Huawei Intelligent Cloud-Network, Unleashing Industry Digital Productivity

BANGKOK, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — On the second day of HUAWEI CONNECT 2022, Zhao Zhipeng, Vice President of Huawei’s Data Communication Product Line, delivered a keynote speech entitled “Intelligent Cloud Network, Unleashing Industry Digital Productivity” and elaborated on how Huawei’s Intelligent Cloud-Network Solution further improves industry customer experience in three dimensions — easy, agile, and simplified — by continuously building its capabilities in CloudFabric, CloudWAN, and CloudCampus scenarios. At the conference, Huawei also unveiled the industry’s first Wi-Fi 7 AP AirEngine 8771-X1T, 400G-ready next-generation campus core switch CloudEngine S16700, and ultra-compact universal-service aggregation router NetEngine 8000 M4. These products help lay a solid data foundation to further unleash digital productivity.

Zhao Zhipeng, Vice President of Huawei's Data Communication Product Line, delivered a keynote speech entitled "Intelligent Cloud-Network, Unleashing Industry Digital Productivity"

Zhao Zhipeng highlighted that core services across various industries are gradually undergoing digital transformation, which poses higher requirements on networks. For example, as the financial sector moves toward Bank 4.0, stable-state and agile-state services coexist, driving financial service systems to be moved to multiple or hybrid clouds. In the public service sector, digital transformation involves data streamlining across functional departments and requires services to be transported in a unified manner. In the manufacturing and energy sectors, hundreds of types of sensors need to connect to the network, increasing network complexity multi-fold.

To address the preceding challenges, Huawei’s Intelligent Cloud-Network Solution further enhances the experience for industry customers in three dimensions — easy, agile, and simplified — by continuously building its capabilities in CloudFabric, CloudWAN, and CloudCampus scenarios.

  • CloudFabric 3.0 + Easy: This DCN solution provides easy deployment, O&M, and evolution capabilities to deliver an ultimate service experience, helping enterprises improve online service efficiency.
  • CloudWAN 3.0 + Agile: This cloud WAN solution provides agile connection, optimal experience, and agile O&M to unleash an ultimate cloud experience, enabling ISPs to further improve private line quality and the transportation sector to improve scheduling efficiency.
  • CloudCampus 3.0 + Simplified: This cloud campus network solution provides simplified access, architecture, and O&M capabilities to simplify enterprise networks, significantly improving service efficiency in the healthcare, education, and electric power sectors.

Piyapong Worakee, CIO of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), delivered a speech entitled “Digital Transformation Journey and Future of EGAT Smart Campus Network.” In this speech, he shared how Huawei’s Intelligent Network Solution helped EGAT build an efficient, innovative, green, and secure campus network. This in turn provides both stable and reliable energy supply for the region, and ensures a happy life in Thailand on EGAT’s digital transformation journey.

Huawei’s Intelligent Cloud-Network Solution serves customers in sectors such as education, government, transportation, finance, and energy in more than 150 countries and regions. In the future, Huawei will work with its customers and partners to dive deeper into various industry scenarios to unleash digital productivity. Specifically, Huawei will continue to explore next-generation technologies for various industries and innovate in six directions: green ultra-broadband (GUB), multi-domain network AI (MNA), ubiquitous network security (UNS), IPv6 Enhanced, high resilience & low-latency networking (HRL), and massive heterogeneous IoT (MHI).

For more information about Huawei’s Intelligent Cloud-Network Solution, visit https://e.huawei.com/en/solutions/enterprise-networks/intelligent-ip-networks.

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Jacqueline Shi : Huawei Cloud met l’accent sur son objectif « par les locaux, pour les locaux » pour stimuler la transformation numérique 

BANGKOK, 21 septembre 2022 /PRNewswire/ — L’événement HUAWEI CONNECT 2022 a débuté le 19 septembre à Bangkok, en Thaïlande. Jacqueline Shi, présidente du service mondial de marketing et de vente de Huawei Cloud, a souligné l’engagement de la société envers son objectif « By Local, For Local » (« par les locaux, pour les locaux ») visant à favoriser un écosystème solide pour la numérisation. Huawei Cloud estime que la transformation numérique ne peut se développer que lorsque l’écosystème local se développe, et ce de manière saine et durable.

