R&D
Motorola Solutions celebrates 40yrs in Malaysia, appoints new MD
Dr Hari Narayanan to lead company's local operations in Penang
Formerly R&D head in centre which delivered innovations for global customers
US$5.6mil Mida grant to boost Soft Space to next level
Soft Space International, whose mobile point of sale solution has been adopted by some of the major banks in the region, has been approved for a 1:1 matching grant worth RM18.4 million (US$5.6 million) by the Malaysian Investment Development Authority, a boost to the company's efforts to become a 'payment innovator.'
Konica Minolta launches first-ever Business Innovation Centre in Singapore
Konica Minolta Inc has launched its new Asia Pacific Business Innovation Centre (BIC) in Singapore, one of five BICs the company said it plans to establish around the world to facilitate and accelerate the growth of its information and communications technology (ICT) services business.
Week in Review: How do we measure the Minister in 2014?
With 2014 being declared the 'Year of Commercialisation' for the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Karamjit Singh wonders how best to asses its minister Ewon Ebin's performance, given his diverse portfolio.
Malaysia’s ‘stealth’ software billionaire
Believes core banking is about Group Theory environment
Worth around US$1.1 billion from company he launched in 1990
Week in Review: A blot on the ecosystem
The lack of R&D from public universities that entrepreneurs can commercialise is a topic Karamjit Singh is, unfortunately, not unfamiliar with.
Public university R&D: ‘I could cry’
Why has the commercialisation of public university R&D reduced the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Finance Dr Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah to tears? Karamjit Singh has the sad story.
Fusing technology and business into a RM700mil company
Ivan Teh, who has quietly built Fusionex into arguably Malaysia’s top big data company and successfully listed it on the London AIM, speaks to DNA.
Be more strategic in R&D efforts, urges CREST chief
CREST (Collaborative Research in Science, Engineering & Technology), a government initiative to spur research and development (R&D) in the electrical and electronics (E&E) sector, is urging the sector to be more strategic in how it approaches R&D.
Pioneering semiconductor player Globetronics still hungry
It was the hot startup of its era, but pioneering semiconductor player Globetronics, with an unbroken string of profitable quarters since its inception in 1991, doesn't look like slowing down yet. In fact, it is aiming to be a billion-ringgit revenue company by 2016.
