CYBERVIEW HOSTED ASIA’S FIRST STARTUP CONFERENCE SATELLITE AT CYBERJAYA, MALAYSIA

10 March 2014, Cyberjaya – Cyberview Sdn Bhd “Cyberview” hosted The Echelon Satellite 2014 event recently with over 300 enterprising talents, industry players and community leaders from across the region attending the event.

Echelon is Asia’s Largest Tech Conference and trade exhibition that connects budding technopreneurs with foreign investors. The event provides a platform for start-up tech entrepreneurs from 12 Asia countries to pitch their business ideas and projects before going to the finals.

“The move to bring together the technology driven start up community such as Echelon is part of Cyberview’s initiative as the entity spearheading Cyberjaya to transform the city into a Global Tech Hub and our efforts to stimulate technopreneurship.  Talks are being held with various stakeholders, including start-up community leaders and social enterprises to further spur innovation and the start-up ecosystem in Cyberjaya,” said Faris Yahaya, Managing Director of Cyberview Sdn Bhd.

“While the talk of startups and accelerators are a trend, solid collaborations need to be made to talk about how we can use technology to make lives better, innovate businesses and improve socio-economic stature. We need to spark innovation in Cyberjaya and we will be following startup movement closely”, Faris adds.

Participants were given exposure for product display and 20 Malaysian start-up enterprises pitched their ideas.  TOOTPAY, a financial solution application was selected as the winner of the pitch while EASYREAD won the people’s choice award. The panel of judges are reputable professionals from the Malaysian start-up community.

Faris also highlighted that it is timely for Cyberjaya’s transformation. “We have been taking long strides and making synergies to unite the start-up community.  Over the years, we have diligently made sure that the right technology business, startups and enterprising communities are located here to support innovation and technopreneurship. It is now the right time to move on fast track in flourishing the city’s ecosystem.”

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION LAUNCHED MALAYSIA’S FIRST UNIVERSITY TO SPECIALISE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

- Malaysia’s new hub of Nanocomputing Technology -

Cyberjaya, 31st January 2013 - Universiti Malaysia of Computer Science and Engineering (“UniMy”), the country’s first boutique university devoted to providing specialised computer science and engineering education was today launched by YB Dato’ Seri Mohamed Khaled bin Nordin, the Minister of Higher Education (“MOHE”).

UniMy is established in line with the roadmap of the Higher Education Transformation Programme under the New Economic Model, to produce market ready computing professionals and talents as demanded by industry players. According to a study by Multimedia Development Corporation, Malaysia’s demand for IT graduates will experience an annual growth rate of 18.6%  between 2010 and 2013 against a supply growth of only 2.7%1. Data and projections show that computing technology will account for two-thirds of all job growth in all fields of science and technology in the future.

From Left: Prof.Iven Mareels,Dean School of Engineering, University of Melbourne, YBhg Datuk Ab Rahim bin Md.Noor,KSU,JPT, YB Dato Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin, Menteri Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia, YBhg.Dato Ramli Abbas, Chairman,Prestariang Berhad,Prof Dr Halimaton Hamdan, Vice Chancellor of Universiti Malaysia of Computer Science & Engineering (UniMy) .

“Tasked to bridge the gap between demand and supply for highly skilled IT personnel and professionally trained graduates in the next 10 years, UniMy takes a new approach in higher education by creating a ‘best of breed’ ecosystem working in partnership with global technology companies including Microsoft, IBM, EC Council, Dell, Huawei and Autodesk”, said Professor Datuk Dr. Halimaton Hamdan, Vice Chancellor of UniMy

Committed to adopting high quality assurance, UniMy has signed Collaboration Agreement with University of Melbourne (UNIMELB), Australia’s top university.

The agreement with the UNIMELB is through its Melbourne School of Engineering.

UNIMELB is the No.1 University in Australia with a formidable reputation in IT, Computer Science and Engineering. According to QS World University Rankings, UNIMELB ranked fourth in the world for graduate employability. UNIMELB’s Bachelor of Science degree was the first software engineering degree fully accredited by the Institute of Engineers, Australia in 1996, and is one of the first professionally accredited software engineering degrees at the undergraduate level in the world.

The potential area of collaboration includes the adoption of the quality control, academic board processes and external examination. The intended collaboration will also be extended to the development of the faculty members, learning space and the Innovation and Commercialisation Centre.

