Leading IT corporation chooses Hong Kong as its hub to explore the Greater China market

Diskeeper Corporation today (May 20) announced the grand opening of Diskeeper Corporation China Limited in Hong Kong.

The launch of this new office signifies Diskeeper Corporation’s commitment to the Greater Chinese market, providing computer users in the market unparalleled speed and reliability technology.

Mr Craig Jensen, Chairman and Founder of Diskeeper Corporation, said, “Diskeeper Corporation has come to China to help businesses, educational institutions and governments achieve their goals. With millions of customers worldwide and an Asian distribution network already in place, we have opened a representative office in Hong Kong to ensure the very best service to our customers throughout the Greater China region.” Mr Jensen, a humanitarian himself, founded the Diskeeper Corporation (formerly Executive Software) in 1981. After over 26 years in operation, Diskeeper has become one of the largest privately held companies in the world.

Mr Lawrence Cheung, General Manager of Diskeeper Corporation China Limited, supplemented by saying, “It is a milestone for Diskeeper Corporation to expand the market of Diskeeper and develop the company’s core strength of defragmentation software, particularly in the burgeoning market of China.”

Mr Mike Rowse, Director-General of Investment Promotion, at Invest Hong Kong, welcomed Diskeeper’s decision to use Hong Kong to expand the Greater China market. He said, “We are delighted that Diskeeper has chosen to expand its Greater China business through a base here. With strong expertise and international reputation here, I am sure that Hong Kong would play a pivotal role in Diskeeper’s business development in the Greater China region.”

Diskeeper Corporation is a global corporation trading in six continents. Our software products are distributed in every major country in the world. With over 30 million licenses sold, home users to large corporations rely on Diskeeper software to provide unparalleled performance and reliability to their laptops, desktops, and servers. International operations are headquartered in California, USA. European operations are overseen out of West Sussex, England. And now, Greater China operations are managed out of Central, Hong Kong. For more information about Diskeeper, please visit www.diskeeper.com

Invest Hong Kong is the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government department charged with encouraging and facilitating inward investment into the city by providing the support needed to establish or expand a business presence here.  For more information about Invest Hong Kong, please visit www.InvestHK.gov.hk.

Ends / Tuesday, May 20, 2008