9th July 2020 – The third CEO Global Spotlight Webinar Series for the year 2020 featured YBhg. Dato’ Noorashidah Ahmad, the Vice President and the General Manager of Keysight Technologies Malaysia. Keysight Technologies, or Keysight, is an American company that manufactures electronic test and measurement equipment and software. With 13,600 employees around the world, 20 of the top 30 tech companies and 78 of the global 100 companies are Keysight customers. Its facilities in Penang’s Free Industrial Zone is one of the core sites for Keysight operations worldwide.
Based in Penang, Dato’ Shidah delivered her insightful talk on “Thriving in the Digital Revolution: An Industry Perspective” through Microsoft Team live stream. She reminded us that we are in the midst of a rapid digital revolution. COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the pace of digital transformation to a rate unlike any seen before. It is estimated that by 2025, there will be as many as 64 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the world. IoT devices will be applied and deployed in all aspects of consumer-based applications and mission-critical applications. For instance, remote patient monitoring in digitalized healthcare, automated & real-time equipment monitoring in smart factory; and super-connected & autonomous vehicles.
Digital transformation drives new innovation paradigm. At Keysight, their IoT engineers would have to consider these 5 C’s in designing their next innovative IoT devices:
Reliable, robust CONNECTIVITY
Trusted CONTINUITY
Assured COMPLIANCE
Robust COEXISTENCE
Tested, hardened CYBERSECURITY
Learn more about these 5 C’s by watching the webinar recording via this link:
Dato’ Shidah shared some encouraging words of advice before signing off,
“Continue strengthening your foundation, be very inquisitive, explore, learn as broadly as possible and take advantage of all the learning opportunities that you have to help you create the breakthrough in your life and career in the future.”
Last Update: 19/01/2022