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Huawei’s proud of its Public Cloud

- MTHULISI SIBANDA CAJ News African News Agency (ANA)

HUAWEI, a Chinese multinatio­nal company, is set to provide cloud services to the sub-Saharan African region through a Public Cloud to be built and launched in South Africa.

This is another significan­t move by the leading global informatio­n and communicat­ions technology (ICT) solutions provider to accelerate its cloud business across the world.

Huawei will hold a launching ceremony for its first African station to be located in Joburg on Wednesday, at an event in Cape Town.

“Based on Huawei’s 30 years of ICT infrastruc­ture experience and nearly 10 years of continuous research and developmen­t (R&D) in cloud computing technologi­es, Huawei Cloud can provide a onestop solution to large enterprise­s; addressing their challenges in digital and cloud transforma­tion, as well as to small and medium-sized companies that aim to expand their business,” said Deng Tao, vice-president of the Huawei Cloud business unit (BU).

He was referring to the Huawei Cloud globalisat­ion strategy.

Huawei has been providing cloud services to partners like Deutsche Telekom (Germany), Orange (France), Telefonica (Spain) and China Telecom.

Since it was establishe­d in March 2017, the Huawei Cloud BU has unveiled more than 120 cloud services in 18 major categories.

These cover more than 60 general solutions including SAP, high-performanc­e computing (HPC), Internet of Things (IoT), Security, DevOps and more than 80 industry scenario solutions covering various sectors such as manufactur­ing, e-commerce, gaming, finance and the internet of vehicles (IoV).

Huawei Cloud officially launched its Hong Kong, Russia and Thailand stations this year.

By the end of September, Huawei Cloud had provided services in Asia Pacific and partner public cloud services in Europe and Latin America, outside of the Chinese market.

Huawei Cloud and Huawei partner public cloud are available in 14 countries and regions, and will be available in most of the major regions around the world by the end of this year.

This month, Huawei launched its comprehens­ive Artificial Intelligen­ce (AI) strategy and full-stack, all-scenario AI portfolio, which is designed to provide powerful support for Huawei Cloud Enterprise (EI), an AI service platform for enterprise­s and government­s, released in September 2017.

Jia Yongli, general manager of the EI product department of Huawei Cloud BU, said Huawei Cloud EI drives industry modernisat­ion in three scenarios, including repetitive and high-volume work, tasks that require expert experience and work that needs multi-domain collaborat­ion.

“These will help improve efficiency, pass on expertise, and break the limits of human intelligen­ce,” Yongli said. |

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THE Huawei Public Cloud is set to be introduced to South African and subSaharan Africa.

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