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The Eclipse Foundation publishes its study about Open Services … – GlobeNewswire

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Eclipse Foundation, one of the worlds largest open source software foundations, today published its study about Cloud Interoperability to foster the European Digital Market. The report provides an analysis of the current market of the European cloud services ecosystem and perspectives:

As part of this publication, the Eclipse Foundation will be hosting a launch event on April 25th at 1:30 PM CEST in Brussels, open to all parties interested in contributing to an open cloud ecosystem. Registration and more information on this event can be found here: https://events.eclipse.org/2023/unlockthecloud/

EU participants are grossly underrepresented in today's cloud ecosystem. This new open source industry collaboration will level the playing field and enable Europe to not only fully embrace the cloud, but build its own innovative industry, said Mike Milinkovich, executive director, the Eclipse Foundation. As one of the critical ingredients to growth for multiple industries underpinning the EUs economy, growing the regions leadership in the cloud ecosystem will be the foundation for the future economic prosperity of Europe.

Building cloud interoperability with the Open Services CloudHaving reached nearly 190B in 2022, the European cloud services market is growing rapidly. It drives many of the 14 strategic industrial ecosystems defined in the 2021 EU industrial strategy and is forecasted to grow at an annual rate of 13% over the next decade.

Despite this compelling growth, the European cloud ecosystem is still limited in its ability to expand. To increase balance and boost cloud consumer purchasing power in the European market, the study introduces how Open Services Cloud platform brings three core innovations to streamline the process of using multiple clouds: a descriptive configuration language, a management portal, and a portable services and data solution.

The Open Services Cloud levels the playing field between cloud users and CSPs and ISVs. Especially beneficial to smaller businesses and start-ups, the Open Services Cloud opens the door for the emergence of a stronger European ecosystem of cloud service industry.

On April 25th, we will be hosting an in-person event in Brussels where you will learn from industry leaders, discover the results of our new study on cloud interoperability, and find out more about where the EU Data Act and the Digital Markets Act are heading when it comes to European cloud services. Register here to participate.

About the Eclipse FoundationThe Eclipse Foundation provides our global community of individuals and organizations with a mature, scalable, and business-friendly environment for open source software collaboration and innovation. The Foundation is home to the Eclipse IDE, Jakarta EE, and over 400 open source projects, including runtimes, tools, and frameworks for cloud and edge applications, IoT, AI, automotive, systems engineering, distributed ledger technologies, open processor designs, and many others. The Eclipse Foundation is an international non-profit association supported by over 330 members, including industry leaders who value open source as a key enabler for their business strategies. To learn more, follow us on Twitter @EclipseFdn, LinkedIn or visit eclipse.org.

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Rail Asset Management Market Size to Reach USD 18.4 Billion by 2032 – Increasing Government Investments in Rail Infrastructure & Digitization to…

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Rail asset management industry growth has resulted from modern technology, the expansion of the tourism industry, and the adoption of high-tech innovations. Economic growth in Australia, Singapore, Korea, China, Hong Kong, and India also drives market expansion. Asia Pacific region dominates the rail asset management market with a 50% market revenue share in 2022.

Newark, April 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Brainy Insights estimates that the USD 10.2 billionrail asset management market will reach USD 18.4 billion by 2032. Asset management has swiftly gained popularity in the rail industry. An often complex system's main defining characteristic is a set of coordinated operations that optimize asset performance and help an organisation accomplish its objectives. It encompasses all systems, methods, and tools for maximising asset availability while minimising total cost and risk. This often necessitates complex software to collect and analyse user data to do predictive and preventative maintenance as opposed to reactive fixes.The rail industry significantly impacts a country's economic and financial status.

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Report Coverage

Details

Forecast Period

20232032

Base Year

2022

Market Size in 2022

USD 10.2 Billion

Market Size in 2032

USD 18.4 Billion

CAGR

6.1%

No. of Pages in Report

237

Segments Covered

Deployment, Application

Drivers

Rising Government Initiatives

Opportunities

Rising Government Funding

Restraints

High Cost of Deployment

Asia Pacific to account for the largest market size during the forecast period.

