Huawei Is Named Strong Performer in 2015 Global Private Cloud Software Market

SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Huawei was listed for the first time and named a strong performer in "The Forrester Wave™: Private Cloud Software Suites, Q1 2016" report. The report is produced by Forrester Research Inc, one of the most influential research and advisory firms in the world. Huawei is the only China-based provider to be evaluated in this most recent analysis.

Forrester applied its FORRESTER WAVE™ methodology to evaluate the current offering, strategy, and market presence of providers engaging in private cloud services. This report is designed to help infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals make informed decisions on private cloud solutions.

To be considered for this report, vendors had to be more than just virtualized data centers but also provide self-service portals and role-based access, infrastructure provisioning capabilities, management capabilities on resources, users, and services, and API-based applications.

Huawei FusionSphere is an OpenStack-based software suite with among the top scores in network service and platform support, automated provisioning, workflow design interface, and support services. Forrester noted that Huawei was the only provider in this evaluation that had guaranteed resolution times and could escalate service issues to on-premises support as part of its highest service-level agreement (SLA) tier. Forrester also identifies that Huawei offers competitive options and is a new entrant into this evaluation with its OpenStack-based platform, delivering a solid solution with best-in-class support options.

Mr. Ren Zhipeng, President of Huawei Cloud Computing Product Line, said, "Huawei is committed to becoming our customers' best partner for transforming from the traditional architecture to the cloud-based architecture. As the main software suite of the FusionCloud solution, Huawei FusionSphere supports for private clouds as one of its most important applications. Huawei private cloud solution incorporates three core approaches in the design: convergence, openness, and agility. It can make enterprise services and processes more agilely and efficiently adapt to market changes, promote continuous innovation for enterprise production, and help customers achieve business success in the digital era."

By the end of 2015, Huawei had established cooperation with more than 500 cloud computing partners and over 10,000 public cloud partners that deal with applications, development, and services. Huawei had deployed more than 1.4 million VMs in 108 countries and regions, serving over 2500 customers in the government and public sector in addition to telecom, energy, finance, and other industries.

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