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CIAT Reveals Key Technology Advantages of Taiwan’s Server Industry
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2 years agoon

Cloud Computing and IoT Association in Taiwan (CIAT) held its annual general membership meeting today (Dec. 8). In addition to inviting Vice Premier Cheng Wen-Tsan to present the “2023 Cloud Computing & IoT Innovation Award” and the “11th CIAT Acceleration Program Award”, CIAT also invited Kung Ming-Hsin, Minister of National Development Council, Lin Jyun-Siou, Deputy Director General of Administration for Digital Industry, Chen Mi-Shun, Deputy Director General of Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration to attend the meeting with nearly 300 industrialists. In response to the global technology industry’s trend, “Everything of AI,” the demand for AI servers and AI chips is rising simultaneously. CIAT specially invited heavyweight lecturer Kung Hsiang-Tsung, who is the Willian H. Gates Professor at Harvard University, an Academician of Academia Sinica, and Principal of Taiwan AI Academy, to share his experience on “Distributed Computing for AI”, exploring the technological edges that Taiwan’s server industry can enter.
TrendForce estimates that AI server shipment will reach 1.2 million units in 2023, an annual increase of 38.4%, accounting for nearly 9% of the overall server shipment, and will account for 15% in 2026, simultaneously upwardly revised the 2022~2026 compounded annual growth rate of AI server shipments of 29%. Lee Chih-Kung, Chairman of CIAT and also Chairman of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and Institute of Information Industry (III), indicated that the most significant breakthrough in the technology industry in the past year was the introduction of the generative AI ChatGPT, which has been visited by more than 1.7 billion users globally, and that Taiwan’s industry should seize the business opportunity and quickly enter the high-end AI server market. Another major trend that deserves attention is that the communications era is moving from 5G to 6G to optical communications, which will provide high-speed network connectivity, high-capacity, low-latency, and low-power broadband communications that can meet the demand from the infrastructure. Two years ago, CIAT joined the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) International Forum, which was formed by NTT, Intel, SONY, and others to promote Taiwan’s industrial sector to grasp the innovative telecommunication technology of all-optical network as early as possible. In addition, CIAT also actively bridges with international communities to help its members develop business opportunities. In the field of ORAN, CIAT leads its member companies to visit NTT East Local 5G Lab. in Japan to get public network business opportunities in addition to linking 5G private networks. Regarding Massive IoT, CIAT links the Japan AHPC Promotion Council to introduce Japan’s new Wi-Fi technology, which has a transmission distance of up to one kilometer. In the field of future satellite space, CIAT invited 16 international space companies, including India and the Czech Republic, to come to Taiwan to look for business opportunities with Taiwan’s industry, accelerating Taiwan’s space manufacturers’ entry into the international space industry chain, and fully realizing the industrial vision of “From the Cloud, into the Universe, and the Space.”
The “Taiwan Cloud Computing and IoT Forum” held in the afternoon continued the theme forum in the morning session. In response to the future AI era of significant computing power demand for complex data, multi-node, ultra-high-speed, low-power consumption distributed cloud computing with AI servers will give rise to a comprehensive range of innovative applications of the IoT. For O-RAN issues, the Association assisted in promoting the industry’s development. Also, it aligned itself with the international community by inviting Sadayuki Abeta, the Vice President of Japan NTT DOCOMO, to share his practical experience in creating a global O-RAN ecosystem and meeting the needs for customer service. Chen Wei-Chao, Digital Director and Senior Vice President of Inventec; Wu Han-Chang, General Manager of ASUS Cloud and Taiwan Web Service, Supervisor of CIAT; Lee Rong-Ruey, Director of the Broadband Network Research Institute of the Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories; and Chang Chee-Wei Chang, Distinguished Professor of National Central University and Consultant of the CIAT Satellite IoT SIG, shared the viewpoints of domestic and foreign experts on issues of generative AI, enterprise innovation, all-optical network, satellite technology, etc., and concluded that the future technological development would be based on “Distributed Artificial Intelligence,” focusing on applications such as intelligent manufacturing, smart agriculture, satellite image recognition, environment sensing, and smart city, etc.
