Prestariang enters MoU with Alibaba Cloud, Conversant for education platform
KUCHING: Prestariang Bhd ( Prestariang) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU) with Alibaba. com Singapore E-Commerce Pte Ltd (Alibaba Cloud) and Conversant Solutions Pte Ltd ( Conversant) yesterday to collaborate on building an integrated education platform known as EduCloud.
The company in a statement said EduCloud will be a single platform to deliver all activities linked to education and related services.
The cloud- based services will include campus management, t e a ching and lear n i n g , entertainment, digital payment, and many other services and online applications.
EduCloud will be highly scalable and will enhance the learning experience among students, teachers, lecturers, parents, education institutions and the relevant governing bodies.
Beginning in Malaysia, Prestariang believed the collaboration would empower all three companies to deliver a comprehensive range of education services and explore new opportunities in the Asia Pacific market.
Alibaba Group's vice president and Alibaba Cloud Global's general manager Ethan Yu said, “The tripartite collaboration leverages Alibaba Cloud's partnership ecosystem and expertise in cloud computing.
“We are excited to work with Conversant and Prestariang to empower education institutions in Malaysia with new IT cloud infrastructure,” he said.
Alibaba Cloud is the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, the world renowned online electronic- commerce company.
To ensure EduCloud's success, Prestariang noted the collaboration will leverage on each party's strengths, including Alibaba Cloud's cloud computing capabilities, Conversant's Digital Media Enablement and Prestariang's talent and education customer base and deployment expertise.
Additionally, Conversant's chief executive officer ( CEO) and founder Cheong Kong Wai said the project opens up numerous possibilities for education and its cloud based digital media enablement services as a whole.
“We are proud to be part of this project together with our partners, Alibaba Cloud and Prestariang and look forward to a close partnership,” he said.
Moreover, Pre s t a r i a n g Group's CEO and president Dr. Abu Hasan Ismail said, “Partnering with Alibaba Cloud and Conversant is very much aligned with Prestariang's new corporate growth strategies.
“EduCloud will capitalise on our existing footprint, help grow our customer base and expand our offering to include not just licensing and training, but also online application and services.
“It will enable us to journey into new areas such as digital platform and big data analytics and provide end- to- end solutions and services to the whole education market via the cloud.
“I am confident that this collaboration will open new opportunities in and beyond Malaysia,” he said.