The Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) announced today that Huawei, a
leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions
provider, joined as a Platinum member. OCP was initiated by Facebook in
2011 with a mission to apply the benefits of open source to hardware and
rapidly increase the pace of innovation in, near and around the data
center and beyond. Since then, OCP has been consistently innovating
around open source contributions for networking, servers, storage and
Open Rack.
Driven by responsible operations, ongoing innovation and open
collaboration, Huawei has established a competitive ICT portfolio of
end-to-end solutions in telecom and enterprise networks, devices and
cloud computing. Their ICT solutions, products, and services are used in
more than 170 countries and regions, serving over one-third of the
world's population by more than 170,000 employees.
"Huawei becomes the 5th company from China to join the Open
Compute Project. Being a leading provider in China's domestic market,
Huawei will play an important role in the adoption of open and efficient
cloud hardware around the globe, and can help us build a collaborative
community across China," stated Bill Carter, Chief Technology Officer
for the Open Compute Project Foundation.
"The ever growing application of cloud computing, big data and
artificial intelligence increases the demand for computing resources in
the data center and edge computing scenarios. As a result, traditional
compute architecture faces increasing deployment, management and energy
efficiency challenges. Huawei's intelligent computing products, which
incorporate Huawei's chip, acceleration components and intelligent
management, together with innovative optimized system design, can
deliver end-to-end solutions which significantly improves the rollout
and operation efficiency of data centers and edge computing
architectures. These products can accommodate multiple data center
deployment scenarios for a single node and/or cabinet deployment,"
stated Qiu Long, President of Huawei's Intelligent Computing Product
Line.
Huawei will host HUAWEI CONNECT 2018 at the SWEECC and Expo Center in
Shanghai 10 - 12 October, 2018. HUAWEI CONNECT is designed to help
organizations gain intelligence through digital platforms that are open,
agile and equipped with state-of-the-art AI capabilities. At the event,
Huawei will announce their AI strategy and full-stack solutions for all
scenarios. More information can be found here: https://www.huawei.com/en/press-events/events/huaweiconnect2018
Huawei is a Bronze Sponsor of the first annual OCP Regional Summit in
Amsterdam, Netherlands 1 - 2 October, 2018. More information can be
found here: https://www.opencompute.org/summit/regional-summit-2018
Huawei is also a Platinum sponsor of the annual OCP Global Summit will
be held 14 - 15 March, 2019 in San Jose, CA, and draws more than 3,500
technology leaders and innovators from across the globe. More
information can be found here: https://www.opencompute.org/summit/ocp-u-s-summit-2019