Providing health workers with light and handy portable devices is becoming a key strategy for service improvement in the healthcare industry. ASUS has already developed a complete product roadmap in this field through its longstanding investment in smart healthcare. The recently released LU700/LU710 series of handheld ultrasound products in particular realizes the vision of mobile healthcare providing physicians with a lightweight, high resolution, and long battery life scanning solution suitable for a wide range of scenarios.Ultrasound is an indispensable medical imaging instrument for hospitals. The ASUS LU700/LU710 handheld ultrasound is a light, compact, wireless, and full-featured solution with 5 different probes that make Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) a reality. Health workers can now perform an ultrasound examination on patients in different medical scenarios such as the ambulance, emergency room, outpatient clinic, disaster area, or rural area to ensure they receive the best care. The improvement in treatment efficiency allows for the optimization of medical resources.Joe Hsieh, ASUS COO and Global Senior VP, said that medical resources and the time of people seeking treatment are both very valuable. In most outpatient clinics, patients must queue separately for an ultrasound exam. If every physician conducting outpatient clinics is equipped with an ASUS handheld ultrasound unit, they can be scanned during the consultation. This translates into great savings in treatment time and optimization of medical resources. The rapidly aging population of Taiwan means that ASUS handheld ultrasound units can also be in rural scenarios such as medical treatment, home care, and community care.The ASUS LU700/LU710 handheld wireless ultrasound unit incorporates several features designed for the requirements of the above healthcare scenarios including wireless lightweight design, long endurance, as well as support for the four major operating systems (iOS, Android, Windows, ChromeOS). The five probe types (Convex, Linear, Microconvex, Phased Array, Endocavity) satisfy the scanning requirements for most parts of the body. The product's innovative design has lent itself to a variety of applications. For example, ASUS partnered with the Yun-Lin Branch of National Taiwan University Hospital and the Yunlin County Government to make improvements to the first-aid process. Paramedics can now use the ASUS handheld ultrasound device to examine patients as they are being transported by ambulance to the emergency room. The ultrasound imagery is transmitted over 5G to the remote emergency room so that a physician can oversee the first-aid treatment. Once the patient arrives at the hospital, the physicians already have a full picture of the patient's condition. The seamless transfer of the patient greatly improves their chances of recovery.Another example is the regional healthcare services of the South-Link Medical Foundation. Rural physicians can now use the ASUS handheld ultrasound solution to provide local people with better treatment and diagnosis. Home visits and tele-consultations have been conducted by physicians working with the Foundation to improve the quality of rural care.Large hospitals have also used ASUS handheld ultrasound units to provide rural healthcare services. Shuang Ho Hospital and the Bureau of Health and Welfare, Lienchiang County formed a strategic alliance this year to dispatch health teams to Matsu. The lightweight and convenience of ASUS handheld ultrasound units were exploited by physicians to conduct carotid artery screening for local residents and safeguard public health.Hsieh noted that rural regions, islands, and ambulances are just some of the application scenarios for ASUS handheld ultrasound units. The convenience and high-quality imagery provided by the conduct meet the clinical requirements of many other scenarios as well. He then emphasized that ASUS handheld ultrasound units complement rather than replace large ultrasound instruments. Providing health workers with more options and more suitable tools has always been the goal of ASUS investment in the healthcare sector. ASUS has now completed development on the second generation of handheld ultrasound products. The 128-channel design of the new product will provide better image quality. The advanced AI-assistance function will be an invaluable aid for health workers. The product will allow hospitals to make further improvements to their mobile healthcare services.ASUS Handheld Ultrasound LU700 Series combines wireless portability with long battery life and supports multiple operating systems. It has been applied in various fields, including ambulance services and healthcare in remote areas.

