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Malaysian Reserve
23-05-2025
- Business
- Malaysian Reserve
H3C NAVIGATE Global Summit 2025 Kicks Off in Berlin
Building a New AI-Era Ecosystem with the Power of Synergy BERLIN, May 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — On May 22, during GITEX Europe 2025 in Berlin, H3C grandly launched the H3C NAVIGATE Global Summit 2025. Centered around the theme of 'Synergy+,' the summit showcased H3C's technological blueprint and ecosystem strategy for the AI era, bringing together global industry leaders, technical experts, and enterprise representatives to explore cutting-edge trends. As H3C's flagship annual event, the NAVIGATE Global Summit made its debut in Europe, marking a new phase in H3C's global expansion and international business development. At the summit, Tony Yu, President & CEO of H3C, delivered a keynote speech titled 'Synergy, For a Better AI Era.' He emphasized that artificial intelligence has become an 'accelerator' and a 'force multiplier' for advancing social productivity. H3C embraces a global perspective and open collaboration, powered by its 'AI in ALL' and 'AI for ALL' vision. H3C has launched a full-stack intelligent computing solution that leverages the multiplier effect of 'Computing × Connectivity' to reduce AIDC investment costs and improve operational efficiency. Meanwhile, H3C is accelerating the deployment of its full-stack liquid cooling solutions to drive green transformation across the AI industry. Additionally, through strategic partnerships, H3C empowers worldwide industry upgrades via its comprehensive AI portfolio including the LinSeer AI Solution, and is rapidly expanding LinSeerCube into global markets. Looking ahead, H3C remains dedicated to fostering an open, thriving ecosystem that combines technical innovation with business synergy. By democratizing AI adoption, we aim to make AI applications more accessible, efficient, and inclusive, ultimately creating a better digital life for all. Gary Huang, H3C Co-President and the President of International BG, emphasized that in an era where AI is reshaping global industries, breakthrough innovation must rely on ecosystem collaboration. He said guided by the 'Partner First' principle and its 'AI in ALL' and 'AI for ALL' strategies, H3C has built an open and win-win 'Ecosystem Synergy.' This ecosystem integrates full-stack intelligent computing capabilities, the self-developed LinSeer LLM, and scenario-based solutions. Through strategic alliances with global semiconductor leaders, ISVs, and standards organizations, H3C connects with over 3,200 industry partners and 300 service partners across 181 countries and regions. H3C drives technological innovation and scenario-based solutions through four ecosystem pillars—market-driven R&D, cutting-edge technology alliances, Partner-First approach, and localization strategy. Furthermore, H3C advances three localization strategies of building local innovation capabilities, empowering talent, and fostering localized ICT ecosystems to harmonize technological and commercial ecosystems. Through open collaboration, H3C and its partners achieve mutual success, ensuring AI innovation drives tangible industrial upgrades and leads the intelligent future. From Computing Synergy to Intelligent Connectivity: Building a Green and Sustainable AI Foundation Aligned with its 'AI in ALL' strategy, H3C proposes an innovative 'Computing × Connectivity' approach, integrating three core elements—computing infrastructure, high-speed networking, and green energy-saving technologies—to deliver a full-stack intelligent computing solution. This solution, centered on high-performance lossless networks, AI servers, next-gen storage, and computing resource management platforms, significantly reduces AIDC investment costs while boosting operational efficiency. Ray Xu, Senior Vice President of H3C, President of Cloud, Compute, and Storage Product Line, highlighted in his keynote that AI inclusivity hinges on a 'diverse, efficient, and green' computing system. H3C has built an inclusive technological ecosystem: at the hardware level, it supports over 80 AI accelerator cards, 10+ mainstream CPUs, and 20+ AI server models; at the infrastructure level, it leverages SuperPOD AI clusters (capable of trillion-parameter model training), UniServer G7 servers, and the LinSeer AI Solution to establish a cohesive computing architecture optimized for 'Computing × Connectivity' efficiency; at the software level, innovations like CAS computing virtualization and UltraStor distributed storage achieve breakthrough improvements in resource utilization. Notably, in green innovation, H3C champions the 'ALL in GREEN' philosophy, advancing its full-stack liquid cooling solution with revolutionary G-Flow immersion cooling technology. This reduces data center PUE to an industry-leading 1.1, enhances cooling efficiency by 40%, and achieves a '0 ODP' standard with zero ozone-depleting substances. This tripartite computing approach—diverse & adaptable, highly efficient, and sustainable—is establishing a scalable model for global AI adoption. It's