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provide competitive financial ICT products not only is applicable to the interface Financial Services Industry Over the past 10
and solutions that span multiple domains, that connects with client, but also to the years, Huawei has accumulated extensive
and collaborate with various partners for internal operations and collaborations with experience globally. Particularly in China
joint innovation. We believe that financial partners. Supporting this mobile-centric market, Huawei has gained experience in
institutions that are ready to go digital will business will require new IT architectures leading banks' transformation and thriving
probably see greater success." Adhering to and key capabilities of 5G, AI and cloud. As in the mobile App era. Notably, the banking
the "mobile first" principle to achieve smart a leader of these technologies, Huawei has sector has taken a series of measures to
experience is the foundation for financial unique advantages that supports the cloud ensure business continuity in different
institutions' customer-centric business transformation of financial institutions, stages of the pandemic. In the post-
strategies, said Jason Cao, President of builds new connecting capabilities, and pandemic era, banks need to proactively
Global Financial Services Business Unit, helps financial institutions improve their reflect on their business model and prepare
Enterprise BG, Huawei. "We do believe agility and innovation capabilities," he for any uncertainties in order to ensure an
that the mobile capability will be the core explained. The Transformation Experience agile business moving forward.
of the future of the banking industry. It of Banks in China Empowers the Global

Global Tech Community Recognizes Huawei’s Continued Research and

Development Gains

Huawei announced that its innovative products and solutions have center switch, the industry's highest-density 400 GE line card
won eight awards, including five grand awards, at the iconic ‘Best for data centers in the AI era.
of Show Awards’ held during Interop Tokyo 2020, the largest and • Grand Prize in Server and Storage: Huawei's next-generation
most prestigious ICT exhibition in Japan and overall ICT industry. all-flash storage OceanStor Dorado 8000/18000 V6, oriented
Each year, hundreds of solutions are reviewed by the panel of to core production and transaction scenarios, and continuously
judges made up of authoritative industry experts and university setting performance, reliability, and intelligence benchmarks.
professors, after which they select the most innovative products • Grand Prize in IoT: Huawei edge computing gateway AR502H.
and solutions that have the most cutting-edge technologies • Grand Prize in Facility: The eMIMO edge computing facility
and highest commercial value. The awards received at Interop solution.
Tokyo in 2020, and in the years preceding it, show the industry’s • In the AI category, the industry-leading Atlas 900 AI cluster is
recognition of Huawei's emphasis on innovation and quality, and is the only award-winning product.
a reflection of its long-term strategic investment in R&D to provide • Special Prize in Enterprise IT: Huawei 5G AR NetEngine AR6000.
customers with competitive, innovative, unique ICT products and • Special Prize in Network Infrastructure: Huawei OptiXtrans
solutions through core technological innovation. The conference DC908, an intelligent Data Center Interconnect (DCI) product
showcased the most advanced technological innovation and with a single-fiber capacity of 88 Tbit/s and AI-enabled O&M.
practices in the industry, and gathered together leading solutions
in multiple fields, including AI, IoT, edge computing, and the
industrial Internet. Demonstrating its "open, collaborative, and
mutually beneficial" cooperation with partners, Huawei also
showcased a brand new digital intelligent ecosystem and its
relevant application cases, including 14 products and solutions at
Interop Tokyo 2020. These cutting-edge offerings ably illustrated
Huawei's capabilities to comprehensively promote rapid digital
and intelligent development in the ICT field. With continuous
investment in new ICT technologies and ecosystems, and with
the ongoing accumulation of global service experience, Huawei
is gaining trust from an increasing number of industry-leading
enterprises. To date, over 700 cities and 228 Fortune Global 500
companies — including 58 in the top 100 — have chosen Huawei
as their digital transformation partner.
Huawei received the following awards at Interop Tokyo 2020:
• Grand Prize in Network Infrastructure: OptiXtrans OSN 9800
M12, the industry's first super C-band transmission product.
• Grand Prize in Cloud Infrastructure: CloudEngine 16800 data

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