Clientron (TW code: 8119), a pioneer automotive electronics enterprise, has been honored with the "2024 Taiwan Excellence Award" for its groundbreaking "Smart eCockpit of Electric Vehicle." The award ceremony took place on December 6 in Taipei City, where Clientron's innovative product stood out among 948 participating entries. The award, akin to the Oscars of Taiwan Industries, meticulously selects high-quality and innovative products that meet the highest standards. Clientron's success, rooted in advanced research and integrated technologies, secures its consecutive win and solidifies its position as a frontrunner in the automotive electronics industry.Clientron Smart eCockpit features Taiwan's domestic chips at its core; this revolutionary system seamlessly integrates independent technology solutions from both upstream and downstream sectors in Taiwan, offering a wide-ranging suite of features such as the Smart Meter Cluster System, Vision Assistance System, Steering Wheel Control, E-shifter, vehicle control/diagnosis, infotainment systems, and C-V2X applications. At the heart of this innovation is the modular/platform design architecture, with Software Defined Hardware (SDH) serving as the design core. This forward-looking approach empowers manufacturers with the flexibility of secondary development and highly customized services, allowing for the creation of a personalized smart eCockpit that aligns with individual customer needs.The minimalist design seamlessly blends technology and modern aesthetics, featuring a sleek, streamlined mold structure that has passed rigorous vehicle tests. Prioritizing safety, the Electric Vehicle surpasses automotive test requirements for EMC/EMI, reliability, functionality, and safety. The award-winning Smart eCockpit boasts sophisticated features - a stylish 15.6" In-Vehicle Infotainment System, a 12.3" Smart Meter Cluster, a 7" Vision Assistance System, along with Steering Wheel Control and E-shifter - engineered for high performance, stability, and quality, enhancing the overall driving experience.The esteemed "Taiwan Excellence Award," initiated by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, is a resounding endorsement of the dedication to advancing Taiwan's global industry presence. For two consecutive years, Clientron's electric vehicle products have received acclaim from judges, highlighting the brand's commitment to "pursuing innovation, intelligent, and safety." This recognition reinforces Clientron's ethos, encapsulating a design philosophy prioritizing "technological innovation with a people-centric approach.""Clientron has leveraged its extensive experience and system integration technology, integrating diverse industrial resources in Taiwan. This strategic approach aims to craft a smart eCockpit and driving environment, delivering innovative, secure, and reliable solutions to domestic and international automotive industries. Clientron is steadfast in its commitment to pushing the boundaries of technology, solidifying its role as a pivotal player in delivering forward-thinking solutions for the automotive industry." – Kelly Wu, President and CEO of Clientron Corp.The "Taiwan Excellence Award" promotes the brand spirit of "Only innovation can bring changes to life" through AI and sustainable development. Winners are elevated to the national brand team, showing Taiwan as a trustworthy global partner. The award aims to showcase innovative products as models for Taiwan's industry, demonstrating excellence and reliability on the world stage.Demonstrating success in automotive electronics products for e-vehicles, Clientron garners the Taiwan Excellence Award again

The AI revolution is reshaping the world, impacting every industry. AI being rapidly put to use has spurred surging demand for critical components. In particular, GPU being in constant shortage has many supply chain ramifications. Taiwan-based startup AIRA has developed a solution that stands out from its peers on the market to circumvent the GPU shortage. It uses Intel CPUs instead of GPUs to perform precise and instant face recognition, which allowed AIRA to receive the Intel Gold Partner status within just nine months after the company was founded, making it a rising AI star.According to AIRA project manager Chia-Hsuan Hsieh, endeavoring smart image recognition technologies, AIRA introduced airaTrack, a face-tracking solution that captures the entire field in 2022. Its unique security implementations provide intelligent and complete protection for residential buildings, commercial complexes, offices, construction sites, and factories. Distinguished from the market, airaTrack uses Intel CPUs to carry out face recognition with no need for GPUs with ever-increasing prices, enabling significant savings in what it costs to have a system in place.Hsieh added that AI-based face recognition solutions running on GPUs have a slew of challenges to overcome, the first being the cost. A 32-channel video surveillance server comes with a price tag of at least NT$300,000. Including routine maintenance fees, the operating expenses add up. Secondly, the system architecture is complicated. A face recognition system has to integrate multiple software development kits (SDK) to incorporate the functions it provides, requiring considerable time and effort for system development and integration. The third challenge lies in the acceptance check. For a face recognition system to deliver the specified accuracy, the software and hardware must synergize and exert their capabilities to the fullest. A system newly coming online can hardly perform up to standard and pass acceptance checks.Running on Intel CPUs, airaTrack addresses all the above challenges. The SDK-based airaTrack enables significant reductions in the cost and time needed to get the system online, cutting the system setup cost to as low as NT$100,000. Moreover, the lower CPU operating temperature compared to GPUs allows airaTrack to adopt a fanless design, giving rise to higher flexibility in server space utilization and ease of maintenance. More importantly, as an integrated system combining completed software and hardware designs, airaTrack delivers the specified accuracy as soon as it comes online.For its near-perfect accuracy and powerful capabilities, airaTrack is being used in wide-ranging application scenarios. The solution performs face recognition using more than a thousand feature points. Unless the subject has undergone major facial plastic surgeries, airaTrack can deliver high-accuracy face recognition regardless of appearance changes such as makeup and age.Another key feature of airaTrack is continuous