driving AI transformation across industries, unleashing intelligent productivity worldwide. In an era where AI is sweeping the globe and computing demand grows exponentially, high-performance networking has become a critical pivot for intelligent computing center upgrades. Traditional Ethernet architectures struggle with bandwidth limitations and congestion when handling massive data transfers. Qiao Yan, Senior Vice President of H3C, President of Network Product Line, shared how H3C addresses these challenges with its intelligent computing network solution, redefining computing efficiency through innovation. H3C's DDC (Diversified Dynamic-Connectivity) product series and solutions represent a technological breakthrough for high-performance intelligent computing networks. By leveraging advanced technologies such as cell-based switching and out of order delivery, DDC achieves large-scale lossless, non-blocking 400G/800G Clos fabric networking, delivering 107% higher effective bandwidth compared to traditional RoCE solutions. This significantly enhances the throughput capacity and operational stability of AI computing networks. Furthermore, H3C has collaborated with key ecosystem partners to submit multiple IETF drafts on open schedule fabric technology, accelerating the commercialization and standardization of DDC solutions. Qiao also highlighted H3C's groundbreaking 51.2T CPO switch—a cutting-edge solution that integrates silicon photonics with co-packaged optics technology. This innovation delivers 8x higher cluster throughput, 25% improved GPU efficiency, and 30% lower TCO through 'silicon photonics + liquid cooling' integration, establishing a high-speed, green, and 'zero-lag' network for intelligent computing centers. H3C, a global leader in digital solutions and networking infrastructure, delivers an end-to-end product matrix covering data center, campus and WAN environments. Its networking portfolio comprises 1,000+ mainstream products across switching, routing, wireless, security, and network management domains. Ecosystem Synergy: Accelerating Inclusive AI Adoption Collaborative ecosystems are the key driver for AI implementation. Powered by its 'AI in ALL' technological foundation and global partner network, H3C's 'Ecosystem Synergy' strategy is closing the loop from technological empowerment to industrial value. Through deep collaboration with eco-partners, H3C integrates AI products, solutions, and its LinSeer LLM capabilities to empower intelligent transformation across global industries, including hospitality, retail, healthcare, education, public services, and carriers, significantly lowering AI barriers and making innovation truly accessible to all. To expand ecosystem value, H3C also introduced its new sub-brand H3C Aolynk at the summit, targeting global SMEs with the vision of 'Connecting ALL with AI.' Featuring simplified design, intelligent O&M, and full-scenario solutions, H3C Aolynk addresses SMEs' 'last-mile' digital challenges. The launch was attended by H3C Co-President & CTO Steven Yoe, Senior Vice President & CMO Yang Xi, and Senior Vice President & President of Commercial BG Wang Xin. In today's rapidly evolving digital economy, H3C continues to harness collective ecosystem strength, dismantle technical adoption barriers, and democratize AI access, fully unleashing the multiplier effect of computing power and connectivity to drive intelligent industrial transformation. By making technological innovation universally accessible, H3C and its partners are co-creating an inclusive digital future where AI benefits all industries and society at large. For more info, please visit Photo – Photo – Photo – Photo – Photo – View original content:
Forbes
22-04-2025
- Business
- Forbes
E-Commerce Sellers Band Together To Navigate Tariffs, Supply-Chain Challenges—and AI
E-commerce sellers are a nimble bunch—constantly adjusting to changing consumer demands, updates to the Amazon platform and threats from new competitors. But 2025 is putting many of these small shops to the test as the trade war has brought 145% tariffs to China. 'This has been my biggest concern—and top of everybody's minds,' says Gary Huang, a veteran e-commerce entrepreneur. 'There's a lot of uncertainty in the supply chain world. At 145%, it's not cost-effective to import from China anymore, especially for brands operating on razor-thin margins—like those in the electronics niche.' He is coming together with fellow e-commerce sellers at the 7 Figure Seller Summit 10, a free online, 3D event starting today and running through April 24. This year's theme is 'Ecom Sellers Strike Back.' Many of the attendees of the event, founded in 2018, are traditionally small or one-person businesses that will need to counterbalance rising costs by finding efficiencies with AI. With more shoppers buying online since the pandemic, e-commerce is booming. The e-commerce market grew to $26.8 trillion in 2024 and is expected to reach $214.5 trillion by 2033, with a compound annual growth rate of 25.83% from 2025 through 2033, according to IMARC Group, a market research firm. However, sellers will have to be nimble to survive. As one seller shared with Huang, his company has $6.5 million in purchase orders that will face $2.5 million in additional taxes that must be paid at import. Stopping the purchase orders would "stop the business," the seller said in a chat Huang shared on his website. 