Wyndham Homes’ MyWall composite a game-changer, says CIDB

 

 Composite material used by Malaysian-based Whyndham Homes is set to make waves and poised to be a game changer in the local construction industry.

This endorsement comes from the Construction Industry Development Board   (CIDB) Chief Executive Dato Seri Dr Judin Abdul Karim who likened the composite material as being a very promising material very applicable in the construction industry.

“Composite material is a very promising material. Composites are also used in very high technology applications like boats and aircraft.

“I think it is a very exciting material. There are very few players dealing with composites but there again there are many types of composites but composites definitely is a very exciting material which is very light,” said Dr Judin recently in response to Wyndham Homes being licensed as the latest IBS builder by CIDB.

Wyndham Homes has come up with its Malaysian-made trademarked composite material MyWall which can be used in housing construction.

MyWall stems from Deutsche Composite who is in technical partnership with Wyndham Homes that has laid claims to being able to put up houses within a week.

Dr Judin said that if you could build a building without using traditional material then you can actually do it much faster, much cleaner and have a much better predictable product.

“I would say we definitely welcome this new material which many people would not have realised it yet but it is going to be a game changer.

CIDB which is aggressively pursuing the eventual conversion of the construction industry into becoming IBS (industrialised building systems) compliant also added Wyndham Homes as the latest IBS builder in Malaysia.

Referring to the MyWall composite material, Dr Judin said that it used green technology “because you save the forests which now provide timber used in traditional construction methods.”

If you look at it and the energy used in making this product as opposed to the amount of energy used in producing concrete for example, and the amount of labour that is required to put up a building, there is lot of savings there.

Some of these products, he said, could be recycled as well.

MyWall is expected to set the pace for a radically new housing concept with the world’s fastest energy-saving composite construction material based on fibre-reinforced polymers.

MyWall is made of a sandwich panel which incorporates special constituents and production techniques using PIR (polyisocyanurate) as the core material for the product.

This is a material that can be used to build houses without cement, steel and bricks and is used also in industrial applications, floating systems and disaster proof construction.

On the durability and acceptance of this product, Dr Judin said that house buyers needed some kind of assurance before they could accept and that’s why the look and feel is important.

“If you have composite material coming in, you can actually save on energy. The building put up with composites can actually be termed as “free” from the time it is built given the savings it can give you energy.

He said that people do not realise that there is also wastage in the cost of using a building which can be more than the building itself.

Our electricity at the moment is cheap because it is subsidised and the government is moving away from subsidies as it can cause distortions. At the moment the energy flows up and people do not realise that with buildings , the energy costs are escalating because of air conditioning  which produce carbon emissions and that’s not green at all.

“A green building is not only in the material being used but it should be green when it is in use.”

Composite material, Dr Judin said, did not necessarily mean it must only be used in building affordable houses. If this material can be used in building yachts, then there is no reason why it cannot be used in the construction of luxury homes. It is good for luxury villas

“We must realise that this material is actually very good and can be used for any type of building and above all it is fire-proof.”  - Ends

 

 

Thumbs up to TPM, says Ongkili

A first hand view of what's in store at the Technology Park Malaysia,

KUALA LUMPUR (March 8, 2012): Technology Park Malaysia (TPM) got the thumbs up for making breakthroughs in the development of products and services using its capabilities in sciences and technologies.

Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Johnity Ongkili, who made a surprise visit to the park in Bukit Jalil here last week, was given a firsthand tour of the various products developed by TPM with its wide range of support services .

He said that products and services that were on show had the potential to breakthrough into the market if well managed and will definitely develop the science technology industry.

The minister said he was also impressed with the presentations and breakthrough in discoveries that were showcased in the labs and also at the gallery by tenants especially from the Innovation and Incubation Centre (IIC) at TPM.

The tenants at TPM hope to commercialise their products by taking full advantage of the support mechanisms readily available at the park. They also expressed the hope to seek the ministry’s approval for their product line-up.

Tenants from TPM under the subsidiaries of their Innovation and Incubation Centre (IIC) showcased their products and services which they planned to commercialise with the assistance and support of TPM.

