One Week of Digitization丨Joining hands with Alibaba, Konka breaks through in the Internet of Things era

▌ Digital transformation case

◆The German Henkel Group and Alibaba 1688 reached an annual marketing strategic cooperation

According to news on January 26, Henkel, the century-old German chemical giant The Group reached an annual marketing strategic cooperation with Alibaba 1688, becoming the first chemical company to reach an annual strategic cooperation with the 1688 digital marketing platform. 1688 Digital Marketing will be based on the online and offline global marketing product matrix and rely on the ecological service system to provide Henkel with industry-specific and personalized year-round marketing solutions, through value-added service rights, special marketing scenarios, service training support, and product data advantages. , 1&N brand and dealer joint marketing tools, combined with comprehensive empowerment, help Henkel better respond to customers' growing digital needs and further tap market potential.

◆Unilever and JD Supermarket have reached a strategic cooperation

Recently, Unilever and JD Supermarket have reached a strategic cooperation, which will focus on category construction, marketing innovation, technology-driven, Cooperate in areas such as unbounded retail. According to the agreement, Unilever will launch a number of new products in JD Supermarket in 2019 to create a JD exclusive product line. JD Supermarket will accelerate the opening of the "User Operation Center" tool to Unilever to help both parties accelerate precision marketing. In addition, Unilever will implement strategic cooperation projects such as collaborative warehouses in the first half of 2019, accelerating the implementation of comprehensive collaborative projects between both parties.

◆Country Garden, a real estate company, wants to transform into a high-tech enterprise

At the 2019 annual meeting of Country Garden Group on January 21, Country Garden Chairman Yang Guoqiang said that we are now moving towards a high-tech enterprise. This is the source of our strong competitiveness in the future. Our three focuses in the future are: real estate, agriculture, and robots. Since 2018, Country Garden has spared no effort in investing in popular areas such as robotics, modern agriculture and new retail. From construction robots to modern agriculture, Country Garden’s new layout is all centered around “housing” and “land”.

◆Haier joins hands with Covestro to establish digital joint laboratory

Recently, the global large home appliance brand Haier and the German materials manufacturer Covestro officially signed a cooperation agreement in Qingdao. Haier Industrial Intelligence Research Institute has established the "Haier-Covestro Digital Joint Laboratory" for the first time. The laboratory will be dedicated to developing digital solutions related to polyurethane processes in the production of home appliances, aiming to set a new benchmark for the digital transformation of the chemical industry. Through the "Haier-Covestro Digital Joint Laboratory", the two parties will jointly develop solutions in multiple fields such as production line data acquisition, online quality monitoring, data analysis and mining, and process optimization.

◆Belle International’s decentralization promotes digital transformation

Recently, Li Liang, executive director of Belle International, said in an interview that the overall idea of ??Belle’s digital transformation is to decentralize and transform digitalization into The use of tools is pushed to the front end. In Li Liang's view, there are three major pain points of "data fragmentation" in traditional shoe retail: first, the underlying data is fragmented, and mall data cannot feed back to brands and merchants in a timely manner; second, the data in different regions, different channels, and different stores The data is fragmented and cannot form an effective "data alignment"; third, the response mechanism is fragmented, between macro data and micro decision-making. Data cannot quickly help front-line sales staff answer questions or guide the supply chain to make timely adjustments. .

◆CNOOC tests digital transformation

On January 23, CNOOC announced its business strategy and development strategy for the new year. In 2019, CNOOC plans to increase capital expenditures, and increasing oil and gas reserves and production, digital transformation, and exploring offshore wind power will be the focus of the work. CNOOC's management stated that regarding digitalization and intelligence, the database will be improved based on the previously accumulated data on Daiang's exploration and development to form guidance for future exploration research and development strategies. At the same time, artificial intelligence technology will also be used to provide remote support for offshore operations. Through intelligent Oilfield and cloud platform construction, exploring business digital innovation.

▌Artificial Intelligence

◆Huazhong University of Science and Technology established the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute

On January 26, the School of Artificial Intelligence and Automation and Artificial Intelligence Research of Huazhong University of Science and Technology The institute was formally established. Vice Governor Chen Anli, Secretary of the Party Committee Shao Xinyu and President Li Yuanyuan of Huazhong University of Science and Technology jointly unveiled the plaque. Currently, Huazhong University of Science and Technology ranks eighth in the country in terms of academic output in the field of artificial intelligence, and ranks sixth in the country in quality of results. In line with the national strategy and serving the development of Hubei, Huazhong University of Science and Technology deepens the integration of industry and education and school-enterprise cooperation. With the original School of Automation as the main body, it improves the organization, innovates the system, and establishes the School of Artificial Intelligence and Automation and the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute.

