ALIBABA Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, today launched a new talent initiative and showcased various cloud-based, innovative solutions at Alibaba Cloud Day KL summit to deepen its commitment for supporting Malaysia’s digitalisation.
(From left to right) Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam general manager Leon Chen, Ministry of Technology, Technology and Creativity (MOSTI) deputy admin general Datuk Dr Mohd Nor Azman Hassan, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Malaysia general manager Kun Huang, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Sri Dr Adham Baba, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Enterprise Support Cloud vice chief executive and general supervisor Xiong Wuzhen released the Digital Heroes Program during Alibaba Cloud Day KL Summit 2022 in the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
In the presence of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) Minister Datuk Sri Dr Adham Baba, the cloud service leader launched the particular “Digital Heroes Programme” – a countrywide digital talent building up initiative that aspires to inspire youthful talent and bridge the gap among academia and industry, in addition to furnishing Malaysia with a strong electronic labour force.
As a move to increase Alibaba Cloud’s digital footprint to more states across the nation, the Digital Characters Program is an development of the Alibaba Impair Academic Empowerment Program (AAEP), an initiative that strengthens flourishing digital talents through participating accredited language schools.
Built on the current internship and AAEP initiative programme, the Digital Characters Program encompasses 3 new key places including MY Electronic Talent in Oughout Competition, Nationwide University or college Tour and Student Ambassador.
MY Digital Talent within U Competition is a contest open to students and academic personnel to discover the world of cloud computing with schooling programmes and classes provided, while the Countrywide University Tour is really an university tour across the whole region that will educates and presents in-depth cloud processing to local abilities alongside business designers, solution architects from Alibaba Cloud plus selected key business players.
Last but not least, Student Ambassador is an opportunity for local college students to participate in Alibaba Cloud’s events, which further helps them develop leadership, professionalism and communication abilities.
Kun delivered the welcoming deal with to introduce the Digital Heroes System and its initiatives within Malaysia, which are aligned with its mission – In Malaysia With regard to Malaysia during the Alibaba Cloud Day KL Summit 2022.
“The epicentre of the Digital Heroes Program is not only to provide local learners innovative digital experiences, but also for us to create a sustainable pool of digital talents who would contribute to the local business ecosystem, ” said Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Malaysia general supervisor Kun Huang.
“As a global impair leader, we are proud to be part of the collective effort and would like to leverage our best-in-class technologies and proven experience to support nearby talent development whilst further empowering Malaysia’s digital transformation journey. ”
Dr Adham Baba said, “As part of Malaysia’s plan to transform the nation into a regional leader in the digital economic climate, we welcome technologies providers to invest in Malaysia and leverage within the skill sets plus capabilities of local talents.
“Alibaba Cloud is a good instance, where the company provides successfully set up 2 local data centers and a strong nearby team to support nearby companies and provide associated with leading cloud systems and professional solutions. ”
Insights from market captains to drive technology innovation
The Summit has also shed further light on cutting-edge technologies and sustainability, from the latest insights in sustainability to the long term of businesses, simply by leaders from various sectors such as telecommunications, finance, retail, sensible logistics as well as Alibaba Cloud executives.
For instance, some sessions featured speakers through Genting Malaysia Berhad, Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad, Entomo Malaysia Sdn Bhd and China Mobile Global who imparted priceless thoughts and information to participants.
As an infrastructure supplier for a green economy, Alibaba Cloud furthermore shared its attempts and innovative options in achieving durability and green cloud computing ecosystems during the Summit.
At the end of June this year, Alibaba Cloud launched Energy Expert, a durability platform to help customers worldwide measure, evaluate and manage the particular carbon emissions of the business activities and products.
Among the world’s leading cloud service providers, Alibaba Cloud boasts a network of 85 availability areas in 28 locations across the globe, offering a very secure, scalable, strong cloud infrastructure to support global customers adopting digital innovation.
It is also the only worldwide cloud provider with local data centres in Malaysia and launched its very first cloud-based Anti-DDos Scrubbing Centre in Malaysia in 2018, serving the region.