In a bid to further distinguish itself from other universities and IT disciplines, UniMy has a unique faculty to student ratio of 1:10 with a maximum capacity to take in 3,000students. Small and personal, focused and specialised, UniMy targets the best brains to train in computer science, software and hardware development.

UniMy offers an integrated 1+3+1 Computer Science and Engineering programme starting from Foundation, Bachelor of Science and Master of Science. The first enrolment for Foundation Studies is expected to begin in May while enrolment for Undergraduate Programmes is scheduled in September 2013. Two undergraduate programmes, namely Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering are available and admissions to the degree programmes are also open for registration to candidates with A-level, STPM, and diploma or equivalent qualifications.  The university also offers Professional Certificate for Microsoft, IBM, Autodesk, EC Council and Huawei programmes, to graduates to increase their marketability and employability.

In helping to shape the world through education, the university will also establish an Innovation and Commercialisation Centre (IC2) that will be modelled after renowned research labs such as XeroxPalo Alto and MIT Media Lab. It will showcase the ‘best of breed’ outputs and aims to be the world’s leader in multi-disciplinary and intensive application of Computer Science in National ICT Focus Areas. IC2 will serve as a communication platform to culminate ideas, people and funding, all under one roof.

At present, UniMy operates from a temporary campus in Cyberjaya within the Multimedia Super Corridor, while plans are underway for its permanent campus to be built within Cyberjaya City Centre and to be completed by 2016.

Malaysia’s Hub of Nanocomputing Technology
In pursuit to be the new hub of Nanocomputing technology, UniMy will form a user-centred environment to assist computational scientist in their research, whereby the challenge is to combine theory, algorithms, simulations, high-performance computing infrastructures, molecular modelling and user interaction into one system that enables exploratory science at the nanoscale. IBM will work with UniMy in this project to define a training programme in computer modelling of nanomaterials and provide training for UniMy post-doctoral researchers at IBM research facilities.


UNIMY COLLABORATES WITH AUSTRALIA’S NO.1 UNIVERSITY AND GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY PLAYERS - MICROSOFT, IBM, EC COUNCIL, DELL, 
HUAWEI AND AUTODESK

Cyberjaya, 31st January 2013 – The Universiti Malaysia of Computer Science and Engineering (UniMy), Malaysia’s first university to specialise in computer science and engineering education has entered into various Collaboration Agreements with leading partners including the University of Melbourne (UNIMELB), Microsoft, IBM, EC Council, Dell, Huawei and Autodesk.

The agreement with the UNIMELB is through its Melbourne School of Engineering.

UNIMELB is the No.1 University in Australia with a formidable reputation in IT, Computer Science and Engineering. According to QS World University Rankings, UNIMELB ranked fourth in the world for graduate employability. UNIMELB’s Bachelor of Science degree was the first software engineering degree fully accredited by the Institute of Engineers, Australia in 1996, and is one of the first professionally accredited software engineering degrees at the undergraduate level in the world.

The potential area of collaboration includes the adoption of the quality control, academic board processes and external examination. The intended collaboration will also be extended to the development of the faculty members, learning space and the Innovation and Commercialisation Centre.

“We are confident that our collaboration with UNIMELB will ensure that UniMy continuously produces the best talent in the field of Computer Science and Engineering. This will in line with the National ICT industry plan that targets the development of quality ICT human capital through the strategic collaboration with the world’s best university.” said Dr. Abu Hasan Ismail, CEO of Prestariang Berhad (“Dr. Abu”).  

Creating the Best of Breed Ecosystem with Global Technology Partners
Setting a new standard of excellence in the Higher Education sector, UniMy is the first and only university in Malaysia to create a total ecosystem in ICT education working with world-class technology companies. “The university will establish an Innovation and Commercialisation Centre to culminate ideas, people and funding all under one roof. Therefore, we choose to collaborate with partners who are equally committed to excellence in research in the fields of engineering, science and technology”, said Dr. Abu.

UniMy signed separate Collaboration Agreement with Microsoft, IBM, Dell and EC Council to collaborate on student development activities from design of curriculum, student projects, internship, teaching & learning technology to career placement.

“In partnership with UniMy, we are committed to help students realise their full potential. Microsoft’s partnership with UniMy is a reflection of our commitment to Malaysia and real impact for better education. Technology has the power to radically transform education; it is most timely that UniMy comes into being as Malaysia is on a journey to become high income nation. I would like to reiterate that this is a very important partnership”, said Mr Carlos Lacerda, Managing Director of Microsoft (M) Sdn Bhd.