'Everyone (including our suppliers) [is] Although some sellers import from countries such as India, Vietnam, Thailand, and Turkey—which got a reprieve through the 90-day pause in reciprocal tariffs—Huang says, 'no one country can replace China in terms of product selection, quality, and vertically integrated supply chains.' Even China-based factory owners are opening factories in Southeast Asia, in Vietnam and Thailand, he adds. 'That's one workaround,' he says. In the meantime, Huang is seeing a shakeout on the Amazon platform—and a shift to new markets. 'We're seeing a lot of panic, even from Chinese sellers—many are threatening to leave Amazon U.S. or increase prices immediately to find workarounds,' he says. Some e-commerce sellers are expanding to Canada, says Huang. 'It's a smaller marketplace, but it could be more profitable because there's less competition and no China tariffs,' he says. 'We're seeing more interest in selling in Europe and Japan as well—large Amazon marketplaces not affected by China tariffs,' he says. Some e-commerce brands are raising prices. However, sellers have to be careful with price increases, says Huang. 'You don't want to alienate customers. It can affect demand and your rankings.' To guide them, some are turning to AI pricing tools, such as Profasee, he says. Here are some other key trends Huang shared: Trend #1: AI brings new efficiencies to sellers. 'With AI agents and bots, you can reduce a lot of manual work,' says Huang. 'For example, customer service agents can be trained on your brand content, tone, voice, and FAQs. This can help reduce manual work. It may not eliminate it entirely, but it can craft a draft response your customer service person can just scan and send—or fine-tune slightly. That saves a lot of time and effort.' Trend #2: 'Generative engine optimization' is taking hold. 'AI is becoming more and more common in all respects, and one of the trends we're seeing is going from more traditional SEO, like search engine optimization—for example, on Amazon, keyword-based search—to more of what we are calling generative engine optimization or GEO,' says Huang. 'This means it's more intent-based, more context-based rather than content-based.' Trend #3: AI-powered search is changing the game. 'Amazon has a Rufus AI chat search assistant built into Amazon, so there's been a lot of talk that this is a huge shift in the models of e-commerce, especially for the Amazon platform,' says Huang. Trend #4: AI copywriting tools are transforming Amazon listings. 'Creating an Amazon-optimized listing can be done using various software and AI tools, including Kidi, m10 and Dive,' notes Huang. This is helping foreign sellers make inroads in English-speaking markets. 'Most of the biggest e-com sellers on Amazon are from China, and for them, English is a second language,' says Huang. 'Using AI tools, foreign sellers can write almost native-level copywriting. So the language barrier for domestic American sellers is no longer a barrier. That's been destroyed by AI.' Trend #5: AI tools are improving research and competitive analysis. 'You can research competitors by going through their reviews,' says Huang. 'Maybe your competitor has a thousand reviews. The old way was you'd have to manually go through those reviews for weaknesses. Now with AI tools, you can download a spreadsheet of reviews, upload it into ChatGPT, and ask it to be a market researcher. It can spit out the top five problems in minutes.' Trend #6: AI is making it easier for sellers to generate images. Huang finds ChatGPT 4.0's new image generation feature particularly relevant. 'It had one before, but this is leaps and bounds better,' says Huang. 'If you go on LinkedIn, you're seeing everyone creating super photorealistic models using products in different situations—supplements, beautiful models. If you didn't know, nine times out of 10, you'd think it was real.' Sellers are now able to use AI to do about 80% of their graphics design work, according to Huang. 'Our job as brand owners is training the AI, giving it context, and fine-tuning at the end,' he says. Meanwhile, new video-creation tools are also adding to the mix. 'Sora from OpenAI is a good one,' Huang says. 'There are fewer hallucinations and tremendous improvements just within the past year. If you asked me last year, I would have said no, it's not possible, but this year it's there.' Trend #7: Catchy jingles and theme songs for product videos are easier to produce. Traditionally, you'd hire an agency for that, but now you can use AI to create a jingle in just minutes with a text prompt,' says Huang. There is no doubt the e-commerce world is going to see a lot of disruption. 'For the brands that survive, this is an opportunity,' says Huang. 'There could be a shakeout, and six to 12 months down the line, the landscape might be less competitive.'
