Altos Computing – Enterprise Brand and Solution Acer Dual Transformation achieves yet another success.

Acer Computer Co., Ltd., a leader in IT innovation introduces the Altos Computing. Altos Computing is the brand for enterprise market with its ‘Make Computing Smarter’ strategy, aims at providing hardware, software, and service solutions which address all enterprise needs while supporting growing digital demand and rapidly changing technology.

Ms. Nuttawan Tapownoi, Senior Manager, Enterprise and Commercial Products, Acer Computer Co., Ltd., said “Altos Computing is now an enterprise brand. We are a complete solution provider, offering total solution design, professional service, one-stop-efficient support and products to meet customer needs. Altos Computing focuses on high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing technologies. Our product systems include Altos BrainSphereTM Servers, Altos BrainSphereTM Workstations and Altos QSANTM Storage”. We currently have three groups of innovationsolutions:

• Altos aiWorks: An AI / DL Computing system that can be used with a development platform to create AI for AI students, researchers, and developers.
• AltosCloud VDI/IDV: A virtual desktop management solution that optimizes the entire virtual desktop system for the education sector, the manufacturing industry, and organizations that deploy virtual machines.
• Altos HPC (High-Performance Computing): A computing platform that supports the management of high-performance computing for universities, research institutes and research and development organizations.

Altos has experienced teams in both the innovative technologies and solutions we develop, SI team that understands the needs of each industry. Furthermore, we provide turn-key service and system maintenance by utilizing the services of Highpoint Service Network, an Acer subsidiary that provides verification services, repair, and maintenance of information systems. The need for innovation and the ability to analyse data on market conditions in a growth industry are providing significant market opportunities for Altos Computing.

According to Gartner, Thailand’s IT spending will grow by 4.9% in 2021 and 5.7% in 2022. While spending in all segments will grow, enterprise software is expected to achieve the highest growth rate of 13.2%. Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 23.1% in 2021 to total $332.3 billion, up from $270 billion in 2020. “Emerging technologies are becoming more mainstream and driving additional cloud spending. Despite macroeconomic headwinds, offerings that support or deliver public cloud services are experiencing tremendous growth. Software as a service (SaaS) remains the largest market segment and is forecast to reach $122.6 billion in 2021 as the demand for composable applications requires a different type of SaaS experience . Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) will see the highest growth in 2021, 38.5% and 67.7% respectively, as pressures to scale infrastructure that supports moving complex workloads to the cloud and the demands of a hybrid workforce.

In the AI market, the IDC Worldwide Semiannual Artificial Intelligence Tracker report predicts that total global AI market revenue, including software, hardware, and services, will increase by 16.4% (YoY) to $327.5 billion in 2021. Revenue is expected to exceed $500 billion by 2024, with the High-Performance Computing (HPC) market (solutions, servers, storage, networking devices, software, and services) growing from $37.8 billion in 2020 to $49.4 billion in 2025. High Performance Computing is used in analytics, increases the speed of the product development cycle, and makes data modeling, simulation and analysis easier.

Mr. Nitipat Praweenwongwuthi, Marketing Director, Acer Computer Co., Ltd., stated, “The launch of the Altos Computing brand is a further visualization of Acer’s commitment to, and success of, the dual transformation and multi-brand strategy that drives the business organization. “Acer recently announced its first-quarter 2021 earnings of TWD71.56 billion, a 46.5% increase year on year, while net income surpassed the key figure of TWD2,740 million (approximately 3,093 million baht), setting a record for the highest quarterly income in ten years. Acer set a record for highest gross profit margin in Q1 of TWD8,310 million, an increase of 67.9%, with a net profit margin of 11.6%. Our new Altos Computing brand will be a driving factor and a major contributor to Acer’s continued success in the enterprise market.”