Asia Pacific is expected to have the most significant rail asset management market share due to the increase in the presence of private organisations in government-administered rail markets and the inclination for low-fares and multimodal travel in this region. Furthermore, The Indian government has proposed two necessary steps to encourage private investment: private operators operating passenger trains on the Indian Railways network and renovating railway stations around the country.

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The on-premises segment dominated the market with the most significant revenue of USD 5.61 billion.

The on-premises segment dominated the market with the most significant revenue of USD 5.61 billion. On-premise software is a cloud computing system that uses specialised hardware and software systems at a company's main office to deliver services such as file storage, email, and web hosting. On-premise refers to various solutions ranging from private clouds to hybrid clouds. On-premises solutions are deployed and managed by an organisation's IT personnel; they do not require the involvement or control of a third party.

The rolling stock segment dominated the market with the most significant revenue of USD 5.71 billion.

The rolling stock segment dominated the market with the most significant market revenue of USD 5.71 billion. Owing to increased government investments across regions to replace old rolling stock fleets with updated fleets capable of running on alternative fuels and advanced rail systems such as Positive Train Control (PTC). In addition, rising passenger traffic coupled with fast urbanisation has resulted in an increased number of trains plying daily which is also predicted to drive growth throughout the forecast period.

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In June 2022, Brightly Software, a renowned software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider of maintenance and asset management solutions with headquarters in the United States, reached an agreement to be acquired by Siemens Smart Infrastructure (SI), a significant provider of digital buildings. The acquisition propels SI to top the built infrastructure and construction software market. The cost of the acquisition is USD 1.57 billion.

Market Dynamics:

Drivers: Technological Advancement

Rail operations and cutting-edge information and communication technology are projected to assist the railway management system market in overcoming the above-mentioned issues. Furthermore, the need to meet industry safety regulations to deliver safe and dependable service is projected to drive market demand.

Restraint: Growing Dependability

The growing dependability on trains further strained the existing rail system. This leads to a slew of unplanned and unexpected maintenance with infrastructure and rolling stock due to system wear and tear, failures, damages, and repair needs.

Opportunity: Development of Smart Cities

The global population is expected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050, with cities housing 75% of the population. As a result, public institutions must ensure that the transportation sector, notably the rail network, is ready to meet rising connectivity demands. Furthermore, the developing smart city trend is moving the rail asset management market forward. The railway industry tremendously impacts a country's financial and economic situation. It transports billions of people and freights every day and produces significant profits. Because of the comfort and ease of transporting goods and travelling, people increasingly rely on trains, necessitating a rail asset management system to maintain rail infrastructure, providing growth opportunities for the market.

Challenge: Maintenance Expenses

Increased passenger and freight traffic, inadequate management of operating and maintenance expenses, and inefficient utilisation of rail networks all challenge market expansion.

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Some of the major players operating in the rail asset management market are:

Accenture plc Alstom SA International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) Capgemini SE Hitachi, Ltd. Cisco Systems, Inc. L&T Technology Services Limited (LTTS) Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. SAP SE Siemens AG

Key Segments cover in the market:

By Deployment:

On-Premises Cloud

By Application:

Rolling Stock Infrastructure

About the report:

The global rail asset management market is analyzed based on value (USD billion). All the segments have been analyzed on a worldwide, regional, and country basis. The study includes the analysis of more than 30 countries for each part. The report offers an in-depth analysis of driving factors, opportunities, restraints, and challenges for gaining critical insight into the market. The study includes porter's five forces model, attractiveness analysis, raw material analysis, supply, demand analysis, competitor position grid analysis, distribution, and marketing channels analysis.