Jacqueline Shi, President of Huawei Cloud's Global Marketing and Sales Service

Huawei Cloud fournit des technologies numériques de pointe aux utilisateurs du monde entier, ce qui permet aux entreprises et aux développeurs de mieux parvenir au développement numérique. Afin de fournir de meilleurs services locaux, la société continue de bâtir un réseau mondial unique pour proposer des services cloud de haute qualité et une expérience uniforme. Implanté en Asie-Pacifique depuis 2018, Huawei Cloud gère des filiales locales à Singapour et en Malaisie, et est le premier fournisseur de cloud public à opérer en Thaïlande. Huawei Cloud bâtit des centres de données 3AZ à Bangkok, Chonburi et Samut Prakan, et fournit des services de site Web et de conseil en thaïlandais.

Huawei Cloud et ses partenaires bâtissent également un écosystème industriel numérique par tous et pour tous. Huawei Cloud travaille sans relâche à la construction d’un écosystème mondial de startups. De multiples méthodes d’habilitation, telles que l’optimisation des coûts, l’assistance technique, la formation à l’entrepreneuriat et les ressources commerciales, permettront à au moins 10 000 startups à fort potentiel de se développer dans le monde entier au cours des trois prochaines années, aidant ainsi les startups à adopter le cloud avec souplesse et à se focaliser sur l’innovation.

Dans la seule région Asie-Pacifique, plus de 120 entreprises ont rejoint le programme de Huawei Cloud dédié aux startups. Huawei Cloud a par exemple aidé ReverseAds à développer ses activités en Thaïlande, à Singapour et en Amérique du Sud. Grâce à ce programme, ReverseAds a reçu un financement de plus de 20 millions de dollars. « Nous allons continuer à promouvoir le programme pour les startups dans le monde entier. Nous espérons que de plus en plus d’entreprises comme ReverseAds pourront innover et parvenir à un résultat bénéfique pour tous », a déclaré Mme Shi.

Au cours de l’événement HUAWEI CONNECT 2022, Huawei Cloud a également présenté son projet d’écosystème « Go Cloud, Go Global » (« accédez au cloud, accédez au monde ») pour partager la conformité locale et les ressources humaines de Huawei dans plus de 170 pays et régions. Ce projet partage également les connaissances de Huawei Cloud sur les secteurs d’activité et les domaines les plus populaires, ainsi que les produits et solutions correspondants pour permettre à un plus grand nombre d’entreprises de se mondialiser.

Mme Shi a présenté 15 services innovants au cours de la conférence, dont CCE Turbo (Cloud Container Engine), UCS (Ubiquitous Cloud Native Service), Pangu wave model, DataArts LakeFormation, Virtual Live, CodeCheck et CloudTest, KooMessage, KooSearch et KooGallery. C’est la première fois que ces services font l’objet d’une annonce de mise en œuvre à l’échelle internationale.

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Most Global Deaths Are From Preventable Noncommunicable Diseases

The World Health Organization warns noncommunicable diseases kill 41 million people each year, equivalent to 74 percent of all deaths globally.

A new global report by the World Health Organization finds noncommunicable diseases now outnumber infectious diseases as the top killers globally. Each year, it says 17 million people under age 70 die prematurely from noncommunicable diseases or NCD. The biggest killers are cardiovascular diseases, followed by cancers, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes.

WHO director of noncommunicable diseases, Bente Mikkelsen, says most of these deaths are preventable.

“Every two seconds, someone under the age of 70 is dying from an NCD,” said Mikkelsen. “And many people do not still realize that 86 percent of these premature deaths, namely dying too young are taking place in low-and-middle-income countries, making NCD an issue of equity and sustainable development as well as health.”

WHO blames most of these preventable deaths on four key risk factors. It cites high blood pressure as the biggest threat, noting 1.3 billion adults worldwide have this condition.

Mikkelsen says too many people are unaware they have this potentially deadly condition. Consequently, they are not getting the lifesaving treatment they need.

“If people had access to health services where they could get their blood pressure checked and get support to manage hypertension, nearly 10 million heart attacks and strokes could be averted by 2030,” said Mikkelsen. “Other major risk factors like unhealthy diet, tobacco use, and harmful use of alcohol are heavily influenced by industry, including the formulation, packaging design, marketing, and promotional product.”

