DATA CENTRE PREDICTIONS
Bob He, President of Data Centre
Facility, Huawei
To drive Digital Transformation, a data
centre overhaul or revamp is often
necessary to support power-hungry private
cloud and hybrid cloud deployments.
The full-stack data centre
Known for its telecommunications
equipment used by 45 of the top 50
carriers globally, Huawei has invested
substantial research and development
(R&D) into communication technology (CT)
and Information Technology (IT) systems
over the last 30 years.
By combining its extensive ICT
experience with deep data centre knowhow,
Huawei has developed a complete
range of solutions from facility-level
hardware for data centres, to the IT
equipment needed to support complex
cloud systems.
This starts with modular data centre
systems for rapid deployment, to data
centre components such as UPSs, PDUs,
cooling systems and the DCIM software
used to manage and operate them. A
comprehensive suite of servers, storage
and networking infrastructure is also
available, as well as converged and
hyperconverged platforms for scale-out
deployments for a full-stack solution.
Huawei full-stack cloud platform
These aren’t hypothetical systems that
have not been tested together. Built using
prefabricated modules, Huawei’s own
cloud data centres at Dongguan and
Ulanqab in China are fully functional data
centres built using Huawei’s full-stack
data centre solution, among deployments
at other locations.
Crucially, Huawei is also a heavy
contributor to the open-source
OpenStack platform and has its own
commercial FusionSphere distribution
with enterprise-level enhancements for
improved management and reliability.
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) capabilities
also deliver a range of data enablement
tools to support database and data
warehousing implementations, while
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings
offer advanced Big Data and AI services
such as visual and speech recognition.
Maintaining cohesiveness and integration
across such a broad range of systems is a
continuous effort, especially considering
the sheer breadth and depth of the
company’s offerings.
To address this, Huawei has built
OpenLabs for the enterprise market
in Suzhou, Munich, Paris, Mexico City,
Singapore, Dubai, Bangkok, Delhi, Cairo,
Johannesburg, Moscow and Istanbul.
We are developing the best industrial
solutions with customers and partners in
different domains around the world.
Understanding the rise of AI
With a good understanding of the
application and trends of IT infrastructure
and cloud services, Huawei has also
incorporated advanced Artificial
Intelligence (AI) capabilities into its range
of data centre facility offerings to further
enhance the capabilities of its solutions.
Research from the McKinsey Global
Institute says that AI has the potential to
add about US$13 trillion to total economic
output by 2030 and boost global GDP by
about 1.2% per year. About 70% of global
companies are expected to adopt at least
one AI technology in the next decade and
more than 50% of global companies will
adopt all AI technologies.
The rapid and widespread adoption of
AI is staggering and there is no question
that it will become the core driving force
behind the fourth industrial revolution.
Already, AI is spurring profound
and potentially disruptive changes
in the world, in diverse fields such
as autonomous vehicles, smart digital
WHILE THE WORLD
IS JUST GETTING
STARTED WITH
EXPLORING WHAT
AI CAN DO, IT
TURNS OUT THAT
THERE ARE MANY
APPLICABLE USE
CASES THAT CAN
IMPACT THE DATA
CENTRE.
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