Huawei will focus on public cloud services in 2017, the company’s Rotating CEO Eric Xu said in Shenzhen, while inaugurating the 14th annual Huawei Global Analyst Summit (HAS).
“We will invest heavily in building an open and trusted public cloud platform, which will be the foundation of a Huawei Cloud Family. This family will include public clouds we develop together with operators, and public clouds that we operate on our own,” Xu stated.
The three-day summit will highlight Huawei’s latest innovations, business practices, and solutions in domains like cloud services, video, the Internet of Things (IoT), AI, and digital transformation.
William Xu, Executive Director and Chief Strategy Marketing Officer at Huawei, expanded on Eric’s keynote to discuss new opportunities brought about by digital transformation.
“Digital transformation opens up immense new potential for value-driven growth in traditional industries,” he said. “Naturally, industries are eager to tap into this potential.”
According to findings from the 2017 Global Connectivity Index, digitization is gaining momentum around the globe. Investment in cloud computing is ramping up on a regional and national scale, and the cloud is seeing broader application. According to Xu, this will help industries go digital—and fast.
Further, William Xu noted that ICT infrastructure is an important pillar of national economic growth, and that the cloud in particular is key to unleashing the power of connectivity.
During last year’s summit, the company had shared its vision to advocate, promote, and lead the All-Cloud evolution. In his presentation, Ryan Ding, Executive Director and President of Products & Solutions at Huawei, the company now shifted its focus to getting All-Cloud off the ground and driving commercialization.
The Chinese ICT company also bets on its video businesses. “Our All-Cloud and video strategies require the support of a symbiotic ecosystem. Huawei welcomes partners with open arms to collaboratively push for new growth in the ICT industry ecosystem,” Ding said.