Among the many roles of Technology Park is to enhance programmes in biotechnology and life sciences, technopreneurship and commercialisation, engineering, ICT and halal science labs to name a few. The labs visited were those occupied by Zenotec Biotech, KHL Herbal Biotech and New Cell Nutrients.

Four subsidiaries of TPM, namely TPM IT Sdn Bhd, TPM Engineering Sdn Bhd, TPM Biotechnology Sdn Bhd, TPM College Sdn Bhd took the opportunity to highlight their achievements and future planning in a private discussion and presentation with Ongkili.

Chief Executive Officer of TPm Datuk Azman Shahidin accompanies Ongkili

Accompanying the minister was Chief Executive Officer of TPM Dato Haji Mohd Azman Haji Shahidin with senior officials from the ministry as well as TPM. Ongkili summed up his visit by saying that he was particularly delighted with the development programmes of the IIC.

KL hosts first International

Symposium on Rare Earths

KUALA LUMPUR (May 3, 2012): Malaysia will be hosting the first International Symposium on Rare Earth here in Kuala Lumpur on May 7, attracting four international experts.

Themed ‘Rare Earth Industries: Moving Malaysia’s Green Economy Forward’, the symposium will be followed by a panel discussion on the topic ‘Should Malaysia Invest in Rare Earths?”

The symposium is being organised by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) and National Professors’ Council (NPC) Working Group on Rare Earths aimed at disseminating factual information on rare earths processing and refining as well as exposing potential down-stream business opportunities.

In a statement released here today, the Academy of Sciences Malaysia named the leader of the working group on rare earths and its chief spokesman Datuk Lee Yee Cheong as the symposium chairman.

Datuk Lee said the participants would be exposed in face-to-face engagement with international rare earths’ experts where they could gain valuable information on safety, health and environmental impact of rare earth industry.

The symposium, he said was also designed to act as a platform for rare earth experts to give a global supply and demand perspective and their many applications.

At present, the global demand for rare earth is expected to provide wide business opportunities for Malaysia especially in green technology industries.

“This is designed to be a scientific discussion and our primary concern is more about safety with a focus on upstream activities.”

The day-long programme will be held at Renaissance Kuala Lumpur and the keynote address is expected to be delivered by the founding principal of Technology Metals Research Jack Lifton who shall also present a paper entitled ‘The Supply and Demand for Rare Earths Now and in the Next 30 Years.’

The other papers to be presented include those by the executive vice president of Dacha Strategic Metals Alastair S Neill entitled ‘Supply and Demand of Rare Earth and Human Resources Need’, Professor Yan Chun-Hua of Peking University on ‘The Processing and Refining Rare Earth in China’ and the head of analytical laboratories - safety management department of Karlsruhr Institute of Technology Christoph Wilhelm on ‘Thorium and Uranium Radiation Safety Measures and Regulations’.

The sole speaker from Malaysian is the senior research officer with the Malaysian Nuclear Agency Dr Meor Yusoff bin Meor Sulaiman, who will be presenting a paper entitled Experiences Learnt From The Asian Rare Earth Industries.

A panel discussion which will also be moderated by Lee will also be held in the afternoon between the speakers and Malaysian Members of Parliament, a senior editor of a mainstream newspaper and a NGO representative.

The chairman of the paper presentations will be ASM fellow Datuk Hong Lee Pee  while Lee will be the moderator for the panel discussion.

On Tuesday, the international experts are also expected to visit the Lynas facilitiy in Gebeng  near Kuantan, Pahang.

On May 9, the speakers will be joining an intellectual discourse on rare earths hosted by the Academy of Sciences. It scheduled to take place at the Institute for Foreign Diplomatic Relations (IFDR) where they will be engaging with ASM fellows, NPC members, local scientists and academics.

The seminar acts as a platform for rare earth experts to give a global supply and demand perspective and their many applications.

At present, the global demand for rare earth is expected to provide a wide business opportunity in Malaysia for green technology industries.

