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create ultimate service experiences by a digital Middle East in which all things are the digital world. “Nearly every industry
utilizing Huawei’s global capabilities. connected. Governments and enterprises in the region has been re-booting for the
The executive will further seek to deliver are reinforcing their investments in these digital age. Cloud and AI technologies
comprehensive terminal-edge-cloud two fields. Under Li Shi’s leadership, I will accelerate this transformation over
solutions and services to more of Huawei’s am confident that Huawei’s Cloud and the next decade. By offering new cloud
customers and strategic partners, all AI Business Group will bring the value services with our partners, enabling
with respect to data sovereignty that can of ubiquitous computing to even more deeper AI research and development,
support the digital economy and smart communities across the Middle East,” and introducing new supercomputing
society of countries across the Middle East. said Charles Yang, president of Huawei capabilities to the region, our team will
Shi has nearly 15 years of international Middle East. Established earlier this year, reinforce Huawei’s unrivalled end-to-
experience with Huawei. He was most Huawei’s Cloud and AI Business Group end capabilities in the ICT domain while
recently the CEO of Huawei UAE and had in the Middle East is an evolution of the inspiring innovation in organizations of all
also previously held executive positions company’s Cloud Business Department. shapes and sizes,” said Li Shi, president
for Huawei in other Gulf and Levant Under the slogan “Cloud Everywhere”, for the Cloud and AI Business Group in
countries. “The innovations behind AI and the restructuring enables a more focused the Middle East. In particular, Huawei now
cloud computing are advancing by leaps approach to developing and deploying offers customers an unparalleled machine
and bounds, and will soon pave the way to solutions that will form the bedrock of vision and intelligent collaboration
portfolio, leading to a smarter governance
and office experience. Different types
of general computing power provide
organizations in the region with multiple
choices for strengthening their computing
capability. Moreover, Huawei’s flagship all-
flash storage is helping organizations to
redefine their data infrastructure, while the
Huawei Atlas series of computing and cloud
services with heterogeneous architecture
delivers an open-stack platform for
developers to build applications that can
lead the region’s digital charge. The Group
is also looking for partners, manufacturers,
developers, and solution providers to join
Huawei in building these new ecosystems
together for a better digital world.

Nexign Strengthens Its Expertise in Digital
Customer Experience

Nexign, a leading Business Support
System (BSS) and Internet of Things
(IoT) solutions provider, announced that
Nexign JSC is acquiring a 99% stake
in the authorized capital of the STORM
Technologies LLC from the Forpost group.
Nexign plans to strengthen its product
portfolio with advanced digital customer
experience management solutions. Thus,
Nexign will help its customers – telco
operators – to build relationships with
subscribers more efficiently. Meanwhile,
STORM Technologies will gain access
to the global market and new customers
from the telecommunications industry.

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