In the “Cloud Computing & IoT Innovation Award,” a major annual industry-government-research collaboration event of governmental organizations, this year, three governmental organizations were awarded the Outstanding Application Award, namely, the “One-Finger Inquiry for Real Estate Information” by the Land Administration Bureau of Taichung City Government in conjunction with Systex Corporation, the “New Taipei City Emergency Management Information System” by Fire Department, New Taipei City Government in conjunction with Taiwan Research Institute and the “Three-Dimensional Alert Display System for Flash Flood Hot Spots in Mountainous Areas” by National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction in conjunction with Global Power Technology. The “CIAT Accelerator Program in Taiwan” created by CIAT and StarFab Accelerator is entering its 11th year this year, has assisted 168 start-ups and large corporations in co-creative cooperation, and has made a fruitful achievement of accumulative fund-raising of more than NT$3.9 billion in the past 11 years. The eight corporate mentors of the CIAT Accelerator Program include Far EasTone, NVIDIA, Hwacom, Syscom System, Inventec, Delta Electronics, Chunghwa Telecom, and Industrial Technology Research Institute. In the end, “Moldintel” and its corporate mentor “Delta Electronics” won the first place of the System Innovation Award, “Choozmo” and its corporate mentor “NVIDIA” won the second place of the System Innovation Award, and “Clarity Wind” and its corporate mentor “Syscom System” won the third place of the System Innovation Award. In recent years, StarFab has also established the “Tech-Startup Japan Award” specifically for Japanese market expansion. This year, CIAT Accelerator also combined the results of creative cooperation between 8 CIAT mentors and 10 startups to obtain the intention of a 50-million investment.
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Pre-Orders Open for Mojahidul Islam’s Latest Computer Book ‘AI Shikhun, Taka Gunun’
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1 month agoon
September 12, 2025
Technology writer and journalist Mojahidul Islam Dheow is set to release his new book, “AI Sikhun, Taka Gunun.”
Online pre-orders have already started, and the book is being published by Systech Publications.
In today’s digital age, we stand at a turning point—where simple keystrokes can turn into dollars, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming humanity’s newest coworker.
This book acts as a bridge, connecting learning with earning and blending investigative journalism with awareness-raising for general readers. The book is structured into three parts.
The first section is designed as an earning guide for young people. It explains how AI content prompts can create opportunities in the freelancing market and how small ideas can grow into significant income streams.
The second section serves as a hands-on investigative handbook for journalists, offering practical tips on using AI tools for data mining, verifying sources, and ensuring cybersecurity.
The third section is aimed at general readers. It presents the opportunities and risks of AI in simple language while also teaching methods for spotting deepfakes and identifying fake news.
Mojahidul Islam Dheow, a Computer Science graduate, has been writing and publishing technology-related books since 2003, with more than a dozen titles to his name.
His book “Web Database Application: MySQL–PHP” was the first Bangla-language book on website database and application development, earning him the Best Author Award in 2021. Dheow’s writing style is lively and accessible—sometimes deeply technical, sometimes witty and lighthearted. His words make readers feel as though they are casually learning new hacks while chatting with a friend.
This book is equally valuable for three key audiences: those who want to start freelancing but don’t know how to begin, journalists eager to learn the magic of AI-powered data tools, and everyday readers curious about how AI is reshaping our daily lives.
All in all, “AI Sikhun, Taka Gunun” is not just another book—it is a complete roadmap for surviving and thriving in the age of AI.
According to the author, the book will help readers discover numerous exciting ways to earn with AI. These include offering writing services with AI content tools, managing brands and social media accounts, providing AI-powered SEO services, creating and selling custom GPTs, producing AI-generated art and images, affiliate marketing, optimizing paid advertising, offering translation and localization services, developing and selling AI-powered digital products, teaching and hosting online courses, building websites and running email marketing campaigns, creating AI chatbots for businesses, developing mobile apps, automating lead generation, managing and analyzing data, and even producing AI-powered YouTube content.
