The Ghost in the Machine That Maximizes Uptime

Jeff Klaus, General Manager of Intel Data Center Management Solutions, explores how Intel Memory Failure Prediction (Intel MFP) uses machine learning to improve the performance and reliability of server memory to predict potential failures and prevent downtime. China is the largest e-commerce market in the world, projected to reach $1.1 trillion in 2023, up from $572 billion in 2017, according to Statista. The combined forces of the country's robust economic growth, a rapidly emerging middle class, a large population of computer literate consumers, and the proliferation of smartphones are among the major factors driving the sale of physical goods and services via digital channels. Headquartered in Beijing, Meituan-Dianping (Meituan) offers an online delivery and social commerce platform whose apps connect consumers with local businesses for food delivery, groceries, restaurant recommendations, hotel bookings, movie tickets, bike sharing, and health and fitness products and services. Named to Fast Company's top-50 list of the world's most innovative companies based in China last year, Meituan is keenly focused on developing new ways to make its delivery platform more cost-effective and efficient.