face tracking. For example, AIRA's solution targeting factory and retail applications can track faces across cameras. It can identify each face captured in a video frame and archive it as an index. For any selected target, it can search the face archive and find a match in an instant. In the example Hsieh presented, it took airaTrack only about ten minutes to search video footage totaling two to three hours captured by 16 cameras. This can be used to find a missing child in a retail setting and detect worker movements on a factory floor. Not only can the face recognition solution prevent trespassing and ensure factory security, but it can also replace badge access control and enable all kinds of smart employee benefits applications.AIRA also has a solution to address privacy concerns around face recognition. There is no need to import face data before face tracking. The face feature values generated during face tracking are encrypted and protected against reverse engineering. Only AIRA's systems can decode and do crosschecks, thereby guaranteeing privacy.For its high level of privacy protection, system setup flexibility, and system integration, on top of friendly cost, airaTrack is enthusiastically embraced by the market. AIRA is working with multiple international companies and among them, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a key partner that provides complete technical support in cloud-based AI. Joining forces with AWS, AIRA has developed an AI and IoT integrated solution, to target factory security and smart manufacturing applications going forward. The partnership will enable AIRA to accelerate time-to-market and safeguard enterprise security.AIRA's airaTrack, a full-field face-tracking solutionPhoto: AIRA

Raising productivity and quality is the top priority when manufacturers of all sectors endeavor to boost revenue and competitiveness. To manufacturers, whether in traditional manufacturing or high-tech industries, the most effective way to raise productivity is to constantly look for bottlenecks in the production process, find the causes, and resolve them. By harnessing the power of data, manufacturers can get to the root of the bottleneck and figure out a solution. PowerArena, a startup specializing in deep learning, has developed core algorithms, coupled with big data analytics and prediction, to digitize and visualize human factors that may have been difficult to detect in the past and thereby help manufacturers enhance their overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). According to PowerArena marketing director Dave Chu, humans are still essential workers in manufacturing today, especially on assembly lines. Despite the transition to data-driven decision-making, the complexity of sorting and tracking the massive and intricate process line data makes it challenging for manufacturers to improve production quality and efficiency. It is particularly difficult to quantify the human factors entangled in the data. AI is the solution to these problems.Human factor data are gathered from workers performing tasks on the assembly line. Chu commented that with the rapidly increasing IoT popularity, manufacturers are able to collect complete production equipment data. However, they still have difficulty uncovering the underlying cause of the bottleneck on the process line and in the human workflow. For example, if a process step of a PCB assembly station taking too long is found to be the main reason affecting the station's productivity, current IoT systems can only collect data from the entire station with no detailed information for the managers to make decisions and improve the efficiency.Leveraging AI technologies, PowerArena's solution analyzes the workers' movements captured on surveillance cameras commonly found on factory floors and then helps factory managers identify factors hindering productivity such as overly complex procedures and unhandy tools. It also makes use of the factory's existing mechanisms to help resolve the bottleneck and subsequently connects to the backend ERP system to do the production efficiency analysis for every work order to thereby raise productivity. Not only can PowerArena's solution raise productivity, the same implementations can also be used to improve quality. For example, a Taiwan-based motorcycle manufacturer recently adopted PowerArena's AI system to monitor whether its production equipment thoroughly lubricates the gears and exactly completes each procedure to guarantee its products are of consistent quality and up to standard. If any step or task is not performed exactly according to the SOP, the system will raise an alert to the workstation manager. PowerArena's solution will help the manufacturer uphold its brand reputation and lower future repair and maintenance costs, enabling a win-win situation for the manufacturer and motorcycle buyers. Chu added that manufacturing industries have been able to boost production efficiency thanks to rapid advances of technologies and process techniques. However, after they have increased productivity and quality to a certain level, it becomes significantly more challenging and costly to keep raising the bar. PowerArena's solution makes use of AI to find the human factors in the details and clearly identify the problems so as to effectively bring production line output and quality to a new level.To support manufacturers' edge computing needs, PowerArena's AI system is based on an on-premise cloud hybrid architecture, combining the strength of Amazon Web Services (AWS), which includes Amazon Route 53 and AWS Fargate for enhanced system performance. Amazon Route 53 is primarily used for domain name system (DNS) routing. AWS Fargate is used for building container images. Those are ways of optimizing cross-department collaborations within an organization while satisfying manufacturers' requirements on confidentiality and instantaneity.PowerArena's AI-enabled smart manufacturing solution is a powerful tool for production line engineers. It has been adopted by multiple Taiwan-based heavyweight manufacturers, including Lite-On, Wistron, and Delta Electronics, to largely boost their productivity and quality. Chu noted that in line with the AI in manufacturing trend, PowerArena will continue to strengthen its system performance to help users uncover human factors in the details and optimize the value of assembly line workers.In comparison to traditional management, AI vision enables accuracy, proactivity and instantaneity while eliminating human errors and data gapsPhoto: PowerArena

