1300 MWh ! Huawei remporte un contrat pour le plus grand projet de stockage d’énergie au monde

DUBAÏ, E.A.U., 19 octobre 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Huawei Digital Power a terminé son Sommet mondial sur l’économie numérique 2021 à Dubaï, Émirats arabes unis, avec plus de 500 participants venant de 67 pays différents, le 16 octobre. Lors du sommet, Huawei Digital Power a signé un contrat clé avec SEPCOIII pour le projet de la mer rouge avec une solution photovoltaïque de 400 MW et une solution de stockage d’énergie par batterie (BESS) de 1300 MWh, qui est actuellement le plus grand projet de stockage d’énergie au monde. Les deux parties coopéreront pour aider l’Arabie saoudite à construire un centre mondial d’énergie propre et d’économie verte.

Ce projet de stockage d’énergie hors réseau de 1300 MWh est le plus grand de sa catégorie au monde et représente une étape importante dans le secteur mondial du stockage d’énergie.

Le projet de la mer Rouge figure parmi les projets clés du plan Vision 2030 de l’Arabie saoudite. Son promoteur est ACWA Power, et l’entrepreneur général de l’EPC est SEPCOIII. Située sur la côte de la mer Rouge, NEOM est également connue comme la ville du futur, entièrement alimentée par des énergies renouvelables. Elle sera à l’origine d’un nouveau mode de vie et d’une nouvelle croissance économique, alors que les ressources telles que le pétrole s’épuisent de plus en plus.

Comptant plus de 10 ans d’expérience dans la recherche et le développement de systèmes de stockage d’énergie et plus de 8 GWh d’applications de systèmes de stockage d’énergie, Huawei Digital Power s’engage à intégrer la technologie de l’information numérique aux technologies photovoltaïques et de stockage d’énergie pour construire un système de stockage d’énergie plus efficace, plus stable et plus sûr en utilisant des conceptions de type string, intelligentes et modulaires, afin d’aider le photovoltaïque à devenir la principale source d’énergie et à construire un avenir vert et brillant.

À propos de Huawei

Fondé en 1987, Huawei est l’un des principaux fournisseurs mondiaux d’infrastructures de technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC), et d’appareils intelligents. Nous comptons plus de 197 000 employés et sommes présents dans plus de 170 pays et régions au service de plus de trois milliards de personnes dans le monde.

Notre vision et notre mission sont d’offrir le numérique à chaque personne, foyer et entreprise pour un monde entièrement connecté et intelligent. À cette fin, nous favoriserons une connectivité omniprésente et l’égalité d’accès aux réseaux ; nous intégrerons l’intelligence artificielle et le Cloud aux quatre coins du monde pour fournir une puissance de calcul supérieure là où vous en avez besoin, quand vous en avez besoin ; nous créerons des plateformes numériques pour aider tous les secteurs et toutes les entreprises à devenir plus agiles, efficaces et dynamiques ; nous redéfinirons l’expérience utilisateur avec l’IA, en la rendant plus personnalisée pour les individus dans tous les aspects de leur vie, qu’ils soient à la maison, au bureau ou en déplacement. Pour plus d’informations, rendez-vous sur le site Web de Huawei à l’adresse suivante : www.huawei.com. Vous pouvez également nous suivre sur les réseaux sociaux :

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Bill Wang from Huawei: Building an All-Optical Target Network Can Drive Continuous Business Value Growth

DUBAI, UAE, Oct. 19, 2021 Today, the 7th Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF2021) is opened in Dubai. In the agenda of the first day, Bill Wang, Vice President of Huawei’s Optical Product Line, delivered a keynote speech. He pointed out that in addition to benefits in energy saving and rate improvement, all-optical target networks also accelerate the digital transformation of various industries, bring premium service experience, and generate higher business values.

Bill Wang, Vice President of Huawei Optical Product Line, delivering a keynote speech

Global operators continuously increase investment in optical fibers, improve broadband quality, and develop services such as FTTR and OTN premium private lines to increase the revenue from fixed networks. As a fundamental element of green and smart cities, all-optical target networks have gradually become an industry consensus.

However, in the process of building all-optical target networks for smart cities, operators still face difficulties such as high costs, slow service provisioning, and difficult management in FTTH ODN construction. In addition, device deployment, network evolution, and new service development also represent pressing concerns.

Bill Wang, Vice President of Huawei’s Optical Product Line, said: “To solve these problems, Huawei has released the DQ ODN and Edge OTN series products. These products have been designed to help operators quickly build all-optical target networks that are visible and manageable from end to end, greatly reduce operator O&M costs, and provide a high-speed entrance to the digital world for various industries and households. They can help operators expand the enterprise market, improve home broadband experience, reduce costs, and increase revenue.

