include information technology services, eBusiness consulting, Web development and outsourcing in Hong Kong, Australia, Korea, and the United States and a marketing database and marketing support service offered principally in Australia and New Zealand. The Company's business services companies provide program management, outsourcing services, application development and ongoing support services using a range of technologies. The business services segment constituted 21% of total revenues in 2006.

The Company's ERP products help provide the control and visibility needed throughout a customer's operations to improve profitability and fulfill customer demand. For companies that produce and package products through recipe and formula-based processes, CDC's ERP solutions help process manufacturers manage manufacturing operations with dynamic forecasting and scheduling, formula-based production and yield management, quality control, inventory management, complex product costing, and streamlined regulatory compliance. The Company's CRM products help its customers establish and maintain profitable long-term business relationships with their customers by integrating information from the entire enterprise and increasing efficiencies within the sales, marketing and service functions to create one unified business network connecting employees, partners and customers. ODC's manufacturing operations applications help companies optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of their factories. These applications are integrated with and complement its ERP and SCM products, and also fill the manufacturing operations void in ERP, SCM and manufacturing execution systems from its competitors. The manufacturing operations applications combine finite factory scheduling with real-time performance management and business intelligence to enable continuous improvement, optimization of operational resources and change management for manufacturing operators, engineers, technicians and management personnel.

The Company's HRP solutions, which are only offered in China, focus on automating processes to enable an organization to improve business results and increase workforce performance by leveraging technology and applications to manage and mobilize a unified, global workforce. The HRP solutions streamline the human resource management process, increase work efficiency, and support strategic decision-making. The Company's customers are able to automate routine daily tasks such as payroll processing, attendance, and benefits tracking, giving them more time and information to implement strategies that align the workforce with their organization's strategic goals. CDC's BA applications help organizations with access to information, reporting and analysis capabilities, and budget and planning systems. These tools help to convert large volumes of data collected and stored by the business into meaningful and multi-dimensional reports and analyses for use in decision-making. These applications are sold as complementary applications to its ERP, SCM, CRM and manufacturing operations solutions.

The Company's Enterprise Software Group offers a variety of professional services to customers that use its enterprise software applications. These services cover the full range of business optimization requirements, including industry advisory services, business process improvement services, traditional implementation services, tuning/optimization services and outsourced hosting/application management services. Industry advisory services involve working with clients to understand their business issues and to identify and document achievable technical solutions to provide tangible business improvements, often by identifying and implementing industry practices as part of the clients' processes. Utilizing professionals with specific industry expertise, it offers independent analysis and advice to help customers plan, evaluate and select the processes necessary to form an effective business solution.

Business process improvement services involve working with clients to design and document business processes that drive tangible business improvements services. Software implementation services seek to achieve timely and successful implementation of business systems usually involving one or more of its software products. These services include evaluating and managing the client's needs by supplying custom application systems, custom interfaces, data conversions and system conversions. Tuning and optimization services focus on improving the coordination and operation of its clients' disparate business systems so that all of the processes are seamless, smooth and efficient, and the system provides all of the business information that clients require quickly and accurately. Hosting and application management involves offering clients a variety of managed IT services, including outsourcing, facilities management and hosting strategic business processes. Hosting and application management offers a practical alternative for organizations wanting to concentrate on core business activities rather than devote limited resources to IT matters.

CDC provides customer support through a variety of media, including Web-based support, e-mail, telephone support, technical publications and product support guides. These media allows the customers acquire the information they desire. Customer support works closely with the customers' internal support teams to assist its customers in their use of its solutions. Customer support is provided under the maintenance provisions in its license agreements for an annual fee, which is based on a percentage of the software license fees. Customers are typically required to purchase customer support for at least one or two years when they enter into a license agreement. Standard maintenance agreements generally entitle a customer to certain product upgrades and product enhancements, as well as access to its staff. In addition to standard support, it continues to expand its offerings to include remote services and extended technical support. The Company provides Education services are offered to customers as standard or customized classes at its education facilities or at the customer's location. During 2006, CDC Software's top10 customers accounted for 15% of its total revenues.

