197 Fortune 500 companies choose Huawei to achieve win-win in the new ICT era

At the 2017 Huawei Connect Conference HUAWEI CONNECT which opened on September 5, 2017, Huawei joined hands with many Fortune 500 leading companies to showcase its latest digital transformation achievements and put forward the "Platform + Connection + Ecosystem" enterprise Internet of Things development strategy.

The platform and ecosystem that supports comprehensive innovation have become the cornerstone of Huawei's digital transformation

Digital transformation has moved beyond the "whether or not" stage and entered the "how to do" stage. Industry pioneers represented by the Fortune Global 500 have reached a critical juncture in transformation. They need a basic platform for digital transformation that can connect intelligence, data, and everything, closely aggregate partners, develop rich applications, and achieve simple and rapid innovation.

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Yuan Qian, President of Huawei Enterprise BG Marketing and Solution Sales Department, said: "Huawei works with customers and partners to develop innovative, differentiated, and leading solutions to create an open, elastic, secure, and flexible platform to help leading companies transform digitally. At the same time, as an innovation-driven company, Huawei is also accelerating its digital enterprise strategy and sharing its transformation practices with the industry. While helping customers seize opportunities in digital transformation and achieve commercial success, Huawei Enterprise BG has achieved sustained and steady growth. So far, 197 of the Fortune 500 and 45 of the top 100 have chosen Huawei as their digital transformation partner."

Huawei's full-stack ICT products and solutions are entering the ranks of the world

In the future, digital enterprises will be built around the generation, transmission, and processing of data. Huawei has everything from data center hardware infrastructure solutions such as networking, computing, and storage to cloud computing ecosystem resource management; from industry applications such as video cloud, financial big data, and power Internet of Things to the deployment of hybrid clouds and the construction of Internet of Things platforms.

This year, the company launched new industry-leading products including the new-generation all-flash array OceanStor Dorado V3 and the new-generation server FusionServer V5.

IDC shows that Huawei's data center switch market share in China ranked first in 2016. Gartner shows that in the first quarter of 2017, Huawei's storage sales revenue, number of units shipped, and shipping capacity in the Chinese market ranked first. In data centers, campus networks, and the Internet of Things, Huawei has horizontal solutions with multiple network connections, full-scenario coverage, and stable and secure leading advantages.

This time, the company will also release the hybrid cloud solution FusionBridge, the public cloud solution FusionCloud Stack and the new-generation intelligent cloud hardware platform Atlas, as well as the new network architecture of "Intelligently Connecting Everything" and the new-generation SD-WAN solution.

As the foundation of connectivity, Huawei first proposed the "Platform + Connection + Ecosystem" enterprise IoT development strategy, and fully elaborated on the full set of enterprise IoT solutions, including Huawei's one-stop service platform for enterprise IoT OceanConnect IoT, enterprise wireless broadband and narrowband integrated access solutions that fully adapt to authorized and unlicensed spectrum, intelligent edge computing with end-cloud collaboration, and comprehensive security protection from chips to platforms.

Huawei's IoT solution has the advantages of an open and win-win ecosystem, a flexible deployment platform, and a full range of, full-scenario, and modular connectivity. It provides flexible and fast business development and deployment, and has been applied in multiple fields such as smart cities, elevator networks, smart buildings, and the sharing economy.

Huawei becomes digital transformation partner for industry-leading companies

How can traditional enterprises turn around and leap forward to seize growth opportunities?

Huawei helped Dubai Airport, one of the world's largest airports, build a certified prefabricated modular data center. After its official launch, the services it carries cover almost all aspects of the airport, including flight information and airport operations, passenger transportation and baggage services, connection and network services, security checks, video surveillance, enterprise business operations, facility maintenance, etc. With its elasticity, rapid deployment, reliability, energy saving, easy maintenance and low cost, the data center provides a strong guarantee for the efficient operation of Dubai Airport's business.

Rob Newman, Director of Technology and Infrastructure Project Management at Dubai Airports, said: “Technology is a key enabler for driving business growth at Dubai Airports, sparking innovation and improving the customer experience. At the same time, we are further improving the reliability of our airport systems and reducing operating costs.”

Based on the Internet of Things, cloud computing and big data, the interconnection of building intelligent systems and information systems has greatly improved the intelligence of buildings. Huawei and Honeywell have started comprehensive cooperation in smart buildings such as education parks, enterprise parks, commercial buildings, branch stores and industrial parks.

Hu Yu, Marketing Director of Building Intelligence Systems, Greater China, Honeywell Smart Building and Home Group, shared the progress of the cooperation between the two parties: "Following the announcement by Huawei and Honeywell in March 2017 to provide smart building solutions worldwide, the two parties are cooperating in smart city and smart building projects to help city managers build green, safe and efficient urban infrastructure, reduce urban management costs, and provide a more livable living environment."

Huawei has become a partner for digital transformation of more and more industry-leading companies. Huawei's innovative products have improved the production efficiency of more than 1,000 manufacturing companies worldwide. Its open architecture financial solutions have accelerated innovation for more than 300 financial institutions worldwide. Its smart grid solutions have optimized the power transmission and distribution business of 170 power companies worldwide. Its IoT solutions have saved the operation and maintenance costs of more than 100 transportation companies worldwide.

In the face of a changing technological world, Huawei will work side by side with customers who are constantly making breakthroughs, achieve win-win results with ecosystem partners, and jointly achieve successful digital transformation for customers.

HUAWEI CONNECT 2017, Huawei's annual global flagship conference for the ICT industry, was held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center from September 5 to 7, 2017. The theme of this conference was "Grow with the Cloud", aiming to build a global sharing platform for open cooperation and discuss with customers and partners how to achieve new growth through digitalization.