The online course model, developed over several years, has witnessed unprecedented growth in the past three years, driven by the global pandemic. Various degrees of pandemic prevention measures implemented worldwide have resulted in a significant surge in demand for online courses, attracting professionals from diverse fields to enthusiastically enter the online education sector.Existing social media and e-commerce platforms are not specifically designed for online courses and lack comprehensive management tools. This often puts creators (instructors) at a disadvantage when it comes to customer management. Drawing from its own experience, Havbeat Technology has introduced Havppen, an all-in-one online course system, to address the management challenges faced by creators and effectively convert their website traffic into money.With Havppen, the distinctive all-in-one online course system, Havbeat Technology has been invited to participate in the Startup Terrace Kaohsiung AWS Joint Innovation Center (JIC). This exclusive platform not only grants us access to free cloud resources from Amazon Web Services (AWS) but also enables our IT team to undergo complimentary training, earning certifications in cloud technologies and cybersecurity. This initiative lays a robust foundation for our company's long-term development."Being invited to participate in the AWS JIC program gave us two significant advantages," said Allison Chiu, Co-founder and CEO of Havbeat Technology. "Firstly, the access to free cloud resources and educational training courses has greatly assisted in reducing our operational costs and enhancing the skills of our IT team.""Secondly, the program has enabled Havbeat Technology to establish connections with industries in various regions, fostering a positive cycle of monetizing knowledge. This, in turn, helps enterprises drive digital transformation, aligning with the trends that promote sustainable economic growth, such as SDGs and ESG."Powerful CMS with a deep understanding of member needsSpecializing in helping creators and businesses establish their own online teaching websites within 3 minutes and initiate course sales instantly. Havbeat Technology's all-in-one online teaching system, Havppen, utilizes a no-code approach and incorporates marketing analytics tools. This aids branding companies in seamlessly integrating their online and offline, virtual and physical businesses, facilitating digital transformation.This system, akin to a content-centric storefront, features a comprehensive front-end and back-end for independent management of listings and configurations. This empowers creators and businesses to utilize diverse forms of selling exclusive knowledge, expertise, and experiences, thereby creating greater value and revenue.Enning Yu, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Havbeat Technology, revealed that when they launched the highly praised online sports course platform, HAVBEAT, they observed creators struggling to monetize their expertise. Faced with a lack of integrated tools, these creators were limited to generating revenue solely through YouTube ads. "They reached out to us, inquiring about the possibility of collaboration," said Enning Yu.In response, we decided to introduce Havppen, an all-in-one online teaching system. This platform encompasses features such as article subscriptions, course sales, appointment scheduling, online consultations, live streaming, physical events, and bundled e-commerce. This comprehensive solution aims to address the challenges creators face in monetizing their knowledge while catering to the huge demands of consumers.Since the system launched, it has quickly garnered interest from various customers from different fields, including language education, generative AI, investment, programming, and NPOs. Furthermore, it has even been adopted by schools and small to medium-sized enterprises for remote learning and employee training.In addition, leveraging the robust subscriber data management function of a powerful CMS system, comprehensive data analysis is utilized to segment target audiences. This involves implementing marketing strategies that foster interactions, aiding creators and enterprises in effectively overseeing their subscriber base. Simultaneously, it establishes consumer journeys and enhances customer experiences. This approach extends the monetization of knowledge beyond online courses, delving into integrated realms of both online and offline platforms to create diverse revenue streams."In 2024, our focus is on continually introducing new features while actively promoting the Havppen brand, " said "Firstly, we are set to launch a Marketplace-style platform, collaborating with third-party partners to integrate various tools for enhanced selective purchasing and modular options.""Secondly, we will initiate the Starship Project, aiming to collaborate and promote with representative companies from various industries across Taiwan. By synergizing these two strategies, Havbeat Technology anticipates a robust expansion in its user base.Utilizing a no-code approach and equipped with marketing analytics tools, Havppen, the all-in-one online course system, assists branding companies in seamlessly integrating their online/offline and virtual/physical business, facilitating digital transformationPhoto: Havbeat TechnologyHavppen, the all-in-one system of online courses, aims to address the management challenges faced by creators, transforming website traffic into revenuePhoto: Havbeat Technology

Avilon Intelligence, a leading drone manufacturer, has introduced its new service for solar panel inspection. Through collaboration with Qualcomm, Avilon has developed a proprietary flight control and navigation system integrating cutting-edge electronic chips to create drone products with excellent performance and reliability. Avilon's solution offers a complete end-to-end service for solar inspection powered by its autonomous drone and AI technology, ensuring that from the initial data collection to the final report, every step of the process is handled seamlessly and efficiently. In a recent milestone, Avilon's solar inspection services have been selected by the top five solar energy companies in Thailand using their autonomous drone technology. This strategic approach has resulted in proven outcomes, with Avilon detecting issues in over 7% of the total solar panels inspected. This allowed the company to promptly proceed with maintenance and repairs, which not only significantly reduced inspection costs but also contributed to increased profits from ensuring the efficiency of electrical power generation of solar farms. A highlight of drone inspections is its ability to detect