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Birth of the Pegasus

ASUS is soaring to new heights in every product they release. Its name is inspired by a famous Greek Mythology character called “Pegasus”, a winged horse. Many people view the animal as a symbol of wisdom and knowledge known to help heroes achieve victories. An accurate representation of a company that helps people achieve success through their technologies.

The Pegasus of technology came into existence in 1989. It started with four engineers who had a conversation in a coffee shop about starting a small company in Taiwan. In just a few months, they made it happen.

These engineers build their motherboards for personal computers. A motherboard is the nervous system of the human body. It is what connects and sends signals to every other part of the body. Without it, computers will not be able to function.

To test the quality of their motherboard, ASUS approaches Intel and asks for a processor. Coincidentally, Intel has a problem with its own motherboard. And upon testing, ASUS’ own worked that solves Intel’s problem. From there, the Pegasus starts to make its name.

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A Technological Leader in the Making

Acer is a technological leader specializing in in advanced hardware and electronics such as laptops, desktops, tablets, and servers. The company aims to break down barriers between people and technology.

Its journey begins in Taiwan with an aspiring husband and wife plus five others. Shih Chen Jung, also known by his western name “Stan Shih”, establishes a Microprocessor trading company called “Multitech” in 1976.

Basically, the Microprocessor is basically the brain of a computer. This is a small integrated circuit where the actual data processing and control happen. With the rise of the computer market and having such a valuable piece at hand, the company starts to prosper.

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Why We Think Warranty and Subscription Renewal is a Good Business Practice

Warranty and Subscription are different things but either give you tons of benefits be it for business or personal use. Renewing them through a trusted source like Micro Image will surely be a hassle-free experience for you.

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Not So Basic

Microsoft is a world-leading technology company. It manufactures both hardware and software. Microsoft exists because of Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It started after converting BASIC, a popular computer programming language, to something innovative. As a result, more programming languages were born out of it. Shortly after, IBM asked them to produce an operating system. 

You might be familiar with the term Operating System. But what is the purpose of this? It is essential software that manages everything. And IBM just asked them to create one for its IBM PC.

Microsoft purchased an existing operating system from another company and modified it. It is known as MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) and was released in 1981. After this, their humble business boomed. The majority of computer manufacturers in this era used MS-DOS as their operating system. By the 1990s, they sold more than 100 million copies. From BASIC to not so BASIC anymore.

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Everything is Connected

Cisco helps every individual and organization transform how we connect and collaborate through connected technology solutions.

Cisco Systems traces its root to a couple who works at Stanford University. Sandy Lerner and her husband, Leonard Bosack, founded the company in December 1984.

The first product is the Cisco IOS. It is inspired by a unique Stanford University-owned technology called the Blue Box. Moreover, it is a router that links all computer networks in the school. It is locally developed and improved by a team of students and staff, including Bosack.

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Celebrate Small Victories

BestStartup.Asia features Micro Image International Corporation as one of the Top 94 Southeast Asia Technical Support Companies and Startups. With this, the company can somehow claim that it is a technical support specialist.

This small victory calls for appreciation. Not all businesses get the chance to be featured in an article. Therefore, the company is beyond grateful to BestStartup.Asia for this recognition. It also showed the exceptional performance of MIIC in innovation, growth, management, and societal impact.

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Where Vision Starts

Epson traces back its roots to a historical place in Nagano, Japan. It all began with its predecessor, Daiwa Kogyo Ltd., a watch manufacturer established in May 1942.

The company supplies parts for Daini Seikosha in producing Seiko watches in 1943. They then formed Suwa Seikosha Co. Ltd. in 1959 and have developed various timepiece technologies. From here, the Seiko Group is born.

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Humble Beginnings

Dell’s humble beginnings start with a university student who sells personal computers in his dorm room in Texas. Michael Dell personally assembles computer parts into clones of IBM computers and sells them by mail order. Since this scheme is cheaper, it instantly becomes a success. And by 1986, he dropped out of school and incorporated his business, the Dell Computer Corporation.

Dell advertises through computer magazines targeting buyers who can recognize good quality PC at a low price. And as a result, Dell Computer Corporation became the top brand name in the direct-mail market. This achievement enabled them to open a new office in London and a subsidiary in Canada.

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The Start of Legend

As we all know, a legend is not born in a day. Lenovo Group Limited, a technology legend, also started from nothing.

Lenovo’s origin starts from Beijing, China with a man named Liu Chuanzhi and a group of ten engineers. On November 1, 1984, the founders officially started the company and held a meeting. It was then agreed that it will be named as Chinese Academy of Sciences Computer Technology Research Institute New Technology Development Company. However, its English name “Legend Group” was what Lenovo became known for before the existing one.

And like business as usual, Legend’s rookie attempts into the market was a failure. From television to digital watch, nothing seems to be working. It was until the year 1990 that they finally started to have a breakthrough. The company starts to manufacture and market computers using their brand name. And from hereon, everything became legendary.

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