MDeC  launched its MSC Malaysia IP Connect Programme, in an effort to bring together local universities and research institutions to effectively collaborate with innovators from MSC Malaysia Status Companies, facilitating the successful and rapid commercialisation of local intellectual property as one of the eight strategic reform initiatives outlined in the framework for the New Economic Model.

Pikom is extending a helping hand to small- and medium-sized businesses that want to embrace ICT  via a series of one-day seminars, called SME Business Success with ICT, nationwide which is aimed at guiding the businesses to use ICT to improve their operations and efficiency.

Malaysia’s technology city i-City is entering into an agreement today with Russia Plus Sdn Bhd and Hexagon Solutions Sdn Bhd to set up their Centres of Innovation at the Shah Alam real-estate development.

The MSC Malaysia Local Advisory Panel has held its first meeting to chart strategies for the further development of the country’s MSC Malaysia initiative, preparing the nation for the innovative digital economy.

Nationwide initiative to “Malaysianise” computer software used in the information technology sectors in the country has been rolled out offering RM 200 mil fund.

A million ringgit worth of grants is being offered to the 26 Malaysian content creators that can ace the fifth MSC Malaysia IPCC this year.

The local content development scene continues to grow at a rapid pace and is set to acelerate further, thanks to the MSC Malaysia Intellectual Property Creators Challenge (MSC Malaysia IPCC) Series.

MDeC is planning to establish an e-commerce platform for  SMEs with the view of helping them develop into global vendors.

Knowledge-based small and medium enterprises (K-SMEs) in Cyberjaya are offering training opportunities for 156 graduates this year under the programme that was launched as one of the initiatives under the government’s RM7bil Economic Stimulus Package to enhance the employability of local graduates and reduce unemployment.

MDeC lauded the ITU recognition for Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as an eminent personality in the ongoing digital revolution to promote ICT as a means of providing a better life for Malaysian.