"IBM is proud to be an industry partner with a university that shares the mutual goal of developing the next generation of ICT graduates, in line with the government’s focus on IT development. We are also looking forward to working with UniMy in providing the platform and resources towards developing the High Performance Computing Centre (HPCC) that will provide vast benefits to the nation in the field of science and technology research and development, specifically in the field of nanotechnology.

This is yet another testament to IBM's commitment to work with the Malaysian Government and local businesses to foster innovation and help develop skills required to drive growth in the country and we will continue to do the same in the future", said Mr. Ramanathan Sathiamutty, Managing Director of  IBM Malaysia.

“It is a long term commitment by UniMy to continue partnerships and collaborations with global technology players to ensure graduates of UniMy remain relevant and become the technology leaders of tomorrow.” added Dr. Abu. Other global technology partners who have also formalised collaborative efforts through separate Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with UniMy include Huawei, Dell and Autodesk. “We will continue to foster new partnership with other global players to enhance the university’s ecosystem in the future”, said Dr Abu.

Creating a realistic approach from R&D to commercialisation
UniMy in its mission to educate and inspire the ‘best of the best’ in the fields of Computer Science and Engineering has also collaborated with Multimedia Development Corporation (“MDec”), Kumpulan Modal Perdana Sdn Bhd (KMP), Cyberview Sdn. Bhd. and NanoMalaysia Berhad in various efforts to be a key institution in education and commercialisation of potential R&Ds in the future.

CYBERFUSION 2009 @ CYBERJAYA BREAKS WORLD RECORD FOR LONGEST LAN PARTY

Malaysia’s premiere LAN party, CyberFusion 2009 @ Cyberjaya, has set a new world record for the longest LAN (local area network) party with 274 players played non-stop for 40 hours straight.

At the start of marathon called One Nation Cyberjaya at midnight Saturday (11 April), 291 players from Malaysia as well as China, Yemen, Brunei and Korea attempted to play non-stop for 38 straight hours. Seventeen dropped out due to various reasons, including fatigue. The remaining 274 players gamely decided to continue playing for 40 hours when informed that they had already surpassed the required 36-hour mark to create a new world record.
CyberFusion 2009 @ Cyberjaya broke the record that was created in August last year at NVision’08 in California where 203 players played non-stop for 36 hours.

CyberFusion 2009 @ Cyberjaya ended yesterday with more than 1,000 of the region’s best PC gamers and casual visitors participating in activities held over three days at the Grand Hall of the Multimedia University.
Organised by Cyberview Sdn Bhd and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), CyberFusion 2009 @ Cyberjaya was divided into three components:

(a) One Nation Cyberjaya
One Nation Cyberjaya was the marathon world record-breaking attempt with the aim to etch Malaysia’s name in the Guinness World Records as the longest LAN party.

Most of the participants of One Nation Cyberjaya were aged between 19 and 25. The record-breakers received AMD computer processors worth more than RM100,000.

(b) One Nation Invitational
One Nation Invitational – the tournament component of CyberFusion 2009 @ Cyberjaya where close to 100 teams with about 500 participants from Malaysia and countries around the region pitting their skills in four game categories: Defense of the Ancients (DotA), Call of Duty 4 (COD4), FIFA ’09 and Sudden Attack. Winners will take home prizes worth more than RM150,000 which also include Sapphire ATI cards and game items.

Team Kingsurf, from Johor, who won the silver medal at the Electronic Sports World Cup 2008 grand finals, was one of the teams competing in the DotA game category. Singapore was represented by two of its top FIFA ’09 players.

(c) GameFest 2009
GameFest 2009 was an exciting side event, specially organised with the assistance from students of Multimedia University who are members of the university’s Game Developers’ Club. Described as a fusion LAN party, Game Fest 2009 offered a host of mini-tournaments and game exhibitions, workshops and seminars. Highlights of GameFest 2009 include the Future Games Creation Seminar - a platform for up-and-coming talents in the game development industry to showcase their work and interact with industry experts for evaluation and guidance, and the Overclock Workshop with demonstrations on how to overclock computer components, thus slowing it to run in higher speed than manufacturers’ recommendations. Other spin-offs at GameFest 2009 were the console party, codeplay programming contest, digital games exhibition and aerospace education flight simulation as well as an offline pursuit: board and card games’ exhibition and tournament.

