AdminCloud service leader, Alibaba Cloud recently launched the Digital Heroes Program, a nation-wide digital talent strengthening initiative at the Alibaba Cloud Day KL summit.
Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group also showcased various cloud-based, innovative solutions at the launch which was officiated by Dato’ Sri Dr. Adham Baba, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI)
Alibaba Cloud hopes to deepen its commitment in supporting Malaysia’s digitalization and expand it’s digital footprint to more states across the nation through this new talent initiative.
The Digital Heroes Program aims to inspire young talent while bridging the gap between academia and industry, in addition to furnishing Malaysia with a strong digital labour force.
The program is an evolution of the Alibaba Cloud Academic Empowerment Program (AAEP), an initiative that strengthens budding digital talents via participating accredited educational institutions.
Built upon the current internship and AAEP initiative program, Digital Heroes Program encompasses three new key areas including MY Digital Talent in U Competition, Nationwide University Tour and Student Ambassador.
The MY Digital Talent in U Competition, is a contest open to students and academic staff to discover the world of cloud computing with training programs and courses provided.
Secondly, the Nationwide University Tour will educate and introduce in-depth cloud computing to local talents alongside business developers, solution architects from Alibaba Cloud and selected key industry players through a university tour across the whole region.
Last but not least, local students will be given the opportunity to participate in Alibaba Cloud’s events and develop leadership, professionalism and communication skills as a Student Ambassador.
Kun Huang, General Manager of Malaysia, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence said the Digital Heroes Program, will not only provide local students with innovative digital experiences, but also create a sustainable pool of digital talents which would contribute to the local business ecosystem.
“As a global cloud 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 local talent development whilst further empowering Malaysia’s digital transformation journey” said Kun Huang.
Dato’ Sri Dr. Adham Baba who launched the program with Alibaba Cloud today, said Malaysia welcomes technology providers to invest in Malaysia and leverage on the skill sets and capabilities of local talents to help transform the country into a regional leader in digital economy.
“Alibaba Cloud is a good example, where the company has successfully set up 2 local data centres, and a strong local team to support local companies and provide them with leading cloud technologies and professional services”.” said Dr. Adham.
Insights from Industry Leaders
The Summit has also shed further light on cutting-edge technology and the latest insights in sustainability to the future of businesses.
Leaders from the telecommunications, finance, retail, smart logistics sectors imparted invaluable thoughts and insights to participants. Speakers from Genting Malaysia Berhad, Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad, Entomo Malaysia Sdn Bhd and China Mobile International were featured in some of the sessions.
“Thanks to the collaboration with Alibaba Cloud, Genting SkyWorlds is a pioneer to feature the AI powered advanced VQ technology in Southeast Asia. With Alibaba Cloud’s local data centres and its wide-range services provided, we are able to work together to level up Malaysian consumers’ experience and grow our business in the market.” said Calvin Chee, Vice President, IT – Enterprise Application Development and Integration, Genting Malaysia Berhad.
Alibaba Cloud boasts a network of 85 availability zones in 28 regions across the globe, offering a highly secure, scalable, robust cloud infrastructure to support global customers.
It is also the only global cloud provider with local data centres in Malaysia, and also launched its first cloud-based Anti-DDos Scrubbing Centre in Malaysia in 2018 serving the region.
Hew Chee Chung, Country Head of China Mobile International Malaysia (CMI) , said “I’m confident enough that digital transformation will continue to grow exponentially in the coming years.
The adoption rate of cloud, SD-WAN, IoT, 5G etc. continue to show results and grow well ahead in times of global economic uncertainties, pandemic, and trade war.
In line with Malaysia Digital and supported by Alibaba Cloud, CMI continues to expand its solution offerings in the market by bringing in expertise from China and developing local talents for such technology exposure.”
As an infrastructure provider for a green economy, Alibaba Cloud has also shared their efforts and innovative solutions in achieving sustainability and green cloud computing ecosystems during the Summit.
At the end of June this year, Alibaba Cloud launched Energy Expert, which is a sustainability platform to help customers worldwide measure, analyse and manage the carbon emissions of their business activities and products.