DQ ODN is a solution that implements plug-and-play, scanning for resource visualization, and one-click O&M through pre-connection, intelligent image recognition, and optical iris technologies. With this solution, operators can quickly build an all-optical target network that is visible and manageable from end to end. Specifically, the solution has the following features:

  • The pre-connection technology with low insertion loss is used to adapt to multiple outdoor and indoor network solutions. It supports all-scenario network construction without splicing, greatly reducing the ODN construction difficulty, improving the construction efficiency by 70%, reducing the TTM by 30%, and reducing the TCO by 15%.
  • Intelligent image recognition and the industry’s first optical iris technology are used to automatically identify key feature changes of optical signals after they pass through ODN links, and perform big data modeling and analysis on the network management platform. In this way, the ODN link topology and resources can be accurately managed in a visualized manner, and the long-term resource accuracy can reach 100%. In addition, this solution can work with Huawei’s service provisioning and fault locating platform to implement fast service provisioning and accurate fault locating, greatly reducing O&M costs for operators.

Edge OTN is a full-scenario and full-service integrated bearer platform. It supports indoor and outdoor cabinets and OLT/BBU co-cabinet deployment, adapts to installation in all cabinets, and meets the requirements of high-speed energy-saving transmission at integrated access sites.

  • Blade-OXC based on LCoS optical switching enhancement supports one slot for one optical direction, reducing space usage by 75%. The products are compact and flexible, and can be deployed in various scenarios.
  • Thanks to the silicon photonics technology, the size and power consumption are reduced by more than 60%. In addition, the capacity is increased by five times.
  • The Liquid OTN technology is used to support OSU slicing, 2M to 100G service access, on-demand hitless bandwidth adjustment, and ultra-low latency, providing premium connections for various industries.

Highly integrated edge OTN devices can be easily co-sited with OLTs, extending premium optical connections to each organization. Large enterprises can use the OTN P2P private line solution to achieve premium E2E connections. For a large number of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Huawei launches the innovative OTN P2MP solution to help them quickly improve connection quality. The solution also helps operators expand the private line market space.

In his speech, Bill Wang also said that all-optical networks can be further applied to industries to promote digital transformation and build a secure, efficient, and experience-guaranteed all-optical base for smart cities. Optical fibers can be extended to factories and machines. All-optical networks can provide premium connections with anti-interference, high bandwidth, and low latency. When used in hospitals, optical networks can ensure massive data transmission to support telemedicine.

Finally, Bill Wang said that all-optical networks are the main contributor to the growth of home broadband and enterprise service revenue. All-optical networks will further enrich our life and work and promote digital transformation. Ubiquitous optical connections will bring infinite possibilities.

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Huawei Kevin Hu: Intelligent Cloud-Network Inspires New Growth

DUBAI, UAE, Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — At the 7th Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF 2021), Kevin Hu, President of Huawei’s Data Communication Product Line, introduced four new features of Huawei’s Intelligent Cloud-Network Solution and all-scenario NetEngine series intelligent routers, providing differentiated cloud-network convergence service capabilities and accelerating digital transformation for industries.

Digitalization has become a global development trend, with more than 50 countries and regions, including China, the Middle East, and the European Union, having already released their own digital strategies. Consequently, digitalization is driving profound changes in the lifestyle, production, and governance of every person, home, and organization.

Kevin Hu, President of Huawei's Data Communication Product Line, delivered the keynote speech

According to Hu, digitalization, while enhancing convenience and driving positive transformation, also introduces many challenges to existing networks. For example, due to the limited space inside a CO equipment room, it is difficult for existing nodes to provide comprehensive service processing capabilities. The fixed homing relationships between resources and networks make it challenging to flexibly schedule inter-DC traffic. The hybrid service operations of existing networks are ill-equipped to meet today’s differentiated service requirements.

To address the network challenges facing customers during digital transformation, Huawei introduced its Intelligent Cloud-Network Solution featuring four new capabilities — all-service super edge CO, tenant-level hard slicing, SRv6-powered network programmability, and cloud-network integration. This solution maximizes the value of operator network resources and the complementary advantages of the cloud and network, helping operators build a DICT service architecture that features cloud-network integration. Specifically, these four new capabilities offer the following:

  • All-service super edge CO: The NetEngine 8000 M series devices provide multi-service processing capabilities that are originally provided by different devices, such as BRAS, CGN, IPsec, and SR. In this way, a CO can provide services for home, mobile, and enterprise users, opening up new business growth space while reducing the TCO incurred by such factors as equipment room rental and electricity fees, and ultimately improving FMC network service capabilities.
  • Tenant-level hard slicing: The NetEngine A800 series intelligent access router provides a number of slicing advantages. For example, it provides multiple types of services while ensuring physical-level isolation between them and deterministic service SLAs. It supports tenant-level hierarchical slicing, which can be used for over 1000 services and applications, ensuring refined service assurance, and doubling the monetization capability. Its elastic slice scaling and minute-level lossless dynamic capacity expansion allow network resources to be adjusted based on customer service requirements, achieving zero waste of network resources, and improving bandwidth utilization by more than 30%. The “one-box-for-multi-service capability” significantly simplifies enterprise networks and reduces TCO by 40%.
  • SRv6-powered network programmability: SRv6 service chaining is used to enable flexible network programming based on services, implementing integrated orchestration of multiple services and providing additional value-added service types. SRv6 Policies support real-time path selection, optimal latency, and differentiated experience assurance. Enterprises can access clouds with just one hop and within a single day, dramatically speeding up service provisioning.
  • Cloud-network integration: Network as a Service is the highlight. Through cloud-oriented simplified APIs, the integration workload of the OSS and BSS domains is reduced by more than 80%, more than 10 cloud SPs are pre-integrated, and more than 20 OSS/BSS domain vendors are interconnected. In this way, cloud-network services with visualized network-wide status can be quickly provisioned for customers, and services can be flexibly adjusted to provide differentiated DICT options.

