KUALA LUMPUR: Huawei Technologies Sdn Bhd and AwanBiru Technology Berhad (Awantec) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote Huawei Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI) products and services in the public sector.

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia today, Awantec said the collaboration will drive the adoption of Huawei Cloud products and services at both the federal and state levels, as well as among Malaysia’s statutory bodies, government-linked Companies (GLCs), and commercial organisations.

“Huawei will act as Cloud and AI Service Provider, offering its Cloud products and services such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), and Anything as a Service (XaaS),” it said.

Awantec will act as Managed Services Partner and drive demand and adoption for Huawei’s products and services.

Its president/group chief executive officer, Dr Abu Hasan Ismail said Awantec will be Huawei’s first level partner on Cloud and AI technology in targeting the public sector.

He said the collaboration is a strategic alignment for Awantec to be in the forefront of Cloud Computing to address the government’s call to raise the country’s digitalisation capabilities.

“We will have the best talent and team and utilise the best technology in collaboration with our global partners to provide multi-cloud management services. Together with Huawei, we look forward to opening opportunities, training and building technical and competent talent teams here in Malaysia.

“We have built our reputation as a trusted partner of the government and we want to continue to do so when the nation embarks on its first cloud policy,” he added. — Bernama