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MDeC: 3% revenue growth ‘high’ when seen in context (Updated)

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Pursuit of satisfactory boom will see fewer investments, jobs Deepening neighborhood market for tech adoption creates possibilities [Appended with more data below] WITH slowing revenue increase of three% in 2013 versus the 5.7% that 2012 witnessed, the question turned into inevitable: Is growth of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC Malaysia) slowing down?   When that question got here, Badlisham Ghazali (percent) , the outgoing chief executive officer of Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC), become quick to mention, “Absolutely not.”   Instead, he described the sales of RM34.fifty five billion in 2013 as “nice growth.”   In his last press convention as MDeC CEO, having been on the helm on account that February 2006, Badlisham – who joins airport operator Malaysian Airports Holding Bhd as CEO on Monday, June 23 – repeated the equal arguments he made in announcing the 2012 outcomes.   He said that with a populace length touching 30 million these days, Malaysia can by no means ...

Hey VCs: Market trumps team

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VCs need to search for an concept with a huge marketplace capability first Their budget can then be used to rent a high-quality control team VENTURE capitalists have always been requested what they search for while making an investment in a commercial enterprise assignment and the maximum commonplace solution is the ‘Team’ at the back of the mission.   “We fund the control team” is the maximum common refrain, because it is the crew that builds the enterprise and an ‘A team’ with a terrific idea is greater vital than a ‘B team’ with a outstanding idea.   If this is the right strategy, then why can we nevertheless see so little success in Malaysia and why will we not often locate businesses which can scale and become regional, if no longer international, players? Surely it cannot be that we don’t have proficient management groups in Malaysia, or within the area for that depend.   So if it’s no longer the group, what then ought to traders search for?   One of the maximum a hit inves...

Wanted: Malaysian-made creative content with universal appeal

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Toon Goggles signs deal with MDeC to add animated collection Saladin to its site Urges neighborhood creators to aim for familiar appeal with their IP MALAYSIAN-made animated content material is on par with worldwide standards however a extra international method to story-telling is wanted.   This become the commentary made by way of Toon Goggles’ creative director Brendan Pollitz, who changed into attending the inaugural Asian Animation Summit (AAS) at Intercontinental Hotel Kuala Lumpur, which showcased a number of Asia’s strongest and maximum commercially possible animation projects.   Toon Goggles, a Children’s Video-on-Demand carrier, has signed a address the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) to add lively collection Saladin to its website online.   Pollitz shared that the business enterprise intends to time the series’ US optimum with the annual Consumer Electronics display hosted in Las Vegas.   This became in element to the organisation’s content material partnersh...

CA Tech arcserve launches new unified data protection platform

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Managing more than one licence agreements and inner skillsets is a ‘little bit of a nightmare’ arcserve’s UDP answer can paintings throughout combined IT environments, CA Tech claims   RESEARCH corporation Gartner reviews that between 2012 and 2016, one-0.33 of firms will exchange backup vendors due to frustration over cost, complexity and/ or capability. By 2016, as a minimum 20% of big establishments will abandon backup/ recuperation solutions.   It is that this frustration that CA Technologies arcserve (previously ARCserve) hopes to cope with with the latest release of its Unified Data Protection (UDP) solution, touted to be an clean-to-use, fee-powerful backup and Assured Recovery solution that may paintings across mixed IT environments, therefore assisting companies improve the provision of essential structures.   In an interview with Digital News Asia (DNA), James Forbes May, vice chairman of records management at CA Technologies Asia & Pacific, talked about that ...

Making QR codes more useful

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Greater ability of QR code nonetheless untapped OunchTag promises more 'oomph' to traders and users >THE QR (Quick Response) code changed into first invented and utilized by car massive Toyota in 1994 as a manner to music its cars all through the manufacturing manner, according to Wikipedia.   The two-dimensional facts code, corresponding to the greater popular barcode, has been in large part utilized in a spot way for the past twenty years. In current years although, it has surfaced in the consumer area, in large part driven with the aid of the proliferation of smartphones whose cameras can without problems experiment these codes.   However, the full capability of the QR code has now not been tapped, says Choong Kar Fai ( p.c), CEO of Omniphics. He believes that in most instances, QR codes are simplest used to link customers to a internet site URL or merely to a enterprise's homepage.   "Imagine passing a banner with a QR Code that offers a 'buy one, get...

PropertyGuru: Yesterday Singapore today SEA tomorrow … ?

