Huawei and Microsoft join forces to expand cloud app portfolio
Microsoft and Huawei have signed a memorandum of understanding, which will bring the former’s applications to the latter’s public cloud. While Huawei already offers Windows Server and Microsoft RDS for SQL Server, the company did not note which specific enterprise apps will be made available on Huawei Cloud within the foreseeable future.
Nevertheless, the collaboration does mean additional services will be made available to companies that use Huawei Cloud. Moving forward, multiple businesses will collaborate to create and deploy innovative public cloud offerings. According to President of Huawei’s cloud BU and IT product line Zheng Yelai, the companies will work together to create an ecosystem that is mutually beneficial:
“Adhering to a customer-centred philosophy, Huawei is dedicated to enabling and promoting the development of a smart society. As a world-leading provider of software, services, and solutions, Microsoft has played an important part in the enterprise market all along. Huawei Cloud looks forward to cooperating with Microsoft to build an open and win-win ecosystem.
Huawei’s hybrid cloud infrastructure includes FusionServe, which provides high-density architecture, storage capacity and reliable management for computing, big data and HPC applications. Huawei CloudEngine switch offers high-density 10G access and at most 100G interconnect, providing networks with low latency, reliability and large cache. According to a company press release, Huawei provided more than two million virtual machines and 420 cloud data centers to customers in 130 countries by the end of last year.
The cloud is a goldmine for Microsoft. According to the company’s fourth quarter results, revenue in Intelligent Cloud was $7.4 billion, an increase of 11% from the previous year. Given the popular of Microsoft’s enterprise apps, the company stands to benefit from the venture.
“As a global leader in enterprise IT, Huawei is a strategic partner for Microsoft in the mission to empower organisations as they transform,” said Microsoft China CEO Alain Crozier. “Our increased collaboration will drive innovation as we build a seamless platform to benefit customers through industry-leading technology. Together, we are confident that we will lead, and win, in the era of digital transformation.”
