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Huawei Releases Exploring the Intelligent World Series Reports

At the recently concluded Huawei Connect 2024 global event held
in Shanghai Huawei released a set of reports on exploring the in-
telligent world. The reports provide references for the development
of the ICT industry. David Wang, Huawei’s Executive Director of the
Board and Chairman of the ICT Infrastructure Managing Board, said
in his speech, “The digital and intelligent revolution will redefine all
economic activities, including production, distribution, exchange,
and consumption. This will enable the digital economy to become
a major engine of global economic growth. ICT infrastructure is a
key cornerstone of the digital economy. Huawei will continue to
promote the innovation of key technologies, including connectiv-
ity, cloud computing, and AI, and will work together with industry
players to seize new opportunities and create a new era of a thriv-
ing digital economy.” Jeffrey Zhou, President of ICT Marketing at
Huawei, gave an overall briefing on Huawei’s latest achievements
in exploring the intelligent world and released the new Intelligent
World 2030 and Striding Towards the Intelligent World reports.
The Intelligent World 2030 describes Huawei’s outlooks for the fu- new type of intelligent infrastructure for numerous industries. We
ture ICT industry, including future scenarios, industry spaces, and will continue working with our partners to provide high-quality en-
technological characteristics. The Striding Towards the Intelligent terprise connectivity, help break down data siloes, jointly develop
World provides innovation paths for ICT industry development. The enterprise AI solutions, and accelerate AI application in industries.”
Global Digitalization Index (GDI) measures the impact of ICT in- Yang discussed the last set of offerings during his speech: Ascend
dustry maturity on the economy. Zhou said, “In the era of the digi- AI hardware and software products that partners can combine with
tal economy, data is becoming a key factor in the development of their own different-sized models to develop out-of-the-box, scenar-
the digital economy. Continuous innovation in digital infrastructure io-based enterprise AI solutions. These offerings include AI frame-
is needed to balance the supply and demand of data. Ubiquitous works, fine-tuning kits, toolchains, and inference engines. Over 20
connectivity serves as the main artery of the digital economy. A partners have already used these offerings to develop more than
strong digital foundation will enable the development of the dig- 100 enterprise AI solutions for different scenarios. At the optical
ital economy and green energy will become its engine. We hope summit themed “Accelerate F5G-A, Amplify Intelligence”, Huawei
that the Exploring the Intelligent World Series Reports will provide also launched new F5G Advanced (F5G-A) products based on the
countries with quantitative data to inform their decision-making “3 In, 3 Out” trends, with an aim to boost industrial intelligence.
and contribute to a prosperous digital economy around the world.” Huawei also released an intelligent gas leakage detection product
In his keynote speech, “Unleashing Intelligence with New Infra- — OptiXsense ES100 — based on spectral sensing technologies to
structure,” Huawei’s Director of the Board and President of ICT ensure urban gas safety. Huawei’s solution improves the precision
Products & Solutions Yang Chaobin said: “Huawei is committed by 40%, prolongs the service life by 50%, and eliminates the need
to providing the ICT products and technologies needed to build a to replace batteries in 3 years.

Microsoft Restructures to Offer AI Transparency

In a presentation, Microsoft explained it had restructured how it will come in at between $27.6 billion and $28 billion, up from a
will report financial results for some business units, with revenue previous range of $20.3 billion to $20.6 billion. Intelligent Cloud
from AI and voice-based technology services now falling under its is now expected to drop from a range of $28.6 billion to $28.9
Productivity and Business Processes segment, which also includes billion to between $23.8 billion and $24.1 billion. Reuters reported
the Office suite of apps. Previously, AI came under its Intelligent Microsoft is one of the few big technology companies to break
Cloud division. Meanwhile, search and news advertising revenue out its AI earnings and it, along with Google, is beginning to face
will now be reported within its Azure unit. Microsoft explained the pressure from investors to show big bets in the technology will bear
move has been made to ensure its reporting structure reflects how fruit. Notably, technology investor Elliott Management earlier this
its businesses are managed. As a result, the company revised its month claimed AI was overhyped, with many touted applications
unit forecasts for fiscal Q1 2025, covering the three-month period not ready for commercial use.
ending 30 September 2024. Revenue from its productivity segment

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