Connecting Software, a Vienna-based software company, has on Thursday announced the opening of their newest international headquarter in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – their fifth location and its first in Asia.

It will serve as a development and support hub, where a team of 10 to 15 employees will aid in expanding Connecting Software’s suite of Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and high security synchronization tools tailored for the Asia Pacific (APAC) market, the firm said in a statement.

According to the statement, opening into Asia allows Connecting Software to adopt a ‘follow-the-sun’ approach to customer support, allowing it to offer personal support for its global client base at nearly any hour of the day for the first time.

This will help support its expansion in Asia but also benefit its worldwide client base.

Connecting Software has seen significant growth in Asia, experiencing over 200% growth in revenues within APAC within the last year.

The firm has worked with five Singaporean governmental departments, including a recent major project in collaboration with its partner, NTT Data Singapore.

It has worked with companies to increase their threat resilience and ability to maintain continuous operations through its synchronization solutions, the only ones on the market able to maintain a bi-directional sync at scale between Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, or between a cloud and on-premises solution.

Thomas Berndorfer, CEO of Connecting Software, said the firm has expanded its physical reach to three continents over 20 years.

“Our company does business with Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions and governments from Auckland to Anchorage – and this new office helps to serve that client base even more effectively,” he said.

He also said Malaysia is a perfect fit for our business given its wealth of tech talent and strategic proximity to many of the firm’s clients in Singapore and the broader APAC region.

“Its dynamic tech and business culture enabled us to get our office from inception to opening in just over three months,” he added.

He also highlighted that ASEAN’s digital economy is predicted to grow to up to $2 trillion by 2030.

“As it grows, we anticipate its IT needs, and therefore its need for high-security synchronization and business continuity, will grow as well. We see immense potential in the region,” he added.

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