Malaysia on course for 2022 cloud data target

CYBERJAYA: Malaysia is on course to achieve its target of migrating 80% of government data to cloud systems by the end of next year.

To set things in motion, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pic) launched Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM)'s Cloud and Cybersecurity Services for the government – a key step towards Malaysia's digital transformation.

"The government has targeted the migration of 80% of public data to hybrid cloud systems by the end of 2022 as a measure to empower public sector cloud computing services," TM group CEO Imri Mokhtar said at the launch event on Monday (April 12).

"Thanks to its ability to handle large volumes of information, cloud services will enable big data, artificial intelligence, Internet of things and other applications used to strengthen the delivery of government services to all Malaysians.

"TM is prepared and ready to achieve the migration target and it is committed to play a leading role in accelerating the government's digital transformation agenda," Imri added.

After the launch, Muhyiddin was taken for a tour of the state-of-the-art TM ONE Klang Valley Core Data Centre premises and command centre, where he was briefed on how the data centre operates and is able to support the digital transformation of government agencies.

"During his tour, the Prime Minister stressed the government's aspiration towards digital transformation and told us to get there faster.

"TM is committed to this aspiration and is ready for it," Imri told reporters.

At the same event, Muhyiddin witnessed the signing of a TM Centralised Cloud Computing Panel and Managed Services Provider (MSP) agreement by the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (Mampu), TM and Cloud Connect Sdn Bhd.

The strategic partnership appoints Cloud Connect as TM's MSP to facilitate cloud adoption among government agencies.

Also present were Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission chairman Dr Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek and TM chairman Tan Sri Mohd Bakke Salleh.