Ten years to grind a sword Huawei bets cloud computing

If 30 billion trillion of dollars in sales represents Huawei's past more than 20 years of glory, then the $80 billion trillion target of 2015 means Huawei is trying to rise in the cloud era.

As the world's second largest provider of communications equipment, Huawei's traditional business of the "ceiling" has now. As a result, Huawei sees cloud computing as a new impetus for the rapid growth of Huawei's global revenues. Huawei is said to have challenged 31 billion U.S. dollars in revenue this year and has set a 2015-year revenue target of 80 billion dollars.

A year ago, the first release of the "cloud computing" strategy, October 31, 2011, Huawei held in Shenzhen, "2011 Huawei Cloud Computing Conference and partner Conference" to further deepen and execute the cloud computing strategy. At the meeting, Huawei unveiled "Cloud Sail plan 2012", and for the first time the three major strategy of Huawei Cloud computing: Big platform, promote business and application of cloud, open win-win.

Huawei Executive vice President Zhijun in an interview with this reporter, said, "Huawei is willing to spend 10 years in the field of cloud computing can occupy a global niche."

Zhijun told our correspondent that based on cloud computing technology changes and business model changes, Huawei since last year's official release cloud strategy over a year, has gradually clarified the corporate governance structure, organization and business strategy, and this year, including next year to implement the strategy.

Strategic implementation

October 31, although it is Monday, but in Shenzhen Eastern Oct, the largest and most famous attractions in Shenzhen, almost a room difficult to find.

As last year's cloud computing strategy continued, at a meeting on 31st, Huawei officially unveiled a series of measures to implement the "Cloud Computing" program, the most important of which was the formal announcement of a direct investment in the IT product line by the board.

Zhijun introduces a dedicated it product line built around the cloud computing data center, including servers, storage, cloud security, cloud operating systems, and data center management systems.

"We have also set up a dedicated Internet business unit. The Internet Business Department mainly focuses on two directions, one is to build its own data center, for small and medium-sized enterprises, Internet operators to provide computing and storage services, may be released next year. The second is cloud+, oriented to the terminal, and will be with vision and honor these two models of mobile phones slowly surface. "Zhijun said.

In addition, in the launch of the Cloud Sail plan 2012, Huawei for the first time to identify the three major Huawei Cloud strategy: A large platform, to promote business and application of the cloud, open and win.

According to Zhijun, Huawei has gradually clarified its corporate governance architecture, organizational structure and business strategy over a year after it officially unveiled its cloud strategy.

Next, Huawei's cloud computing strategy will go into the investment and implementation phase.

The first is staffing, Zhijun said, the current Huawei cloud computing investment reached 6000 people, these research and development teams in the United States, Canada, Shenzhen, Beijing, Xi ' An, Hangzhou, Shanghai and other locations. But the future will continue to increase, expected in 2012 years more than 10000 people.

In addition to personnel, Huawei has also pushed the cloud computing from concept to practice, within Huawei, this step is called "cloud to Rain."

Zhijun said that from 2009 onwards, Huawei Shanghai Institute deployed the world's largest "million people cloud", 10000 user-scale desktop cloud for the day-to-day work of staff, in the efficiency, green energy conservation, maintenance management and so on to bring great improvement. It is reported that the "million people Cloud" Phase II will reach 60,000 people.

Reinventing ICT

Huawei's emphasis on cloud computing is related to Huawei's own strategy in addition to its own future.

At present, Huawei in the telecom operators market, is already a veritable second, after the first Ericsson, and 2010 years of sales have been close to Ericsson. Huawei sold 185.2 billion yuan (about 28.06 billion U.S. dollars) in 2010, after Ericsson's 30.8 billion dollars.

Moreover, Huawei has hit 45 of the world's 50 largest mobile operators and has become a core supplier. At the same time, Huawei has set up 12 joint research and development centers around the world with mobile operators such as Vodafone, DXN and NTT of Japan.

"The operator market, to do 40 billion dollars has been basically the end." "Huawei CMO Yu has previously said that the traditional equipment market will still have room for growth, but the cake space has been relatively limited."

In response to changes in the market environment, Huawei's organizational structure was adjusted earlier this year to set up operators ' basic networks, business operations, personal consumption and four other business groups.

Huawei's data show that corporate businesses, including cloud computing and ICT solutions, have sold $2 billion trillion last year, doubling to $4 billion trillion this year, with business targets of $7 billion trillion in 2012 and a 15 billion-20 billion dollar challenge in 2015.

Huawei's focus on cloud computing is evident from Huawei's President Ren's words and deeds.

Last November, Huawei first released its cloud computing strategy, and Ren personally attended and made an important speech. And since then, Ren has seldom appeared in public.

Ren's goal is, "we are on the cloud platform to catch up with, beyond Cisco, in the cloud business we have to catch up with Google." Let all the people of the world enjoy the application and service of information like electricity. ”

In Ren's view, cloud computing technology will change the entire information industry, as IP has changed the entire communications industry.

Huawei is also unusually bullish on the cloud computing market. September 26, Huawei Strategy and Marketing Minister Sho Jian in the ICT China 2011 High-level Forum, said that the next five years, China's cloud computing market space will be more than 200 billion U.S. dollars.

Of course, Huawei's investment in cloud computing is at a cost.

"I have worked in the United States for 30 years and came to Huawei a bit surprised that there is no cap on cloud computing here." "Huawei Vice president, it product line Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Li Sanqi said.

Li Sanqi said that cloud computing is the core of Huawei's ICT strategy, the relevant research and development costs, manpower requirements are not deliberately limited, what to do, how many people need, the company's management are fully supported.

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)