At the conference, Kevin Hu also introduced the NetEngine series intelligent routers for all scenarios, helping operators build intelligent cloud-networks in the digital era. These devices include intelligent cloud access routers (NetEngine A800 series), all-service aggregation routers (NetEngine 8000 M series), and intelligent backbone routers (NetEngine 8000 X16).

In the digital wave currently sweeping the world, cloud-network convergence is rapidly upgrading and evolving with the times, presenting both an opportunity and a challenge for operators and Huawei. In the future, Huawei will continue working with operators to address these challenges and build IPv6+ intelligent cloud-networks in an effort to inject new momentum into the digital transformation of industries.

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Peng Song, Huawei : exploiter le modèle C.A.F. pour étendre la connectivité et insuffler une nouvelle dynamique de croissance

DUBAÏ, Émirats arabes unis, le 19 octobre 2021 Le 7e Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF 2021) s’est ouvert aujourd’hui à Dubaï. Lors de cet évènement, Peng Song, Président du service Marketing et ventes de solutions de Global Carrier chez Huawei, a prononcé un discours introductif intitulé « Extend Connectivity, Drive Growth » (Étendre la connectivité, stimuler la croissance). Il a défini et élaboré le modèle Coverage/Architecture/Fusion (C.A.F.) de Huawei. Peng Song a notamment déclaré : « La connectivité doit être à l’épreuve des exigences présentes mais aussi futures. Or, il sera essentiel d’asseoir la force concurrentielle de la connectivité en se basant sur le modèle C.A.F. pour générer de la croissance à l’avenir. »

Peng Song delivering the keynote speech

Peng Song prononçant son discours introductif

Comme l’affirme Peng Song, l’année passée a été riche en défis, mais aussi en opportunités. Les besoins en matière de connectivité connaissent des évolutions considérables, aussi bien pour les familles que pour les entreprises : les domiciles sont devenus des lieux d’éducation, de travail et de commerce. Du point de vue de la connectivité, les entreprises ne s’intéressent plus seulement à la bande passante. La connectivité en entreprise a délaissé les technologies de communication (TC) au profit des technologies opérationnelles (TO). L’extension et la convergence de la connectivité sont les nouveaux chevaux de bataille. Alors que les pays du monde entier accélèrent la numérisation et que les sociétés redéfinissent la valeur de la connectivité, comment les opérateurs peuvent-ils tirer le meilleur parti de cette connectivité et insuffler une nouvelle dynamique de croissance ?

Selon Peng Song, la clé se trouve dans le modèle C.A.F., pour « Couverture », « Fusion » et « Architecture ».

Couverture : ce domaine explore la façon dont la connectivité peut satisfaire les nouvelles exigences et générer une valeur commerciale à partir des fondements actuels. Les besoins en matière de connectivité évoluent au sein des foyers comme des entreprises. Lorsqu’ils auront accès à une plus grande couverture, les opérateurs devront étendre la connectivité à chaque pièce, chaque appareil et chaque système de production en entreprise. Cela se traduira par l’augmentation du nombre de connexions, de la fidélité des utilisateurs et, à terme, des opportunités commerciales.

Dans le contexte familial, Peng Song a mis en avant deux points. Le premier consiste à utiliser la planification du réseau de fibres complet et les solutions AirPON et Digital Quick ODN de pointe de Huawei pour accélérer la couverture de la fibre optique. Le second concerne la création d’un point d’entrée numérique dans les foyers grâce à la fibre jusqu’à la pièce (Fibre-to-the-Room, FTTR), afin de permettre le développement de services intelligents.

En entreprise, Peng Song a souligné que des SLA de lignes privées devaient être respectés afin de fournir des services différentiés. De manière plus significative, la connectivité doit être étendue dans les entreprises, de façon à transformer les lignes privées en réseaux privés. Cette solution permettra de résoudre de nombreux problèmes auxquels sont confrontées les entreprises traditionnelles, comme les problèmes de contrôle de PLC à distance pour les entreprises de sidérurgie ou encore de localisation des défaillances dans les exploitations minières. En définitive, cela permettra d’améliorer la productivité des entreprises comme l’expérience utilisateur.

