Huawei, Microsoft alliance drives digital makeover

Huawei and Microsoft signed a MoU IMAGE : PROVIDED

By GIFT NDOLWANE
JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – HUAWEI and Microsoft’s memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Cloud Service will see the firms initiate in-depth cooperation on the public cloud to provide the optimal experience of cloud services for enterprises.
This would help enterprises implement digital transformation.
The partnership was signed on Tuesday at Huwaei Connect in China.
Huawei and Microsoft will bring more Microsoft enterprise-level products online. Joint innovation by the two parties would provide customers with trusted hosting and various enterprise applications as a service.
Facing promising prospects in the global market, both companies will jointly carry out market expansion and marketing activities on schedule.
Zheng Yelai, President of Huawei’s Cloud BU and IT Product Line, said adhering to a customer-centered philosophy, Huawei was dedicated to enabling and promoting the development of a smart society.
Yelai said as a world-leading provider of software, services, and solutions, Microsoft played an important part in the enterprise market.
“HUAWEI CLOUD looks forward to cooperating with Microsoft to build an open and win-win ecosystem. The signing of this MOU marks the start of strategic cooperation between the two companies,” Yelai said.
The two companies enjoy a time-honored and deepening cooperation in the field of cloud computing as the HUAWEI CLOUD has provided Windows Server and RDS for SQL Server.
Alain Crozier, CEO of Microsoft China said, as a global leader in enterprise IT, Huawei is a strategic partner for Microsoft in the mission to empower organizations as they transform, he said, adding their increased collaboration would drive innovation as they built a seamless platform to benefit customers through industry-leading technology.
“Together, we are confident that we will lead, and win, in the era of digital transformation by focusing on what our customers need,” Crozier said.