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FEATURE / PIKOM DIGITAL SUMMIT 2021
PIKOM DIGITAL SUMMIT 2021:
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Focused on engaging the tech industry through thought leadership, trends and insights, the summit proved to be a platform to spur innovation, and feature new technologies in the market, as well as new business models, as ICT continues to grow in Malaysia.
LEADING THE WAY WITH AI & CLOUD BY TAN KUAN THYE
AFTER THE STORM WHAT’S NEXT
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he National Technology Association of Malaysia, PIKOM, launched its Digital Summit this year, featuring the tech industry, government agencies as well as small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The Summit comprises four series namely, the PIKOM Leadership Summit, the Future of Cybersecurity Summit, the GBS Summit and the Special Session With MDEC. The four-part series addresses topics in artificial intelligence (AI), big data, cybersecurity, innovation in global business services (GBS) and a special session with the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). The event comprised a fourpart series addressing topics on AI, Big Data, Cybersecurity, innovation in global business services (GBS) and a special session with MDEC. PIKOM Chairman Danny Lee said, “The tech industry has been waiting for the return of the Digital Summit and after a one-year hiatus due to the unprecedented situation beyond our control, today, we are proud to bring to you the PIKOM Digital Summit on a virtual platform.” “I would also say having this summit in May is a blessing in disguise. The past few months saw more tech players signing up as our partners and increased in registration to the summit. It goes to show the landscape has changed and the acceptance of virtual events is on the rise.” Dato’ Seri Ivan Teh, the Organising Chair of the PIKOM Digital Summit 2021 highlighted that this is also testament to the changing times. “Digital is now part and parcel of any business strategy. As companies embark on the transformation of their business, a pivot to a digital mindset is paramount. It is important not only that we know how to prepare in the recovery phase but seek to capitalise on new opportunities,” he added.
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Pikom Leadership Summit This series encompassed a technology leadership summit with leaders from leading tech organisations sharing their thoughts on the dynamics of digitalisation.
Head of HUAWEI CLOUD Malaysia Tan explained that AI is a new general-purpose technology that has been rapidly progressing the market. He adds that AI can be applied in various industries and has been entering core production systems of enterprises, offering greater value-creating. Tan shares that Huawei predicts that by 2025, all companies will use cloud, while 97 percent of large enterprises will use AI, and 77 percent of cloud applications will use AI. He highlights that AI is rapidly reshaping industries. Huawei and TM One are creating digital impact to empower industry partners with more industrial-based solutions on AI and cloud services. Huawei’s ModelArts helps build an AI platform with ultra-high computing power. ModelArts ExeML is a customised code-free model development tool that helps users start AI application development from scratch with high flexibility.
CREATING THE AI WORLD OF TOMORROW BY JACOB ISAAC Managing Director, Fusionex Jacob said that AI and robotics is often used in homes in the form of smart-home and smart-building technology. He shared about the Hopper App which connects to various data sources to help
