UTP Seals MoU With Microsoft Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 23 (Bernama) -- Malaysian private university Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) Tuesday sealed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft Malaysia to adopt cloud technology in its teaching, learning, research and operational excellence. The three-year agreement will see UTP leverage on Microsoft’s cutting-edge technologies like Cortana Analytics, Power BI, Azure, and Machine Learning to enable students and faculty members to connect data across sources, drive intelligent decisions and outcomes, as well as transform processes from end to end. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, UTP is the first Malaysian university to sign a MoU that covers the Microsoft Cortana Intelligence Education Programme. Microsoft Malaysia Managing Director, K. Raman said the MoU was signed to deliver the right exposure with the company’s latest technology among students and to identify the method of using it for educational purposes. “To date, our company has adopted the use of the Microsoft Office 365 suite to which UTP had subscribed to previously, whereby, lecturers and students alike would pool academic resources in an efficient manner through cloud technology,” he said after signing the MoU here Tuesday. All 8500 students and 900 staff of UTP will have access to various online services available to equip students with lifelong learning and the development of essential life skills in workplaces. It includes the Microsoft Innovation Showcase Centre, Advanced Analytics for Student Lifecycle and Microsoft Imagine Academy. Commenting in a statement on the partnership, Ir (Dr) Abdul Rahim Hashim, Vice Chancellor UTP said: “We are mindful of the evolving technology ecosystem that has sprouted new business models and is revolutionising the data landscape. “It is changing the way we look at, solve and commercialise business problems.To ensure our students are best prepared to perform in this set up, we need to equip them with the most advanced learning tools.Our partnership with Microsoft is a great first step in this direction.” -- BERNAMA