Huawei launches new software

China’s cloud system and management software market is expected to grow to US$650 million in 2023 from US$105 million last year.

HONG KONG: Huawei Technologies unveiled yesterday a new database management system, in a bid to expand its enterprise business and challenge Western rivals such as Oracle Corp in China, amid growing scrutiny over its main telecom business.

Huawei said in a statement its new database management software, called GaussDB, is backed by artificial intelligence and works locally, as well as on clouds.

The move comes amid growing international scrutiny over Huawei’s main telecom equipment business as Washington tries to persuade its allies that Huawei posed national security risks.

Huawei is trying to grow its nascent enterprise service business, a segment accounting for around 10 per cent of its revenue, while its smartphone business continues to grow its share in a shrinking global market.

Industry consultancy IDC said in a report this month that China’s cloud system and management software market is expected to grow to US$650 million (RM2.71 billion) in 2023 from US$105 million last year, driven by growing demand for cloud service.

Huawei is the largest player with one fifth of the market, closely followed by US firm VMware.

IDC analyst Thomas Zhou said: “Huawei is unlikely to challenge Oracle’s dominant position in traditional, structured database. But that is a stagnant market. The fastest-growing market is in big data platforms.”

US software giant Oracle earlier this month axed more than 900 jobs in China — 60 per cent of its workforce there.