◆Hailong Building completed the transformation and upgrading of the electronics store

With the advent of the Internet era, Hailong Electronics City has also accelerated its "reform and upgrading" and started the road to transformation. Hailong Building has been transformed from a former electronics store into the country's first smart hardware innovation center. During this period, it has experienced the decentralization of electronic product sales merchants, leaseback and repurchase of the property rights of small owners, strengthening industrial upgrading and adjustment, and the introduction of Horizon Technology, Megvii Technology, and Ingdan Technology. Among the leading companies in the artificial intelligence industry, technological innovation companies such as artificial intelligence and incubators have reached more than 90%, and the transformation effect is obvious.

◆Xi'an Jiaotong University established the School of Artificial Intelligence

On January 21, Xi'an Jiaotong University held the unveiling ceremony of the "School of Artificial Intelligence". Sun Jian, the world's top young scholar in the field of artificial intelligence, chief scientist of Beijing Megvii Technology Co., Ltd. and dean of the research institute, was awarded the position of dean of the School of Artificial Intelligence of Xi'an Jiaotong University. The college will give full play to Xi'an Jiaotong University's disciplinary development and talent training advantages in the field of artificial intelligence, form a high-end talent accumulation effect, and explore new models of industry-university-research cooperation in the intelligent industry.

▌Internet of Things

◆Konka joins hands with Alibaba to break through in the Internet of Things era

Recently, the "Nth Power of Ease" 2019 hosted by Konka Internet Division At the Konka Internet Strategy Conference and Annual Marketing Ceremony, Alibaba and Konka Group announced that they had reached a strategic cooperation, and Alibaba's investment in Yi Pinghe, a subsidiary of Konka Group, opened up horizons. In 2019, Konka's Internet strategy is to focus on "five major scenarios", that is, to comprehensively build "situational integration" between people and screens in home scenes, business travel scenes, community scenes, scenic spot scenes and office scenes.

◆Huawei’s 5G major release

On January 24, Huawei held a 5G press conference and 2019 Mobile World Congress pre-communication meeting in Beijing, and released the world’s first 5G base station core chip ——Huawei Tiangang is committed to building minimalist 5G and promoting large-scale and rapid deployment of 5G around the world. Currently, Huawei has secured 30 5G commercial contracts, and more than 25,000 5G base stations have been shipped to various parts of the world. At the same time, Huawei officially released the 5G multi-mode terminal chip and the first 5G commercial terminal based on the chip to the world, bringing a second-to-none high-speed connection experience and bringing the smart world of the Internet of Everything one step closer to people's lives.

◆Bosch and Yaguan Technology reached a strategic cooperation agreement on the Internet of Things

On January 22, Bosch Security Communication System joined hands with Hangzhou Yaguan Technology, a leading domestic AIoT whole-house intelligence company*** By signing a strategic cooperation agreement, the two parties will form a long-term, comprehensive strategic partnership in IoT and related fields, jointly create a whole-house intelligent experience, and promote the development of the whole-house intelligent industry. According to the agreement, the two parties will cooperate on Bosch ZigBee smart wireless infrared human movement sensors and Bosch ZigBee smart wireless multi-function sensors, and connect them to Yaguan Technology's whole-house smart solutions.

◆Cainiao Network opens its first IoT robot distribution center

On January 22, Cainiao Network announced that the country’s first IoT robot distribution center was opened in Nanjing. By moving in the distribution center, the robot sorts packages destined for more than 60 distribution outlets in Nanjing into order, making it easier for couriers to deliver. Cainiao flexible automation engineer Zhong Xiang said that this system is based on IoT technology and applies computer vision and multi-agent robot dispatching technology to achieve full control, intelligent identification and rapid distribution of large parcels throughout the distribution center. .

▌Blockchain

◆Tencent and Guiyang will conduct in-depth cooperation in the fields of cloud computing, AI and blockchain

On January 26, Tencent and the Guiyang Municipal People's Government signed a deepening cooperation agreement today. The two parties will develop the digital economy and create "Digital Intelligence Guiyang". Tencent will provide technology and experience in cloud computing, big data, blockchain, artificial intelligence and other fields. Tencent Cloud also simultaneously provides the underlying blockchain technology for "Digital Guiyang" to build Guiyang's "Network Identity Chain Credentials Center". Once completed, it will be able to be used everywhere with the authorization of individuals and enterprises and quickly verified.

◆CITIC Bank launched Shandong’s first blockchain domestic letter of credit forfaiting business

Recently, CITIC Bank Jinan Branch successfully handled the first blockchain domestic letter of credit for customers in its jurisdiction Letter of credit forfaiting business, becoming the first bank in the province to carry out blockchain forfaiting business. In September 2018, CITIC Bank, Bank of China and Minsheng Bank jointly developed a blockchain forfaiting trading platform. By using blockchain, big data and other technical means, this platform can effectively solve many shortcomings of traditional inter-bank asset transactions, greatly improve transaction efficiency, improve the security of inter-bank asset transactions, and effectively reduce transaction costs.