 Malaysia set to be world’s

  second largest producer of

rare earth elements

KUALA LUMPUR (May 7, 2012): Malaysia is set to become the world”s second largest producer of rare earths element when the Lynas facility comes on stream this year.

 This translates to an annual revenue of USD400 million (RM1.52 billion). This disclosure was made at the First International Symposium on Rare Earths 2012 held here today.

International rare earth consultant who is also the founding principal of Technology Metals Research Jack Lifton in his keynote address entitled ‘The Supply and Demand of Rare Earth Now and in 30 Years’ said that the sheer presence of such a facility producing some 25,000 tonnes fo rare earth oxide will also serve to attract high technology industries to invest and setup plants in Malaysia to take advantage of the ready supply of such rare earth elements.

 

Lifton is also an author and a lecturer on the market fundamentals of the technology metals.

 

He is also the one who coined the word ‘technology metals’ specifically to describe those strategic rare metals who electronic properties make our technological society possible.

 “These include the rare earths, lithium and most of the rare metals,” said Lifton in his paper presented at the symposium.

Lifton was educated as a physical chemist specialising in high temperature metallurgy and started off as a researcher before becoming both a marketing and manufacturing executive before becoming a metal trader specialising in the field of technology metals and of rare metals.

 Lifton is among four international experts on rare earth who will be presenting papers with their views covering a broad spectrum of the rare earth processing industry at the  first International Symposium on Rare Earth here in Kuala Lumpur on May 7.

 

After 48 years of industry involvement, he advises both OEM high-tech industry and the global institutional-investment community on the natural resource issues that impact either a proposed business model or a high volume manufacturing plan for the mass market.

Lifton’s work today is principally as a due-diligence consultant for institutional investors, looking into opportunities where rare earth technology metals availability are a factor in determining the probability of commercial success of a metals-related venture.

 The symposium was themed ‘Rare Earth Industries: Moving Malaysia’s Green Economy Forward’, and was will be followed by a panel discussion on the topic ‘Should Malaysia Invest in Rare Earths?”

 The symposium was organised by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) and National Professors’ Council (NPC) Working Group on Rare Earth aimed at disseminating factual information on rare earths processing and refining as well as exposing potential down-stream business opportunities.

Participants were exposed in face-to-face engagement with international rare earth experts where they could gain valuable information on safety, health and environmental impact of rare earth industry.

The symposium, which was chaired by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia working group on rare earth Datuk Dr Lee Yee Cheong, was also designed to act as a platform for rare earth experts to give a global supply and demand perspective and their many applications.

 

At present, the global demand for rare earth is expected to provide wide business opportunities for Malaysia especially in green technology industries. The day-long programme was held at Renaissance Kuala Lumpur.

 The other papers presented included those by the executive vice president of Dacha Strategic Metals Alastair S Neill entitled ‘Supply and Demand of Rare Earth and Human Resources Need’, Professor Chun-Hua Yan of Peking University on ‘The Processing and Refining Rare Earth in China’ and the head of analytical laboratories  - safety management department of Karlsruhr Institute of Technology Christoph Wilhelm on ‘Thorium and Uranium Radiation Safety Measures and Regulations’.

The sole speaker from Malaysian was the director of waste technology development of the centre of waste and environmental technology division Dr Mohd Abdul Wahab Yusof who will be presenting a paper entitled ‘Experiences Learnt From The Asian Rare Earth Industries.’  – Ends

THE HO HUP LEGAL TUSSLE

Court of Appeal: Vincent Lye’s
JDA ‘sound commercial deal’

 KUALA LUMPUR ( May 16): The Federal Court will be hearing Ho Hup’s application for leave to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision tomorrow in the wake of the appellate court’s view that the Joint Development Agreement masterminded by the former deputy executive chairman of the construction giant Vincent Lye was a sound commercial deal.

The JDA was designed for Bukit Jalil Development (BJD) as it could afford BJD a minimum guarantee entitlement of RM265 million, whatever the outcome of the development.

