Webinar on Cloud Computing: “The Best Time to Leverage on Cloud Technology: Take Your Business to Greater Heights” on 26 August 2020

 


Malaysia-Japan Economic Association (MAJECA), in collaboration with Malaysia South-South Association (MASSA), Alphaus Cloud and Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) hosted a webinar on Cloud Computing which was attended by various members from MAJECA and MASSA. MAJECA and MASSA was represented by Ms Ng Su Fun, Executive Secretary of MAJECA and MASSA.

The webinar was entitled ‘The Best Time to Leverage on Cloud Technology: Take Your Business to Greater Heights’. This non-technical webinar aimed to equip decision-makers to use cloud technology for their business growth by optimizing the technology to their needs.

The Speakers at the webinar were:

  1. Mr Mohd Atasha Alias, Director of Alphaus Cloud Sdn Bhd
  2. Mr Tan Tze Meng, Head of Cloud and Data Centers at MDEC

Ms Ng Su Fun, Executive Secretary of MAJECA and MASSA gave the Welcome Address at the webinar.

Ms Ng Su Fun, Executive Secretary MAJECA and MASSA giving the Welcome Address

Mr Mohd Atasha Alias, is a Director of Alphaus Cloud, a leading software provider of Cloud Cost Management in Japan.  Alphaus Cloud Sdn Bhd is a company founded in Malaysia, and it is from this business base that it is expanding across the Asia Pacific.  He advises business leaders on how to thrive in the Digital Era, and helps business transform digitally from ‘brick and mortar’ to ‘click and mortar’ by leveraging his myriad connections along the digital value-chain of tools and services.

Mr Atasha’s presentation centred on answering the question – ‘What is Cloud’, and he also argued for cloud’s adoption as part of the new entrepreneurial mindset.

Mr Mohd Atasha Alias, Director fo Alphaus Cloud introducing cloud technology and arguing the case for adopting it

The second speaker was Mr Tan Tze Meng.  He presented the comparison of advantages using Cloud technology vs. on-premise infrastructure and the total cost of ownership for decision-makers.

Mr Tan has been in the IT industry since 1986, and has an extensive portfolio in the field.  His beginnings can be traced to his time at Telekom Malaysia, where he played a key role in launching TMNet in 1996. Mr Tan is the Head of Cloud and Data Centers at MDEC.  His department is responsible for the ecosystem development in the digital economy.

MDEC’s Head of Cloud and Data Centers, Mr Tan Tze Meng’s case for adopting cloud technology by presenting the comparisons of the total cost of ownership for an IT project using cloud technology versus on-premise infrastructure.

After the presentations, the webinar held a series of polls, followed by a Q&A session moderated by Ms Rishanty Navaratnam of Alphaus Cloud.

To cap off the webinar, a virtual group photo session was held with the speakers, the webinar’s team and, the audience.
The webinar’s team (from left to right) Mr Mohd Atasha Alias – Alphaus Cloud, the MAJECA-MASSA team, Ms Rishanty Navaratnam – Alphaus Cloud and, Mr Tan Tze Meng – MDEC

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