Fusion : cet aspect explore comment la connectivité prépare le futur de la numérisation. La numérisation constitue la plus grande opportunité pour le secteur des TIC. Autrefois simple concept, elle est aujourd’hui une réalité. S’il est indéniable que le cloud est au cœur de la numérisation, la connectivité joue également un rôle essentiel. D’après Peng Song, la « fusion » est cruciale, car la connectivité doit être centrée sur le cloud afin d’encourager l’adoption de ce dernier par les entreprises. C’est pourquoi la connectivité et le cloud doivent faire l’objet d’une convergence. Les opérateurs peuvent jouer un rôle majeur en ce sens.

Au cours de la première phase de la fusion, « la connectivité doit être centrée sur le cloud ». Dans ce cadre, trois mots clés sont essentiels : la « rapidité », qui implique de construire un CPE intelligent côté entreprise pour permettre un accès rapide au cloud ; l’« interconnexion multi-cloud », qui nécessite d’activer le SRv6 sur le réseau backbone afin de permettre un accès multi-cloud avec une seule connexion ; et enfin, le « déterminisme », qui se rapporte à la fourniture de segments de réseau côté transport en vue d’apporter un haut niveau de certitude.

Au cours de la deuxième phase de la fusion, le point central réside dans l’équation connectivité + cloud + écosystème. Il s’agit de la partie la plus délicate, mais aussi de celle générant le plus de valeur. Cette opération nécessite la décomposition et l’ouverture du réseau afin de mettre en œuvre une planification du réseau dans le cloud et une planification du cloud basée sur le réseau.

Architecture : cette dimension aborde le type d’architecture réseau nécessaire pour réussir à court et long terme. Peng Song a mis en exergue trois exigences sous-tendant l’évolution du réseau : adopter le mode Spine-Leaf afin de rendre l’architecture réseau plus flexible ; miser sur des technologies comme l’OXC et la conversion cuivre-vers-optique pour rendre les services de réseau plus écologiques ; et enfin l’automatisation, capable d’optimiser les coûts d’exploitation et de maintenance. Les efforts continus de Huawei pour explorer de nouvelles technologies, comme l’OXC, le SRv6 et l’ADN, ont renforcé les bases de cette architecture.

« Les actions sont des fruits, tandis que les mots ne sont que des feuilles » a ajouté Peng Song, concluant ainsi son discours sur ce proverbe arabe. « En dépit de l’environnement difficile dans lequel nous évoluons, nous continuerons de nous concentrer sur l’innovation dans le secteur des technologies de connectivité et d’aider les opérateurs à connaître un succès durable », a-t-il affirmé.

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UBBF 2021: Network Infrastructure Construction Fuels Industry Development — A New Consensus

DUBAI, UAE, Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The 7th Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF 2021), jointly hosted by the UN Broadband Commission and Huawei, officially opened today in Dubai. As the world’s largest summit in the fixed network field, this year’s UBBF focuses on the theme “Extend Connectivity, Drive Growth”. At the event, leading global operators and equipment vendors exchanged ideas on a wide array of topics — including network infrastructure construction, regional digital economy, successful solution application, and expansion of industry growth space. They also shared best practices and discussed how to deepen business cooperation.

Ryan Ding, Executive Director of the Board and President of the Carrier Business Group, Huawei, spoke at UBBF 2021.

This year’s UBBF takes place over two days, during which several keynote speeches and sessions focused on fixed networks are held simultaneously. Professionals from governments, enterprises, operators, and academia discussed and exchanged ideas relating to the current status of ultra-broadband network development and the new challenges faced, while also sharing related insights and success stories.

“Connectivity is more than just an expansion of functions; more importantly, it is an emotional bond,” said Ryan Ding, Executive Director and President of the Carrier Business Group, Huawei, in his speech. “More than 170 years ago, the world’s first submarine cable was laid, sending the first communication signal across the ocean. This was a huge step forward for humanity. About 20 years ago, connection speeds exceeded 32 Kbps, and video began to surpass text as the major form of traffic, allowing us to communicate like never before,” he added. He also stated that connectivity “makes the world a better place.”

The value of connectivity is being redefined by society, and industry development is ramping up. In his speech, Peng Song, President of the Global Carrier Marketing & Solution Sales Dept at Huawei, defined and elaborated on Huawei’s Coverage/Architecture/Fusion (C.A.F) model. Peng highlighted how connectivity should be extended inside every home and every enterprise, and converge with the cloud to “meet both present and future requirements”. Building the competitiveness of connectivity based on the C.A.F model is the key to new growth.”

