News & Reviews:   AWS

Maybank Islamic, the largest Islamic bank in Malaysia and the Asia Pacific region has announced the appointment of Audax Financial Technology, a digital banking technology solutions provider backed by Standard Chartered, as a strategic partner to drive the transformation of its digital services.

Some of you may recall the news about the DNS redirection last week and wonder what the long-term ramifications could be. To make a long story short, it means losing a lot of foreign investment. Yesterday, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim revealed numbers that could give us a better idea.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently launched its first cloud infrastructure region in Malaysia, with plans to invest RM29.2 billion (US$6.2 billion) up to 2038. This is the largest investment by an international cloud provider in Malaysia to date.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) yesterday announced that it is planning to launch an AWS Infrastructure Region in Malaysia. Furthermore, AWS, which is an Amazon.com Inc. company also announced that it will invest USD6 billion or approximately ~RM25.5 billion in Malaysia by 2037, the largest international technology investment to date in our country.

The Senior Minister of International Trade and Industry, Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali today revealed that the federal government has given approval to Amazon Web Services (AWS) to invest into Malaysia. The company is expected to make major investment to develop data centres within our country this year.