The Company competes with Epicor, Infor, Lawson, Manhattan Associates, Microsoft, Oracle, QAD, Sage, SAP, Made2Manage, Microsoft, NetSuite, Oracle, Sage, Salesforce.com, SalesLogix, i2, Infor, Logility, Manhattan Associates, Oracle, Taleo Cityray Technology, BenQ Group, Kingdee International Software Group, Shanghai Kayang Information System, Strategy Software Systems, UFIDA Software and Vanguard Software.

China.com Inc. Business Unit

The Company's China.com Inc. business unit is engaged in providing mobile services and applications, online entertainment, direct marketing and Internet products and services. CDC's Mobile Services and Applications segment provides news and mobile applications services targeting the consumer market in China. The Company offer wireless services including short message service (SMS), multimedia message service (MMS), Wireless application protocol (WAP) and interactive voice response (IVR). CDC has established strong local direct connectivity with provincial mobile network operators in 31 provinces, which facilitates the marketing and promotional activities of its wireless services. The Company's mobile services and applications business is primarily operated through its Newpalm, Go2joy, Shenzhen KK and Timeheart subsidiaries, all of which are held through its subsidiary, China.com. CDC offers a suite of mobile data applications, including dating, chatting, fortune telling, entertainment, information-related content and community services to mobile subscribers in China utilizing SMS, MMS, WAP and IVR services. Mobile Services and Applications segment constituted 10.2% of total revenues in 2006.

CDC's Internet and Media segment is focused on online entertainment and Internet products and services that target users in China and Chinese communities worldwide via its portal network (http://china.com and http://hongkong.com). The Internet and Media segment also includes the Company's online games business hosting an assortment of games targeting the China market. The spectrum of games ranges from role playing games, which create precise, rich and colorful virtual gaming worlds for online users, to online board games suitable for casual game players, to online poker games. The Internet and Media segment also includes a Singapore-based travel trade publisher and organizer serving the travel and tourism industry in the Asia Pacific region. Revenues from the Company's Internet and Media segment constituted 3% of total revenues in 2006.

The Company competes with Sina Corporation, Sohu.com Inc., NetEase.com Inc., Tom Online Inc., Tencent.com Technology Limited, Linktone Ltd., Mtone Wireless Corporation, KongZhong Corp., Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd. AltaVista Co., Apple Daily, ChinaByte, FindWhat.com, HotBot, HotWired Ventures, Lycos, Inc., Mingpao.com, MSN, Netease.com, Inc., Netvigator.com, Overture Services, Inc., Shanghai Online, Sohu.com, Inc., and Yahoo!, Inc. Microsoft Corporation or Netscape Communications Corporation.

CDC Games Business Unit

CDC Games offers massive multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPGs) and massive multiplayer online games (MMOGs), which are online games that allow thousands of users to interact with one another in a virtual world by assuming ongoing roles or characters with different features. The interactive and group-oriented nature of these games along with the size of its user base significantly contributes to retaining its current users and attracting new users. The Company's MMORPGs and MMOGs are action-adventure based, and draw upon fantasy, martial arts and combat themes. Revenues from its online games segment comprised 8.7% of total revenues in 2006.
Yulgang is a fantasy martial arts based MMORPG based upon a popular comic book series in Korea. The game creates a precise, rich and colorful cartoon-like virtual gaming world for online users using 2.5D graphics. Travia is an online game developed by E-net Corporation in Korea. Travia has adopted an advanced 3D engine, which it believes creates a colorful and enjoyable virtual world. Travia also includes a rich game content and a powerful service engine, which can support thousands of concurrent players. Special Force, which was developed by, and which it has licensed from, Dragonfly GF Co., Ltd., is a first person shooter online game that originated in Korea. In June 2007, CDC launched its open beta program for Special Force, which it intends will encourage public usage among gamers to complete final testing of the user experience, as well as testing of deployment and scalability, prior to general release. In addition to Yulgang, Travia and, Special Force, the Company has licensed other games, such as Stone Age 2; Lord of the Rings; Chaosgem; Deco; Xeros Germsfighter; Street Gear Freezonair, and Wind Forest Fire

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The Company competes with Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited, The9 Entertainment Limited, Guangzhou Optisp's, NetEase, Sohu, Enix Softstar Inc, Gamania, Kingsoft, Perfect World and Zhengtu.

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