anomalies that might not be visible to the human eye. This level of detail is crucial for timely maintenance and repairs. As a result, the customer can maintain the optimal performance of its solar panels, maximize energy output, and increase return on investment (ROI). This attention to detail not only safeguards the longevity and efficiency of the solar panels but also demonstrates the commitment to providing comprehensive, innovative solutions that truly meet the needs of clients in the renewable energy sector.Avilon's solution offers a complete end-to-end service for solar inspection powered by its autonomous drone and AI technologyPhoto: Avilon intelligenceAvilon's Autonomous drones for solar inspection are equipped with high-quality dual cameras, including both thermal and RGB, to capture detailed imagery essential for an Avilon Solar Inspection in Thailand thorough inspection of solar panels. Once the drone has collected the data, artificial intelligence (AI) utilizes precision-trained data models to accurately detect and identify any anomalies in the solar panels on the detection platform. The data is then autonomously compiled into a report which facilitates the identification and resolution of any issues related to heat distribution and panel efficiency. This method guarantees a comprehensive inspection process, significantly improving the efficiency and reliability of the inspection process.Avilon Intelligence is a member of the 2023 Yawan Cloud Platform × Microsoft for Startups Program and is capable of processing huge amounts of solar power inspection data by leveraging Azure cloud resources and AI processing provided by Microsoft Taiwan while offering maintenance analysis reports to the operators.Customers benefit from the automated anomaly reports as details of the detected anomalies are categorized according to the type of anomaly and the locations of defects are identified in the reports so that the customers can take further action. Customers are also able to access the data and report through the user-friendly online platform, which also has API integration to ensure a smooth and efficient data transfer to the customer's existing platforms.Furthermore, with the support from the Southern Taiwan Industry Promotion Center (STIPC), the joint implementer of Yawan Cloud Platform × Microsoft for Startups Program, Avilon Intelligence was able to establish partnerships with Taiwanese solar power companies and verify the inspection of approximately 14877 m2 of solar energy demonstration site in the southern reign of Taiwan. In the future, Avilon Intelligence is planning to utilize such experiences to provide services in Thailand and Southeast Asia.Contact Avilon Intelligence now to enhance solar panel project efficiency with advanced solar panel inspection drone technology.Through Microsoft Taiwan's Azure cloud resources and AI capabilities, Avilon is able to process large amounts of data Photo: Avilon IntelligenceAvilon's autonomous drones for solar inspection are equipped with high-quality dual cameras, utilizing AI-trained data models to precisely detect and identify any anomaly on the solar panels through the detection platform Photo: Avilon Solar.

ChoozMo developed its AI-Generated Video (AIGV) creation platform using diffusion models to generate customized scenes and hyper-realistic avatar models from prompts, and leverages Generative AI, deep learning, and cutting-edge GPUs to help businesses rapidly create high-resolution videos while aiming to achieve spatial and temporal coherence in its generated content with each frame from start to finish being consistent and connected.Use of Azure OpenAIChoozMo joined the Yawan Cloud Platform × Microsoft for Startups Program and gained access to Azure cloud resources and Azure Open AI technology from Microsoft Taiwan. This has enabled the creation of ChoozMo AIGV and the use of Azure OpenAI to analyze digital marketing performance as well as generate content for digital marketing, e.g. providing tailored headings and descriptions for optimal advertisements. In addition, through the recommendations of the Southern Taiwan Industry Promotion Center (STIPC), a Yawan Cloud Platform × Microsoft for Startups Program implementer, ChoozMo was able to connect with multiple startup companies and assist in translating their content for brand exposure in Taiwan. The one-stop application services from access to cloud technology and actual implementation have helped ChoozMo achieve diverse development as the company is continuously promoting itself in both domestic and international markets.AI Presenter "Jenny" appearing alongside SET News presenter Ariel Chen in a program in SET NewsPhoto: Sanlih E-TelevisionThe AIGV technology can support translating up to 22 languages. Aside from English and Chinese, it can also be used to create content in Hokkien, Hakka, Taiwanese indigenous languages, Japanese, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, French, Portuguese, and more. With that in mind, ChoozMo has partnered with businesses in Taiwan and overseas to create multi-language content.International application cases include- Police Broadcasting Station (PBS)PBS AI PresentersPhoto: ChoozMoChoozMo collaborated with PBS to create AI presenters that can present information on traffic, news, and advisories to the public in Taiwan using many languages. With the increasing number of foreigners and new immigrants arriving in Taiwan in recent years, offering trustworthy translations for the information is crucial.- Chinese Television System (CTS) NewsCTS AI Presenter "E-Win" Photo: CTS Inc.ChoozMo created an AI presenter that used the appearance and likeness of one of CTS' sports presenters, who debuted for the 19th Asian Games to report the sports events held in Guangzhou, China. This AI presenter worked side-by-side with an actual sports presenter who was physically present on the grounds of the Asian Games. While reporting, the AI presenter would have a different appearance design for each report of the Asian Games, representing the different kinds of sports that were played during the Games.- ULightChoozMo created an AI presenter using the appearance of the most famous conductors of the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra and used the presenter to create videos that introduced classical music pieces in English, Chinese, and French.In the future, ChoozMo will expand its services internationally and promote its state-of-the-art AIGV platform to overseas media platforms, first focusing on the Asian market such as Japan and Southeast Asia, and further expanding to other regions such as the US or Europe.