  • Coverage: Connectivity extending to each room will significantly improve the value of home broadband. The ever-changing demands of homes and enterprises require operators to extend connectivity to every room, every device, and every enterprise production system, and transform private lines to private networks once broader coverage becomes available. This will grow the number of connections, increase user stickiness, and ultimately create more business opportunities.
  • Architecture: Network architecture is the cornerstone for business success both now and in the future. Future-oriented new architecture requires more elastic networks, greener services, and lower OPEX. Huawei will continue to explore new technologies — such as OXC, SRv6, and ADN — to strengthen the foundation of architecture.
  • Fusion: Connectivity will bring huge opportunities. Building network competitiveness based on the C.A.F model is critical for operators. Digitalization is the biggest opportunity for the ICT industry. It has evolved from being a concept to a practice. It is undeniable that cloud is the core of digitalization, but connectivity also plays a key role. Without connectivity, “cloud would become nothing but a large data island.” According to Peng, “Fusion” is important because connectivity needs to be cloud-centric and help enterprises migrate to cloud. Connectivity and cloud need to be converged. Operators can play a big role in this process.

Kevin Hu, President of Huawei’s Data Communication Product Line, explained that digitalization, while enhancing convenience, also introduced many challenges to existing networks. For example, due to the limited space inside a CO equipment room, it is difficult for existing nodes to provide comprehensive service processing capabilities. The fixed homing relationships between resources and networks make it challenging to flexibly schedule inter-DC traffic. The hybrid service operations of existing networks are ill-equipped to meet today’s differentiated service requirements. To address the network challenges facing customers during digital transformation, Huawei introduced its Intelligent Cloud-Network Solution featuring four new capabilities — all-service super edge CO, tenant-level hard slicing, SRv6-powered network programmability, and cloud-network integration. This solution maximizes the value of operator network resources and the complementary advantages of the cloud and network, helping operators build a DICT service architecture that features cloud-network integration.

At the conference, Kevin Hu also introduced the NetEngine series intelligent routers for all scenarios, helping operators build intelligent cloud-networks in the digital era. These devices include intelligent cloud access routers (NetEngine A800 series), all-service aggregation routers (NetEngine 8000 M series), and intelligent backbone routers (NetEngine 8000 X16).

Currently, Global operators are continuously increasing their investment in optical fibers, improving broadband quality, and developing services such as FTTR and OTN premium private lines to boost revenue from fixed networks. As a fundamental element of green and smart cities, all-optical target networks have gradually become an industry consensus. However, in the process of building all-optical target networks for smart cities, operators still face difficulties such as high costs, slow service provisioning, and difficult management of FTTH ODN construction. In addition, device deployment, network evolution, and new service development also represent pressing concerns.

At the conference, Bill Wang, Vice President of Huawei Optical Product Line, said, “To overcome these challenges, Huawei has launched the Digital QuickODN (DQ ODN) and Edge OTN series products. These products have been designed to help operators quickly build all-optical target networks that are visible and manageable from end to end, greatly reduce operator O&M costs, and provide a high-speed entrance to the digital world for various industries and households. They can help operators expand the enterprise market, improve home broadband experience, reduce costs, and increase revenue.

At the conference, the following notable speakers delivered keynote speeches and shared their insights and successful application cases of Huawei solutions and products in the fixed network domain: Doreen Bogdan-Martin (Director of ITU’s Telecommunications Development Bureau), Bocar A. BA (CEO of SAMENA Telecommunications Council), Ricardo Varzielas (CFO of MTN GlobalConnect), Per Morten Torvildsen (Chairman of the Board of GlobalConnect), Bader Abdullah Allhieb (Vice President of STC’s Infrastructure Department), Alaa A. Malki (CTO of Mobily Etihad Etisalat), and Waqar Mahmood (CTO of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan).

In 2014, to promote the sustainable development of the global ultra-broadband fixed network industry, Huawei launched the Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF) with the Broadband Commission (jointly established by ITU and UNESCO) and top regional operators. The forum aims to build a high-level dialogue platform focusing on ultra-broadband experience sharing, cross-industry cooperation, and promotion of the entire industry, in order to unleash the potential of ultra-broadband and benefit operators, consumers, and content providers.

UBBF has been successfully held each year since its inception in 2014, and has become the most important event leading the development of the ultra-broadband industry.

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Huawei Peng Song: C.A.F Model Is Key to Building Network Competitiveness and Driving Growth

DUBAI, UAE, Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The 7th Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF 2021) opened today in Dubai. At the event, Peng Song, President of Global Carrier Marketing & Solution Sales at Huawei, delivered a keynote speech titled “Extend Connectivity, Drive Growth”. He defined and elaborated Huawei’s C.A.F (Coverage Architecture Fusion) model. Peng highlighted that “There are huge opportunities for connectivity. It is key for operators to build network competitiveness based on the CAF model.”

Peng Song delivering the keynote speech

The past year has been full of both challenges and opportunities. The demands for connectivity are undergoing tremendous changes for both homes and enterprises. Homes have become centers for education, work, and trade. Enterprises no longer just focus on bandwidth for connectivity. Enterprise connectivity has changed from a communication technology (CT) to an operational technology (OT). Extendingconnectivity and converging with cloud becomes the main subjects related to connectivity. Today, countries around the world are accelerating digitalization, and the value of connectivity has been redefined. How can operators help accelerate the digitalization of industries, maximize the value of connectivity, and achieve new growth?

