(Beijing, China – July 26 2006) Red Herring, the premier magazine covering technology, financing and entrepreneurial activity, has announced that SUNWAH LINUX (SUNWAH) has been selected as a finalist for the Red Herring 100 Asia. Well over 600 privately held technology companies were submitted for this year’s edition of the prestigious award, proving the revival of innovative and entrepreneurial strength in the technology ecosystem.

"The level of entrepreneurial activity in Asia is no longer surprising," said Joel Dreyfuss, editor-in-chief of Red Herring. "The biggest shift is the emergence of innovative and disruptive companies that can play on the world stage."

“The Red Herring Asia 100 is the leading indicator for Asian technology companies and it is a great honor to be recognized,” says Alex BANH, CEO of SUNWAH. “Being chosen as one of the finalists is a good indicator of our work excellence and reinforces our belief in continuous innovation and the redefinition of the users’ computing experience in the emerging markets.”

SUNWAH LINUX is the leading Chinese Linux Company providing Linux and open source solutions to the Chinese market. It offers a comprehensive product family, which provides solutions to various sectors such as retail, government, military, education, pharmaceuticals and more. It’s flagship product RAYS OS is the only Debian-based Linux Desktop and Server product in Asia and the only Linux platform in the market that supports seamless Chinese integration of Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese on all four standards (GB, ISO, Big5, UTF-8) with 13 different commercial input methods. The Linux OS also consists of an integrated Chinese Hand Writing Recognition system.

At Red Herring Asia 2006, both the finalists and winners of the Top 100 will showcase their unique qualities and business potential. The nominees will be rigidly evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criterion including financial performance, technological innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their ecosystem. This unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company, allowing Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list an invaluable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry.

Following another rigorous review process, the “Red Herring 100 Asia” will be unveiled at the exclusive Red Herring Asia “Meet Asia’s Innovators” Summit, August 28-30 in Hong Kong, during which the technology industry’s most-innovative CEOs, venture financiers, and corporate strategists will gather to exchange deep insight into the Asian technology scene.

SUNWAH LINUX, Asia’s leading open source and Linux solutions provider, is headquartered in Beijing with offices across major Chinese cities. SUNWAH LINUX is providing Linux and open source solutions to the Chinese market by making high quality, easy to use, localized technology affordable to the market. SUNWAH LINUX provides robust operating system software and integrated open source software solutions to enterprises and also delivers professional services, customized support, and consulting services to its customers. More information about SUNWAH LINUX can be found at: http://www.sw-linux.com/

Red Herring events such as Red Herring Asia 2006, have long provided keen and prescient insights into the past, present and future of global technology trends and breakthroughs. Industry leaders, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and Red Herring’s own business intelligence team are brought together in the spirit of collaboration and growth in an attempt to foster business alliances and bring together entrepreneurs and investors. Participation is always by invitation only, and all speakers are registered participants. For registration and conference update, please go to http://www.redherring.com/rhasia06