Net zero emission has become a global initiative with many countries having made net-zero pledges. Both public and private sectors are stepping up their efforts to reduce CO2 emissions. Among all the sources of CO2 emissions, road transportation is the most difficult to decarbonize. For example, the EU CO2 emissions from households, energy, agriculture, and industry all exhibited year-after-year declines from 1990 through 2019 while only the emissions from road transportation rose.Combogic founded in 2022, created a one-stop carbon management cloud platform based on its team members' ESG research achievements and AI data analytics to help address net-zero challenges. The solution quickly pinpoints the areas that urgently need improvement, including everything from the factory facilities to the transportation vehicles and the entire product lifecycle from raw material extraction to waste disposal, so that companies can easily get to the root of the problem and roll out corresponding carbon reduction measures.Collecting high-precision carbon data for AI analyticsCombogic Co-founder and CEO Wei-Ming Li noted that Combogic endeavors to help companies reduce carbon emissions using AI technologies. As opposed to common carbon inventory tools, Combogic's solution provides carbon reduction strategies that users can act on, delivering both carbon inventory and carbon reduction in one system while enabling subsequent carbon credit trading or carbon offsetting.Combogic's SaaS collects carbon data through IoT sensors or other mechanisms at the user's site and then sends the data to its cloud platform where carbon emissions are calculated and analyzed and carbon reduction suggestions are generated. The results are subsequently provided to carbon credit trading systems. To companies that only need carbon inventory, it is enough to simply use gas station receipts or electricity meter readings to generate statistical data for coarse analysis. Combogic's solution however does more than carbon inventory. It analyzes the inventory results and maps out the next step for the user to take toward carbon reduction.For example, having only a factory's total energy consumption and carbon emission data provides little help in setting a clear path to carbon reduction. The factory owner needs to know precisely which production machines are the big polluters to make improvements and effectively cut down carbon emissions. To help with this, Combogic's solution collects accurate and useful data, rather than large amounts of unworkable data, and ensures the data can be fed to the subsequent AI analytics step for effective use.As another example, telematics system companies generally use On-Board Diagnostic II (OBD II) systems to collect complete vehicle carbon emission data. However, Combogic Tech. thinks being able to gather critical data is vital to carbon emission analysis. That is, it may not be necessary to add a new telematics device to collect the data but making use of existing in-vehicle sensors will serve the purpose. By precisely collecting the data required for analysis, Combogic's solution saves users from having to install a large amount of hardware, thereby lowering their ESG costs.The biggest challenge to net zero supply chains is the carbon management of the supply chain and delivery fleet. Combogic developed Carbon-data High-res AI-analysis Platform for Vehicle (CHAP-V) to help address the challenge. On the one hand, CHAP-V helps logistics companies stay on top of their customers' carbon data to thereby optimize their service quality. On the other hand, CHAP-V helps manufacturers manage their suppliers' logistics carbon data to thereby guide their supply chain partners toward behaviors that can reduce carbon emissions.World-leading cloud service provider helps startups quickly develop MVPIt is noteworthy that Combogic leverages cloud services to help customers quickly introduce its solution. It uses the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform to build its system. Startups hardly have the budget to procure on-premise resources. Cloud services support dynamic adjustments of computing power and capacity to flexibly meet startups' needs, allowing them to build seamless user experiences with ease. Sparing no effort in trying to help startups succeed, AWS Joint Innovation Center (JIC) offers AWS Activate credits for them to use during early-stage development so that they can leverage AWS resources to create minimum viable products (MVP) and accelerate their time-to-market.Combogic Co-founder and CEO Wei-Ming LiPhoto: Combogic Tech.CHAP-V is a supply chain vehicle carbon management solution designed to help upstream and downstream suppliers, logistics operators, and transportation companies effectively reduce vehicle carbon emissions.Photo: Combogic Tech.

