At the Huawei Connect 2017 in Shanghai, Huawei’s rotating CEO Guo Ping kicked off the event by predicting the speed of digital technology development. According to him, digital technology coupled with rising investment levels will drive massive consolidation and lead to a world with just five cloud networks.
“The cloud is a cornerstone of the intelligent world. Clouds around the world will begin to converge – becoming more and more centralised. In the future, we predict there will be five major clouds in the world. Huawei will work with our partners to build one of those five clouds,” he said in his keynote.
Guo said Huawei will build a cloud network based on its own public clouds as well as develop a global cloud alliance with its key telco partners, such as Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica and Orange. According to him, Huawei’s cloud strategy is similar to global airline alliances, which take passengers wherever they need to go in the world. “In future, customers will ask for Huawei Cloud and reach the entire world,” he added.
Guo also emphasised Huawei’s cloud business model is to generate revenue from technology and services, not data. “We do not monetise user data, but allow our partners to take advantage of our technology so they can monetise their data,” he explained.
At Huawei Connect 2017, Huawei also announced the launch of its Enterprise Intelligence (EI) cloud services, which it will support with general and scenario-specific options. Zheng Yelai, president of Huawei’s cloud business unit said, “The combination of Huawei Cloud and EI makes Huawei Cloud more intelligent and will help create greater industry value with new advancements in technology.”
