Published: on 26 May 2012
Microsoft Malaysia has recently announced its collaboration with
Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) to accelerate the development
and production of made-in-Malaysia software and services on the Cloud.
The partnership, in the form of The Azure Power Programme, is designed
to address the issue of improving competitiveness among local small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the IT sector through the adoption of
Cloud Computing into their business processes.
This joint venture will see an investment of RM1.1 million being set aside to be used in boosting the Cloud ecosystem for SMEs.
"As Malaysian companies prepare to engage and compete on a global level, many are keen to jump onto the Cloud bandwagon. Results from a recent that Forrester Consulting carried out on Clod adoption among local businesses has revealed that 64% of Malaysian companies are either currently using or actively planning their own Cloud initiatives. It is against this backdrop that MDeC welcomes Microsoft´s Azure Programme as one of the key infrastructure partners into the MSC Malaysia Cloud Onboarding Programme (COP). The core aim of this effort is to prepare and energise the Malaysian Cloud ecosystem," said Dato´ Badlisham Ghazali, CEO, MDeC.
This will be carried out by supporting the local software economy and enabling the local independent software vendors (ISVs) with the skills, mindset, and technology they need to provide world-class Cloud-powered services and business operations.
Microsoft´s Azure Progamme, which will be a key industry partner in the MSC Malaysia COP, is designed to provide comprehensive end-to-end assistance for these ISVs to develop, build, and adopt the applications they need to improve their businesses as well as their service offerings.
According to Microsoft and MDeC, this is the first step of a three-part transformation process that is designed to revolutionise the Malaysian economy. The other two steps are: product/service acceleration phase and going to market (labelled as Cloud to market).
"This first step is particularly important because most ISVs assume that providing Cloud services merely means putting applications and solutions on the Web. However, there is more to that than just going onto the Internet. There is an inherent need to undergo a fundamental paradigm shift towards a software-as-a-service business model, which has its own considerations for pricing, cost of ownership, and value propositions. That is why this programme goes beyond providing technological infrastructure - business content training must also be included," said Ananth Lazarus, Managing Director, Microsoft Malaysia.
That is where the second and third phase come in, providing ample support to the ISVs through financial support (up to RM27,000 worth of subscription funding for the Windows Azure platform) and giving them additional commercialisation assistance to bring their products to market.
"This is how we at Microsoft and MDeC plan to help local ISVs as well as related businesses to harness the power of the Cloud and bring them up to global standards so they will be openly competitive with the world," added Ananth
This joint venture will see an investment of RM1.1 million being set aside to be used in boosting the Cloud ecosystem for SMEs.
"As Malaysian companies prepare to engage and compete on a global level, many are keen to jump onto the Cloud bandwagon. Results from a recent that Forrester Consulting carried out on Clod adoption among local businesses has revealed that 64% of Malaysian companies are either currently using or actively planning their own Cloud initiatives. It is against this backdrop that MDeC welcomes Microsoft´s Azure Programme as one of the key infrastructure partners into the MSC Malaysia Cloud Onboarding Programme (COP). The core aim of this effort is to prepare and energise the Malaysian Cloud ecosystem," said Dato´ Badlisham Ghazali, CEO, MDeC.
This will be carried out by supporting the local software economy and enabling the local independent software vendors (ISVs) with the skills, mindset, and technology they need to provide world-class Cloud-powered services and business operations.
Microsoft´s Azure Progamme, which will be a key industry partner in the MSC Malaysia COP, is designed to provide comprehensive end-to-end assistance for these ISVs to develop, build, and adopt the applications they need to improve their businesses as well as their service offerings.
According to Microsoft and MDeC, this is the first step of a three-part transformation process that is designed to revolutionise the Malaysian economy. The other two steps are: product/service acceleration phase and going to market (labelled as Cloud to market).
"This first step is particularly important because most ISVs assume that providing Cloud services merely means putting applications and solutions on the Web. However, there is more to that than just going onto the Internet. There is an inherent need to undergo a fundamental paradigm shift towards a software-as-a-service business model, which has its own considerations for pricing, cost of ownership, and value propositions. That is why this programme goes beyond providing technological infrastructure - business content training must also be included," said Ananth Lazarus, Managing Director, Microsoft Malaysia.
That is where the second and third phase come in, providing ample support to the ISVs through financial support (up to RM27,000 worth of subscription funding for the Windows Azure platform) and giving them additional commercialisation assistance to bring their products to market.
"This is how we at Microsoft and MDeC plan to help local ISVs as well as related businesses to harness the power of the Cloud and bring them up to global standards so they will be openly competitive with the world," added Ananth
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