In organising the record-breaking marathon One Nation Cyberjaya, the organisers had invited Guinness World Records to be present during the event to ensure that guidelines for longest LAN party were adhered to, as follows:

(a) the event is to be held in a single location that does not normally host a computer network of its size;
(b) each person attending the party must bring their own home computer in order to count towards the total attendance figure; and
(c) at least 100 participants must remain at the party to continue to play a video game with other participants in the local area network (LAN) in accordance with Guinness World Records’ general marathon rules.

Among others, the rules stated that:

(a) no person under the age of 14 may compete and those who aged between 14 and 18 must obtain consent from parent or legal guardian;
(b) a doctor or a nurse must be present at all times watching the attempt and the medical personnel should alternate or rotate in four hour shifts; and
(c) participants are allowed five (5) minutes rest for every continuously completed hour of activity which can be accumulated, i.e. 15 minutes after three (3) full hours of activity. Participants are also allowed to consume food and drink while playing games but this should not disrupt the flow of the attempt.The Guinness World Records’ adjudicator, Mr Talal Omar from the United Kingdom, was present during the event to monitor the marathon.

Managing Director of Cyberview, Dato’ Redza Rafiq said CyberFusion 2009 @ Cyberjaya was part of Cyberview’s continuous effort to support the growth of the creative multimedia industry and to build a healthy cyber culture in Malaysia. “Our role and focus in the development of the creative multimedia and digital content industry correspond with the mandate given by the Government to actively lead the entire development in Cyberjaya; and to this end, we have been asked by the Government to nurture the creative multimedia industry.

“We have designed CyberFusion 2009 @ Cyberjaya to benefit all parties: students and industry, and to fit into Cyberjaya’s community pillars of work, play and study. What we want to achieve in the long run is to create opportunities that can be further explored and help the growth of Malaysia’s creative multimedia and digital content industry,” he elaborated, adding that the event would serve as the catalyst for Malaysia’s bid to host the 2010 World Cyber Games Asian Championship.

Dato’ Redza Rafiq said CyberFusion 2009 @ Cyberjaya was the pre-cursor to the Malaysian Cybergames Operations & Research (MyCORE) initiative, which gave focus on the development of professional gamers and game developers in the gaming industry with the objective of providing them a local gaming centre in Cyberjaya. Cyberview, he added, was working closely with Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) to push and nurture the growth of the creative multimedia industry in Malaysia. The MyCORE initiative is one of the components of the measures formulated by the Government to develop the creative multimedia industry in Malaysia.

AMD, Cyberview’s partner in CyberFusion 2009 @ Cyberjaya, is a technology company headquartered in California. Its Vice president for Manufacturing Operations, Dato’ Mohd Sofi Osman said: “CyberFusion 2009 @ Cyberjaya provides us with the perfect platform to reach out to gaming enthusiasts and showcase AMD’s latest technology solutions to our consumers. The AMD brand is synonymous with providing gamers with the Ultimate Visual Experience on a PC platform that delivers an amazing gaming experience unlike any other in the market.”

AMD displayed its latest platform solution, codenamed “Dragon” at CyberFusion 2009 @ Cyberjaya, consisting of AMD™ Phenom II X4 processor, Radeon™ HD 4870 X2 Graphics Card and AMD 7-series chipset motherboard.

Deputy Minister of the Science, Technology & Innovation Ministry, Yang Berhormat Tuan Haji Fadillah Yusof was present at the announcement of Malaysia’s success at breaking the World Record for the Longest LAN Party which was made during the prize giving ceremony today.

CyberFusion 2009 @ Cyberjaya has the support of the cybergaming industry in terms of sponsorships from six game companies, namely Asiasoft Malaysia, Sendi Mutiara Multimedia Sdn Bhd, Online E-Club Management Sdn Bhd, CIB Net Station Sdn Bhd and Eaglegame (M) Sdn Bhd who sponsored and showcased popular games like Sudden Attack, Rapplez, World of Warcraft, Maple Story, FIFA ’09, Dawn of War 2, COD4, Left for Dead and DotA.

Movie sponsors were United International Pictures (UIP), Twentieth Century Fox Films and Buena Vista Columbia Tristar who screened movies on-site. Other sponsors included War.Mart Sdn Bhd, cari.com.my, Sapphire, Red Bull and Ubermen.

Multimedia University was the venue sponsor and Telekom Malaysia provided the leased line to ensure seamless network connection.

There was also a live commentary of CyberFusion 2009 @ Cyberjaya on www.gamestah.com, world’s longest running and Australia’s premier professional E-sports commentary service provider.