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Ajay Kumar, CISSP, CGEIT, PMP, Director, Internal Audit (IT), Citizens Property Insurance Corporation

Ajay Kumar, CISSP, CGEIT, PMP, Director, Internal Audit (IT), Citizens Property Insurance Corporation

Cloud computing benefits are widely understood, and it has become one of the essential ingredients for continued innovation in today's fast-paced business transformations. Even after understanding all these benefits and the desire to provide outstanding service to customers and end users, why are businesses still hesitating to move to the Cloud? Based on my decades of IT consulting and IT leadership experience, the top 3 reasons are:

1. Information Security, Governance, Risk, and Compliance Concerns

2. Challenges with core systems integration and Legacy Systems redesign

3. Lack of understanding of Cloud Costs optimization

Concerns about security and the fear of losing control are one of the top reasons holding businesses back from accelerating their digital transformation journey through cloud migration. So, the question is, Do we have a way to mitigate these concerns and ensure that businesses feel at ease with their decision to move to the Cloud?

The evolution of cloud computing has emerged with new solutions that have the potential to mitigate Security, Governance, Risk, and Compliance concerns of the public Cloud. This evolution has led to a Hybrid Cloud strategy combining processing, data, and storage environments of On-premises, Private Cloud, and Public Cloud - such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP). A Hybrid Cloud can help to address security, Governance, Risk and Compliance concerns, control issues, and other barriers that can cause cloud migration to derail. Hybrid clouds combine the benefits of both public and private clouds to offer a responsive, secure option to businesses. Public clouds are well suited for many front-office workloads. However, the private clouds are well suited for mission-critical workloads, where the benefits of the Cloud are most sought-after but the security and assurance of a closed environment are critical.

Hybrid clouds combine the benefits of both public and private clouds to offer a responsive, secure option to businesses

Hybrid Cloud provides the benefits of the best of both worlds. It enables businesses and Technology professionals to have complete autonomy in defining where workloads, data, and processing need to exist based on audit findings, the organization's policy, compliance needs, and regulatory requirements. It offers both the control of on-premises hosting and the flexibility of cloud storage, all while reducing the overall risk exposure of data confidentiality, availability, and integrity. As a result, it mitigates security, governance, risk, and compliance concerns. It empowers companies to store data in specific environments that align with business strategy and the industry's regulatory requirements. The centralized management system of the hybrid Cloud makes it easier to strategize, implement, manage and audit technical controls. The controls are centrally accessible whether organizations leverage encryption to reduce the risk of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability or end-point security for data loss prevention. Application deployed on a Hybrid cloud runs with much greater security than on a public cloud. Hybrid Cloud technologies also allow on-premise infrastructure and Clouds (private and Public) to operate seamlessly across multiple standardized technology interfaces. It provides ease of implementation and enables businesses to innovate with agility, improving responsiveness and lowering operating costs even with the added layers of complexity.

As hybrid Cloud continues to grow in popularity, there are many variations in adoption across different industries. In regulated sectors which are more concerned with security and have stringent audit requirements (such as insurance, banking, telecom, government, and healthcare), the cloud mix still leans heavily toward the private Cloud. However, in less regulated industries, it tips the other way. Hybrid Cloud's interoperability means that organizations aren't forced into either environment. Hybrid clouds share services and allow applications, workloads, and resources to migrate between and among public and private clouds. Also, hybrid clouds can help to avoid vendor lock-in. Vendor lock-in creates risk if a vendor suffers production, legal, or financial issues. With the freedom to find the best solution and cloud provider suited for their needs, companies now have access to the most cloud ecosystem opportunities.

Hybrid cloud strategy and implementation continue to be on the rise. It provides better support in a distributed workforce environment, reduces overall costs, improves scalability and control, increases innovation and agility, and improves Business continuity and disaster recovery. It has given businesses more choices than ever to migrate to Cloud and securely accelerate their digital transformation journey.