According to Peng, the C.A.F model is the key — “C” stands for coverage, “F” for fusion, and “A” for architecture.

Coverage: Explores that presently how we can extend connectivity to homes and enterprises to meet new demands and achieve business value. The demands for connectivity are changing in both homes and enterprises. Once broader coverage becomes available, operators need to extend connectivity to every room, every device, and every production system in enterprises. This will grow the number of connections, increase user stickiness, and ultimately create more business opportunities.

In home scenarios, Peng suggested two ways to extend connectivity to homes. One is to use Huawei’s full-service fiber grid planning and industry-leading AirPON and Digital Quick ODN solutions to accelerate fiber coverage and extend fiber to homes. The other is from FTTH (Fiber to the Home) to FTTR (Fiber to the Room), further extending fiber to rooms for home networking. This will bring experience beyond our imagination. While increasing user stickiness, more importantly it provides a foothold in the digital home, making it possible to develop smart services.

In enterprise scenarios, Peng emphasized that leased lines need to provide differentiated offerings to stay competitive. More importantly, connectivity needs to be extended inside enterprises from CT to OT. In this way, many problems faced by enterprises can be solved like the remote PLC control in Iron & Steel companies. This will result in enhanced production efficiency and user experience.

Fusion: Explores that in the future how connectivity can converge with cloud and enable digitalization. Digitalization is the biggest opportunity for the ICT industry. It is no longer a concept, but a reality. Undoubtedly, cloud is at the core of digitalization, but connectivity also plays a key role. According to Peng, “Fusion” is important, because connectivity needs to be cloud-centric and help enterprises migrate to cloud. Connectivity and cloud need to be converged. Operators can play a big role in this process.

In his speech, Peng mentioned two phases about fusion. In the first phase, connectivity needs to be cloud-centric. Three key words are involved in this phase: “quick” refers to deploying the intelligent cloud terminal on the enterprise side to achieve fast cloud access; “multi-cloud interconnection” involves enabling SRv6 in the backbone networks to implement multi-cloud access through a single connection; “deterministic” means providing network slicing capabilities to stay deterministic.

In the second phase, connectivity should converge with cloud, and build an ecosystem. This is the most challenging part, but also the most valuable part. It requires atomization and openness of the network capabilities to implement network selecting cloud, and cloud scheduling network.

Architecture: Explores the characteristics of network architecture required to achieve present and future business success. Peng emphasized that to facilitate network evolution, the spine-leaf mode is required to make the network architecture more flexible. And technologies such as PON and OXC are required to make network services greener. Autonomous Driving Network need to be introduced to optimize the OPEX in terms of O&M. Huawei’s continuous efforts in exploring new technologies — such as OXC, SRv6, and ADN — have strengthened the foundation of the architecture.

Peng ended his keynote speech by quoting this Arabic proverb: “Actions are fruits, while words are but leaves. Despite the harsh environment we are facing, Huawei is continuing to focus on innovation in connectivity technologies. We will continue to play our part and support our customers to achieve business success both now and in the future.”

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Adagio Therapeutics Announces New In Vitro Data Highlighting Broad and Potent Neutralization of ADG20 Against All Known SARS-CoV-2 Variants

Data to be presented at the 2021 ISIRV-WHO Virtual Conference

WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Adagio Therapeutics, Inc., (Nasdaq: ADGI) a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of antibody-based solutions for infectious diseases with pandemic potential, today announced new in vitro data demonstrating retained neutralizing activity of its monoclonal antibody (mAb), ADG20, against a diverse panel of circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants, including the newly emerged Lambda and Mu variants. Notably, findings show that ADG20 demonstrated potent in vitro neutralizing activity against all SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern tested, including those with reduced susceptibility to mAb products currently available under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) or in late-stage development. These data will be presented during a poster session at the 2021 ISIRV-WHO Virtual Conference, which is being held October 19-21, 2021. In addition, Adagio will present an encore poster highlighting recently announced data from the company’s ongoing Phase 1 trial of ADG20 in healthy participants.

“These new variant data further underscore the potential of ADG20 to address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as well as possible future outbreaks caused by other SARS-like viruses,” said Laura Walker, Ph.D., co-founder and chief scientific officer of Adagio. “We have intentionally designed this mAb to have both broad and potent neutralizing activity as well as a half-life that extends its potential window of protection, critical features that may set it apart from other therapies available under EUA or in development today. With global Phase 2/3 prevention and treatment trials ongoing, we look forward to continuing our evaluation of ADG20 to assess the meaningful role it could potentially play in the arsenal of COVID-19 treatment options. Given as a single, intramuscular injection in clinical trials, ADG20 has been designed to offer protection for up to a year in the prevention setting and is being explored as a treatment for high-risk patients and/or as a vaccine supplement, including for immunocompromised individuals.”

