MDP Cambodia Co Ltd (MDP) CEO Wong Pily. Hong Menea
Local enterprise MDP Cambodia Co Ltd (MDP) on August 24 confirmed that it would team up with Singapore-based distributor SA Solutions for Asia (SA) to offer the “innovative cloud solutions” of Alibaba Cloud, “the digital technology and intelligence backbone” of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
Aiming to “facilitate secure and efficient digitalisation to the Kingdom”, the move is “in line with Cambodia’s efforts to build a lively digital economy that will benefit the state, business community and its citizens”, MDP said in a statement.
“MDP, the official Alibaba Cloud distributor in Cambodia, has already started to engage directly with varied local and international enterprises for Alibaba Cloud’s broad-based solutions that are both cost-efficient and compliant with strict global security standards.
“Potential customers will benefit from Alibaba Cloud’s regional expertise data volume with minimal delays and rapid innovation with customisable solutions. With this highly anticipated launch, local access to Alibaba Cloud’s reliable and world-class services will be made more seamless and convenient,” MDP said.
Speaking in the statement, MDP CEO Wong Pily underscored that the Covid-19 crisis amplified the need for the right kind of guided digital transformation among the Kingdom’s businesses.
“We saw first-hand how the global pandemic hastened the adoption of digital technologies. It is crucial that our digitalisation efforts be backed by expertise and wide-ranging solutions that are both trusted and secure. MDP is proud to partner with Alibaba Cloud to leverage its infrastructure capability, cloud security and innovative solutions across a wide spectrum of industries and businesses,” he said.
He shared that Gartner crowned Alibaba Cloud as number one in IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) and PaaS (Platform as a Service) Infrastructure Capability last year, overtaking Amazon.com Inc and Google LLC while the Forrester Wave placed Alibaba’s cloud division in the “Leaders” circle for the first quarter of this year.
“One of our ISP [internet service provider] customers has benefited from Alibaba Cloud’s content delivery network with quicker response time and enhanced server performance.
“The stability, scalability, and high speed that comes along with its cost-effectiveness, makes the Alibaba Cloud choice an obvious one, not just for them, but also their clients. We see many more industries and sectors gaining from Alibaba Cloud’s innovative solutions,” Pily added.
Meanwhile according to an August 15 announcement from EZECOM Co Ltd, its parent company the Royal Group of Companies Ltd three days earlier signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a “trusted premier consulting partner” of Amazon Web Services (AWS), the Taipei-based eCloudvalley Digital Technology Co Ltd, “to localise and expand cloud service expertise in the Kingdom”.
“The partnership is expected to advance the Kingdom of Cambodia’s digital evolution by providing locally based consultants with international expertise who will offer immediate, relevant, and locally tailored cloud-focused consulting services and solutions” to consumers and enterprises, especially small- and medium-sized ones, the announcement said.
“Such knowledge-based and expertise are expected to maximise efficiency, reduce response time, improve local digital know-how and help elevate the Kingdom of Cambodia’s commitments in digital advancements and transformation,” it added.