The printed price is 400 Taka. If pre-ordered, the book can be purchased at a 20% discount for 320 Taka at https://www.rokomari.com/book/504542/ai-shikhun-taka-gunun.
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A10 Networks Expands its Cybersecurity Portfolio with Acquisition of ThreatX Protect
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7 months agoon
March 13, 2025
ThreatX Protect Addresses Critical Need to Protect Against Evolving Application and API Security Threats
To continue to help customers address the rapidly evolving cyber threat landscape, A10 Networks has acquired the assets and key personnel of ThreatX Protect expanding its cybersecurity portfolio with web application and API protection (WAAP). The acquisition is expected to be modestly accretive to A10’s earnings per share in 2025 and has closed.
Attacks against web applications and application programming interfaces (APIs) are on the rise and are a significant threat to enterprises. ThreatX Protect provides a unique WAAP solution using behavioral and risk profiling to help protect enterprises from evolving threats, including threats to AI applications, which can complement an AI firewall. Delivered as a software-as-a service solution, ThreatX Protect includes API protection, bot management and next-generation web application firewall.
“Expanding the A10 Defend security portfolio with ThreatX Protect gives our customers an additional tool in their strategy to protect against new and evolving threats,” said Dhrupad Trivedi, president and CEO, A10 Networks. “Our strategic focus is on helping enterprises secure their applications and networks from the growing number of threats today, as well as protecting the emerging AI use cases of the future. Adding WAAP to our solution set gives customers additional capabilities to help establish a strong security posture.”
“We are thrilled that A10 Networks has acquired certain assets of ThreatX, including the brand and the TX Protect WAAP solution to expand A10’s security portfolio,” said Gene Fay, CEO of ThreatX. “A10 has been a fantastic partner throughout this process, and we are confident that our customers and employees will thrive under their leadership.”
As a result of this transition, the remaining assets of ThreatX will be launched as Run Security with TX Prevent, the cutting-edge eBPF-based solution re-launched as RS Prevent.
ThreatX Protect supports A10’s strategy of helping customers deploy A10 security solutions in a hybrid approach to protect apps and APIs running anywhere – public cloud, private cloud, co- location facilities or on-premises. The A10 Defend portfolio of solutions provides DDoS protection, DDoS threat intelligence and web application, and now adds a full-featured WAAP solution all integrated into a single platform with end-to-end delivery and stronger security for mission-critical applications.
Specific terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition is consistent with A10’s stated strategy of expanding the Company’s security portfolio to grow in the enterprise market. The acquisition does not represent a material change to the Company’s 2025 financial outlook or long-term business model.
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Empowering Youth and Transforming Lives: The Impact of ICT Pioneers in Bangladesh’s Digital Future
Published
10 months agoon
December 11, 2024
By Hamidur Rahman:
In Bangladesh, where unemployment often feels like a lingering shadow, a growing number of young people are chasing independence through the world of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Some carve their paths in freelancing, while others, armed with self-learning and sheer determination, rise from humble beginnings to build thriving careers.
One such story belongs to Samiul Islam of Mollapara village in Atgaon Union, Bochaganj Upazila, Dinajpur. Once a laborer at a small broiler chicken farm, Samiul barely scraped by on his modest earnings. Yet, with nothing more than an Android phone and a desktop bought on installment, he set out to change his life. Seven years later, he’s earning between 400,000 and 500,000 BDT each month, now the proud founder of RezCode BD — his own freelancing and IT training company.
Looking back, Samiul recalls 2017 as the turning point. “I worked at a poultry farm for only 6,000 taka a month. It wasn’t enough to support my family,” he said. That same year, on November 20, fate intervened.
