Sirim to seek funds for ICT research
SIRIM Bhd will be seeking additional funding from the Government to support its plans to boost information and communications technology (ICT) research and development (R&D) activities under the Ninth Malaysia Plan (2006-2010). This is in response to the Government’s call to boost the creation of more home-grown ICT products and services among technopreneurs.
Currently, Sirim’s ICT division is involved in four areas of ICT R&D – artificial intelligence, data warehousing and mining, Web services technology, and encryption technology.
Sirim is calling for the Government to encourage the use of local ICT products and services generated by Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC)-status companies as a way to boost the ICT R&D industry. The latter stands to benefit if the challenges in the local ICT sector are duly addressed. Among them are curbing computer software piracy, exempting computer software from sales tax, boosting the number of patents, and strengthening ties between the industry and universities.
Currently, Sirim’s ICT division is involved in four areas of ICT R&D – artificial intelligence, data warehousing and mining, Web services technology, and encryption technology.
Sirim is calling for the Government to encourage the use of local ICT products and services generated by Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC)-status companies as a way to boost the ICT R&D industry. The latter stands to benefit if the challenges in the local ICT sector are duly addressed. Among them are curbing computer software piracy, exempting computer software from sales tax, boosting the number of patents, and strengthening ties between the industry and universities.
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