Chen Peizhen, General Manager of DYXnet, the first-line: Analyzing the innovative architecture and development strategy of "AI + Cloud Network Security" service

On November 16, 2024, a grand event focusing on cutting-edge network technologies and development trends kicked off in the capital Beijing - the 7th SD-WAN & SASE Conference and Cloud Network Conference, which attracted the attention of many industry elites and technology enthusiasts. On such a platform with so many talented people, DYXnet, one of the leading companies in the industry, not only participated deeply in it, but also held a media communication meeting with the theme of "Strengthening the Foundation, Expanding the Boundary and Moving Towards Wisdom" during the conference, further deepening the interaction and communication with all walks of life. At the meeting, Ms. Chen Peizhen, Senior Vice President of 21Vianet Group and General Manager of DYXnet, shared a series of remarkable achievements made by DYXnet in recent years in technological innovation and service upgrades with her unique perspective and deep industry experience, and also expressed her unique insights into future trends.

Strategic extension of "AI + cloud network security" services under the development trend of enterprises

Under the current macro-development background of globalization and digitalization, various industries are undergoing profound changes. With the continuous advancement of international agreements such as the Belt and Road Initiative and RCEP, the international economic activities of enterprises are showing a two-way prosperity. According to data from the Ministry of Commerce from January to September 2024, China's outward direct investment in all industries reached 884.6 billion yuan, and 42,108 new foreign-invested enterprises were established, an increase of 11.4% year-on-year.

At the same time, the rapid development of AI big models has become a key driving force for enterprises to move towards digitalization and intelligence through digital transformation. According to data released by IDC in 2024, China's generative AI investment will account for 33.0% in 2027, with an investment scale of over US$13 billion. Under this dual-drive trend, DYXnet actively upgraded its service architecture and expanded it in depth in both horizontal and vertical dimensions.

Ms. Chen Pei-yan, Senior Vice President of 21Vianet Group and General Manager of DYXnet

Chen Peizhen introduced that under the dual trends of enterprise globalization and digitalization, DYXnet has focused on promoting the horizontal and vertical extension of its service architecture. The horizontal "strengthening the foundation and expanding the boundaries" strategy aims to strengthen service capabilities in all aspects, including the expansion of service capabilities, the expansion of service areas, and the extension of service chains, and accurately meet the needs of enterprises for cloud network security infrastructure in the process of digitalization and globalization. The vertical "moving towards intelligence" strategy focuses on upgrading the overall service to AI intelligence to meet the forward-looking needs of enterprises for future intelligent development. Through this series of strategic initiatives, DYXnet has successfully built an "AI + cloud network security" service matrix that integrates cloud computing power, network capacity, intelligent empowerment and security protection, and achieved two key transitions from "cloud network service provider" to "cloud network security service provider" and then to "AI + cloud network security comprehensive service provider".

From a technical perspective, the "AI + Cloud Network Security" service covers two important dimensions. In terms of the combination of AI and cloud network security, as a professional MSP service provider, DYXnet can provide enterprises with a one-stop comprehensive solution, integrating technical services at multiple levels such as network, computing power, public cloud, security, AI, and large models, effectively reducing enterprise costs and improving operational efficiency. In terms of the integration of AI and cloud network security, DYXnet is actively investing in research and development, and continues to explore the deep integration of AI capabilities into cloud network security services. It is committed to building cutting-edge service capabilities such as intelligent network services, intelligent security services, and smart application services, and realizing the comprehensive service upgrade to AI applications and large model services, and AI native infrastructure services, so that service capabilities fully cover the complete link from infrastructure hosting to upper-level smart applications.

Building a comprehensive IT foundation: collaborative development of computing power, network, and security

Expansion of cloud computing service capabilities

In recent years, with the continuous emergence of new trends in technological development, the cloud computing market has ushered in unprecedented development opportunities. In particular, the widespread application of artificial intelligence technology in the computing industry chain has triggered profound changes, giving rise to a large number of new computing power requirements and diversified application scenarios. According to IDC's 2024 "China Public Cloud Service Market (First Half of 2024) Tracking" report, in the first half of 2024, China's public cloud market showed an overall recovery trend under the joint action of multiple factors such as AI big models and intelligent computing services.

Based on this market environment, DYXnet has actively carried out in-depth cooperation with leading cloud service providers such as Volcano Engine and Alibaba Cloud to jointly create a one-stop full-stack IT service solution for enterprises. The solution covers core elements such as computing power platform, AI big model, security and network, which has effectively promoted the quality and speed of enterprise development and won advantages for enterprises in digital competition.

Extensive expansion of network service areas

Over the past 25 years, DYXnet has always focused on the construction and development of network services, and has established long-term and stable cooperative relationships with internationally renowned telecom operators such as France Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Softbank, Telefonica, and Japan Telecom. Through these collaborations, DYXnet has achieved remarkable results in overseas markets, and has worked with operators to develop regional markets such as Vietnam, India, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, and Indonesia, achieving a dual improvement in network service quality and speed.