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Axiad Expands International Footprint With Canadian Hosting … – PR Newswire

New In-Country Service Delivers Cloud-Based Passwordless Authentication That Aligns to Data Sovereignty and Compliance Requirements for Canadian-Based Companies

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --Axiad, a leading provider of organization-wide passwordless orchestration, today announced it has further expanded internationally, delivering its flagship Axiad Cloud product that is now hosted in Canada. This expansion means that Canadian-based customers and organizations that have international operations in Canada are now able to host their authentication solution in country aligning to certain data sovereignty requirements and helping customers comply with Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and other regulations.

"For many of our Canadian customers that wish to take advantage of the extra security and cost efficiencies of a cloud-based solution for authentication, it is critical that the application and related information is hosted in country," saidYves Audebert, co-CEO of Axiad. "With this new in-country hosting capability, we are now able to support these needs giving them the benefits of our core Axiad Cloud product, including the ability to become phishing resistant, while also staying true to corporate, local, and jurisdictional requirements for data sovereignty."

Hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Axiad Cloud is an industry-leading platform that delivers a holistic, consistent, and secure "no password" passwordless future that eliminates the friction and risk found in typically fragmented solutions. Axiad Cloud is made up of a full suite of modular, passwordless authentication capabilities, including Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Phishing-Resistant Authentication, Certificate-Based Authentication for IAM, Passwordless Orchestration, and PKI as a Service.

Axiad's new service will be hosted only in Canadian-based AWS facilities, utilizing multiple available zones to provide a comprehensive, high-availability solution. With the offering being hosted locally, Canadian customers are likely to see improved performance relative to solutions not hosted in country as well.

Today's news further underscores Axiad's investment in serving its Canadian customers. The company has managed a research and development center in country since 2019, and it also operates a service center in the nation's capital of Ottawa where it provides professional services and technical support for organizations based in Canada.

About AxiadAxiad delivers organization-wide passwordless orchestration to secure people, machines, and interactions for enterprise and public sector organizations that must optimize their cybersecurity posture while navigating underlying IT complexity. The company's flagship product, Axiad Cloud, is a comprehensive, secure, and integrated authentication platform that allows customers to move to a passwordless future without the friction and risk of fragmented solutions. Axiad supports the widest range of credentials in the industry including FIDO, mobile MFA, Windows Hello for Business, YubiKeys, smart cards, TPM and biometrics, and is trusted by public sector organizations and Fortune 500 companies across aerospace & defense, financial services, insurance, healthcare, oil & energy, and more.

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Licel release their guide to mobile application protection – Daily Host News

Licel has recently released their comprehensive guide to mobile application protection. This invaluable resource is specifically tailored for software engineers and architects, providing them with essential knowledge and practical strategies for enhancing app protection.

As per Ivan Kinash, the CEO of Licel, the guide represents a logical progression of the companys long-standing objective to advocate for app security among developers.

Weve always had a close bond with the app developer community because of our own background as a company. And we know that right now the best way to balance the scales with bad actors is to promote the benefits to developers of understanding the basics of app security. Engineers need to know how attackers operate and what they can do to mitigate the threats their mobile apps are up against.

Given the prevailing circumstances in 2023 where attackers seem to hold an advantage, the guide on application protection is especially timely and imperative.

Weve arrived at a curious intersection with mobile apps, says Kinash. While many companies might readily admit their application is one of their most vital assets, this doesnt always translate into security being prioritized as much as it should. Theres also some unhelpful misinformation out there about what mobile app protection is and the level of security thats required.

Licels guide aims to educate developers on the critical significance of app protection and explain the multifaceted layers of security required to effectively stop contemporary attacks.

The guide is structured into three primary sections, providing comprehensive coverage on the following topics:

Principles: This section delves into the crucial elements of mobile apps that require protection, elucidates tips for creating a threat model, and outlines Licels four essential layers of mobile application protection.

Threats: Here, various threats and attacks are discussed in detail, along with strategies for mitigation and prevention. Topics covered include decompilation and modification, dynamic analysis and tampering, emulators and virtualization apps, malware, and network communications interception.

