Aims to secure high quality digital investments as it seeks to unlock new drivers of growth in the digital economy. The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), Malaysia’s lead agency in digital transformation, has put together its ‘Digital Investments Future5 (DIF5) Strategy’, a five-year plan focusing on five key thrusts aimed…
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Collecting Airborne IFSAR for Southeast Asian Government Agency. Malaysia’s federal mapping agency plans to map their sovereign territory on the island of Borneo, the largest island in Asia and the third largest in the world. Intermap, a geospatial content development and intelligence solutions provider was chosen by the Government to complete mapping the program.…
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In support of the Government’s recovery plan for Malaysia. The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), Malaysia’s lead agency in digital transformation, will accelerate digitalisation initiatives roll out following the announcement of the Pakej Perlindungan Rakyat dan Pemulihan Ekonomi (PEMULIH) by the Prime Minister, YAB Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. According to…
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Free assessment will enable organisations to understand their data, analytics and AI readiness. The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), supported by International Data Corporation (IDC) a global market intelligence firm has launched the Data, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Readiness Assessment Tool. The free assessment is available now for business…
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Announced just as the country heads into another lockdown. The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has launched MDEC Innovation Exchange (MIX), a program designed to accelerate the digitalisation of the nation’s economy. MIX is part of the agency’s corporate innovation efforts aimed at empowering large corporates with value-added digital transformation…
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New initiative to improve collaboration in digital transformation in both countries. Asia Pacific nations Australia and Malaysia have entered into a strategic partnership to enhance technology collaboration between the two countries. The Australia–Malaysia Tech Exchange (AMTX) is a program of business activities across multiple sectors jointly implemented by Austrade and the Malaysian…
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Collaboration between Google and Astro Awani. The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), Malaysia’s lead agency in digital transformation, welcomes the strategic collaboration announced today between Google and Astro Awani in furthering the digitalisation efforts of the nation. The move is in line with MDEC’s four key thrust areas namely; in…
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Microsoft will help form the MyDigital Alliance Leadership Council to collaborate on cloud-first and digital-native policy recommendations. As part of the Malaysian Government’s My Digital goals, it has welcomed Microsoft’s agreement to establish its first datacenter region in the country to deliver trusted cloud services locally, with data security, privacy,…
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Continuing trend that has likely been cemented by the pandemic. The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) newly released initiative, MyDigitalWorkForce Work In Tech (MYWiT) initiative, a training and hiring incentive program, aimed at boosting the digital business services sector as well as developing quality tech talents in Malaysia. This initiative…
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Newly created role to chart new digital business strategies and development initiatives. The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has brought on board Aiza Azreen Ahmad in the newly-created role as Chief Digital Business Officer (CDBO). MDEC is a government agency under the purview of the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia…
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