The legal dispute revolves around this JDA on a 60-acre plot of land in Bukit Jalil which was signed by Vincent who led the previous board of director in March 2010 between Ho Hup’s subsidiary BJD and a Malton Group company Pioneer Haven Sdn Bhd.

The Court of Appeal on Feb 27 this year, overturned an earlier decision by the High Court which had prohibited the company from carrying out its plans on the disputed parcel of land.

The Court of Appeal shed greater light on the JDA stating that it was a joint venture between Pioneer Haven and Bukit Jalil and not a sale of land as was suggested by Ho Hup and that it was on common ground that BJD continued to be the legal and beneficial owner of the land.

It was also read that there was ‘no transfer of ownership of the land to Pioneer Haven which was not entitled to charge the land and that it was a company unrelated to Bukit Jalil.

“The JDA is a commercial arms-length transaction entered into a bona fide,” read the Court of Appeal ruling.

Malton Group is controlled by influential businessman Datuk Desmond Lim and the new board of Ho Hup which took over from Vincent Lye is backed by Datuk Low Tuck Choy.

Industry analysts, when approached appeared to be puzzled as to why the JDA which was the only option and bail out for the PN17 status construction giant was cast away by the new board succeeding Vincent Lye.

One analyst who is well read on the issue and the details of the JDA, said that the JDA was air-tight in favour of BJD as Pioneer Haven would be solely funding the entire cost of developing the land in addition to the latter not being entitled to charge the land for the purpose of securing financing for the development.

Moreover, the analyst said that BJD was not required to contribute any funds towards the development of the land as land owner under the JDA and in actual terms the agreement was 17 per cent  of RM2.5 billion gross development value  (GDV) which works out to RM425 million.

Irrespective of the commercial risks associated with the development, the analyst said that BJD stood to receive a minimum guaranteed entitlement of RM265 million from the project.

“What is common ground is that at all material times, Bukit Jalil continues to be the legal and beneficial owner as there was no transfer of ownership of the land whether pursuant to the JDA or otherwise.”

The JDA was approved by the then existing and authorised board of directors comprising Datuk Vincent , the group managing director Lim Ching Choy

In the Court of Appeal’s judgement, the question of Ho Hup’s locus standi was also highlighting raising the question as to whether Ho Hup was the proper plaintiff and that it was not entitled to sue in its own right as the JDA did not amount to a disposal and that the directors of Ho Hup can only restrain were those if at all they were directors of BJD only and not of Ho Hup itself as the asset was BJD’s land.

Industry observers opined that Ho Hup under Vincent’s tenure, had to comply with the deadline for submission of their regularisation plan to Bursa by April 4, 2012 in order to avoid a de-listing under PN17.

“Ho Hup and BJD had to show  that as part of their regularisation plan, they have the necessary funding to develop the land in order to meet the Bursa requirement in order to eliminate the accumulated losses of RM110 million,” said one observer.

He said that obviously, there was a need to make timely repayments of outstanding loans with the banks.

Ho Hup had outstanding loans of RM101.10 million with banks and both Ho Hup and BJD had defaulted in their obligations to CIMB which held a charge over the land.

It is reliably learnt that CIMB had rejected proposals to reschedule repayments of the loans and was about to commence foreclosure proceedings of the land.

Moreover what adds strength to the position of Pioneer Haven being in a better position to undertake the JDA is the suit brought against Ho Hup and BJD by Zen Courts Sdn Bhd as recently as March 27, 2012 seeking Ho Hup to buy out all the shares held by Zen Courts in BJD failing which action would be taken to proceed with a winding-up.

The JDA plan was Vincent’s way out given the fact that the Ho Hup board in their financial year ending 2007 and 2008 accounts filed solvency declarations that the company would be able to pay all its debts within 12 months from the announcement. This is besides the PN17 conditions that required Ho Hup to also secure funds to repay bankers under the PN 17 solvency declarations.

Korean firm ties up with Tech Park’s Biotech

BOOST TO MALAYSIAN HERBAL INDUSTRY

KUALA LUMPUR, (Nov 8, 2011): Korean research group AT Lab Co. Ltd. is looking towards Malaysian herbs to boost their supply of ingredients for the manufacture of high-end cosmetics and they are banking on Technology Park’s wholly owned subsidiary TPM Bio Tech (TPMB) to see this through.