Practice: This section offers a practical checklist for safeguarding mobile apps, along with insights on how and why security should be treated as an ongoing and continuous process.

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VNET Publishes 2022 Environment, Social and Governance Report – PR Newswire

BEIJING, April 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- VNET Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: VNET) ("VNET" or the "Company"),a leading carrier- and cloud-neutral Internet data center services provider in China, today announced that it haspublished its 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance Report (the "2022 ESG Report"), highlighting its 2022 performance and initiatives related to sustainability, ethical business practices, digital empowerment,and social responsibility.

"In 2022, we increased our focus on building our SHIELD (Social-Human-Innovation-Environment-Leadership-Development) sustainability system and further integrating ESG concepts into every aspect of our operations," said Jeff Dong, Chief Executive Officer of VNET. "In December 2022, MSCI raised our ESG rating to 'A', which represents the highest ranking to-date in China's Internet Services & Infrastructure industry. I'm proud of how we continue to evolve our practical capabilities and programs to help promote the harmonious coexistence between the enterprise, economy, society and environment. By doing so, we are writing a new chapter in the sustainable development of the global digital economy. Going forward VNET will continue to elevate our ESG engagement and embrace our responsibility to deliver sustainable value for all stakeholders."

VNET is proud to share its commitment with stakeholders, including these highlights from the 2022 ESG Report.

To view the full 2022 ESG Report, please visit the Company's Investor Relations website at https://ir.vnet.com/or access the report athttps://www.vnet.com/en/esg.html.

About VNET

VNET Group, Inc. is a leading carrier- and cloud-neutral Internet data center services provider in China. VNET provides hosting and related services, including IDC services, cloud services, and business VPN services to improve the reliability, security, and speed of its customers' internet infrastructure. Customers may locate their servers and equipment in VNET's data centers and connect to China's internet backbone. VNET operates in more than 30 cities throughout China, servicing a diversified and loyal base of over 7,000 hosting and related enterprise customers that span numerous industries ranging from internet companies to government entities and blue-chip enterprises to small- to mid-sized enterprises.

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This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "target," "believes," "estimates" and similar statements. Among other things, quotations from management in this announcement as well as VNET's strategic and operational plans contain forward-looking statements. VNET may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its reports filed with, or furnished to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in its annual reports to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about VNET's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: VNET's goals and strategies; VNET's expansion plans; the expected growth of the data center services market; expectations regarding demand for, and market acceptance of, VNET's services; VNET's expectations regarding keeping and strengthening its relationships with customers; VNET's plans to invest in research and development to enhance its solution and service offerings; and general economic and business conditions in the regions where VNET provides solutions and services. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in VNET's reports filed with, or furnished to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release, and VNET undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.

Investor Relations Contact:

Xinyuan LiuTel: +86 10 8456-2121Email:[emailprotected]

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Akamai debuts Brand Protector service to combat phishing, online forgery – CSO Online

Akamai is rolling out a new service designed to provide automated detection, investigation and even takedown services for businesses looking to protect their online reputations from digital criminals and phishing campaigns.

The basic concept of the new service, launched at RSA Conference in San Francisco today, is simple Akamai, via its large array of global points of presence, monitors vast volumes of traffic, looking for indicators of intellectual property or client resources being misused, like corporate branding or certificates being used from IPs that arent associated with that company.

Akamai said that it can use that intelligence to detect brand abuse often, before an attack campaign launches, according to its official announcement.

This shields businesses from revenue loss and increased risk by combating fake goods sales, phishing sites and unauthorized use of brand elements outside of its environment and across the Internet, the company said.

Akamai said that Brand Protector pairs its wide detection net with AI and heuristics to provide real-time analysis of threats to users in a dashboard view. The product uses a threat score metric to weigh the relative severity of potential attacks, but the underlying data used to make those calculations are easily available from the management console.

Its a completely different approach to the problem than anything thats been tried before, according to IDC group vice president for security and trust Frank Dickson.

