KUCHING: The state government is collaborating with IBM Corporate Service Corps to equip selected government agencies with strategic know-how as it embarks on its digital transformation journey.
Deputy permanent secretary of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Research Dr Abdul Rahman Deen said that IBM would work with the Sarawak Skills Development Centre, Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, Sarawak Biodiversity Centre and Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) to develop IT-based solutions for these agencies in areas ranging from education to public safety and biodiversity.
“Sarawak is progressing towards a digital transformation. It is critical for organisations in the state to support and align with the Digital Economy Strategy, and as such, the IBM Corporate Service Corps programme is a strategic and timely contribution from that will assist the state in its digital economy agenda,” said Abdul Rahman through a press statement yesterday.
In December last year, Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg launched the Digital Economy Strategy to transform the livelihood of its 2.7 million people by 2022.
“IBM’s contribution to Sarawak’s digital transformation agenda will help instil innovative management strategies in the participating agencies and help the state as it embarks on transforming towards Industry 4.0,” said IBM Malaysia managing director Chong Chye Neo.
“Their presence in Sarawak is significant because it is also the 10th anniversary since the IBM CSC programme was first established. I am confident the month-long, pro-bono consulting assignment in Kuching will be mutually beneficially,” he added.
At the Sarawak Skills Development Centre, the IBM CSC team will help develop a strategy and outreach for vocational training to nurture digital skills in young people. For Pustaka Sarawak, the CSC team will help the State Library to improve and innovate on the delivery of its services in a digital world. The CSC team will make suggestions for the Sarawak Biodiversity Centre to adopt digital technologies to manage traditional biodiversity knowledge to support cutting-edge research and benefit indigenous communities from whom the knowledge originates. The IBM CSC team will also work with DBKU to develop a blueprint for employing digital innovation to improve public safety.
IBM CSC was created in 2008 to help solve some of the most challenging problems in communities around the world with the same expertise that the company provides to its commercial clients.
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