Badlisham Ghazali
IT management in Malaysia not aligned with business: IDC study
Only 18.8% of Malaysian IT management is implementing IT that is aligned to business needs, even though they have a reasonable level of understanding of their core business requirements, according to an IDC study.
UPM, UiTM teams wow them in MSC business competition
Teams from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) were the grand winners in the two categories of the Ninth MSC Malaysia-Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Business Plan Competition (MIBPC).
Week in Review: MDeC no longer sole ecosystem anchor
MDeC is no longer the sole anchor for the ecosystem, and that is a good thing. Meanwhile, the addition of the ‘multimedia’ portfolio to the communications ministry throws up the question of whether the ICT portfolio moves over from the science ministry.
MSC revenues grow nearly 6%, MDeC touts quality
While total revenues, jobs creation and exports were up, there was a slowdown in some areas of MSC Malaysia, but national ICT custodian MDeC was sanguine, saying quality mattered more than quantity.
Digital Malaysia’s Pokok platform to help underprivileged
MDeC has announced a new Digital Malaysia initiative to harness and coordinate greater private sector contribution in community and social development targeted at the B40 group, the lowest 40% of the Malaysian population in terms of household income.
300 newly-employed grads in ICT sector to be ‘up-skilled’
MDeC and TalentCorp have signed a Memorandum of Agreement that will see 300 graduates undergoing an eight-month ‘up-skilling’ program.
MDeC announces IDC-fueled CIO Survival Guide series
MDeC will be launching the CIO Survival Guide program, a series of forums and educational workshops in partnership with the technology market research firm IDC.
Filling up white spaces
Providing solutions to companies rather than people is hardly a glamorous undertaking, but there is a white space there worth exploring, writes Gabey Goh.
Week in Review: Data centers, unsung heroes and digital economy drivers
If there was one take-away from the Second International Datacentres Malaysia Summit in Kuala Lumpur earlier this week, it’s that the data center industry gets no love, despite being the lynchpin of the digital economy, writes A. Asohan.
Malaysia’s data center industry hits US$133mil in revenue
The data center industry in Malaysia is on track to hit RM400 million (US$133 million) or higher in revenues in 2012, after recording revenues of RM320 million (US$106 million) in 2011. The Government is also tageting revenues of RM480 million (US$160 million) for 2013.
