Cisco's Country Digital Acceleration programme aims at driving artificial intelligence innovation in Malaysia. — Bloomberg
KUALA LUMPUR: Cisco Systems Inc, a global technology company, has signed collaboration agreements with Telekom Malaysia Bhd
(TM) and Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) under its Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) programme, aiming to drive artificial intelligence (AI) innovation in Malaysia.
Cisco’s CDA platform, a co-investment and co-innovation initiative active in 50 countries, seeks to enhance economic resilience and social inclusion through digitisation, the company said in a statement during its inaugural AI Day event.
It said its partnership with TM will focus on assisting Jabatan Digital Negara in modernising digital infrastructure.
Its collaboration with PNB will see Cisco equipping the latter’s innovation lab, network operations centre and collaboration areas with AI-powered networking, Internet of Things and security technologies as the investment company moves to its new office.
Cisco also announced a partnership with Malaysia Digital Economy Corp or MDEC and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia to launch an AI hackathon.
This event aims to bridge the AI skills gap and provide students with hands-on experience in cutting-edge technology.
The hackathon will offer engineering and computer science students from universities across Malaysia a platform to develop AI-driven solutions. — Bernama
