Huawei hosts Cloud Summit Vietnam 2024

The event was a testament to the pivotal role cloud technology plays in the modern IT landscape, particularly in driving industry digitalisation through enhanced data analytics and predictive capabilities. The hybrid cloud model, lauded for its flexibility, security, and innovation, is gaining traction among enterprises.

Huawei hosts Cloud Summit Vietnam 2024

At the summit, Huawei Cloud brought together a constellation of industry experts and partners to explore innovative cloud solutions and their impact on reshaping industries. Notable partners such as SmartOSC, FPT Software, and CMC Telecom took part.

Tao Guangyao, president of Huawei Southeast Asia Multi-Country, said that Vietnam had the fastest growing digital economy in Southeast Asia.

The digital economy continues to grow at around 20 per cent per year, over three times faster than GDP. The digital revolution is transforming everything. Online and mobile services are booming, such as e-government, e-commerce, mobile payment, livestreaming, gaming, and Web3.

Tao Guangyao, president of Huawei Southeast Asia Multi-Country

“We also see more and more AI applications deployed across different industries in Vietnam. Marking 25 years in Vietnam, Huawei has nurtured a network of over 200 local partners, supported five major telecom carriers, and served over 400 enterprise customers. The company's commitment to the region is evident through the creation of 18,000 jobs and the training of 20,000 local talent,” said Guangyao.

Andy Jin, head of Huawei Cloud Asia-Pacific Marketing & Industry Development, highlighted the impressive growth of Huawei Cloud in the Asia Pacific region, with a 77 per cent overall increase in revenue and a remarkable 5-fold expansion in big data and AI projects. Huawei Cloud has become the fastest growing cloud service provider in the region.

"By 2024, Huawei Cloud will prioritise six-star products: Huawei Cloud Stack, big data & AI, media services, databases, security, and PaaS. We will also strengthen our partnerships with top industry players to achieve even greater success in targeted market segments," he said.

The summit also featured insights from guest speakers of SmartOSC, FPT Software, and CMC Telecom, who shared their experiences and success stories leveraging Huawei Cloud's solutions.

Gerry Bench, head of SmartOSC Cloud Sales, explained how cloud, big data, and AI solutions could unlock the potential of e-commerce. He cited the example of SmartOSC and Huawei Cloud collaborating to develop a solution that helped the Thai retailer DoHome reduce their IT infrastructure costs by 30 per cent and achieve faster growth.

Huynh Le Duy, director of Digital Transformation Global at FPT Software, said that they had joined hands with Huawei Cloud to develop an E2E cloud solution and utilised each other's customer resources to expand and cross-sell services in emerging markets.

He also added that FPT Software was able to quickly adapt AIA's business system to a 35 per cent business growth rate by implementing a standardized system framework and agile development.

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