In addition, DYXnet has also cooperated with edge cloud vendors such as Zenlayer to give full play to the advantages of both parties, achieve resource complementarity and market sharing in domestic and overseas markets, and provide strong support for the global layout of both parties' corporate customers. On this basis, DYXnet relies on the coordinated development with its partners to accelerate the construction of network nodes. In 2024, in addition to continuously optimizing the network layout in traditional regions such as Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States, network nodes were successfully launched in countries along the Belt and Road Initiative, such as Dubai, UAE and Mexico, further expanding the coverage of network services and providing global customers with better quality and more extensive network services.

Comprehensive extension of the security service chain

In order to build a comprehensive security protection system, DYXnet maintains a close cooperative relationship with leading security vendors such as Fortinet and Sangfor. By deeply integrating its own network architecture with the SASE security service chain functions of multiple vendors, DYXnet can customize personalized network + security solutions for complex scenarios such as enterprise branch interconnection, mobile office, and cloud computing. At the same time, DYXnet and Volcano Engine jointly launched the CWPP solution to provide agile and comprehensive protection support for cloud security, successfully building a full chain of security service capabilities from enterprise office scenarios to computing scenarios, ensuring the information security of enterprises during digital operations.

AI-based services and AI-based services: Promoting breakthroughs and upgrades in service capabilities

2023 is the first year of big models. In the process of deep integration of innovative big model technology with various fields, it has spawned a series of new products, services and business models, and has effectively promoted the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries.

Long before this technological wave, DYXnet had keenly sensed the development potential in the field of AI and actively carried out relevant exploration and reserve work. In the early days, in order to build AI applications, DYXnet formed a professional digital intelligence R&D team, focusing on conducting innovative research on the integration of AI and its own basic network architecture and other services. After long-term efforts, DYXnet now has mature technical conditions and can integrate AI technology to create high-quality services. On this basis, DYXnet is focusing on promoting the two core processes of AI service and service AI.

AI as a service: Creating diversified intelligent applications

Chen Peizhen introduced that the Xianling series of AI services launched by DYXnet is a milestone in the field of enterprise intelligent applications and is a key achievement of DYXnet in promoting AI services. The series mainly includes two core systems, ChatV and AI digital human. These two systems focus on multiple core business scenarios such as enterprise office applications, e-commerce, and training, providing enterprises with valuable intelligent empowerment.

Specifically, ChatV, as a first-line big model service for enterprises (ToB), has unique value advantages. Its core technology is to aggregate cutting-edge big model technology, which can provide enterprises with all-round and multi-level services such as content generation, fine management, and customized knowledge base. This service model comprehensively covers all levels from the daily operations of grassroots employees to the monitoring and decision-making of senior managers, and builds a bottom-up and efficient empowerment system to provide strong support for enterprise operation and management.

AI digital human is an innovative result of the in-depth joint research and development between DYXnet and Tencent Zhiying. It relies on the enterprise-specific knowledge base and combines advanced AI big model technology to tailor a personalized real-time virtual assistant for enterprises for interactive broadcasting. In various scenarios such as corporate meetings, live broadcasts, activities and training, AI digital human can significantly reduce manpower and time costs and improve enterprise operational efficiency.

AI-enabled services: Building high-performance AI infrastructure

Chen Pei-jin said that in the process of serving AI, DYXnet is committed to promoting the AI ​​integration of its own infrastructure and building high-performance network capabilities for the AI ​​large-model industry, in order to create AI-native infrastructure services.

In terms of network operation and maintenance, DYXnet is actively exploring the deep integration of SD-WAN and MPLS with AI big models to achieve accurate prediction and intelligent control of future network traffic. At the same time, it is upgrading the basic network architecture to AI and building an InSightNet intelligent network based on a new human-intelligence-network interaction model, thereby realizing intelligent assisted operation and maintenance (AIOps) and autonomous management of the network, and ensuring the efficient and stable operation of network services.

In the field of network security, DYXnet works closely with leading security vendors such as Sangfor and Fortinet to jointly promote the integration of SASE AI capabilities into DYXnet SASE POP, effectively improving its ability to learn and prevent unknown security threats, and ensuring the timeliness and effectiveness of enterprise network security protection.

Dianyi.com is exploring the construction of an AI-native hyper-interconnected bus architecture to enable a high-speed and secure channel for computing power to be directly reached between parks and buildings in one hop. It aims to create an enterprise trusted computing space that integrates AI computing power, private domain data, models, and privacy computing. It enables enterprises to innovate in the AI-native field on a secure basis, and supports customers to achieve AI-native transformation of their businesses in the development trend of artificial intelligence.

From the horizontal and vertical extension of the service architecture, the careful construction of a comprehensive IT foundation, to the active promotion of AI services and service AI, DYXnet has closely followed the industry development trends and actively responded to challenges at every stage of development. DYXnet's continuous innovation and development will provide a solid guarantee for enterprises in the complex international competition and digital transformation process, and help them achieve high-quality development.