Huawei revealed its aim to play a key role in Europe’s green and digital transformation with the HUAWEI CONNECT 2024 event held in Paris. The event witnessed the exchange of ideas on digitalization and sustainability with the participation of industry leaders, technical experts and business partners from all over the world. In his opening speech, Ken Hu, one of Huawei’s Rotating CEOs, drew attention to the company’s more than 20-year history of cooperation in Europe and the technological solutions it offers for a sustainable future.
In his opening speech, Ken Hu emphasized that the company has established strong ties with its customers and business partners in Europe for more than 20 years. Hu said, “By combining our competencies in areas such as network technologies, cloud, storage and energy, we produce innovative solutions for our customers. As always, Huawei works in Europe, for Europe. We work together with our business partners in Europe for a greener and smarter future.” “We look forward to working closely.” Giving information about Huawei’s digital inclusion initiative TECH4ALL, Hu stated that within the scope of this initiative, more than 80,000 people have been provided with digital skills by collaborating with universities and non-governmental organizations across Europe.
“Industry Pioneer Awards” found their winners
At the gala dinner held within the scope of the event, Huawei Europe Region President and Senior Vice President Jim Lu presented the “Industry Pioneer Award” to customers and business partners who lead in collaboration and innovation. In his speech at the award ceremony, Lu said, “In this period when artificial intelligence and industrial intelligence are rapidly developing, we are determined to achieve common success by establishing closer collaborations. “As Huawei, we will continue to achieve new successes together with our customers and business partners,” he said.
Innovation-focused support for Europe’s digital transformation
In his speech at the event, Michael Ma, Huawei Corporate Vice President and Head of ICT Product Portfolio Management and Solutions, talked about the innovative products and solutions Huawei has developed to accelerate digital transformation in Europe. Stating that digital infrastructure is the cornerstone of a successful digital and smart transformation, Ma expressed Huawei’s determination to contribute to the digital transformation of Europe with the following words: “As Huawei, we develop leading products and solutions with our investments in the ICT field and with these solutions, we help businesses in Europe.” We aim to reveal your creativity.”
In his speech, Ma pointed out Huawei’s five main technology solutions that contribute to digital transformation. While the high-quality 10 Gbps CloudCampus solution strengthens the digital infrastructure of businesses; DCN solution for disaster recovery data centers provides an important network infrastructure. The “one lake, three ponds” approach supports data management and business continuity, while the ultra-high-speed data center interconnect (DCI) solution enables faster and more reliable communications between data centers. Additionally, multi-layered ransomware protection (MRP) technology offers a comprehensive solution against network and storage-based security risks. Ma emphasized that the company will continue to provide competitive power to its customers with the advantages it offers in areas such as cost effectiveness, diversity and scalability.
Also present at the event were EDF Group Head of Standardization Pascal Terrien, Eurelectric Policy Director Cillian O’Donoghue, UNESCO European Regional Science and Culture Bureau Director Magdalena Landry, Azerion Group Technology Director Daan Boekestein, Orange Business Senior Vice President of Communication and Mobility Services Eric Blazy and LVMH Group Important names such as IT & Technology Director Franck Le Moal shared their views on Europe’s green and digital transformation.