WHO reports at least 39 million deaths could be averted by 2030 if every country were to adopt the interventions known to work.

The U.N. Health Agency urges people to embrace healthier lifestyles and modify risky behavior to reduce their chances of getting a deadly disease. It says those who stop smoking, exercise more, eat a healthier diet and drink only moderate amounts of alcohol will add years to their lives.

Source: Voice of America

Beijing’s Zero-COVID Policy Draws New Anger After Fatal Bus Crash

Commenters in China’s tightly controlled online communities are raising an angry howl at what they see as the latest outrage stemming from President Xi Jinping’s draconian zero-COVID policy.

After at least 27 people died when a bus in southwest China’s Guizhou Province crashed while transporting them to a coronavirus quarantine facility, online comments revealed the magnitude of frustration of ordinary citizens enduring a policy that forces them into lengthy lockdowns and daily testing in the effort to contain COVID.

  • “27 people, who did not die in the coronavirus, but died in the bus accident [on the way to] quarantine? Even if they are positive, the death rate of the virus is extremely low, who made such a tragedy?”
  • “No ordinary people are against epidemic prevention. What the ordinary people oppose is … harassment of people.”
  • “So many people concentrated in a bus transport for quarantine. If there was a positive case, how likely would all the people in the bus get infected? I don’t understand the current policy. ​”
  • “We are all on the bus leading to death.”

Censors quickly scrubbed the comments saved by FreeWeibo, a website that tracks comments blocked on China’s Twitter-like platform, Weibo.

According to Lin Gang, Guiyang’s deputy mayor, the bus was carrying 47 people who were under “medical observation” from Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou Province, to a remote county, Libo, when it overturned on a highway around 170 kilometers from its destination about 2:40 a.m. Sunday.

In addition to the deaths, 20 people were taken to the hospital. As of Wednesday, there was no word on their condition.

It remains unclear why people were being bused to quarantine centers in the middle of night, which violates China’s prohibition on the operation of long-distance commercial buses between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Although the city of Guiyang and Guizhou province have experienced a recent increase in COVID cases, Guiyang officials announced Sept. 16 that the city would achieve “societal zero-COVID” by Sept. 19, according to a report by Caixin, a Chinese business news outlet.

On Sept. 17, Guizhou authorities said on their official WeChat account that they were sending people who had tested positive elsewhere for quarantine because of limited resources in Guiyang, according to the official news site China Daily. At the time, 7,396 people had been transferred from the city, and 2,900 people were scheduled for transfer.

After the bus crash on Sept. 18, one of the passengers said officials identified all residents of her building for quarantine even though there were no reported cases, reported Caixin.

Unverified photos of the bus began circulating on Chinese social media showing the driver wearing a full hazmat suit with only his eyes uncovered. The photos generated a new round of anger and criticism of the zero-COVID policy.

“When will it stop?” was a slogan repeated on Weibo.

Trending topic

China continues to assume some of the strictest COVID-19 measures in the world, attempting to record zero cases by isolating those with confirmed infections and quarantining anyone who may have been exposed. China says the policy is necessary to keep its health system from being overwhelmed.

However, restrictions across the country have weighed heavily on the country’s economy and even led to food and medical shortages in Shanghai and other areas.

Response to the bus crash soared to be Weibo’s top trending topic Sunday afternoon, until it disappeared from the top 50 slots. Elsewhere online, authorities removed widely shared angry blog posts on the crash.

Municipal instructions on how to ride a bus safely, posted to Weibo by Guizhou police and fire departments, only drew more sharp criticism.

“[This is a] classic blurring of focus and shifting of responsibility,” said one comment retrieved from FreeWeibo by VOA Mandarin.

“Just don’t drive me around for quarantine,” said another.

A day after the crash, Guizhou Province officials announced on WeChat that an investigation is ongoing and three local officials had been suspended.

Guizhou recorded 188 new confirmed cases Tuesday, accounting for about 25% of all new cases in China, according to the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China. The province has been on high alert since the end of August when one new case was reported.

But since the beginning of the pandemic, official data show only two people have died of COVID in Guizhou, a province of 38 million people.

Worldwide, as of Sept. 21, there have been more than 6.5 million deaths attributed to COVID-19, with 15,149 of them in China and just over 1 million in the U.S., according to the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 tracker.

