KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): Web hosting and cloud service provider Exabytes Capital Sdn Bhd has partnered with Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd to expand its offering to include Huawei Malaysia's cloud-first smart solutions, as the group aims to boost the digital transformation journey for its enterprise customers in the post-pandemic scene.

Under this partnership with Huawei Malaysia, Exabytes will expand its offering to include cloud infrastructure-, platform- and software-as-a-service (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS) systems as well as enable access to other business applications such as smart building, smart city, smart traffic, smart agriculture, smart healthcare, smart logistic and other smart solutions that are driven by machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT), the company said in a statement on Monday (July 25).

The government-linked private equity firm Ekuiti Nasional Bhd owns a 45.4% stake in Exabytes.

In the statement, Exabytes group chief executive officer Chan Kee Siak said cloud infrastructure alone will not drive business growth, as it has to be supported with business applications in order to achieve the desired business outcomes.

Meanwhile, Exabytes executive vice president and head of enterprise business Eric Foo believes that this partnership with Huawei Malaysia to use its cloud platform and solutions partner ecosystem will be the catalyst in driving the cloud-first digital transformation journey for businesses in Malaysia and beyond.

“We want to leverage the capabilities of digital technology to gain a better competitive advantage as well as other business values for our joint customers,” Foo added.

Chan said the support from Huawei’s cloud platform and Exabytes’ partner ecosystem will be the enabler of innovation when matched with Exabytes’ cloud-first smart solutions.

“Now more than ever, SMEs and large enterprises need to prioritise on ways to increase their online presence in order to stay competitive. With the cloud-first strategy, businesses can leverage the benefits of utilising cloud platforms such as having agility, scalability, security and speed to market.

“With that taken care of, companies can now focus on business applications, data analytics and automation in order to achieve the targeted outcomes and business imperatives such as improved user experience, increased productivity, cost optimisation, enhanced process efficiency and innovation.

“As more businesses are beginning to emphasise the adoption of digital solutions in many of their processes, research analysts believe that since the pandemic drastically changed how we live and work, more than 80% of IT operations will be hosted off-premises,” said Exabytes.

Meanwhile, Huawei Malaysia vice president of cloud and AI business group Lim Chee Siong said moving forward, partnerships are crucial and key to building a robust ecosystem in Malaysia for all businesses to scale.

As the all-in-one business cloud, digital, and e-commerce solutions provider, Exabytes plans to expand its partner ecosystem by bringing more regional and global cloud solution partners into Malaysia.

Exabytes is also planning to leverage its presence in Indonesia to promote Huawei cloud services and partner ecosystem solutions and services in this high potential and fast-growing market.