MIMOS FRONTIER TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS AWARDED TO FIVE INDIGENOUS COMPANIES

PUTRAJAYA, 22 JUNE 2009 – MIMOS frontier technology platforms today were transferred to five indigenous industries for commercialisation in line with MIMOS mission to grow globally competitive indigenous industries.

“The ultimate goal is to drive technology from a tool (maximizing the utility of the technology) to an enabler (integrating multiple technologies and domain knowledge to form one system) and subsequently as a sector (pushing for technology to be adopted as standard),” said Dato’ Abdul Wahab Abdullah, President & CEO, MIMOS.

According to Dato’ Wahab, to date MIMOS has received 76 technology transfer applications from potential technology recipients and the target is to have more than 100 by year end. MIMOS has already developed a total of 21 technology prototypes.

Technology transfer is the process by which MIMOS licenses its technology platforms to selected technology recipients, who will further develop these technology platforms into products and applications to serve each individual market vertical that they are currently serving.

The commercialization of MIMOS’ applied research output is in line with the government’s aspiration of Malaysia becoming a net exporter of ICT products by 2020.

“The transfer of MIMOS frontier technology platforms from our laboratories to the indigenous industries is a testimony of how MIMOS is building a vibrant technology eco-system, in our efforts towards commercialization of home grown technologies as a vital source of national economic development and revenue for the country,” Dato’ Wahab said.

The five technology recipients of MIMOS technology platforms are:

1. Bill Adam Associates Sdn Bhd was licensed the Personalizer Platfrom On Demand (PPOD) – PPOD is a middleware platform that enables mobile application provider to develop personalizer and context-Aware applications. The technology is useful in areas such as tracking, intelligent dynamic profiler and shopping recommender.

2. InfoValley Life Sciences Sdn Bhd was licensed the Semantic Infosteology – a platform for computer application to be meaning and knowledge-based;

3. In-Fusion Solutions Sdn Bhd was licensed the Ontology Driven Intelligent Diagnoser Advisor (ODIDA) – ODIDA is ontology knowledge-based for pediatric, cardiovascular and occupational health. Utilises high speed “Hand Free” interaction with semantic knowledge base for patient diagnosis via wearable computer (Zypad).

4. Pernec Integrated Network Systems Sdn Bhd was licensed the MIMOS WiWi Gen 1.5 (a hybrid solution that provides WiFi as a hotspot and WiMax as a backhaul), Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) and Semantic Technology;

5. CeedTec Sdn Bhd was licensed the MIMOS WiWi Gen 1.5 a hybrid solution that provides WiFi as a hotspot and WiMax as a backhaul).

The five technology recipients were identified by MOSTI, under its technology licensing programme, in line with the national mission to increase the country’s commercialization rate to at least 10% from research and development (R&D) initiatives undertaken by the public sector, as outlined in the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP).

Through MOSTI’s technology licensing programme, MIMOS is helping bolster the growth of globally competitive indigenous companies and industries, through strategic market-driven product development and advanced technology, which essentially involves the development of frontier technology platforms for commercialization by indigenous industries.

The technology transfer was officiated by Minister of Science, Technology & Innovation Datuk Maximus Ongkili at a ceremony held in Putrajaya today.