BEIJING, March 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from CRI Online:
The World Internet Conference (WIC) held a press briefing in Beijing on March 17 to introduce the upcoming WIC Asia-Pacific Summit, which will take place in Hong Kong from April 14 to 15. The event will focus on artificial intelligence (AI) under the theme "Integration of AI and Digital Technologies Shaping the Future – Jointly Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace."
Ren Xianliang, secretary-general of the WIC, and Sun Dong, secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, attended the event and took questions from the media. The press conference was chaired by Liang Hao, executive deputy secretary-general of the WIC.
The WIC Asia-Pacific Summit is hosted by the WIC, organized by the HKSAR Government, and co-organized by the Hong Kong Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau.
The summit will feature an opening ceremony, the main forum, and sub-forums on key topics, including large AI models, digital finance, digital government and smart life, providing a platform for collaboration and exchanges to drive digital and intelligent transformation across the Asia-Pacific region.
Ren highlighted Hong Kong's role as a global financial, trade, and technology hub, making it an ideal location for the summit.
Sun noted Hong Kong's efforts in technological innovation, including the AI Supercomputing Centre launched in late 2024 and the upcoming Hong Kong AI Research and Development Institute, which will further boost AI research and commercialization.
The summit will bring together high-level representatives from international organizations, governments, enterprises, and academia. Confirmed attendees include representatives from GSMA, the IPv6 Forum, the British Standards Institution, the JSC Development Fund of Georgia, the Great Silk Way International Youth Union, and the Pakistan Information Security Association. Distinguished experts, including Kilnam Chon, "Father of the Internet in South Korea," and Nii Narku Quaynor, "Father of the Internet in Africa," as well as executives from leading global technology firms like IBM, 360 Group, Ant Group, Ping An, Lalamove, MTel, H3C, and Renmin University of China, will also participate. In addition, representatives from rising internet start-ups, including those from Hangzhou's "Six Little Dragons" tech cluster, will be in attendance.
A promotion event for the 2025 Practice Cases of Jointly Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace and the WIC Awards for Pioneering Science and Technology will also be held on the sidelines of the summit, where the submission requirements for both initiatives will be introduced. Representatives of past award-winning projects will share their experiences, and a special member day activity at China Unicom Global will be organized as well.
The World Internet Conference Digital Academy will also host an advanced training program on cybersecurity emergency response. In addition, research findings including Intelligence Governance for Good and for All—Empowering Global Sustainable Development and Comparative Study on Cross-Border Global Data Flow Policies, and a series of reports under the think tank cooperation program will also be released at the summit.
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WIC Asia-Pacific Summit to be held in Hong Kong in mid-April
Built with NVIDIA AI, Cohesity Solution Features Validated Reference Architectures for Use with Cisco UCS, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Nutanix
SINGAPORE, March 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cohesity, the leader in AI-powered data security, is expanding Cohesity Gaia, the enterprise knowledge discovery assistant, to deliver one of the industry's first AI search capabilities for backup data stored on-premises. The solution will be available for use with Cisco UCS, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), and Nutanix. The expansion will enable enterprises to uncover AI-powered insights by unlocking the full potential of their on-premises backup data.
As enterprises increasingly adopt hybrid cloud strategies, many prefer to have valuable, critical data remain on-premises to meet security, compliance, and performance requirements. Extending Cohesity Gaia to data stored on-premises empowers enterprises to tap into more high-quality data and remain fully in control of their infrastructure.
"Many of our customers require an AI solution for on-premises environments. This solution allows them to maintain complete control over sensitive data while benefiting from generative AI capabilities at the same time," said Sanjay Poonen, president and chief executive officer, Cohesity. "By deploying Cohesity Gaia on-premises, they can harness powerful data intelligence directly within their environment and not worry about any of that data leaving their infrastructure."
Leveraging NVIDIA accelerated computing and the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform — including with NVIDIA NIM microservices and NVIDIA NeMo Retriever — the Cohesity Gaia discovery assistant brings the power of generative AI to data backups and archives. Cohesity Gaia lets customers unleash new levels of insight, efficiency, innovation, and growth.
