May News Roundup

The News Roundup series brings you Huawei’s main monthly news in brief. So, what’s been making headlines in May?

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May 27: Huawei ICT Competition 2022-2023 Global Final Held in Shenzhen: 146 Teams from 36 Countries and Regions Win Awards

The 7th Huawei ICT Competition 2022-2023 Global Final concluded in Shenzhen on May 27.

• Finalists in 146 teams from 36 countries attended the finals
• More than 120,000 students from 2,000+ universities in 74 countries participated in the ICT Competition.

Who won what?

• Network Track Grand Prize: Shenzhen Polytechnic, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guangzhou College of Commerce, Yangtze Normal University, and Hunan Industry Polytechnic
• Cloud Track Grand Prize: Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Shenzhen Polytechnic, and Nanning College for Vocational Technology
• Computing Track Grand Prize: Shenzhen Polytechnic
• Smart Road Grand Prize: Tsinghua University
• Innovation Competition Grand Prize: Jilin University and Ahmadu Bello University
• Electric Power Digitalization Grand Prize:  Jsgroup from Xi’an Jiaotong University

As a key project of Huawei’s Seeds for the Future 2.0 initiative, the Huawei ICT Competition aims to provide a platform for global college students to compete in the ICT field. By the end of 2022, Huawei had cooperated with 2,200 universities to build Huawei ICT Academies, which train more than 200,000 students per year. Since its initial launch in 2015, more than 580,000 students from 85 countries and regions have participated in the competition.

May 26: Huawei OceanStor Pacific Scale-Out Storage Tops IO500 Rankings

Thanks to Huawei OceanStor Pacific scale-out storage capabilities, the Cheeloo-1 system led the way in the 10-node category in the latest IO500 rankings, the world’s most authoritative storage performance metric.

The IO500 ranking evaluates and ranks storage system performance based on bandwidth (GiB/s) and metadata performance (kIOP/s).

Huawei OceanStor Pacific scale-out storage has been rigorously tested across 12 different scenarios via simulations of a wide range of I/O applications. It provides unprecedented overall bandwidth of 2,400 GiB/s and metadata performance of 7.7 million kIOP/s, cementing Huawei’s leading position in the scale-out storage sector, particularly in large-scale commercial HPC applications such as scientific research, genome sequencing, and meteorological ocean studies.

Related: Overcoming the Storage Roadblock with OceanStor Pacific

Learn more about the Huawei OceanStor Pacific solution.

May 23: Huawei ADN Leads Globaldata Network Resource Orchestration Report for Second Consecutive Year

GlobalData ranked Huawei’s autonomous driving network (ADN) solution as the best NRO leader in its latest Network Resource Orchestration: Competitive Landscape Assessment report (NRO report).

GlobalData’s annual NRO CLA report evaluates solutions provided by industry-leading network equipment manufacturers (NEMs). This year’s report outlined increasing market demands for networks with high complexity, single-domain intelligence, 5G cloud-native, 5G transmission and vRAN, and traditional device management models.

Seven world-renowned NEMs were rated in five dimensions: Portfolio Scope, Functional Capabilities, Standard and Openness, Lifecycle Automation, and Production Experience.

Ratings comprise five levels: Leader, Very Strong, Strong, Competitive, and Vulnerable.

Huawei’s ADN solution has made tremendous improvements in empowering CSPs to achieve L3 Autonomous Networks (AN).

Related: What Do Level 4 Autonomous Driving Networks Mean for Operators?

Learn more about Huawei’s Autonomous Driving Networks solution.

May 18: Huawei and Partners Announce Yucatan Wildlife Conservation Findings

A team of nature conservation experts have identified at least five jaguars in Dzilam State Reserve in Yucatan, Mexico.

Enabled by Huawei’s cloud platform and AI solution, the team have identified two adult males, one adult female, and two cubs as part of a Tech4Nature project launched by IUCN and Huawei in Dzilam State Reserve in 2022.  

Prior to the project, experts did not know whether the reserve was home to jaguars and if so, how many there were.

With 30,000 images, 550,000 audio recordings, and extensive video footage collected and analyzed to date, the Tech4Nature partners have identified 119 species. These include 88 birds, 22 mammals, five reptiles, and four amphibians. Of these, 34 species are on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

The data also provides a rich array of data-driven insights for researchers to develop conservation measures based on a far more complete understanding of the ecosystem as a whole.

Read more: A Species in Focus: Safeguarding Mexico’s Jaguars

May 17: Huawei Launches Six Partner Alliances at Asia Pacific Partners Conference 2023

At the Huawei Asia Pacific Partners Conference 2023, Huawei aunched six new partner alliances for the Asia-Pacific region, one each for the government, finance, electric power, and road, waterway, and port industries, as well as for the independent software vendor (ISV) and data center facility solution sectors.

Over 70 partners from across Asia-Pacific attended this ceremony and pledged to continue cooperation and innovation in numerous domains. The goal is to develop capabilities and opportunities from industrial digital transformation in the Asia-Pacific market.

At the conference’s Technical Innovation Summit, Huawei launched series of new products, solutions, digitalization tools, and partner support programs for the Asia-Pacific market. These include new flagship intelligent cloud-network products, all-flash products, and F5G products.

Huawei Recognized as a Customers’ Choice in 2023 Gartner Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Primary Storage for Its OceanStor Dorado All-Flash Storage

With a 100% user recommendation rate and a full score of 5.0 based on 214 reviews, Huawei was recognized a 2023 Customers’ Choice in the Gartner Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Primary Storage for its OceanStor Dorado all-flash storage.

As part of the evaluation process, Huawei OceanStor Dorado all-flash storage was reviewed by hundreds of customers worldwide from a wide range of industry sectors, including telecommunications, manufacturing, and services.

Huawei OceanStor Dorado all-flash storage is now utilized in over 150 countries and regions including Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, where it provides reliable services to industries such as finance, telecommunications, government, and public utilities.

Learn more about Huawei Storage products and solutions.

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