Starting as a software service vendor to becoming famous in overseas markets, Openfind Information Technology Inc. has always been committed to the corporate culture of "Innovative Technology and Quality Service," and adopted the IDC service of Chunghwa Telecom ever since the first day it invested in cloud services because of its absolute stability and trustworthiness."Openfind started as a search engine and later turned into E-mail services with the vision of providing secure communication platforms for enterprises. "Said Openfind's Vice President of Cloud Service, Chiayuan Chang. The Mail 2000 product from Openfind that everybody is familiar with was launched in the year 2000, and not many people used IDC services back then; SMEs usually built their own private clouds when they needed cloud services.Vice President of Cloud Service, Openfind, Chiayuan ChangPhoto: TNL Brand Studio #9816Openfind decided to adopt the IDC service of Chunghwa Telecom in an era when cloud was not yet popular mainly because E-mail was a very important tool for communication and file transfer for enterprises, and the most stable and reliable service quality had to be provided. The business of Openfind continued to expand in recent years, and it has crossed over from E-mail to comprehensive enterprise software service platforms to allow enterprises to ensure information security and company governance while introducing diverse communication tools to prevent data leaks, and perform proper archiving, improve regulatory compliance and conduct post-utilization analysis on the information generated during the internal and external message communication processes of the company.In response to local demands, the efforts of Openfind are favored by the market"We always say within our company that Openfind specializes in helping customers solve problems that major international companies are not willing to help them solve. "Openfind's Vice President of Cloud Service, Chiayuan Chang, mentioned that in response to the coming of the Personal Data Protection Act a few years ago, Openfind developed high-precision interpreting technology using local databases to effectively solve the data leak concerns and audit requirements for enterprises, safeguarding their information security. In the Japanese market, in response to the local regulation that requires listed OTC companies to retain their E-mails for five years, Openfind's secure messaging solution not only allowed the Japanese customers to comply with the regulation properly, it also allowed Taiwan enterprises to satisfy company governance or the information security requirements of upstream partners with the least invested cost using this service.Such efforts allowed Openfind to receive many awards over the years; for example, the MailBase mail archive and management system had the number one market share in the Japanese market for 14 consecutive years and was deeply trusted by local enterprises. Openfind's Osecure cloud-based information security service even won the Best Choice Award for cyber security from Computex this year.Openfind's focus on localized service and customer-oriented spirit hit it off with Chunghwa TelecomOpenfind has continuously improved its technologies over the years and insists on using real people for customer service; each customer service personnel has received years of professional training so that they can quickly respond to market dynamics and provide customers with the best service quality, and this business philosophy hits it off with Chunghwa Telecom. "As the leader of Taiwan's telecommunication industry, it has many businesses and it is a huge organization; however, whenever we had any problems, we always got the fastest responses. " Chiayuan Chang further stated that one of the most impressive things that he remembered was that once, a customer in a specific area reported that they suddenly were unable to connect to the service, so they contacted Chunghwa Telecom urgently to help them check the circuit and troubleshoot, and Chunghwa Telecom allowed the customer in that area to resume operation within a short 1-2 hours; their high-efficiency to solve problems in real-time was stunning. Chunghwa Telecom is also able to quickly identify the core of problems even in areas outside of the IDC service range, giving customers thoughtful feelings beyond their expectations.Top-tier certified professional IDCs allowed Openfind to stay with it for 20 years The partnership between Openfind and Chunghwa Telecom became closer in the process of growth and innovation. Chiayuan Chang said that in addition to its agile and meticulous services, the three main key factors why they continued to use the IDCs of Chunghwa Telecom are: Stable bandwidth, physical security, and information security protection. Chunghwa Telecom has unparalleled circuit quality; it owns 80% market share of the domestic broadband network, has the largest and fastest network bandwidth in Taiwan is over 17,900Gbps, has over 3,400Gbps international bandwidth, and is continually expanding.Next is its highest specifications and certifications for physical security, including its protection against floods and earthquakes, 24-hour monitoring and multiple access management, early fire warnings, power dual feeder circuit, and N+1 backup, etc.; it has also obtained multiple high-standard international certifications including Tier 3 design, ISO 27001 information security management system certification, ISO 14001 international environmental management system and ISO50001 energy management system certification, etc.In addition, the exclusive multi-layer DDoS protection mechanism, active detection, and real-time warning of Chunghwa Telecom IDCs can block large amounts of DDoS attack packets directly and effectively, and help enterprises mitigate network congestion caused by DDoS attacks. Its HiNet WAF firewall and DDoS offensive and defensive drills can also fully ensure that there will be no service interruptions. Openfind stated that only Chunghwa Telecom IDC services can block the various types of large-scale cyberattacks, such as DDoS, effectively; for example, flow cleaning is completed at the IDC terminal to prevent spreading to the end-terminals and becoming irreversible.Photo: Chunghwa TelecomChunghwa Telecom's strong brand power becomes the best assister for the growth of Openfind businesses "Once the Chunghwa Telecom brand is mentioned, customers feel more sense of trust; this can save us a lot of communication time and increase the probability of success significantly," said Chiayuan Chang, the strong brand power of Chunghwa Telecom added a lot of value to Openfind products, and allows customers to use its services