In addition to the Phase 1 healthy participant trial, Adagio is advancing two ongoing global Phase 2/3 trials with ADG20, a treatment trial (STAMP) and a prevention trial (EVADE). The company anticipates submitting an EUA application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for ADG20 in the first quarter of 2022.

Presentation Details
Poster Title: (130) Broad and Potent In Vitro Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Variants by ADG20, a Half-Life Extended Monoclonal Antibody in Development for the Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19

Poster Title: (131) Evaluating the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of ADG20, a Half-Life–Extended Monoclonal Antibody (mAb) in Development for the Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19: a Preliminary Analysis of a Randomized Phase 1 Study

About ADG20
ADG20, a monoclonal antibody targeting the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and related coronaviruses, is being developed for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. ADG20 was designed and engineered to possess high potency and broad neutralization against SARS-CoV-2 and additional clade 1 sarbecoviruses, by targeting a highly conserved epitope in the receptor binding domain. ADG20 displays potent neutralizing activity in vivo against the original SARS-CoV-2 strain as well as all known variants of concern. ADG20 has the potential to impact viral replication and subsequent disease through multiple mechanisms of action, including direct blocking of viral entry into the host cell (neutralization) and elimination of infected host cells through Fc-mediated innate immune effector activity. ADG20 is administered by a single intramuscular injection, and was engineered to have a long half-life, with a goal of providing both rapid and durable protection. Adagio is advancing ADG20 through multiple clinical trials on a global basis.

About Adagio Therapeutics
Adagio (Nasdaq: ADGI) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of antibody-based solutions for infectious diseases with pandemic potential. The company’s portfolio of antibodies has been optimized using Adimab’s industry-leading antibody engineering capabilities and is designed to provide patients and clinicians with a powerful combination of potency, breadth, durable protection (via half-life extension), manufacturability and affordability. Adagio’s portfolio of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies includes multiple, non-competing broadly neutralizing antibodies with distinct binding epitopes, led by ADG20. Adagio has secured manufacturing capacity for the production of ADG20 with third-party contract manufacturers to support the completion of clinical trials and initial commercial launch, ensuring broad accessibility to people around the world. For more information, please visit www.adagiotx.com.

Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “projects,” and “future” or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning, among other things, the timing, progress and results of our preclinical studies and clinical trials of ADG20, including the timing of our planned EUA application, initiation and completion of studies or trials and related preparatory work, the period during which the results of the trials will become available and our research and development programs; our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approvals for, our product candidates; our ability to identify patients with the diseases treated by our product candidates and to enroll these patients in our clinical trials; our manufacturing capabilities and strategy; and our ability to successfully commercialize our product candidates. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, those risks described under the heading “Risk Factors” in Adagio’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 and in Adagio’s future reports to be filed with the SEC. Such risks may be amplified by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of this date, and Adagio undertakes no duty to update such information except as required under applicable law.

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Zoho Boosts Competitive Opportunity for Global Businesses with New Cutting Edge Technology in Zoho One, its Operating System for Business

Featuring 5 new apps, 3 new services, and 7 major platform enhancements, Zoho One helps businesses unify systems, data and teams. —————————————————————————————————————— Since its release in 2017, over 40,000 organizations have chosen Zoho One as their operating system. During the months of global and economic crises, Zoho One witnessed a 60% y-y customer growth with average number of apps used by businesses rising to 21.

Austin, Texas, Oct. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zoho Corporation, a leading global technology company, today introduced new apps and services in Zoho One, the operating system for business. The new release empowers businesses to solve disjointed data challenges and close communications gaps across silos, so organizations can become more productive, adapt more quickly to changing business conditions, and become poised for growth.

“The experience that employees, customers, partners, and suppliers get when dealing with businesses is typically a reflection of how that business and its systems are structured internally. Today, the majority of systems are disconnected as a result of siloed solutions offered by vendors,” said Raju Vegesna, Chief Evangelist at Zoho. “Unification of a business requires unification of the underlying systems, which can then provide a truly unified experience, internally and externally, along with unified insights. Zoho One was created with this vision and keeps expanding its unbeatable value with new additions and improvements year over year.”

Zoho One aims to resolve operational, digitization, and retention challenges that businesses encounter. Enhancement categories include:

Unified, Real-time Insights for Critical Business Decisions

Businesses now have stronger real-time, organization-wide analytics, connecting the dots between data previously lost across departments, teams, and accounts. Powered by Zia, Zoho’s AI assistant, and Zoho’s BI and Analytics Platform, Zoho One allows users to predict and provide insights across the organization enabling confident decision-making. New innovations include:

  • Embedded and Conversational BI: Zoho One now features embedded and conversational analytics enabling decision makers to drill down into their data and glean cross-departmental insights, all through natural language commands using Zia Insights. By providing 1,500+ pre-built analytics reports and dashboards, critical business decisions can be made with greater precision and speed.
  • Data Preparation: This self-service data preparation and management tool is now available in Zoho One. Whether users are preparing data from third-party apps or other sources, DataPrep, powered by machine learning, can help business users integrate, model, cleanse, transform, enrich, and catalog data, as well as integrate with Analytics or a third party for new-found insights.
  • Work Graph: Zoho’s new back-end service, an industry-first for business software, maps interactions between people, resources, systems and processes by studying signals and their strength across the board to build a business-wide work graph that is specific to each individual within the organization. The result of a work graph will be seen in the day-to-day productivity of users across various apps.
  • Enterprise Search: Zoho’s actionable, organization-wide search, which is powered by Zia, can now understand natural language requests. Natural language powered search will lead to more accurate data discovery across teams and functions.

