With the theme of "Accelerate Intelligence with Everything as a Service”, Huawei Cloud TechWave Summit 2024 was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, on May 15. A series of new launches were introduced to accelerate the intelligent upgrade for Middle East and Central Asia.
Alan Qi, President of Huawei Cloud Middle East & Central Asia, reiterate Huawei Cloud’s commitment to accelerate digital transformation across the regions in the opening speech. He said, “Cloud is the key to the digital and intelligent era, and Huawei Cloud stands out with systematic innovation, vast industry-specific expertise, and a thriving digital ecosystem to accelerate your leap to intelligence and boost your business success.”
To achieve better economic growth and citizen livelihood, Azerbaijan developed its national digitalization strategy and innovation plan. Inara Valiyeva, the Chairperson of the Innovation and Digital Development Agency in Azerbaijan, shared in her opening speech, “Our vision of digitalization is to create a seamlessly integrated digital society where advanced technology enhances public services, boosts digital literacy, and fosters an innovation ecosystem, driving sustainable growth and improving quality of life for all citizens.”
Huawei Cloud Stack – The Preferred Cloud for Intelligent Upgrade
Hu Yuhai, Vice President of Huawei Hybrid Cloud, shared that Huawei Cloud is now serving 30 regions with 88 availability zones (AZ), achieving remarkable growth of 21.9%. In his keynote speech, Hu Yuhai announced the release of Huawei Cloud Stack 8.3 in the Middle East and Central Asia. He said: "Huawei Cloud Stack provides trusted cloud infrastructure, innovative cloud capabilities, and rich industry know-how to help governments and enterprises dive into cloud, leap to intelligence, and unleash digital.
He also launched a white paper on the Vision of Diving into Cloud, showcasing how cloud services are changing the world. Concluding his keynote, he announced the Leap2Cloud initiative, which calls for government and enterprise customers and partners to bid farewell to legacy virtualization and embrace cloud-native, AI, and big data.
Building the Cloud Foundation for an Intelligent World
The world is entering a new era of intelligence, propelled by foundational models and AIGC. To accelerate intelligence, systematic innovation is required.
Tim Chen, Vice President of Product Management for Huawei Public Cloud, shared insights on building an AI-native cloud foundation with continuous innovations through ‘Cloud for AI’ and ‘AI for Industries’.
Under the ‘Cloud for AI’ strategy, Huawei Cloud has built products and solutions to support deployment and use across clouds, networks, edges, and terminals to build intelligent cloud infrastructure through systematic innovation.
‘AI for Industries’ aims to help bridge the gap between AI and industry needs through different industry models with Huawei Cloud’s Pangu Model - an open, decoupled three-layer architecture offering a powerful foundation for a vast range of models and applications.
Chen said, “Huawei Cloud adheres to the principles of ‘Cloud for AI, AI for Industries’, and builds intelligent cloud bases through systematic innovation, helping enterprises lead in the large model era.”
At the summit, Li Wei, Deputy Director of EI Services at Huawei Cloud, launched the Huawei Cloud AI Video Service Technical White Paper detailing the trend of AI meets Video and how Huawei's AI video service and solutions improve efficiency through intelligent video applications. Li Wei shared, “The more you use Pangu large pre-trained models, the better it gets. AI video service powered by Pangu enables cameras to speak.”
At the event, Huawei Cloud, together with partners launched the Data-AI Convergence Ecosystem Alliance, to foster a dynamic ecosystem that leverages the power of cloud computing and AI technologies to address complex challenges and unlock new opportunities across industries.
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