Across China, local officials are under intense pressure to contain any outbreaks ahead of the Communist Party’s congress next month, when President Xi is poised to secure his third term as China’s top leader.

Nine local officials in Guiyang were suspended earlier this month for failing to implement COVID policies properly.

“At this time, to strengthen the lockdown with the zero-COVID policy is to ensure stability and to ensure that there is no social unrest,” Kuan-Ting Chen, chief executive officer of Taiwan Nextgen Foundation, told VOA Mandarin. “So, in the future, at least until Party Congress begins, I think it will become more and more strict.”

Source: Voice of America

Annabelle Bexiga, éminente directrice de conseil d’administration et ancienne directrice informatique ayant figuré au Fortune 100, rejoint le conseil d’administration de Quantexa

LONDRES, 20 sept. 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Quantexa, un leader mondial spécialisé dans les solutions d’intelligence décisionnelle (ID) pour les secteurs public et privé, a annoncé aujourd’hui qu’Annabelle Bexiga rejoint son conseil d’administration. Mme Bexiga occupe actuellement le poste de directrice non exécutive pour DWS Group, Stonex Group (SNEX) et Triton International (TRTN). Avant d’occuper ses fonctions actuelles, elle était conseillère informatique chez Zoom, étant notamment chargée de collaborer avec ses équipes de développement et de marketing de produits. Elle a également établi et présidé le Conseil pour l’industrie des services financiers de Zoom.

Mme Bexiga possède 30 ans d’expérience dans le secteur des services financiers et 11 ans de service à divers postes de directrice informatique ayant figuré au Fortune 100. En tant que directrice du conseil d’administration, elle apporte à Quantexa ses connaissances opérationnelles, ainsi que son expérience en matière de direction et de conseil au sein de conseils d’administration publics, privés et à but non lucratif.

« Cet incroyable parcours d’apprentissage continu aux côtés de technologues brillants et de dirigeants courageux se poursuit par le biais de mon travail consultatif et au sein du conseil d’administration », a déclaré Mme Bexiga. « Je suis particulièrement ravie de rejoindre le conseil d’administration de Quantexa parce que ses membres comprennent qu’aujourd’hui, dans un environnement en rapide évolution, les entreprises doivent encourager une plus grande précision des décisions et de l’innovation en priorisant la technologie d’analyse et des données. L’équipe de Quantexa travaille pour aider les organisations à relever les principaux défis actuels en utilisant les données efficacement pour améliorer leurs opérations et les services qu’elles proposent à leurs clients. »

« L’expérience d’Annabelle comprend un ensemble diversifié d’activités au sein de sociétés telles que JPMorgan Chase, Zoom et AIG, ainsi qu’une expérience résidentielle mondiale à New York, Singapour, Tokyo et Boston », a déclaré Vishal Marria, PDG de Quantexa« Annabelle a apporté une contribution fantastique à Quantexa au cours des 2 dernières années en tant que conseillère pour notre entreprise et nous sommes donc ravis qu’elle rejoigne notre conseil d’administration. Son expérience correspond parfaitement à nos objectifs, notre culture, et nous sommes impatients d’intégrer son expertise pour aider nos clients à utiliser leurs données à grande échelle afin d’unifier leurs données, de gérer les risques, d’assurer la conformité et d’identifier les opportunités d’accroître l’efficacité. »

À PROPOS DE QUANTEXA
Quantexa est une société mondiale de logiciels de données et d’analyse pionnière dans l’intelligence décisionnelle contextuelle qui permet aux organisations de prendre des décisions opérationnelles fiables en rendant les données significatives. En utilisant les dernières avancées en matière de big data et d’IA, la plateforme de Quantexa met à jour les risques cachés et les nouvelles opportunités en fournissant une vue contextuelle et connectée des données internes et externes en un seul endroit. Elle résout des défis majeurs dans les domaines de la gestion des données, de la connaissance du client, de l’intelligence client, de la criminalité financière, des risques, de la fraude et de la sécurité, tout au long du cycle de vie client.

