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Many businesses in Malaysia have a multi cloud strategy, while 80% of them are combining the use of public and private clouds to replace traditional storage infrastructure and also help them scale for growth. This further proves that businesses are on the right trajectory, considering the benefits that cloud solutions offer, like improved security, performance, and reliability. But for some companies they still fall into recognisable pitfalls - including making data an afterthought, and the lack of proper data governance. Siva Subramanian, Head of Data & Analytics Practice at Searce, takes us through these and how to prepare accordingly.

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The 4th Industrial Revolution has been a long-standing topic of conversation. 

Although the manufacturing sector has led our nation's economy with digitalised logistics and warehousing technology, the growth progress of IR4.0 within our industries has been stagnant. Sustainable, yes, but the sector is hardly progressing in comparison to some of its regional peers like Singapore and Japan for instance. Gan Soon Kiat (SK), Founder and Managing Director of the warehouse automation company WoodTrees is of the opinion that manufacturers lack the know-how to utilise logistics tech.

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就业市场随着全球化浪潮，竞争也在相应攀升；且让职场充满了不确定因素。职场的地域界限逐渐虚化，不出半天的飞行时间，的确促进了台马之间的交流。不过，这也让留学台马的学子面对更加眼花缭乱的机会；而对社会新鲜人来说，机会越多说不定就会导致烦恼越多。那么，桥外生究竟该留在文化互通的台湾发展；抑或是返马述职呢？

本期节目，我们继续同『迦南计划』创办人聊聊马台之间的人力资源交流。

In his latest book, Financial Freedom Investing, licensed financial planner Yap Ming Hui compiles his decades of experience in helping Malaysians achieve financial freedom. Sim Wie Boon dives into the book to unpack what the lessons are for everyday Malaysians to achieve financial freedom and the challenges in doing so as well as possible missteps to avoid.

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Despite the shocking defeat of UMNO at GE15, winning only 26 seats, this party is now playing kingmaker in determining which coalition will run Malaysia. Dr Azmi Hassan, Senior Research Fellow, Nusantara Academy for Strategic Research helps us make sense of their statement which states that it would be part of a unity government not led by PN. He also delves into the future of current party president, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

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In the past week after GE15, words like Unity and Minority government have been bandied as no coalition has been able to command a majority. Dr Lau Zhe Wei, Assistant Professor at International Islamic University Malaysia tells us what is the difference between the two both from a theoretical and practical perspective.

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Islamic bonds or sukuks continued to record resilience compared to conventional bonds despite volatile crude oil prices, a high interest rate environment and general geopolitical uncertainty. How will it fare with increasing awareness of ESG investing? Bashar Al Natoor, Global Head of Islamic Finance at Fitch Ratings talks to us about the challenges Islamic finance is set to face with a global standardisation issue as well as what Malaysia needs to do to make its mark as an international hub for shariah-compliant investments.

Many of the pressures that businesses are currently facing like labour shortages, rising cost and supply chain disruptions still exist globally but in Malaysia, political uncertainty has been added to the mix. Chin Chee Seong, National Secretary General, of the SME Association of Malaysia tells us the consequences of this political impasse and what can the new government do to help businesses.

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What’s next for Le Cordon Bleu International in the Asia-Pacific region? We speak to Charles Cointreau, the VP for APAC Le Cordon Bleu International, to find out more about their plans for the future. 

FTX’s collapse from grace this month has been swift and reads better than any work of fiction with the once upon time, second largest cryptocurrency exchange filing for bankruptcy. Arun Pai, Principal at Monk's Hill Ventures tells if there was fraud and what is the consequence of this collapse on the wider cryptocurrency space.

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