Sarawak partners Alibaba Cloud to bolster digitalisation of SMEs Details 06 July 2021
The Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation (SDEC) has partnered Alibaba’s cloud computing subsidiary, Alibaba Cloud, to provide support for the digitalisation of SMEs in Sarawak. SDEC is a company owned by the Sarawak Government through the State Financial Secretary under the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. Through this collaboration, SDEC will leverage on the public cloud service of Alibaba Cloud, especially on the advanced features like elastic computing, big data and AI.
SDEC said the partnership comes at an opportune time as Malaysia works towards the Digital Economy Blueprint (MyDIGITAL) launched in February earlier this year. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin launched MyDIGITAL to make Malaysia a high-value-added economy and a net exporter of home-grown technologies and digital solutions by the end of this decade.
05 Jul 2021 / 13:25 H.
KUCHING: International cloud service provider Alibaba Cloud is collaborating with Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation Bhd (SDEC) to bring small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Sarawak to migrate into digital economy.
In a joint statement today, they said the cooperation would see SDEC, a Sarawak State Government wholly-owned company, leveraging on the powerful public cloud service of Alibaba Cloud, especially on its elastic computing, big data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) features.
“With over 10 years’ experience in digital transformation and expertise in different industries, Alibaba Cloud will also help SDEC in terms of enhancing their impact and the reach of the corporation’s larger initiatives - to fast track the digitalisation programmes in Sarawak,” the statement said.