IT-PERSOFT

PERSOFT TO MEET CRITERIA FOR CYBERCENTRE STATUS IN NEXT 6 MONTHS

PETALING JAYA, Nov 13, (Bernama) -- Persoft Corp Sdn Bhd will allocate RM6
million for its subsidiary Persoft Properties Sdn Bhd to carry out an exercise
to further upgrade Persoft Tower.
Group executive director Shaiful Annuar Ahmad Shaffie said the company was
expected to fulfil the qualifying criteria for MSC Malaysia Cybercentre status
within the next six months.
Persoft Properties had received approval to be developed as an MSC Malaysia
Cybercentre from the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry on Nov 9, 2009.
Shaiful Annuar said the company would use RM4.5 million out of the RM6
million allocation to enhance the building infrastructure as well as the
interior and exterior of the premises.
"This upgrading will be carried out in two phases and is expected to provide
an exceptional business environment for our tenants and ensuring continuous
sustainability and business growth," he told reporters at a briefing on Persoft
Tower, formerly known as Menara Luxor, here today.
As part of Persoft's value proposition for the Cybercentre status, Shaiful
Annuar said the company would offer an incubator venture programme to assist
information and communications technology (ICT) companies in capital funding,
technical advice and business expansion.
The company also planned to provide Microsoft training and certification
programmes as well as information technology graduate practical training for
final-year students in local universities, he said.
According to Shaiful Annuar, Persoft Properties aims to provide a
competitive world-class infrastructure and business-enabling office environment
to house more than 30 MSC Malaysia status companies by 2011, especially newly
set-up local companies.
"Today we are proud to inform that we are the first privately-owned
Bumiputera company with MSC Malaysia status and at the same time we own and
manage Persoft Tower which has been approved by the government to be developed
into a cybercentre," he said.
Persoft Properties was incorporated on Feb 16, 2007, with an authorised
capital of RM500,000 to own, manage or operate all properties belonging to the
Persoft group of companies.
Shaiful Annuar said with the completion of the MSC Malaysia Cybercentre
exercise, the company was confident of achieving a revenue growth of 20 to 25
per cent.
He said the company's total revenue stood at RM98.2 million as at Dec 31,
2008. -- BERNAMA
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