Kyndryl the world's largest IT infrastructure services provider, opened its new office in Kuala Lumpur to establish Malaysia as an ASEAN hub for mainframe modernisation.

The new office will house Kyndryl's Malaysian operations to support its mission to contribute to the country's digital economy.
An innovative global leader in running and transforming the world's mission-critical IT systems, Kyndryl is investing in local skills and building customers' capabilities in key domains such as automation, cloud, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity and resiliency. The company has forged strategic partnerships to provide its customers in ASEAN access to a broad range of technologies and capabilities. Earlier this year, Kyndryl launched ASEAN's first Mainframe Modernization Center of Excellence (CoE) here in Malaysia. Led primarily by local Malaysians, the CoE serves businesses across ASEAN, providing strategic guidance and mainframe expertise to help enterprises update, modernize, and migrate their legacy mainframe applications to a cloud-native environment.

Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul, Minister of Investment, Trade, and Industry of Malaysia, said: "Kyndryl's decision to choose Malaysia as their regional Centre of Excellence, and ASEAN hub for mainframe modernisation speaks volumes of the conducive investment landscape in Malaysia.

Kyndryl is bringing its expertise to businesses that are moving to optimise their digital assets, focusing on cyber resilience and efficient use of cloud technologies, and leveraging data for AI. A modern facility designed to enable creativity and collaboration, Kyndryl's new office provides the backdrop for Kyndryl to apply its technology