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Cisco and MRCB to Establish First-of-Its-Kind Intelligent Real Estate Centres in Malaysia
Tenants and Patrons of MRCB's KL Sentral Development and the Penang Sentral Will Soon Live 'the Connected Life'
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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2008) - Cisco® (NASDAQ : CSCO ) and
Malaysian Resources Corp. Berhad (MRCB) today announced that they will
collaborate to develop first-of-its-kind intelligent real estate centres in
Malaysia. The agreement was announced during the launch of the Cisco
Express-Network on Wheels (NoW), a mobile showcase featuring key Cisco
technologies that empower "the connected life."
At the ceremony were Shahril Ridza Ridzuan, MRCB group managing director;
Kumaran Singaram, managing director of Cisco Malaysia; and Christian
Hentschel, Cisco's director for marketing, commercial and channels in Asia,
as well as approximately 150 key guests from the information technology
(IT) and property development industries, the media and project partners.
The collaboration will involve the deployment of Cisco's Connected Real
Estate (CRE) solution, a core multiservice Internet Protocol (IP) platform
and network system that allows for easy integration of IT and building
automation networks for MRCB's future property developments. The Cisco CRE
solution provides a single IT environment that allows the integration of
multiple technologies, bringing together the convergence of data, voice,
video, building systems, safety and security, and building automation
technologies into play simultaneously.
"Cisco CRE's open-standards-based building infrastructure encourages a
centralised approach to monitoring, maintenance and control of the building
environment, where building-control systems across all properties can be
controlled from a single place, thus reducing maintenance costs and
prolonging building lifecycles," said Shahril of MRCB.
"This powerful combination will provide significant benefits for our
customers, our shareholders and other stakeholders in our development," he
added.
The collaboration, beginning with MRCB's KL Sentral development, will focus
on its latest site at Lot G, comprising more than 2.8 million square feet
of retail, office, residential and hospitality properties. This will be
followed by the Penang Sentral development, a 30-acre site involving the
development of a transportation hub, integrated with retail, commercial and
residential developments.
Some of the key technologies behind the digital experiences soon to be
enabled by the Cisco and MRCB collaboration will be showcased in the Cisco
Express-NoW. The 40-foot retro-fitted shipment container, featuring
technologies and solutions worth over US$1 million, serves as a platform to
bring Cisco's technology to the doorsteps of more than 20,000 customers,
business owners and individuals across Asia.
According to Cisco's Kumaran, "The collaboration with MRCB will result in
some of the largest deployments of Cisco CRE solutions in Malaysia, and
certainly create the largest intelligent real estate centres in Malaysia,
in the KL Sentral and Penang Sentral developments."
"Cisco has the right technology and expertise to help developers like MRCB
build intelligent buildings and transform their business model into one
that is based on the provision of services. Cisco has been driving the
concept of establishing connectivity as the fourth utility, after
electricity, gas and water, in Malaysia. This strategic relationship marks
an important step in that process," he added.
Cisco Express-NoW is scheduled for a six-week tour around Malaysia,
including Penang (21-26 March), Johor Bahru (6-13 April), and Putrajaya
(14-15 April). The mobile showcase also features solutions from regional
sponsors CNA, EMC, Emerson Network Power, Linksys, Panduit and SingTel.
Country sponsors of Cisco Express-NoW include Ingram Micro, Databridge
Communication Services Network Systems, Glocomp (M) Sdn Bhd, Fujitsu,
JardineOne Solutions Sdn Bhd and Computer Systems Advisors (M) Bhd.
About MRCB
Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad is a leading urban property and
infrastructure developer in the country. The Group specialises in civil,
environmental and energy infrastructure development including beach
rehabilitation projects, road works, road concessions, educational
colleges, hospitals, power plants, and is the nation's biggest developer of
high-voltage transmission networks. The Group currently maintains an order
book of approximately RM8 billion alongside its landmark KL Sentral and
Penang Sentral transportation hubs.
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