◆Japan’s Mainichi Shimbun established a blockchain laboratory

On January 22, blockchain venture capital company Gaudiy and Japan’s Mainichi Shimbun began joint research Blockchain technology and its development. Mainichi Shimbun launched the "Mainichi Shimbun Blockchain Lab." (MBL) to research and develop the application of blockchain in services and journalism. MBL's goal is to build a trust foundation for information through blockchain technology and contribute to the sound development and fairness of news.

▌Big Data

◆Shandong Provincial Culture and Tourism Big Data Research Center was established

Recently, the Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and Jinan University signed a strategic cooperation signing ceremony Held at Jinan University, the "Shandong Provincial Culture and Tourism Big Data Research Center" was unveiled. The two parties agreed in the agreement that based on the principles of maximum sharing of resources, complementary advantages, pragmatism and efficiency, and common development, they will establish a Shandong Provincial Cultural and Tourism Big Data Research Center and Shandong Cultural Tourism Research and other matters. We have a long-term and stable cooperative relationship and are committed to the integrated development of Shandong's culture and tourism.

◆Henan launches the first big data credit financing service platform

According to news on January 22, at the Henan Province 2019 Major Project Bank-Enterprise Matchmaking Conference held recently, Henan launched a comprehensive The province’s first big data credit financing service platform – “Xinyurong”. The platform realizes real-time sharing of credit information with industry and commerce, taxation, real estate registration, customs, justice, environmental protection, medical insurance, social security and other business-related business operations and supervision, using new technologies such as the Internet, big data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Provide one-stop credit big data services for financial institutions and enterprises.

◆The first integrated media and big data research center was settled at Renmin University of China

On January 22, the first integrated media and big data research center was held at the Renmin University of China. It has become the first integrated media and big data cooperation and exchange platform in China featuring the integration of industry, academia and research. Zeng Fanwen, executive director of the Cultural Industry Research Institute of Renmin University of China, said that the research center must first make great efforts to build a think tank and become a core think tank for integrated media development and public opinion big data construction. Secondly, integrate resources to become a provider of integrated media construction solutions. At the same time, the research center’s radiating and leading role will be strengthened to serve the development of integrated media in more local governments and counties.

▌Cloud Computing

◆IDC releases China cloud computing vendor share data

According to news on January 21, market research organization IDC released China’s cloud computing market share data for the first half of 2018. Public cloud vendor market share data. Data shows that Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud and China Telecom rank in the top three, with 43%, 11.2% and 7.4% respectively. Alibaba Cloud's market share has reached the combined market share of the second to ninth places, accounting for half of China's cloud computing market. This is also the first year that Alibaba Cloud has ranked first in the Chinese market for three consecutive years.

◆Vista increases investment in Yijistar and deploys cloud computing

Recently, Venustech announced that in order to strengthen its development strategy in the direction of information security, it decided to transfer its wholly-owned subsidiary to Yijistar Jiesida increased its capital by 50 million yuan. EasyStar was founded in February 2014 by the OpenStack core R&D team of IBM China R&D Center to provide cloud computing products and services to enterprise-level customers. Venustech's investment in Yijiesta will, on the one hand, make use of Yijistar's accumulation in cloud and combine the company's own security capabilities to vigorously practice cloud security; on the other hand, the company's proposed Internet+ of safe independent operation and security technology , Artificial intelligence strategy and cloud computing are inseparable.

▌Cybersecurity

◆Ireland investigates Twitter data leakage

According to news on January 26, Ireland is launching an investigation into Twitter’s data leakage. The agency was notified by Twitter that a data breach had occurred at the social media network. Article 33 of the European General Data Protection Regulation stipulates that if a personal data breach occurs, the relevant company must report it to the supervisory authority within 72 hours after learning of the situation, and clearly stipulates the data and type of information to be submitted. Violations of privacy laws may result in penalties of up to 4% of global revenue or 20 million euros, whichever is greater, whereas previous fines were only in the hundreds of thousands of euros.

◆The National Cyber ??Security Industrial Park was officially unveiled

On January 21, a symposium for enterprises entering the Cyber ??Security Industrial Park was held in Beijing. At the symposium, the National Cyber ??Security Industrial Park was officially At the unveiling ceremony, 10 network security companies, including 360 Enterprise Security Group, signed contracts to settle in. The goal of the National Cyber ??Security Industrial Park is to build Beijing into a leading domestic and world-class cyber security industry cluster. It is expected that by 2020, the revenue scale of enterprises in the industrial park will reach 100 billion yuan; by 2025, the "five bases" of my country's network security industry will be built based on the industrial park.