Scale and Manage Operations More Effectively in Unpredictable Climates

Global health and economic crises have accelerated the need for digital solutions that support varying workplace and business models. Operations have become more complex, making employee data and security a priority. The addition of Mobile Application Management and Zoho Commerce aim to help businesses better manage operations:

  • Mobile Application Management (MAM): With remote work now persistent, Zoho One now includes enterprise-grade Mobile App Management capabilities. Admins can easily add and manage all of their users’ devices for better insight and control of provisioning, specific app permissions and policies, locking and wiping devices remotely, and more, to support employee mobility and flexibility.
  • Zoho Commerce: Businesses need to digitize faster than ever. The addition of Zoho Commerce enables retailers to easily build online shops with the tools needed to construct a website, accept orders, track inventory, process payments, manage shipping, market their brand, and analyze data. Zoho Commerce also integrates with third party payment gateways.

Build Strong Employee Experiences, From Anywhere

To help close the distance between employees, employers, and teams, which has widened with remote work, Zoho One delivers solutions that promote stronger collaboration and employee experience to support any mode of work:

  • Zoho Learn: Organizations now have a learning management tool that enables interactive training programs and assessments with Zoho’s course builder. Online centralization of company information, training programs, and more, gives businesses a better way to nurture employee growth.
  • Zoho Lens: To facilitate better communication and collaboration in a remote-work environment, Zoho Lens provides remote assistance and guidance to employees through augmented reality (AR) via real-time AR annotation, VoIP and text chat, and more.
  • TeamInbox: Teams use this shared email inbox to eliminate task duplication and streamline email conversations in one central location.
  • Org Dictionary: Another industry-first, this new organization-wide service offers a central dictionary for the entire organization. It automatically incorporates the organization’s employee name and other sources offering a central, consistent diction across various Zoho applications and users.

Unified and Personalized Experience with Context

Zoho One’s enhanced user experience allows easy customization and personalization of workspaces:

  • Unified Console, Dashboards, and Smart-Stack UI: Employees are now able to see their apps, services, and dashboards in one view with centralization across calendars, dashboards, navigation, and more.
  • Customizable Dashboard with Pre-Built Widgets: Widgets encapsulating data across the organization can be aggregated together in a custom dashboard. This provides users visibility across the organization in a single view with the ability to drill down just one click away.

“Being reactive does not work well in the e-commerce and retail business. The decisions we make today will impact our business 18 months from now. We needed a unified, data-driven solution that provides real-time visibility on our customers, distributors, and suppliers, while giving us insight into every aspect of our business,” said Bryan Duggan, Director of Sales Operations, Counter Culture Coffee. “The intuitive and contextual nature of Zoho One allows us to not only be proactive in our growth strategy, but also to understand our customers better. The comprehensive data pulled from the front and back office, alongside our existing third-party apps, have helped us get to know our customers and their expectations, doubling the satisfaction rate each quarter. We look forward to growing Counter Culture Coffee with Zoho One to expand our operations internationally.”

A Deep Ecosystem that Extends and Integrates

Recognizing that businesses value flexibility in choosing apps that serve their specific needs, the Zoho One platform already integrates with 1,000+ third party solutions on Zoho Marketplace and now extends integration with 100+ telephony providers to enable seamless communications between stakeholders. Zoho One also includes a comprehensive platform for developers and business users to create, extend, and integrate. The platform includes newly released no-code tool, Canvas, low-code tool, Zoho Creator, and pro-code platform, Catalyst.

Zoho Pricing: Pricing starts at $37 USD per employee. For comprehensive pricing information, please go to: https://www.zoho.com/one/pricing/

Zoho Privacy Pledge

Zoho respects user privacy and does not have an ad-revenue model in any part of its business, including its free products. More than 70 million users around the world, across hundreds of thousands of companies, rely on Zoho every day to run their businesses, including Zoho itself. For more information, please visit https://www.zoho.com/privacy.html

About Zoho

With 50+ apps in nearly every major business category, including sales, marketing, customer support, accounting and back-office operations, and an array of productivity and collaboration tools, Zoho Corporation is one of the world’s most prolific technology companies.

Zoho is privately held and profitable with more than 10,000 employees. Zoho is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with international headquarters in Chennai, India. Additional offices are in the United States, India, Japan, China, Canada, Singapore, Mexico, Australia, the Netherlands, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. For more information, please visit www.zoho.com/

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