CYBERVIEW PARTNERS CUZZY MEDIA TO MARKET CYBERJAYA IN NORTH AMERICA

KUALA LUMPUR, 30 October 2008 – Cyberview Sdn Bhd is about to embark on an international promotional and branding exercise to promote Cyberjaya that will reach over 30 million audience in North America.

Cyberview, the landowner of Cyberjaya and the entity mandated to spearhead the entire development of Cyberjaya, will partner with a local knowledge-based SME, Cuzzy Media Sdn Bhd to sell Cyberjaya over selected television networks: CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, Fox News and TV Guide. The 30-second television commercial, produced by Cuzzy Media, will be aired over the five networks, beginning November 2008 for three weeks.

Cyberview’s Managing Director, Redza Rafiq said, “Cyberjaya is now 11 years old and the past two years saw us aggressively promoting Cyberjaya in the local media, and I am proud to say that we have been successful in attracting attention to Cyberjaya and branding Cyberjaya as the city to live, study, work and play in.”

He said the success rate can be seen in the number of companies that moved to Cyberjaya in the last two years. “A total of 172 companies moved to Cyberjaya between 2006 and 2007, as compared to the 302 companies from 1998 to 2005. We would like to attribute the increase to the integrated marketing, promotional and branding exercise coupled with other attractive packages that we offer potential investors.”

The local campaign also resulted in Cyberjaya winning the much-coveted The BrandLaureate Award under Corporate Branding category for Best Brand in National ICT Hub for year 2007/ 2008.

Cyberjaya, the nucleus of MSC Malaysia, now hosts 474 companies, 30 of them multinationals and 444 home-grown companies.

“Cyberview is the landowner of Cyberjaya and we have been given the mandate by the Government to spearhead the entire development of Cyberjaya. To do this, we have to have a holistic approach, whereby other than providing physical and soft infrastructure to benefit companies who choose to base their operations in Cyberjaya, we also need to market Cyberjaya, locally and internationally.

“And we have been doing that since day one Cyberjaya came into being. There has been a lot of interest in Cyberjaya and we do know for a fact that some of this interest is garnered from an international audience from numerous queries we get via our website and also the increase in visits to our website, especially during the World Congress on Information Technology 2008, held in May this year in Kuala Lumpur, where Cyberview was one of the supporting organisations.

“As such, our foray to tap international audience via these international television networks and the new media is a natural progression,” he said, adding that creating awareness of Cyberjaya via international broadcast mediums presented a different set of opportunities from Cyberview’s current marketing and outreach initiatives through foreign trade missions.

“What we want to achieve is to increase awareness among global potential investors on Cyberjaya, and Cyberview as the landowner of Cyberjaya will put across the uniqueness of Cyberjaya’s position to an international audience and enhance its attractiveness to potential investors.

“Of course, one of the key messages is Cyberview’s unique offerings, where we can adapt to the needs of potential investors to reinforce competitiveness and the attractiveness of Cyberjaya,” he said.

On Cyberview’s partnership with Cuzzy Media, Redza Rafiq stressed that it has always been Cyberview’s objective to support local companies involved in content creation and distribution. “And if that company is an SME based at our SME Technopreneur Centre, of course it fits one of our objectives, which is to continuously provide support and create opportunities for the SMEs to gain visibility, whether in the domestic or international market.”

Mr Jeffrey Raj, Founder and CEO of Cuzzy Media said: “We are pleased to be given this chance to partner with Cyberview in marketing Cyberjaya, as this is an opportunity for us to capture the real essence of a thriving community and articulate it in a short 30-second television commercial. Our aim is to create an engaging series of messages that can help Cyberjaya achieve its branding objective of becoming a branded city of choice for the global business community.”

He said that the partnership with Cyberview would enable Cuzzy Media to showcase its capability in creating engaging interactive content and distributing it to a global audience. “We expect positive returns from this exercise, as Cuzzy Media’s URL too will appear alongside Cyberview’s at the end of the commercial.”

Cuzzy Media, a converged media services provider and an MSC Malaysia status company, is one of the SMEs housed at Cyberjaya SME Technopreneur Centre Cluster. It also owns and operates a highly successful internet TV platform called www.xbb.tv (Extreme Broadband Broadcast Television) that delivers dynamic interactive content, to a broadband enabled audience, globally. www.xbb.tv is a free site. In this campaign, Cyberview’s TVC and info-documentaries are also concurrently screened on www.xbb.tv - to further capitalize on a large IT-literate new media audience.