ATL’s business development manager for its Malaysian subsidiary ATL Cosmetics Sdn Bhd Kong Chia-hing said that with the collaboration, AT Lab’s capability to produce ingredients based on comprehensive studies on compounds discovered in selected herbs to establish in vitro studies for anti microbial, anti aging, anti inflammatory, moisturising and whitening as practical applications in skincare.

Kong: Korean cosmetics’ industry

making waves internationally.

Kong said that AT Lab had already set its eyes on six herbs kacip fatimah, pegaga and tongkat ali and mas cotek, pulai and pokok kapal terbang to name a few so far which he believed had the potency to fulfill the needs to provide the right enhancement for skin care cosmetics, These herbs he said, allowed for faster absorption and better end results.

Kong was speaking after inking an agreement with TPM Biotech Sdn Bhd (TPMB), a wholly owned subsidiary of Technology Park Malaysia Corporation Sdn Bhd.
The agreement with AT Lab forms a strategic collaboration for the development of the herbal and botanical based cosmetic ingredients in Malaysia.

AT Lab, according to Kong, currently supplied ingredients to leading cosmetic brands and heading the list as their biggest buyer as Amora which in turns owned 20 other cosmetic brands placed in both mid to high end range.

Both companies have also mutually agreed to ensure alliance of the technical knowledge and technology transfer through the training of researchers in all aspects of product testing and analysis. This also includes the technical know-how and manufacturing processes which are not only limited to research.

The collaboration agreement which was officially endorsed at Technology Park today was represented by Technology Park Malaysia’s president and chief executive officer, Dato’ Hj. Mohd. Azman Hj. Shahidin and AT Lab Co. Ltd. by its Chief Technology Officer, Mr Kim Kwang Soo, the managing director of ATL Cosmetics Sdn Bhd and TPMB’s senior manager Fadzhairi Abd Jabar,

Under this smart partnership, both parties have agreed to discuss comprehensively on compounds discovered in selected herbal products and to establish in vitro studies for anti microbial, anti aging, anti inflammatory, moisturising and whitening as possible practical applications in skincare.

Dato’ Azman described the collaboration as a major step forward in exploiting the vast business opportunities and potential of the Malaysian herbal industry which is estimated to contribute more than RM0.7 billion annually to the country’s economy to RM29 billion by 2020.

“Currently, the multi-billion ringgit local herbal industry is experiencing an annual growth of more than 20 per cent.

“Our intention is to basically go on the discovery, research and development of Malaysian herbal based products based on the Malaysian biodiversity. Six samples have been so far identified which have active compounds that are able to be used in the cosmetics which have the anti-ageing and inflammatory properties To co-research together with AT Lab, bring in the technology and jointly commercialise the production and processing of the ingredients and make Malaysia the base for the production of processed ingredients.

“Despite its continuing upward trend growth, the industry has yet to be fully tapped by local entrepreneurs. At Technology Park, we have the latest technology and facilities to assist local manufacturers to explore and enhance their business potential,” Azman said.

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ABOUT TECHNOLOGY PARK BIOTECH : TPMB provides analytical laboratory analyses and services in addressing critical issues in food and other products or consumer goods relating to quality, safety and authenticity of the products. Its analyses include detection of porcine specific DNA sequence, detection of alcohol and safety limit test for heavy metals and microbes, in which are important in verifying the Halal and Toyyiban status of a product. TPMB is a Bionexus status company and an ISO9001:2008 certified company with GMP and HACCP certified manufacturing facilities. Its Analytical/Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratories meet the requirements of the ISO/IEC 17025:2008 accreditation for chemical and nucleic acid tests. TPMB is a wholly owned subsidiary of Technology Park Malaysia Corporation Sdn Bhd, a Ministry of Finance Incorporated company, whose missions and objectives are essentially to provide world class services and infrastructure to the development of outstanding technology and innovative enterprises.

