Huawei Cloud stack launches the "Leap2Cloud" initiative and a new version to propel digital transformation in Asia Pacific

At the Huawei Digital and Intelligent APAC Congress 2024, the Huawei Cloud Stack Summit, "Dive into Cloud and Accelerate Intelligent Upgrade", was held. At this summit, Huawei Cloud officially released Huawei Cloud Stack 8.3, the industry's first hybrid cloud for large AI models, and the Visions of Diving into Cloud white paper, empowering customers in Asia Pacific to accelerate data-AI convergence. Customers and partners, such as Office of the National Digital Economy (ONDE) in Thailand, Advanced Info Service (AIS) in Thailand, Bank Neo Commerce (BNC) in Indonesia, and Chinasoft International, delivered keynote speeches, sharing their experience on how to dive into cloud.

Huawei Cloud also launched the "Leap2CLoud" initiative at the summit, aiming to work with government and enterprise customers in Asia Pacific to leap from virtualization to cloud and unlock infinite possibilities of cloud.

Today, the technological and industrial revolution is reshaping the innovation landscape and economic structure in Asia Pacific. Most countries and regions in Asia Pacific have developed strategies to drive digital transformation, accelerate cloud native adoption, expedite the convergence of data and AI, and modernize applications faster. Huawei Cloud Stack provides a dependable hybrid cloud solution that supports on-premises deployments for government and enterprise customers in Asia Pacific.

Huawei Cloud Stack 8.3 Is Officially Released in Asia Pacific

Enterprises in Asia Pacific are actively promoting data-AI convergence and the integration of innovative digital technologies into R&D, production, and sales. They are increasingly interested in diving into cloud. In this context, Hu Yuhai, Vice President of Huawei Hybrid Cloud, announced the release of Huawei Cloud Stack 8.3 in the Asia Pacific market. He said: "Huawei Cloud Stack has been reinforcing cloud services and key features. This brand-new version provides six highlights: a solid cloud foundation and five innovative capabilities covering databases, mainframe modernization, data lakes, large AI models, and industrial Internet."

Huawei Cloud Stack provides high availability, robust security, multi-architecture compute, and an open, trusted, more resilient cloud native infrastructure.

Huawei Cloud Stack has been stepping up efforts to boost innovation in the following key areas and making new technologies available on-premises as fast as possible:

· GaussDB: a distributed database with high performance and reliability

· Mainframe Modernization: accelerating transformation of core systems

· Converged data lake: promoting data sharing and circulation

· Pangu Models: helping enterprises in every industry build custom large AI models in one stop

· Industrial Internet: integration with AI for new industrialization