with more peace of mind.As businesses grew over the years, Openfind also tried working with other IDC companies on small scales; however, after actually evaluating the benefits, it was discovered that Chunghwa Telecom was the better choice in both quantitative and non-quantitative indicators. For example, although the initial investment cost was higher when using Chunghwa Telecom IDC services, in the long run, the cost was 33% lower than other IT architectures or IDC competitors.The deep local cultivation and multinational layout of Chunghwa Telecom help Openfind map out its multinational territoryLooking into the future, Openfind has more ambition in terms of operation and deeper application plans for its products and services; for example, using more IDCs and multinational remote deployment. Openfind is also considering applying AIOps (introducing Artificial Intelligence into operations) into daily jobs to provide services more efficiently.Chunghwa Telecom IDC has multinational IDC partners that can provide rich domestic and foreign network resources and remote backup services to help enterprises quickly connect to the world; in addition, the innovative smart helper service of Chunghwa Telecom IDC can also ensure that enterprises have powerful support from the most professional teams when they are expanding their businesses, can quickly and easily add new IDCs and bandwidth scales, and obtain analysis reports on the statuses of cabinets and systems, building network operation environments with the best quality easily.The two powerful companies Openfind and Chunghwa Telecom have worked hand in hand as partners for 20 years, when faced with the external changes from the continual advancement of science and technology and the continual innovation of corporate needs, we wish to continue working together to help enterprises transform toward cloud effectively and create the next business peak for Openfind.Learn more about Chunghwa Telecom IDC[More information]: http://www.idc.hinet.net [Enterprise customer service hotline]: 0800-080-365

All kinds of online services are being offered as smartphones become digital assistants that people rely heavily on in their everyday lives. These burgeoning services provide far-reaching channels for digital content creators to show their work. However, this also poses rising concerns over digital content infringement. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Global Innovation Policy Center, global digital piracy costs the U.S. economy US$29.2 billion a year.Today's digital content infringements occur for the most part in the way that articles, pictures, and images are taken and used without licenses. Video segments being reproduced and/or reused without permission is also a common form of digital content infringement. YouTube, for example, is utilizing AI technologies to detect copyright infringement in user-uploaded videos to protect copyright owners.According to AiiEyes founder YiChun Lai, who has worked in the e-commerce sector for many years, e-commerce platform operators having their images pirated is not just a matter of intellectual property loss. More importantly, the pirated use of their images might mislead consumers to purchase the products presumably offered by the e-commerce platform, resulting in consumer disputes that should never have happened. AiiEyes' digital image infringement detection solution performs AI-based automated checks of images online, thereby enabling a significant cost reduction. On top of that, AiiEyes also offers advice concerning the compensation claim. Its solution has been adopted by multiple e-commerce companies.User-friendly interface and reasonable chargesApart from some people using images without the creator's permission due to their lack of awareness of intellectual property rights, digital image infringements are more often the result of intended acts of piracy. Convenient Internet access makes it easy to snatch a picture online. It's too costly for the content creator to check the omnipresent Internet by himself or herself to catch infringement. The follow-up actions to claim compensation may also be formidable. These allow infringers to keep stealing images from their rightful owners.The most prominent feature of AiiEyes' digital image infringement detection solution is its easy-to-use interface for automated monitoring. Users only need to upload the images and the system will automatically search the Internet and identify to users the websites that might have potentially infringing images. Concerning the charges, AiiEyes offers a monthly subscription plan based on the number of images users upload. There is also an entry-level version available free of charge.Lai commented that on top of AI-enabled infringement detection, AiiEyes partners with Chisheng Law Firm to offer legal advice on having the infringing images taken down and pursuing compensation as most content creators do not have the legal expertise to protect their own rights. The aim is to safeguard the copyright owners' intellectual property through a one-stop service.Impressed with AiiEyes' innovation, AWS JIC provides subsequent technology supportGiven today's maturing AI technologies, AiiEyes decided to make use of the AI services Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers right when it was first incorporated. This not only saved AiiEyes from spending time training its own AI model but also accelerated the time-to-market for its innovative solution. With AWS, AiiEyes was able to win several well-known e-commerce customers and it also joined the Startup Terrace Kaohsiung AWS Joint Innovation Center (JIC). The AWS platform provides complete, stable, and reliable cloud services. Moreover, AWS JIC offers cloud resources for free to a certain limit. For these benefits, AiiEyes has been migrating the majority of its services to the AWS platform.Lai also noted that to cut down the cost it has to pay for the AI services on the cloud platform, AiiEyes is trying to develop its own AI model to reduce operating expenses and raise infringement detection accuracy. AWS JIC is eager to offer technical support and advice on AI algorithms and model training after realizing AiiEyes' needs, which will give AiiEyes a boost for its development going forward.AiiEyes is currently collaborating with CxC Today, a website hosting the creations of more than 4,000 artists, to help protect content owners' rights to digital assets and brand images. Furthermore, AiiEyes is also endeavoring to apply its image infringement detection technology to video infringement detection to capture opportunities arising from increasing awareness of intellectual property protection worldwide.