Collaboration finalised: Dato Azman (second from left) exchanging documents with Christine Oh Ji-young. With them are Kong (far left ) and Fadzhairi (far right) .

Dato Azman : Malaysian herbal industry can contribute RM 0.7 billion annually.

Kong: Korean cosmetics’ industry making waves internationally.
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PROXCEL IN BID TO SPRUCE UP ICT ECOSYSTEM

KUALA LUMPUR; ( August 22) THE changing landscape of the Malaysian information and communications technology (ICT) sector spells an overwhelming metamorphosis which has not only complicated the application of technologies as a whole but it may just become one of the sectors where “leakages” of dramatic proportions take place each time a procurement is undertaken.
This procurement be it one made by the largest purchaser which is the government or the heavies in the private sector would make more business sense if a critical perspective was taken on this changing ICT ecosystem. This eco-system has become quite diverse in nature and highly competitive indeed.
Fact is there are loads of capable and innovative ICT players out there in the market place.
The question is this. Have they succeeded in demonstrating whether ICT and the technology that surrounds and supports this changing ecosystem project a real core value driver for all businesses?
Let’s take a look at the perception first and whether it is a departure from the truth, which in most cases, is the case.
The ICT and its technologies are necessary. This is an unavoidable fact. It is also an unavoidable cost. This cost would have to be carried by any company or organisation or better still the government if they want to remain competitive.
Can we change this? Why can’t we instead create a measurable value for businesses and the public sector?
Why can’t ICT exponents contribute more towards ensuring that there is sustainability on what they provide and not just look out for short term gains?
Isn’t it better to approach customer engagement from this perspective?
Can’t there be a kind of philosophy, noble as it sounds, which commands that the ICT players be more vendor agnostic.
If such a philosophy exists, it would in many ways allow the ICT players to be more business and outcome focused.
ICT players have to be competency-driven and drive value and thereby changing spending habits.
Short term pragmatists in the form, shape and size of ICT providers are not competency-active in their role of participation. It still remains that ICT and technology remain the core value drivers for all businesses.
Emerging as a business consultant who is an ICT enabler is ProXcel Sdn Bhd – a company formed from a joint venture between Felda Global and the iA Group.
The company is a fusion of the private sector’s thought-leadership and international experience harnessing from iA’s experience and expertise and the public sector’s scale and financial strength via Felda Global.
By this proportion, ProXcel can now position itself as an inclusive and collaborative partner which can fit in the shoes of such a company which focuses on consulting and technology-enabled services and playing a role as a business consultant who can in more ways than one orchestrate how things ought to be done in real ICT applications vis-à-vis the spending culture surrounding this sector.
“Let’s not spend for the sake of spending and let’s not grab a project and deliver just tangibles and at the end of the day say that we have contributed towards enhancing the ICT ecosystem,” says a ProXcel senior management personnel.
“In Malaysia, there is a strong project culture where product vendors are continuously proposing solutions from a single-minded perspective in making decisions.
“The decision-making processes of the government undoubtedly make an impact on the ICT providers and there is very little top down overall enterprise structure in place.
“Therefore, there is always the risk where the solution stands alone and it does not get anywhere nor does it create the value that was originally anticipated”
These were among the challenges which ProXcel planned to take up in its overall business approach and agenda.
A real ICT player especially those who hawk market-driven smart solutions, portals and platforms and customer oriented functionality, must be allowed to use their service integration capabilities to create a synergy between local and overseas partners.
Such a synergy, must deliver seamless and best-in-class services to the client.
“We do agree that a transformation in technology is extremely important and we do recognise that one shareholder brings with them a private perspective, the knowledge and background which can be utilised for Felda’s internal requirements, said the company eexecutive when explaining ProXcel’s role and collaboration with an organisation as large as Felda.
Financial strength aside, it was felt that if ProXcel was to take large transformational projects, it would also need a healthy balance sheet.
Taking a critical look at what Felda hoped to achieve by tying up with ProXcel, it was also felt that for internal requirements, it helped to get the support on the transformational track but ultimately ProXcel has to be able to focus on its core business.
But ProXcel is more than just an ICT solutions provider. They are out to determine value by making sure the business is receiving value and therefore it is about the technology.
