THE ASIAN-OCEANIAN COMPUTING INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION (ASOCIO) IS AN ICT FEDERATION ORGANIZED BY ICT ASSOCIATIONS REPRESENTING FROM 24 ECONOMIES THROUGHOUT ASIA PACIFIC. ASOCIO WAS ESTABLISHED AT TOKYO, JAPAN IN 1984 AND IT IS THE MOST TIME-HONOURED AND ACTIVE INTERNATIONAL ICT TRADE ORGANIZATION IN ASIA AND OCEANIA. ITS INFLUENCE COVERS MORE THAN 10,000 ICT COMPANIES AND REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY US$ 350 BILLION OF ICT REVENUE IN THE REGION. ASOCIO'S OBJECTIVE IS TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND FOSTER RELATIONSHIPS AND TRADE BETWEEN ITS MEMBERS, AND TO DEVELOP THE COMPUTING INDUSTRY IN THE REGION.