Cloud Summit South Asia 2024 Gathers Industry Experts as Huawei Emphasises Cloud-First Strategy

Huawei South Asia recently held the Huawei Cloud Summit South Asia 2024 in Bangladesh. A constellation of industry experts and stakeholders participated in the internationally acclaimed summit in Dhaka. The grand event offered a stellar opportunity to gain insights into the headways of new technologies like Cloud, Artificial Intelligence, and Big Data in the Industry 4.0 era and their digital benefits for Bangladesh and the South Asian region.

Among the luminaries present at Cloud Summit South Asia 2024 were Pan Junfeng, President at Huawei South Asia Region and CEO at Huawei Bangladesh; Zeng Xingyun, President at Huawei Cloud APAC; Yuhang Wang, Consulting Analyst at Frost and Sullivan; James Chu, Director of International Consulting at Huawei Cloud; Ringko Kabiraj, Analyst (Server & Cloud Security), National Data Centre, at Bangladesh Computer Council; Eric Young, CTO at Neuxnet; Johnny Lyu, CTO for International Business at Huawei Hybrid Cloud; Dr Upendra Pieris, CEO at OREL IT. Song Yang, Counsellor, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China to Bangladesh, shared a video message for the event.

Cloud Summit South Asia 2024 Cultivates a Smarter Cloud Ecosystem for All

With the motto “Leap into intelligence with better cloud,” Cloud Summit South Asia 2024 featured business leaders, leading innovators, cloud service customers, and partners who engaged with the attendees by sharing their views on global and regional cloud technology trends and success stories. It also focused on cultivating a smarter cloud ecosystem and explored gateways for new strategies and plans to capitalize on intelligence-driven economic opportunities.

Industry leaders and experts credited the impact of the government’s role that has already enabled wider digitalisation opportunities. They also emphasised the urgency of initiating Cloud Must strategies, which will spur long-term benefits by implementing new and updated policies.

Junfeng said in his keynote: “Huawei Cloud Summit South Asia 2024 highlights the immense potential and opportunities that cloud technology brings to the region. We intend to create a robust cloud ecosystem that supports businesses, enhances efficiency, and fosters innovation.”

He further stated: “With the government’s support through policy implementation, adopting a cloud-first strategy is essential to accelerate Bangladesh’s growth and innovation. Embracing cloud technologies can unlock new potentials and drive digital benefits. Huawei is always committed to supporting South Asia to bring in new opportunities through the adoption of megatrends that can disrupt the macro environment.”

Junfeng also urged all the partners and stakeholders to unlock new possibilities with cloud and accelerate the region’s journey towards a digital future.

Xingyun added: “Huawei Cloud provides customers with more than 240 cloud services, 210 solutions, and 12,000 partner applications, and continues to release new popular cloud services. In the Asia-Pacific market in 2023, our revenue in APAC increase by 77%.

He further mentioned: “All of these achievements are due to the trust and support of our customers and partners, and it is also largely attributed to our strategies of technology, infrastructure, and ecosystem. Huawei’s intent to provide Technology-as-a-Service, Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Expertise-as-a-Service, and local support played a key role here.”

Counsellor Yang shared at Cloud Summit South Asia 2024: “Smart Bangladesh is not only a vision of Bangladesh for developing the digital economy, but also the key driving force for the country’s modernisation. China is willing to share its experiences to help Bangladesh build a digital economy. The leaders from all industries have discussed how Cloud, Big Data, and AI technologies can help realize digital transformation. I believe that Huawei and all other industry leaders here will become the pioneers to unleash more potential in driving Bangladesh’s digital economic development.”

Continuing Growth from Huawei Cloud

With more than 30 years of ICT experience and cutting-edge products and solutions, Huawei Cloud has been recognised by international research institutes, including the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant. It has grown 20 times in the APAC public cloud market in the last four years, becoming the fastest-growing provider among the top five. Leading in the hybrid cloud segment, Huawei Cloud Stack holds No. 1 in Thailand, Bangladesh, and Hong Kong. Continuing its landmark journey in Bangladesh, Huawei Cloud has launched the first e-government cloud with BCC and the first hybrid cloud for ‘Robi’ in Bangladesh.

Huawei Cloud is fully committed to supporting South Asia’s digital development, aiming to stimulate innovation, improve efficiency, and strengthen local partnerships, thereby contributing to the vibrant growth of South Asia’s digital economy.