Boston, MA 08/22/2214 (wallstreetpr) – Diversified technology company Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) disclosed that it had struck a deal with UnionRead Information Technology Ltd., a Chinese Company, to provide its cloud services in China. For this, UnionRead would build, as well as, manage community clouds services in China using HP helion cloud module.
First Time In China
The company indicated that its cloud services would enter the China Market for the first time through UnionRead with its Helion solutions. The China-based company would install HP Helion solutions, which was based on OpenStack technology. Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) had unveiled its HP Helion solutions only early this year.
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) said that the deal assumed importance as it would help the growing demand from customers for cloud services in China, where the cloud based solution is witnessing hectic demand and considered fastest growing markets. The company expects that it would help gain momentum for its cloud-based solution as a result of the agreement.
UnionRead To Build
The agreement between the companies allows the Chinese company to develop an exclusive team to operate and support community clouds. It would also be allowed to employ Helion solution as a base for technology extending its data centers around China.
The community cloud would provide technical facilities such as Infrastructure as a service or IaaS, Platform as a service or PaaS and Software as a service. While IaaS offers computing, networking, storage with the help of HP Helion OpenStack distribution system, its Helion solution of PaaS was based on Cloud Foundry. Similarly, SaaS provides extensive coverage of business applications like big data analytics.
Management Speaks
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Martin Fink said that community clouds would become more rampant in China in view of the potential it generates among various sections like automotive supply chain, governing of the city as they would try to make use of cloud-based infrastructure. He is confident that the partnership would allow them to meet the growing demand in China.