"Access to data is a crucial foundation for building advanced AI systems, including agentic AI," said Pat Lee, vice president, Strategic Enterprise Partnerships, NVIDIA. "By integrating NVIDIA NIM microservices and NeMo Retriever into Cohesity Gaia, enterprises can harness AI-driven insights directly within their infrastructure to preserve data accessibility and security while unlocking new levels of intelligence."
The extension of Cohesity Gaia to on-premises environments will mark a significant milestone in the evolution of AI-driven enterprise data management. Key benefits of the solution include:
Customers like JSR Corporation, an international research and manufacturing company, are evaluating the benefits of leveraging Cohesity Gaia's on-premises solution.
"With research centers in many locations, our researchers speak different languages. We want to be able to use generative AI to look across years of our data to discover insights that can accelerate the rate of our research and discovery," said Ryan Reed, Head of IT, JSR Corporation. "Cohesity is leveraging NVIDIA AI Enterprise software and expertise to make that possible with an on-premises AI solution that uses our own collective knowledge."
Cohesity is collaborating with data security, infrastructure, and AI industry leaders to bring Gaia to enterprises worldwide. Cisco, HPE, and Nutanix will be among the organizations that can offer Cohesity Gaia software with their full stack solutions. Cohesity and Cisco will validate and deploy Cohesity Gaia Software on Cisco AI PODs—plug-and-play AI infrastructure stacks that integrate compute, storage, networking, and NVIDIA AI Enterprise to simplify adoption with scalable, efficient, and future-ready deployment. Cohesity and HPE will work together to validate and deploy Cohesity Gaia Software on HPE Private Cloud AI, a turnkey, cloud-based solution co-developed with NVIDIA.
Cohesity Gaia for on-premises environments is slated for general availability in mid-2025. More information can be found at this blog. To see a demonstration of Cohesity Gaia at NVIDIA GTC, visit booth 2012. Cohesity and NVIDIA will also present a Tech Insights session during the NVIDIA GTC event on March 18 at 9 a.m. Pacific, discussing the enterprise AI landscape, critical gaps, and security considerations. Learn more about Cohesity's work with NVIDIA.
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"Cohesity Gaia's on-premises solution combined with Cisco's AI-optimized infrastructure would enable organizations to unlock the insights and untapped value in their backup data," said Jeremy Foster, SVP and GM of Cisco Compute. "It promises to also deliver the performance and scalability needed for growing AI workloads, while keeping sensitive data within an organization's control."
"To accelerate value creation with AI, enterprises need exceptional performance and simplicity across their data estate. Cohesity Gaia paired with HPE AI-optimized infrastructure, such as HPE Private Cloud AI, provides both," said Patrick Osborne, SVP of technology acceleration, HPE. "These integrated solutions featuring HPE storage and servers let organizations efficiently manage unstructured data growth, reduce costs and complexity, and create new insights within their own secure environments."
"Cohesity Gaia integrated with Nutanix Enterprise AI infrastructure will enable enterprise customers to efficiently derive value from backup data," said Thomas Cornely, SVP of Product Management, Nutanix. This joint solution will deliver valuable AI powered insights with privacy, control, and efficiency, all within the confines of their on-premises environments."
About Cohesity
Cohesity is the leader in AI-powered data security. Over 13,600 enterprise customers, including over 85 of the Fortune 100 and nearly 70% of the Global 500, rely on Cohesity to strengthen their resilience while providing Gen AI insights into their vast amounts of data. Formed from the combination of Cohesity with Veritas' enterprise data protection business, the company's solutions secure and protect data on-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge. Backed by NVIDIA, IBM, HPE, Cisco, AWS, Google Cloud, and others, Cohesity is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, with offices around the globe. To learn more, follow Cohesity on LinkedIn, X, and Facebook.
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Cohesity Gaia Pioneers AI-Powered Insights from On-Premises Backup Data
