Published on: Tuesday, April 20, 2021
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PUTRAJAYA: Microsoft Corp, through its newly-launched “Bersama Malaysia” initiative, has signed five memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with government agencies and local companies to train about one million Malaysians by end of 2023 to help create economic opportunities for people and businesses in the digital era.
Microsoft Malaysia Managing Director K. Raman
(pic) said Microsoft, together with its local partner Enfrasys Solutions, has been appointed by the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (Mampu) to provide cloud services to the public sector agencies through 2023.
“Microsoft will also partner with Censof Holdings, Silverlake Group and Web Bytes to accelerate digital transformation in the nation’s key industries, including financial services, retail, food and beverage, as well as the public sector,” he said at the launch of the initiative by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhy
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Microsoft to set up first data centre region in Malaysia
US tech giant Microsoft Corp announced that it will set up its first data centre region in Malaysia to deliver cloud services locally, with data security and privacy.
Microsoft to establish Malaysian data centre region
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Microsoft has announced plans to establish a data centre region in Malaysia. As part of the new Bersama Malaysia (Together with Malaysia) initiative, the move aims to empower the country’s digital economy and transformation.
Microsoft will deliver cloud services locally and enable data to be stored in-country. Microsoft says that it also plans to provide skills to an additional one million Malaysians by end of 2023 “to help create economic opportunities for people and businesses in the digital era,” and will help form the MyDigital Alliance Leadership Council to collaborate on cloud-first policy recommendations.
Microsoft has launched the “
Bersama Malaysia” (Together with Malaysia) initiative in line with Malaysia’s plans of advancing the nation’s digital transformation across the private and public sectors.
As part of the plan, Microsoft will establish its first datacentre region in the country to deliver cloud services locally, with data security, privacy, and the ability to store data in-country. Microsoft also plans to train an additional one million Malaysians by end of 2023 to help create economic opportunities for people and businesses in the digital era. According to Reuters, Microsoft is investing US$1 billion in the country over the next five years. IDC’s research found that Microsoft’s investment in Malaysia will help generate up to US$4.6 billion in new revenues for the country’s ecosystem of local partners and cloud-consuming customers over the next four years. Additionally, the research estimates Microsoft, its partners, and cloud-using customers will together
PUTRAJAYA: Microsoft Corp, through its newly-launched Bersama Malaysia” initiative, has signed five memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with government agencies and local companies to train about one million Malaysians by end of 2023 to help create economic opportunities for people and businesses in the digital era.
Microsoft Malaysia managing director K. Raman said Microsoft, together with its local partner Enfrasys Solutions, has been appointed by the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) to provide cloud services to the public sector agencies through 2023. Microsoft will also partner with Censof Holdings
, Silverlake Group and Web Bytes to accelerate digital transformation in the nation’s key industries, including financial services, retail, food and beverage, as well as the public sector, he said at the launch of the initiative by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin here today.