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information and communication technolo- challenges that all stakeholders – includ- sport and maintaining an open and collab-
gies in the region. In line with the ITU Glob- ing governments, industry and standards orative environment that encourages inno-
al Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA) objectives, organizations, enterprises, technology vation and transparency. Through these ef-
the ITU-ARCC acts as ITU's cybersecurity suppliers, and consumers – have a shared forts, Huawei advocates for cybersecurity
hub in the region, localizing and coordinat- responsibility to confront. Huawei actively to be viewed as the key to protecting our
ing cybersecurity initiatives. ITU-ARCC is works with governments, customers, and digital assets and leveraging it to support
hosted, managed and operated by Oman industry partners to address cybersecurity business.
National CERT (OCERT). Huawei believes and privacy challenges, thereby reinforcing
cybersecurity and privacy are common the need to treat cybersecurity as a team

Huawei Cloud Launches New AI Solutions with a Preferred Cloud for Middle
East & Central Asia

Huawei Cloud held the TechWave Summit forward an innovative strategy for AI in
Middle East & Central Asia 2023 on June industries. During his speech, he introduced
7 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where it launched Huawei Cloud's Pangu CV and NLP models
a range of new AI solutions, released that accelerate AI adoption and advance
a Pre-Trained Models White Paper and intelligence across various sectors. During
announced a new Huawei Cloud Stack his keynote, Dr. ZHU introduced the Huawei
(HCS) to accelerate the intelligent upgrade Pre-Trained Models White Paper, which
across governments and industries for explores topics such as the future of AI,
Middle East and Central Asia. Held under opportunities and challenges of pre-trained
the 'AI for Industries' theme, the TechWave models, and Pangu Model case studies.
Summit brought together leading Huawei Meanwhile, Huawei Cloud, together with
Cloud experts, customers and partners partners PERCENT, Universal Language
to explore how AI, powered by the latest Tech, and Emotech launched a series of joint
advances in Cloud, is driving new value solutions, comprising of five joint Big Data
and accelerating the digital economy. Solutions, four joint AI Solutions, and three
The TechWave Summit was held on the joint Multimodal AI Solutions to accelerate
sidelines of the Huawei Middle East & industry intelligence. To further explore the level of public services, regulation, a well-
Central Asia (ME&CA) Tech Carnival application of AI across industries, Huawei developed IT market, and an educated
2023, the company's flagship annual Cloud held an AI roundtable together population equipped with relevant digital
event, which took place in Kazakhstan with Prof. Peter Sachsenmeier (Fellow of skills. Meanwhile, Uzbekistan has emerged
for the first time from June 5 - 7. Under German National Academy of Science and as a digital government leader. At the
the theme 'Leading Digital Infrastructure Engineering), industry experts, and leading event, the Deputy Director of Uzbekistan
for New Value Together', the event brings companies to share and discuss the latest E-Government Center, Makhmudov
together industry opinion leaders from AI trends, best practices of AI applications, Khozhiakbarkhon Makhsumovich,
the ME&CA region to explore the infinite the impact of large models on AI adoption, shared his stance on how Huawei Cloud
possibilities of digitalization. At the event, and how to accelerate AI adoption in the Stack helped Uzbekistan implement
Frank Dai, President of Huawei Cloud Middle East and Central Asia. Johnny the e-government project management
Middle East & Central Asia, highlighted Lyu, the International Business Director of center. As a leading digital enabler in
Huawei's first mover-advantage in industry Huawei Cloud Stack, officially launched Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan E-Government
digitalization. "We believe AI for Industries Huawei Cloud Stack 8.2 in the Middle East & Center is committed to its strategy where
will be the next big tipping point. Huawei Central Asia. "We hope to leverage Huawei "digital technologies are humanity's future;
Cloud offers pre-trained Pangu models Cloud Stack 8.2 to bring new vitality to the they foster the growth of all aspects of
with hundreds of billions of parameters to hybrid cloud market while accelerating human life and the government, while
help drive industrial-scale AI development intelligent upgrades and unleashing data digitization will boost the country's
so that AI's power can truly be unleashed digital for more enterprises," he added. development metrics." Huawei Cloud aims
across industries." AI has entered into Regional governments Leap into Cloud to build a cloud foundation for an intelligent
core production systems and has begun to Unleash Digital Driven by progressive world with Everything-as-a-Service.
creating greater value. The penetration regulatory policies and a growing demand Looking ahead, Huawei Cloud will continue
rate of AI in industries has accelerated for digital services, ME&CA countries are to expand its global cloud infrastructure
and will reach 20% in 2026, research data at the forefront of digital transformation. and provide customers, partners, and
shows. Dr. ZHU Shenggao, Vice President, Citing UN statistics, the IDC white paper developers with stable, secure, and
AI Business, Huawei Cloud Middle East & ranks Kazakhstan as the digitalization sustainable cloud services.
Central Asia, shared how Huawei has put leader in Central Eurasia, driven by a high

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