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VIKING ANNOUNCES NEW SHIP FOR THE MEKONG RIVER

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking® (www.viking.com) today announced an expansion of its river fleet in Southeast Asia with the new Viking Tonle. Designed for the Mekong River, the 80-guest vessel will join its identical sister ship, the Viking Saigon, which debuted in 2022, and will sail between Kampong Cham, Cambodia and Mỹ Tho, Vietnam as part of Viking's popular 15-day Magnificent Mekong itinerary. The ship is under construction and is currently scheduled to debut in October 2025. To meet strong demand for Mekong River voyages, Viking has added sailing dates in 2025 and has now opened the entire 2026 season for booking.

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  • Designed for the Mekong River, the 80-guest vessel will join its identical sister ship, the Viking Saigon , which debuted in 2022, and will sail between Kampong Cham, Cambodia and Mỹ Tho, Vietnam as part of Viking's popular 15-day Magnificent Mekong itinerary.
  • To meet strong demand for Mekong River voyages, Viking has added sailing dates in 2025 and has now opened the entire 2026 season for booking.
  • "The rich history and culture of Vietnam and Cambodia have always made the Mekong River a fascinating destination for our guests," said Torstein Hagen, Chairman of Viking.
  • Built specifically to navigate the Mekong River, the new Viking Tonle will host 80 guests in 40 outside staterooms.

A More Efficient, Innovative and Greener 11.11 Runs Wholly on Alibaba Cloud

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Thursday, November 24, 2022
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This years 11.11 was powered by Alibaba Clouds dedicated processing unit for the Apsara Cloud operating system.

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  • This years 11.11 was powered by Alibaba Clouds dedicated processing unit for the Apsara Cloud operating system.
  • Additionally, Alibaba Cloud's Heyuan data center, the cloud companys largest hyper-scale data center in South China, now runs entirely on clean energy.
  • Established in 2009, Alibaba Cloud ( www.alibabacloud.com ) is the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group.
  • Alibaba maintained its position as the third leading public cloud IaaS service provider globally since 2018, according to IDC.

Ant Group Digital Technologies Launches Storage Engine LETUS to Provide Trusted Storage Solutions for the Digital Economy

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Thursday, November 3, 2022
Data Management, Blockchain, Technology, Other Technology, Software, Networks, Internet, Technology, Research, Digital technology, BTN, Multimedia, Database, Industry, Solution, Blockchain, Ant, Conference, Secure multi-party computation, SME, Mobility as a service, Digital electronics, Trust, Apsara, Running, FAIR, Ant Group, Yan Ying, Chery, Efficiency, Cryptocurrency, Video game console

Ant Group Digital Technologies, a digital technology provider under Ant Group, today unveiled its blockchain storage engine LETUS (Log-structured Efficient Trusted Universal Storage) at the Apsara Conference 2022 in Hangzhou.

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  • Ant Group Digital Technologies, a digital technology provider under Ant Group, today unveiled its blockchain storage engine LETUS (Log-structured Efficient Trusted Universal Storage) at the Apsara Conference 2022 in Hangzhou.
  • The LETUS storage engine is deployed at each blockchain node to provide trusted storage support.
  • At Ant, we have been investing in research and development for blockchain and other digital technologies that help to increase both trust and security, said Geoff Jiang, President of Digital Technology Business Group at Ant Group.
  • Ant Group Digital Technologies continues to promote the development and application of digital technology, introducing leading products like AntChain, OceanBase, SOFAStack, and mPaaS based on its expertise in blockchain, privacy computing, security technology, and distributed database.

THE VIKING SAIGON BEGINS INAUGURAL SEASON IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

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Tuesday, August 9, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking® (www.viking.com) today announced that its newest river ship, the Viking Saigon℠, has begun its inaugural season in Southeast Asia. Purpose-built for the Mekong River, the 80-guest ship sails between Kampong Cham, Cambodia and Mỹ Tho, Vietnam as part of Viking's popular 15-day Magnificent Mekong itinerary. With the 2022-2023 season now underway, regular sailing dates are available through March 2023; the 2023-2024 season begins in July 2023.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking ( www.viking.com ) today announced that its newest river ship, the Viking Saigon , has begun its inaugural season in Southeast Asia.
  • With the 2022-2023 season now underway, regular sailing dates are available through March 2023; the 2023-2024 season begins in July 2023.
  • "We are also pleased to welcome back to Southeast Asia our first guests since early 2020.
  • With arrival of the Viking Saigon, we look forward to introducing even more curious travelers to this iconic waterway in the coming years."

AntChain Launches Its First Security Chip and New Blockchain Platform Powered by Privacy Computing Technology

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Friday, October 22, 2021
Security, Data Management, Other Technology, Technology, Software, Chery, IDC, Efficiency, Technology, Foundation, Risk management, Industry, FAIR, Yan Ying, TEE, MPC, Module, Conference, Apsara, Software, Blockchain, Internet, Multimedia, Solution, Ant Group, PPC, Cryptocurrency

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211022005166/en/

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211022005166/en/
    Yan Ying, technical director of AntChain, unveiled the FAIR platform at the Apsara Conference on October 22, 2021.
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    Based on AntChains upgraded technical architecture, the FAIR platform natively integrates privacy-preserving computation (PPC) and blockchain technologies in a unified platform, unleashing the value of data flows over their entire lifecycle.
  • AntChain believes that privacy-preserving computation should be a native capability for blockchain networks," Yan Ying, technical director of AntChain, said.
  • The FAIR platform deeply integrates blockchain and PPC to further expand the capability of blockchain networks, allowing each node in a blockchain network to act as a node for privacy-preserving computing.

Alibaba Cloud Launches Collaboration Platform for Sports Events

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Wednesday, October 20, 2021
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HANGZHOU, China, Oct. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, today unveiled at Apsara Conference 2021 Premium DingTalk for Sports Games, a digital solution aimed at streamlining the organization and communications for large-scale sports events. The new solution will be used for the 2022 Asian Games, to be held in Hangzhou next September, serving over 100,000 participants from across the world.

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  • Leveraging DingTalk's established cloud-based enterprise collaboration platform, the new sports solution provides a one-stop collaboration tool to connect stakeholders at all stages of the event hosting lifecycle from organizers and suppliers to volunteers and venue operators enhancing the operational efficiency of sports events.
  • Moreover, Alibaba Cloud launched a cloud-based ticketing system to optimize digital ticketing services at sporting events.
  • Established in 2009, Alibaba Cloud ( www.alibabacloud.com ) is the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group.
  • Alibaba Cloud is China's leading provider of public cloud services by revenue in 2019, including PaaS and IaaS services, according to IDC.

Alibaba Cloud to Launch New Data Centers and Innovate Products for a Hybrid Future

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Wednesday, October 20, 2021
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HANGZHOU, China, Oct. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, today unveiled at the Apsara Conference 2021 its plan to set up two new data centers in South Korea and Thailand to assist local enterprises in their digital innovation journey, in addition to unveiling a slew of products and solutions.

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  • As APAC's leading cloud service provider, Alibaba Cloud further expands its footprint by announcing plans to set up data centers inSouth Korea and Thailand in 2022.
  • The data centers will serve as intelligence backbones to support the nations' digital economies, and businesses on their journey to transform and innovate.
  • To support enterprises' hybrid cloud needs, Alibaba Cloud has launched a new database platform DBStack (based on Kubernetes) that can bring cloud native database systemsto enterprises' on-premise environments.
  • Alibaba Cloud is China's leading provider of public cloud services by revenue in 2019, including PaaS and IaaS services, according to IDC.