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Kontron achieves another major IoT milestone in Malaysia

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Kontron achieves another major IoT milestone in Malaysia

19.02.2015 / 12:29

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Kontron joined with industry partners to open Internet of Things Cloud Data
Center and Research Laboratory in Malaysia

Augsburg, 19th February 2015 - Kontron, a leading global provider of
Embedded Computing Technology (ECT), along with Cisco, Dell, IBM, Intel,
and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), joined forces to establish the
Collaborative Research in Engineering, Science & Technology CREST
(http://crest.my/v2/) Internet of Things Cloud Data Centre and Research
Laboratory (ICDC Research Lab) in Penang. This milestone was achieved only
6 weeks after Kontron was named industry lead for CREST IoT Connected
Healthcare Cluster (CHC).


The ICDC Research Lab provides Malaysian-based entities with opportunities
to design, develop and commercialize innovative, market-driven IoT products
and solutions. The facility enables individuals and organizations to
collaborate and access IoT-related knowledge and know-how through research
and development (R&D) activities. Michael Väth, Executive Vice President,
Global Sales and Marketing of Kontron says "As a major player in IoT,
Kontron's progress in Malaysia is representative of our global innovation
and leadership. We are proud to participate in the CREST initiative as this
is a blueprint of how to develop new business models based on IoT as well
as to stimulate economic development."


The ICDC Research Lab will also act as a catalyst in developing
leading-edge skills and talent needed in the local IoT space.
Shanmuganathan Palanisamy, Managing Director Kontron Penang and Head of R&D
Execution APAC explains Kontron's role and vision in the ICDC: "Kontron
plans to nurture a healthy R&D ecosystem for the development of world-class
IoT solutions by bringing a wealth of IoT healthcare development tools and
evaluation kits that allow CREST partners to more easily develop solutions
and connectivity to an open platform. Our knowledge and resources can also
help jump-start and initiate the prototype and product development
activities for local companies. This knowledge allows us to more quickly
establish a relevant use case result at the new CREST IoT Lab. Cluster