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MIMOS & Altair Engineering extend grid R&D collaboration
Malaysian Business, Feb 16, 2008 by Compiled by Thavamani S Retnam
MIMOS Bhd, a strategic agency under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, has extended its technological collaboration with Altair Engineering, global software and services provider, for another one year, to jointly develop and implement new Grid enabling activities and projects.
The extended research engagement between MIMOS and Altair Engineering is aimed at jointly developing a Utility Grid Technology Knowledge Centre of Excellence, which will focus on the development of utility grid computing solutions in support of Malaysia's Knowledge-economy drive.
`The Centre of Excellence, to be located at MIMOS, will develop niche solutions and evangelise grid computing strategies - solutions, and best practises - for organisations, in Asean, including Malaysia and the Middle East markets, intending to deploy commercial grade utility grid solutions,' said MIMOS' Senior Vice President, Technology Realisation and Operation, Abdul Aziz Abd Kadir, at the MOU signing ceremony.
MIMOS pursues exploratory and industry-driven applied research through multi-stakeholder smart partnerships with universities, research institutes, Government and industries with a focus on frontier technologies.
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