Reaching Independence in Business
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| "Mommy, the movie's starting" "The clouds.. they look like pillows.. zzz" |
As a
mother of a 9-year-old kid, I can’t really get away from animation movies and by
the look of it; Hollywood producers aren’t taking any breaks soon. I can’t even
recall the last time I watched a ‘regular’ live-action movie at the cinema. So
on last Saturday, I bought some tickets to Planes – an entertaining story for
my daughter, and a 90-minute naptime for my husband and I. Though, we did hear
a ‘provocative’ song before resting our eyes.
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| Imagine sleeping in the same building as these noisemakers |
Recently
in Malaysia, the government has made it compulsory for all cinema operators to
play the national anthem right before the start of any movie. The relevance of
this move is still an ongoing debate by the Twitteratis and Facebook-ians; though
many argue that it’s forced patriotism. The bickering’s getting louder than a
dorm room in Monsters University, if you ask me. Personally, I found the experience of standing
up and respecting my national anthem very moving. When we were younger, we sang
“Negaraku” everyday at school and as we grew older, the opportunity to appreciate
the song properly and with pride is lacking.
To tell
you the truth; I was teary-eyed during the whole song. The lyrics go like this:
“Negaraku, tanah tumpahnya darahku,
rakyat hidup bersatu dan maju, Rahmat bahagia Tuhan kurniakan, Raja kita
selamat bertahkta” (Translation: My nation, my birth place, (all) the people
live in harmony and prosperity, God bless us all with happiness, Hail the
King). Simple lyrics; yet poignant.
And
so it happened, last Saturday was the celebration for Malaysia’s 56th year of
independence and as a comparatively young nation; we are doing pretty good, if
not yet excellent in the world platform. We have built one of the world’s
tallest buildings, presented the world with an F1 international track (and a pretty short-lived career of an F1
driver), fashioned international brand owners such as Jimmy Choo and Chef
Wan, and even produced world champion sport personalities like Nicol David and
Zulfahmi Khairuddin. As a nation that is targeting to become a developed nation
by 2020, apart from development of infrastructure and human resources, one of
the main objectives is definitely to introduce locally made brands to the world
stage.
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| Actually, it'd take Dr. Nefario two hours to travel from one minion to another |
FingerTec
has always been an international brand from its inception. Even when the
Internet was as slow as Dr. Nefario on a scooter, we had always aimed to spread
our reach beyond domestic shores. Targeting our nearest neighbors first, we
travelled to introduce the products to markets outside of our comfort zone. The
reason is simple, by liaising and competing with a larger audience and their
various standards and compliances; the benchmark for the quality and delivery of
our products and services will keep getting higher. Localization is an ongoing
process for us and we aim to go further in depth to better serve our customers.
And with the latest development of Cloud computing, the onset of a Big Data
wave, we have to yet again restrategize
on how to maneuver the business to suit international business trends.
In
short, for a comparatively young company, FingerTec has managed to travel far
and proud in this free world, introducing our brand as a Malaysian product,
made for the world. We've done our best in the global stage without losing our local flavor, and this is what I call reaching independence in business.
By Norana Johar, COO, FingerTec HQ
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