ProXcel is planning to go out “to provide sustainable services which create value, you should understand the customer first which many people describe this as consulting and it is what we do.”
This kind of consulting within the ICT framework of products and services actually leads to an execution which is very practical indeed and necessary to get the services needed.
Today, there is a gap and a void in this approach of consultancy and ProXcel is looking to fill in the gap between the business and technology society with the company having identified that there is a niche for the company to enable a type of service that creates that sustainable value.
Being an ICT enabler with a strong business sense, ProXcel is able to put forward a service delivery excellence via long term arrangements to deliver services in a consistent quality against the key performance index (KPI) of a business or government department or ministry.
“It is not about delivering a project XYZ, it is about delivering the business value over a period of time where ProXcel has people on board to focus on this field,” says the spokesman.
“As far as the local ICT market is concerned, the government is the biggest spender in ICT.
“Fact is ProXcel is capable of reducing the expenditure by looking at the overall picture and we believe from a transformational perspective, ProXcel is able to help reduce the cost of the government.”
A real ICT player especially those who hawk market-driven smart solutions, portals and platforms and customer-oriented functionality, must be allowed to use their service integration capabilities to create a synergy between local and overseas partners.
Such a synergy, must also deliver seamless and best-in-class services to the client.
How many of such ICT players are really committed to operational excellence in sincerely wanting to provide customers with a guaranteed quality and a price over the total duration of their service agreement?
There are many Malaysian-borne ICT players whose capabilities are at par with international ICT solutions providers.
Most of them are an attractive addition to Malaysia’s ICT landscape albeit competitive for the wrong reasons.
For the government which is highly driven by the need to “smart-up” their functionality it does no harm to be more stringent and cost-effective at the operating expenditure levels rather than dishing out “projects” and inflating capital expenditure.
These are challenging times and an ICT integrator who can lay the role of a business consultant with an ICT enabling ability can help organisations to not only transform but grow and sustain themselves.
To the systems and solutions integrators, they should instead also try and become a company focused on consulting and providing technology-enabled services.
Large enterprises and the government in particular, have to streamline its ICT capabilities by rationalising and consolidating its applications so that there is minimal leakage of unused capability in an organisation’s networks and no duplication of ICT capabilities with the systems and solutions ecosystem already created.
ICT players have to be an instrument to transform business and create value through business enabling technology.
They must deliver the best in class end-to-end services and must position themselves to be a strategic partner to the public sector and the industry as a whole by stimulating growth areas through the innovation and technology they offer and provide the best.
The Malaysian Government for one should sit up and take notice on the real ICT players who can contribute immensely are not be taken advantage of by ICT players who desperately want a piece of the action.
This can be done without having to spend over and above what has already been spent in their capital expenditure.
ProXcel’s expertise is being able to fast-forward value-creation which comes about after consolidating a work environment and the company is bent on wanting to be a key leader in providing technology services.
“It’s all about being rational, real and relevant and ProXcel as a business consultant has set its eyes on consolidating and transforming ICT players in Malaysia by being inclusive in their approach,” says the spokesman.
This challenge will see ProXcel developing technologies further and providing an ICT services’ portfolio in totality in order to keep within their mainstay in driving value and to educate the market place on how to change spending habits in ICT.
It’s not like they are pitching to come and install some configuration based on a half-cooked spec from a project drawn down from an EPP (entry-point project) of the government’s economic transformation programme (ETP) of some sort.
ProXcel comes away clean and transparent in wanting to contribute towards creating a real effective and leakage-free ICT ecosystem which the taxpayers can be proud of. The government or Pemandu at best should hear them out.
ProXcel is a joint venture between Felda Global and the iA Group set up in 2010. The company is a business consultant specialising in IT solutions. Proxcel wants to position itself as a bridge in technology services to help business, organisations and large corporate bodies enhance their ability to consolidate their work environment.
Ends.