In June 2017, Md. Mojahidul Islam — a pioneer of ICT journalism and digital education in Bangladesh — hosted a life-changing seminar in Dinajpur, 413 kilometers from Dhaka. The event brought together students, job seekers, and aspiring freelancers in a lively, interactive environment. From platforms like Upwork and Fiverr to skills such as graphic design, web development, and digital marketing, Mojahidul provided a practical roadmap to success. He shared tips on client communication, project management, and financial planning — and it was all completely free, ensuring no one was left behind.
For Samiul, the seminar and Mojahidul’s book Sombhabonamy Freelance Outsourcing: Internete Ghore Boshei Ay lit the spark. “It answered everything — what freelancing is, who can do it, what jobs are out there, how to get paid,” he said. The book also introduced him to platforms like Guru, Get a Freelancer, Rent a Coder, oDesk, and Elance. Nights after long shifts at the poultry farm, Samiul dove into YouTube tutorials, determined to build an online career.
In 2018, he moved to Dhaka for a textile mill job and used his wages to enroll in a web development course. But another obstacle appeared — he had no computer. His father took a loan from an NGO so Samiul could buy one. “That’s when my freelancing journey truly began,” he said.
His first job came that year on Fiverr — a $5 project. “I gave it my all and got a five-star review. After that, there was no turning back.” Today, alongside his earnings, Samiul runs RezCode BD to train others. “We provide 24/7 support so learners can gain confidence and learn client communication. Sometimes I even attend meetings for them,” he said. Four of his students now earn over 100,000 taka monthly. His goal? “I want to empower youth across Dinajpur — and eventually the whole country — with digital skills, and create jobs for at least 100 people.”
Samiul’s journey is one wave in a much larger tide of change — a movement that traces back to Mojahidul Islam’s decades-long mission. Long before Bangladesh’s ICT boom, Mojahidul recognized the power of digital literacy. Known affectionately as “Dheow,” he began IT journalism in 2000, writing for The New Nation, Ajker Kagoj, Computer Barta, and E-Biz, eventually becoming ICT Editor at The Daily Ittefaq in 2006.
In 2003, when computers were rare and the internet a luxury, he published the first Bengali-language books on essential ICT skills for unemployed youth. These covered everything from basic computer use and office applications to internet browsing, email, graphic design, and online safety. His accessible style brought technology into homes across villages, hills, and river islands — where English manuals and instructors were scarce.
Mojahidul’s works, including Practical Networking Handbook, Swapner Career, 7 Dine Web Design, Mastering E-Commerce, Mobile Phone Khutinati, and Freelance Outsourcing Possibilities, became lifelines for learners. Thanks to his guidance, hundreds of thousands of people opened their first email accounts, printed their first documents, or landed their first freelance job. Government agencies like the Department of Youth Development and BANBEIS incorporated his books into nationwide ICT training programs.
His impact is staggering — over 2.3 million students have gained ICT skills from his books, around 2 million learned email and office tools, 500,000 began accessing e-services, and at least 18,000 started freelance careers earning foreign currency. His influence extends beyond Bangladesh, reaching West Bengal and other Bengali-speaking regions.
Beyond authorship, Mojahidul has held key roles, serving as General Secretary of the Bangladesh ICT Journalists Forum in 2007 and later as President in 2019. He is a lifetime member of the Bangladesh Computer Society, active in the Internet Society, and involved in multiple journalist organizations. His professional training spans finance journalism in London, internet resource management, AI, cybersecurity, and data-driven reporting.
Recognized with awards including the Prominent ICT Journalist Award (2022), Digital Bangladesh Award (2022), IT Journalist of the Year (2022), and Best Author (2021), Mojahidul has judged competitions such as the CTIA Emerging Technology Awards in the US and spoken at events like NASA’s Space Apps Challenge.
For him, technology is not just a tool but a gateway to independence. His mission remains clear — to equip the youth of Bangladesh with the skills to thrive in a digital world. And as Samiul Islam’s story proves, a single seminar, a single book, or a single mentor can change the course of a life forever.

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