KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 (Bernama) — CS Cloud Sdn Bhd (“CS Cloud”), a subsidiary of Censof Holdings Berhad (“Censof” or the “Group”) signed a joint venture (“JV”) agreement with Cloocus Co. Ltd (“Cloocus Korea”) at a ceremony held today at the Sheraton Hotel Petaling Jaya to facilitate the mutual sharing of expertise in the area of cloud services. The JV was attended by YB Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Annuar bin Haji Musa, Minister of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia. The JV agreement was signed by Mr. Kavinthraj Panneerchelvam, chief executive officer of CS Cloud and Mr. Steve Hong, chief executive officer of Cloocus Korea.
The JV, which will see a formation of a new entity named Cloocus Sdn Bhd (“Cloocus”), will develop and operate a ‘hyperscale (Microsoft Azure)’ cloud management in Malaysia, in addition to the Microsoft business, including MW: Modern Work and Biz Apps. Cloocus will be owned 50-50 by CS Cloud and Cloocus Korea with an initial injection of US$2 million, which is equivalent to approximately RM8.4 million. Cloocus Korea will bring into the JV its technical expertise, resources and assets while CS Cloud will provide local sales network, marketing and customer related activities as well as knowledge of the local culture and customer pattern behaviours.
