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Soft Space voted best Malaysian startup at APICTA awards
Mobile payment company Soft Space International Sdn Bhd was judged the ‘Best of Malaysian Startup Companies’ at the MSC Malaysia APICTA (Asia Pacific ICT Alliance) Awards 2013, jointly organised by the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) and the National ICT Association of Malaysia (Pikom).
Malaysia’s SSO industry must shift focus from cost to growth
Malaysia's outsourcing industry must cease its rhetoric of cost-based competition and country comparisons for it to move on to the next level, an expert said.
Choosing a good trademark for your startup
Always register your product or company name, and always choose a distinctive mark that can be registered and protected, writes Foong Cheng Leong.
Malaysia's homegrown players not on fast growth track
Performance of homegrown MSC companies in the recent 2012 MSC financial performance shows the three clusters of Share Services, InfoTech and Creative Multimedia growing steadily rather than on a fast growth trajectory.
Why women in the ICT industry are paid less than men
According to the national ICT association Pikom, the main factor behind the 35% pay disparity between the genders is due to the years of experience and positions held by women.
Pikom sees great opportunity in TPP
The National ICT Association of Malaysia or Pikom has backed the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, with its president and CEO Shaifubahrim Saleh saying that pact would be beneficial to its members, which include local and multinational players.
Malaysian ICT salaries trail SEA region ... again
For the second year running, data revealed by Pikom's ICT Job Market Outlook for Malaysia suggest that the other countries in South-East Asia are offering better salaries than Malaysia.
Pikom reaffirms mission, announces 'mother of all fairs'
The national ICT association of Malaysia (Pikom) announced a three-in-one technology fair, maintaining it remains “the voice of the ICT industry” and that such fairs were part of its mission to promote the local industry.
Cambodian market worth exploring, Pikom tells Malaysian ICT companies
Pikom is attempting to bring more Malaysian companies into Cambodia, and has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to act as the international partner for a technology trade show in that country.
Too many computer science degree programs in Malaysia?
What the industry sorely needs is brains, but what we get are mostly bodies. For some reason, our universities are not graduating the right kind of people, writes Dr Shawn Tan.