La plateforme d’intelligence décisionnelle contextuelle Quantexa améliore les performances opérationnelles avec une précision de plus de 90 % et une résolution de modèle analytique 60 fois plus rapide que les approches traditionnelles. Fondée en 2016, Quantexa compte désormais plus de 500 employés et des milliers d’utilisateurs travaillant avec des milliards de transactions et de points de données à travers le monde. La société possède des bureaux à Londres, New York, Boston, Washington DC, Bruxelles, Toronto, Singapour, Melbourne et Sydney. Pour tout complément d’information, veuillez contacter Quantexa ici ou suivez-nous sur LinkedIn.

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Annabelle Bexiga, distinta administradora e ex-CIO da Fortune-100, integra o conselho de administração da Quantexa

LONDRES, Sept. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A Quantexa, uma empresa líder mundial em soluções de Decision Intelligence (DI) para os setores público e privado, anunciou hoje que Annabelle Bexiga passará a integrar o seu conselho de administração. Annabelle desempenha atualmente as funções de diretora não executiva no DWS Group, no Stonex Group (SNEX) e na Triton International (TRTN). Antes das suas funções atuais, foi conselheira do CIO na Zoom, com especial atenção ao trabalho com as equipas de desenvolvimento de produtos e de marketing. Foi também responsável pela criação da comissão para o setor dos Serviços Financeiros da Zoom, à qual presidiu.

Annabelle tem 30 anos de experiência no setor dos serviços financeiros e 11 anos de experiência nas funções de CIO da Fortune-100. Enquanto administradora, Annabelle contribuirá para a Quantexa com os seus conhecimentos operacionais, bem como com a sua experiência de liderança e de aconselhamento em conselhos de administração públicos, privados e sem fins lucrativos.

“Este incrível percurso de aprendizagem contínuo com tecnólogos brilhantes e líderes corajosos continua com o meu trabalho como administradora e conselheira,” disse Annabelle. “Estou especialmente entusiasmada por me poder juntar ao conselho de administração da Quantexa pois eles compreendem verdadeiramente que hoje em dia, face à evolução rápida das circunstâncias, as empresas precisam de basear-se em dados e tecnologias analíticas para conseguirem maior precisão nas decisões e na inovação. A equipa da Quantexa está a trabalhar para ajudar as organizações a resolver os grandes desafios da atualidade associados à utilização eficaz dos dados para melhorar as suas operações e os serviços que prestam aos seus clientes.”

“A carreira da Annabelle inclui um conjunto diversificado de responsabilidades de negócio em empresas como a JPMorgan Chase, a Zoom e a AIG, bem como experiência global residencial em Nova Iorque, Singapura, Tóquio e Boston,” afirmou Vishal Marria, CEO da Quantexa“A Annabelle deu uma contribuição fantástica à Quantexa ao longo dos últimos 2 anos, trabalhando como consultora da nossa empresa, por isso estamos entusiasmados com o facto de ela passar a pertencer ao nosso conselho de administração. A sua experiência alinha-se bem com os nossos objetivos, a nossa cultura, e esperamos conseguir incorporar os seus conhecimentos para ajudar os nossos clientes a usarem os seus dados à escala, a unificarem os seus dados, a gerir os riscos, a assegurar conformidade e a identificar oportunidades de eficiência.”

SOBRE A QUANTEXA
A Quantexa é uma empresa global de dados e software analítico pioneira em Contextual Decision Intelligence que capacita as organizações para tomarem decisões operacionais fiáveis através da atribuição de significado aos dados. Utilizando os mais recentes desenvolvimentos de Big Data e IA, a plataforma Quantexa identifica riscos ocultos e novas oportunidades ao proporcionar uma visão contextual e interligada dos dados internos e externos num único local. Resolve os grandes desafios nos campos da gestão de dados, KYC, informações sobre clientes, crime financeiro, risco, fraude e segurança, ao longo do ciclo de vida completo dos clientes.

A plataforma de Contextual Decision Intelligence da Quantexa melhora o desempenho operacional com uma melhoria de precisão de mais de 90% e com uma resolução do modelo analítico 60 vezes mais rápida do que a das abordagens tradicionais. Fundada em 2016, a Quantexa tem agora mais de 500 empregados e milhares de utilizadores a trabalhar com milhares de milhões de transações e pontos de dados em todo o mundo. A empresa tem escritórios em Londres, Nova Iorque, Boston, Washington DC, Bruxelas, Toronto, Singapura, Melbourne e Sydney. Para mais informações, contacte a Quantexa aqui ou siga-nos no LinkedIn.

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