Rakuten Belanja Online Akhirnya Diluncurkan Secara Resmi

Perusahaan online commerce terbesar Jepang Rakuten secara resmi meluncurkan Rakuten Belanja Online di Indonesia dengan Media Nusantara Citra (MNC) Group sebagai mitra lokal mereka. Rakuten Belanja Online (RBO) adalah pergerakan terbaru dari perusahaan asal Jepang ini untuk mendominasi online marketplace global.

RBO sebenarnya sudah aktif sejak Maret tahun ini, tetapi rencana peluncuran resmi harus ditunda karena gempa bumi di Jepang yang terjadi tidak lama setelah itu

Hiroshi Mikitani, CEO Rakuten mengatakan bahwa, “RBO diharapkan dapat memberikan kontribusi terhadap pertumbuhan e-commerce di Indonesia, dengan memberdayakan pedagang dan konsumen melalui kekuatan internet.”

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Rakuten Belanja Online Finally Launched

Japan’s largest online commerce company Rakuten has officially launched Rakuten Belanja Online in Indonesia with Media Nusantara Citra (MNC) Group as its local partner. Rakuten Belanja Online or RBO is the company’s latest move to dominate the global online marketplace.

RBO’s marketplace had been active since March of this year but plans of the launch had to be postponed following the earthquake in Japan later that month.

Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani said, “RBO is expected to contribute to the growth of Indonesia’s e-commerce by empowering merchants and consumers through the power of the internet”.

The joint venture agreement with MNC Group as its partner ultimately came down to the size and reach of the group as a media powerhouse. According to MNC Group CEO Hary Tanoesoedibjo, the aim of the cooperation is to turn RBO into the country’s number one online mall by combining Rakuten’s expertise and experience with his group’s significant presence in the media industry which spans across television, radio, and print. Continue reading Rakuten Belanja Online Finally Launched

Investidea: Social Commerce Adalah Peluang Terbesar di Indonesia

Menindaklanjuti artikel kami tentang investasi yang dilakukan oleh Investidea di Bistip dan Kartumuu, e27 mencari informasi yang lebih mendalam dan mewawancarai Charles Gandha, salah satu mitra di perusahaan tersebut.

Menurut Gandha, industri teknologi di Indonesia akan segera booming dan social commerce adalah peluang terbesar, dan mungkin yang terbaik yang bisa didapatkan oleh investor yang ingin masuk dalam industri ini. Wawancara di e27 tersebut mengungkapkan rincian lebih lanjut tentang Investidea serta menyoroti aspek-aspek tertentu dari industri teknologi Indonesia.

Gandha sendiri terlibat dalam dua perusahaan yang beroperasi di bidang telekomunikasi dan layanan informasi industri. Dia adalah presiden direktur di Lasmana Swasti Prashida, penyedia infrastruktur untuk telco, dan wakil presiden senior di Scientek Computindo, sebuah perusahaan solusi penyimpanan data.

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Lagi-lagi di Hari Jumat, Seorang Karyawan Yahoo! Mengundurkan diri

yahoo sea — Joey Alarilla, Jimmi Kembaren, dan Fajar Anugrah di sebuah acara Yahoo!. Photo courtesy of Aryo Kresnadi

Saya tidak mengerti apa hubungan hari Jumat dengan kabar karyawan Yahoo! mengundurkan diri dari perusahaan tersebut. Kami mendapat kabar bahwa Jimmi Kembaren yang baru bergabung di Yahoo! Southeast Asia selama sekitar satu tahun, mengundurkan diri efektif bulan depan. Kembaren menangani bagian teknis dari pengembangan bisnis, posisi yang dipegangnya sejak bulan Februari tahun ini. Sebelumnya Kembaren adalah partner support specialist dan YDN evangelist di Yahoo!.

Kembaren direkrut tahun 2010 setelah mengikuti Yahoo Open Hack Day di Jakarta pada akhir tahun 2009. Kembaren menciptakan Twittermania yang kemudian dikembangkan menjadi Twiterus, sebuah mesin analisa bagi tweet berbahasa Indonesia. Saat Twitter meluncurkan Local Trends di awal 2010, Twiterus merasakan imbasnya dan membuat beberapa perubahan untuk menambahkan koleksi tautan dan berita populer yang dibagikan oleh masyarakat Indonesia melalui Twitter. Saat Kembaren meluncurkan versi kedua Twiterus, dia bergabung bersama Yahoo! dan menjual proyeknya tersebut ke Indo.com dengan harga yang dirahasiakan.

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Investidea: Social Commerce Presents Biggest Opportunity in Indonesia

Following our story on Investidea’s investments in Bistip and Kartumuu, e27 did a little more digging and interviewed Charles Gandha, one of the partners at the company.

According to Gandha, Indonesia’s tech industry is about to explode and social commerce presents investors with the largest, and perhaps best opportunity to embrace the industry. The interview reveals more details about the company as well as highlighting certain aspects of the Indonesian technology industry.

Gandha himself is involved in two companies operating in the telecommunications and information services industries. He is president director at Lasmana Swasti Prashida, an infrastructure provider for telcos, and senior vice president at Scientek Computindo, a data storage solutions company.

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As we head to the weekend, we want to make a little announcement. We’re putting those bits into a separate blog that we call Dailylicious. We’re sharing info that you’d probably enjoy reading and sharing with your friends and colleagues and we’re using Tumblr to do it. Why Tumblr? Because it’s built for sharing stuff easily. Whether it’s a quote, an image, a link, or a short update, it’s already formatted accordingly. And it’s very laid back.

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Another Friday, Another Yahoo! leaving his post

alarilla, kembaren, anugerah — Joey Alarilla, Jimmi Kembaren, and Fajar Anugrah at a Yahoo! event. Photo courtesy of Aryo Kresnadi

What is it with Fridays and word of Yahoo! employees leaving the company? We were informed that Jimmi Kembaren, who’s only been with Yahoo! Southeast Asia for just over a year, is leaving the company next month. He handles the technical side of business development, a position he’s held since February of this year. Previously he was partner support specialist and YDN evangelist at Yahoo.

Kembaren was hired in 2010 following Yahoo Open Hack Day in Jakarta in late 2009 where he created Twittermania which then evolved into Twiterus, an analytics engine for Indonesian tweets. As Twitter rolled out Local Trends in early 2010, Twiterus felt the heat and reworked itself to add a collection of popular links and news shared by Indonesians on Twitter. Just as Kembaren launched version two of Twiterus, he came aboard the purple ship and sold his project to Indo.com for an undisclosed sum.

Kembaren confirmed to DailySocial of his move just as he was about to board a plane to Hanoi this morning. As for his next project? He’s not talking yet although it’s likely to be another startup.