A traditional security product is normally looking at streams of ingress, like whats coming into a [customer] environment, or egress, he said. Akamai will tell you they have a massive footprint and can look at a whole host of traffic.

Akamais outsized web presence is a key piece of leverage in Brand Protectors automated mitigation feature, as well, Dickson said. Where takedown notices for fake sites would sometimes take days or months to be processed by ISPs in the past, Akamai has an API-based approach to sending those notices, letting ISPs act on notifications much more quickly.

Every hosting provider wants to maintain a certain level of legitimacy, he said. If they start getting downgrades to reputation, then all of their customers get downgraded as well, so then theres a problem that [the hosting provider] will start losing customers.

Akamai said in its statement that Brand Protector is available as of today. Details on pricing were not immediately available.

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Big Tech is racing to claim its share of the generative AI market – Financial Times

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‘Bad’ digital ad spending can harm the environment – MarTech

Bad digital ad spending is very bad for the environment. Thats the finding of Scope3s State of Sustainability Report which found that media properties with the biggest carbon footprint are typically fraud, click-bait or offer low-value inventory.

These Climate Risk websites, which make up 10% of the domains in the five countries studied by the report the U.S., U.K., France, Germany and Australia, contribute 33,500 metric tons (mt) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) greenhouse gases per month. Thats equal to driving a car 86,000,000 miles or 3,449 times around the earth. Between January 2020 and May 2022, $115 million was spent on advertising on these sites.

The big picture. Overall, the energy used by programmatic advertising in these five countries every month generates the same amount of greenhouse gas as 24 million gallons of gasoline, according to the report.

Dig deeper: How advertisers can take the lead in reducing carbon emissions

This includes energy used in

Global emissions per 1000 programmatic ad impressions are approximately 514.8 gCO2PM (grams of carbon dioxide and equivalent greenhouse gasses). Thats the same amount of energy as washing a load of laundry.

Average publisher emissions can range anywhere from as low as 187 gCO2PM all the way up to 1772 gCO2PM.

Why we care. Climate change is the greatest threat to human existence and we are running out of time to do anything about it. This is why every action matters.

Its easy to get overwhelmed by the scale of the problem and think this one change wont accomplish anything. Repurposing ad spend away from those problematic websites only cuts 33,500mt out of programmatic advertisings monthly total of 215,000mt. Even if we could get that amount to zero, it is a fraction of a percent of the 50,000,000,000mt of greenhouse gases produced each year.

Heres the thing: Were in the marketing business. Were all about the cumulative impact of incremental change in attitudes. We dont know where the tipping point is for this change. We could be a very small step away from it. Every action matters in getting to that.

Doing less with more isnt only in your own self-interest, its also good business. Retail giant Walmart has saved billions of dollars by requiring more environmentally friendly packaging for the products it sells.

What can be done: Each ad impression travels through an advertising life cycle, which starts with the programmatic selection process and ends when the ad is delivered. Every step along the way contributes to the ads emissions. Knowing the impact of each part of the journey will help you discover excess energy uses.

For example, ad selection is responsible for upwards of 60% of the energy used in programmatic advertising. You can lower that amount significantly by adjusting things like your programmatic supply chain.

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The next arms race: China leverages AI for edge in future wars – The Japan Times

The U.S. has enjoyed superiority in military technology since the end of the Cold War. But this edge is being rapidly eroded by its main rival, China, which seems determined to become a global leader in technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) that could potentially revolutionize warfare.

As Beijing focuses on a defense strategy for what it calls the new era, the aim is to integrate these innovations into the Peoples Liberation Army, creating a world-class force that offsets U.S. conventional military supremacy in the Indo-Pacific and tilts the balance of power.

How important AI has become for Chinas national security and military ambitions was highlighted by President Xi Jinping during the 20th Party Congress last October, where he emphasized Beijings commitment to AI development and intelligent warfare a reference to AI-enabled military systems.

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