Google landing in Malaysia

Google now opening sales & marketing office in Malaysia after 4 year opening office in Singapore. Now jobs for Malaysia office is available.

How does this effect local innovation:

Well as local supporter of Malaysia innovation, Malaysian has the opportunity to tap into Google. Below some innovation from Malaysia:

Consumer:

1. Hailer (created for brand-owners to build tribes. It is a place for you to create innovative services and build a following.)
2. Socialwalk (event ticketing).
3. Joukuu (cloud backup management). 
4. Foldees (greeting card) - company that sells designer created greeting cards. The greeting card designs are sourced through the website’s monthly vector-art contests, and royalties are paid when the cards are purchased, either through retail or via the site.
5. Stormreaders - Islamic online book store.
6. Jomsocial - white label social network for joomla.
7. Rseven - Mobile phone backup service.

Enterprise:

1. Objectiveworld (building lifecycle management solution that provides functionality from initial planning, feasibility study and conceptual design phase all the way through design and construction to facility maintenance and operations management
2. Opulens SA - Business Process Automation (BPA) IT solution specifically for maritime, shipping and oil & gas industry.
3. Inetmon - Enterprise network management system.
4. Info Valley - virtual autopsy.
5. Polarizone -  Research and Development of Low Probability of Exploitation ( LPE ) and Anti Jamming ( AJ ) wireless communication systems. Developing, and commercializing of intellectual property in the frontier areas of transmission security ( transec ), signal intelligence ( sigint ), and quantum cryptography.
6. Free Alliance - Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) and Active RFID platforms and solutions
7. Eco Dream Venture -  High performance Surestreamer™ - 3 in 1 (booster, noise filter, lightning protection) device for powerline communication (PLC) products is compatible with Homeplug, Universal Powerline Association (UPA) , HD-PLC & G.hn standards.
8. Envisage - proprietary trading activities focus on active trading strategies applied primarily to electronically-traded products. 
9. Authentic Venture -  users can also view their tracking log anywhere in the world. When the laptop is stolen and the user allows the police to view and track the computer, the user will be able to view the progress of the recovery process.
10. Sentinel Technologies - Anti-piracy software for Optical Disc (CD/ DVD/ BlueRay). 

and many more.

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Why Google Energy - The explosive growth of low-carbon economy :

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Why Google Energy - The explosive growth of low-carbon economy :

1. Carbon Market - Market could be worth $3tn a year.
2. Virtual Electric Utility - Cheaper to operate virtual electric generator rather build own solar farm & other clean energy. therefore, this will lead to acquisition of EnerNOC (market cap - $ 688 million as Feb 21, 2010) soon. 

"Google’s Niki Fenwick told us (and is quoted in the other media reports) that Google has no plans to become an energy seller but that the creation of Google Energy is an attempt to proactively address hurdles it could face in its plans to go carbon neutral. Given the legal permission to act as a utility — basically buying and selling clean energy (it owns a large rooftop solar project at its headquarters) — Google could help offset its carbon emissions that result from its large power needs." - Earth2tech.

 Regards,


Syawal.
21/02/2010.

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Innovation Day @ FRIM

I attend a Innovation day at Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) from my house at Bukit Mahkota. From Google Maps, it shows that it take more than 75 minute to arrive, but as biker; 45 minute flat. I was invited by my fellow friends, Inventor Bugs Tan. He wrote about it at his blog ;)



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Before the event, i visit the bookstore - wow... so much knowledge is store inside it. Thing about forest research, diversity, climate change effect and action toward it. I hope FRIM can publish as creative common material, we can share the knowledge with the world.

The event start with opening from chief director of FRIM emphasize on packaging an innovation and climate change. I can see the whole staff in the auditorium really passion about their work and LOVE the Tree so much. He also mention some of his staff still at COP15 (http://www.facebook.com/cop15, http://en.cop15.dk/ ), participating in one most significant event in human history in order to battle climate change.

FRIM and it related partner showcase some amazing innovation from palm trunk engineered floor to tissue culture clonnning. I wish congratulation to the respected winners. 

My hope is FRIM can be more focus on:
1) fungi research like Paul Stamets , termite guts (bio- enzyme), spiders and all microorganisme living in our forest toward our benefits.

2) black earth
3) tree species with rapid growth accelerator to sequester more CO2  climate change research and how to combat climate change.

Mastering DNA is key for above strategic move.  don't forget to protect your IP worldwide and do valuation.

All the best to FRIM. oh... dont forget to join Friends of FRIM to adopt tree.

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Few wish before sign-off:

Do we have hero like Willie Smits for reforestation of Malaysia forest  ? Malaysian need to know their heroes.

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