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Differences among markets in Malaysia and Singapore Mobile looks set to lead the next charge IN December 2007, two expatriates in Singapore – Steve Melhuish and Jani Rautiainen – released their PropertyGuru portal, hoping to deal with what they noticed as a vacuum in the island republic which on the time did now not have any online property web sites. That speedy modified within a few months, with a Malaysian property portal setting up a Singapore portal, even as two of the most important media groups there released online classifieds web sites with actual estate listings too. As Melhuish remembers in our preceding installment, PropertyGuru managed to stave off the opposition and establish an 80% marketplace percentage inside 3 years. Having cemented its leadership function, and with a host of accolades and awards on its mantel, the enterprise changed into now prepared to have a look at the nearby marketplace. Which caused one of its biggest errors, says Melhuish (%) . “In phrase...

More partnerships sought at Asian Animation Summit

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Showcase of screenings and shows of round 36 standards from Australia, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore in early stages of financing and improvement Revenue from the whole Malaysian innovative industry forecast to hit RM16.1bil in 2013. THE inaugural Asian Animation Summit (AAS) has kicked off at Intercontinental Hotel Kuala Lumpur, showcasing a number of Asia’s strongest and most commercially viable animation initiatives.   The AAS is a platform that brings collectively globally renowned animation experts who will facilitate and allow co-production and co-financing animation opportunities inside the location.   With Malaysia playing host, the event become organized by the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) in collaboration with the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) and Australia’s ABC TV, with guide from Kidscreen Australia.   The -day program capabilities screenings and displays of round 36 ideas from Australia, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore which might be in early degr...

Malaysia among countries most hit by e-banking malware: Trend Micro

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three% of all on-line banking malware detections had been in Malaysia, US No 1 with 23% 14.3mil character and 300K company subscribers of e-banking in Malaysia SECURITY solutions company Trend Micro Inc, in its recent TrendLabs 1Q 2014 Security Roundup document, said that Malaysia is the various 10 countries maximum stricken by on line banking malware. About 23% of all on-line banking malware detections were within the United States, the most affected us of a inside the first area of 2014, with more than 26,000 online banking malware detections.   Japan got here in 2nd with over 11,000 detections (10%) while India ranked third with over 10,000 detections (9%).   Brazil ranked fourth with a 7% proportion, followed by Turkey (4%), then France, Malaysia, Mexico, Vietnam and Australia, each with a three% percentage.   “The record confirmed that Malaysians have been now not spared from the web banking malware menace. This is in part pushed through the robust take-up of Internet bank...

Monster launches Monster Employment Index Singapore

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Index is a month-to-month gauge of on-line job posting hobby YoY demand for software, hardware, telecoms pros up 16% ONLINE recruitment agency Monster Worldwide Inc has launched its Monster Employment Index Singapore, which showed a 6% increase in online recruitment hobby between May 2013 and 2014.   The tempo of long time-growth moderates from that during April 2014, the corporation said in a declaration.   “The Index is primarily based on statistics collected in the course of the past calendar 12 months, which confirmed subdued hiring in 2013,” said Sanjay Modi (p.c) , dealing with director, Monster.com (India/ Middle-East / Hong Kong / South-East Asia).   “To date, on line job postings thru 2014 appear like greater superb. May 2014 marked the third successive upward thrust within the quantity of in postings, pushed on the whole through boom within the provider sector.   “For example, BFSI, IT, Telecom/ ISP, statistics technology, hospitality, retail/ trade and logistics, media...

AsiaPac up on BYOD cost-savings down on innovation benefits

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Over 60% of respondents diagnosed decrease hardware value as fundamental benefit Most CIOs continue to be skeptical of ‘innovation’ advantages of BYOD however > ACCORDING to a latest report through analyst company Ovum, the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend is becoming very famous among multinational companies (MNCs) in Asia Pacific, with over 70% of surveyed businesses saying they already have guidelines to help authorised employee-owned gadgets.   Despite the massive number of MNCs embracing this trend, however, guide is initially restricted to sure regions and roles within the agency, Ovum stated in a assertion.   Claudio Castelli, Ovum senior analyst, Enterprise Telecoms, says: “The developing popularity of the BYOD fashion by means of IT departments, and the greater want to mobilize facts programs and support a broader range of cellular devices, suggest that CIOs (chief statistics officials) are struggling to define their corporation mobility strategy.”   “This is even m...