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Zawya
30-07-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Huawei Cloud Stack 8.5 launches in Northern Africa
One Customer, One Cloud: Huawei Cloud Stack 8.5 Launches in Northern Africa to Drive the Leap into Intelligence Cairo, Egypt: At Huawei Cloud Summit Northern Africa 2025, Hu Hang, General Manager of International Business of Huawei Hybrid Cloud, announced the launch of Huawei Cloud Stack 8.5 for Northern Africa. He highlighted Huawei Cloud Stack's strengths in hybrid cloud capabilities and cutting-edge innovation, while reaffirming its "One Customer, One Cloud" development path. The release aims to help North African government and enterprise customers unlock more value from the cloud and accelerate digital and intelligent innovation. Huawei Cloud Stack 8.5 for Northern Africa: A leap to new heights As digital and AI transformation accelerates globally, cloud adoption continues to increase. In Northern Africa, organizations increasingly prioritize localized technology deployment and fast adaptation of technology ecosystems to regional market needs—making hybrid cloud the cloud infrastructure of choice. Hu Hang emphasized: "Digital transformation is a long journey, often filled with uncertainty. To meet our customers' critical needs for security, reliability and agility, Huawei Cloud Stack 8.5 provides over 120 out-of-the-box cloud services in Northern Africa, powering the region's growing demand for cloud native services, data lakes, and AI capabilities. In terms of hybrid cloud technology, Huawei Cloud Stack has pioneered many innovations, such as the "Ten Unifications" framework for heterogeneous resource management and cloud federation that supports a multi-cloud strategy. Additionally, Huawei Cloud Stack offers more than 50 industry-tailored solutions jointly developed with partners and customers. With these, we follow the "One Customer, One Cloud" development path, helping customers in Northern Africa build, utilize, and manage their dedicated clouds more efficiently." Hybrid clouds perfectly balance data sovereignty, cost efficiency, new technology adoption, and service resilience. Huawei Cloud Stack offers customers a unified hybrid cloud, cloud native technology and agile innovation, and an extensive collection of scenario-specific solutions: Redefining heterogeneous IT resource management: "Ten Unifications" for one cloud, multi-pool management With the "Ten Unifications" framework, Huawei Cloud Stack eliminates technical barriers between physical machines, virtualization, private clouds, and public clouds, while unifying service catalogs and operations and maintenance processes. It now supports over five public clouds and ten private clouds and virtualization platforms. ManageOne, the unified cloud management platform, manages the lifecycle of all IT resources, so there is no need to switch between multiple management platforms. Cloud federation enables a seamless hybrid cloud experience Built with the same technical architecture as Huawei Cloud, Huawei Cloud Stack uses an innovative cloud federation framework to enable account and service sharing between itself and Huawei Cloud. This gives hybrid cloud users seamless access more than 200 services and 3,500 ecosystem products on Huawei Cloud. Huawei Cloud Stack provides cross-cloud resource orchestration, scheduling, and management capabilities, allowing for cross-cloud deployment—customers can deploy insensitive workloads on the public cloud while keeping mission-critical workloads and sensitive data on the private cloud, so they can enjoy the best of both clouds. One Customer, One Cloud, helping customers build cutting-edge digital capabilities for the future Guided by the "One Customer, One Cloud" development path, Huawei Cloud Stack empowers customers to build future-ready digital capabilities by offering software-hardware synergy, innovative cloud services, highly-competent local service and operation teams, and a wide range of scenario-specific solutions. Taking a "Technology x Service x Ecosystem" approach, Huawei Cloud Stack has developed more than 50 scenario-specific solutions for key sectors such as telecom, finance, government, and energy. They help customers develop core strengths on the cloud, featuring reliable technologies, optimized costs, and continuous innovation, enabling them to unleash the power of cloud and drive digital productivity. Accelerating telco-to-techco transformation for carriers in Northern Africa Worldwide, telecom operators are transforming from traditional telecom service providers (telcos) to technology companies (techco.). The same is happening in Northern Africa. Huawei Cloud Stack is partnering with global carriers as they go through this transformation, helping them enhance efficiency, innovate business models, and drive sustainable growth. Johnny Lv, CTO of International Business of Huawei Hybrid Cloud, said: "Huawei Cloud Stack offers a reliable cloud foundation, comprehensive cloud services, and a broad range of industry-tailored solutions. For carriers, we have released six scenario-specific solutions—including Fintech, Marketing Big Data, AICC, Cloud Phone, Cloud Storage, and Cloud PC. We are committed to helping them drive efficiency in terms of businesses, platforms, and services, and start a second growth curve." Building solid national clouds to support national digital strategy and vision Today, nations worldwide are advancing their transformation through data and AI-driven initiatives. Huawei Cloud Stack empowers this transformation by delivering trusted cloud infrastructure, converged data-AI capabilities, and AI-native cloud technologies. It helps build resilient, secure national government clouds designed continuous evolution, helping governments advance the national digital strategy, provide better public services for both businesses and residents, and drive sustainable economic growth. Moving forward, Huawei Cloud Stack, maintaining its "One Customer, One Cloud" development path, will stay committed to working with more customers and partners in Northern Africa to build an open, reliable, and intelligent hybrid cloud ecosystem. Driven by both technological innovation and real-world application needs, Huawei Cloud Stack will continue empowering customers to unlock their full digital potential and take the leap to the new phase of digital and AI transformation.
Mid East Info
20-05-2025
- Business
- Mid East Info
Huawei Cloud TechWave Summit 2025: Accelerating Intelligence Across Industries and Amplifying Success in the Middle East & Central Asia
The summit showcased Huawei Cloud's AI-driven cloud innovation and digital transformation success stories of key customers in Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan. TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN, May, 2025: The Huawei Cloud TechWave Summit 2025 concluded today in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, uniting technology leaders and industry experts under the theme 'Accelerate Intelligence, Amplify Success.' The summit demonstrated how AI-driven cloud solutions are transforming industries across the Middle East and Central Asia region. 'Huawei Cloud Stack is now a key player in the Middle East hybrid cloud market. From cloud native to AI native, Huawei Cloud Stack drives AI and digital transformation through making the leap to the cloud easily and efficiently, helping enterprises better develop and manage, and building their own AI models. Together we pave cloud-based innovation and build the new digital Silk Road,' said Sean Xiao, Vice President of Huawei Cloud and President of Huawei Hybrid Cloud, during his welcoming address that emphasized the critical role of cloud technology in the AI era. From Cloud-Native to AI-Native: Leading the Industry Transformation Countries and companies worldwide are placing AI at the core of their strategies, with cloud solutions as the foundation for industry transformation. Through continuous innovation, Huawei Cloud is creating digital and intelligent momentum with full-stack AI capabilities in computing, data, model, and application, for industry innovations. Alan Qi, President of Huawei Cloud Middle East & Central Asia, highlighted how organizations can harness AI capabilities to accelerate intelligent transformation. 'Huawei Cloud is diving deep into industries, providing innovative solutions, ultimate performance, and reliable services. We will create digital and intelligent momentum with full-stack AI capabilities for more customers to go digital and intelligent,' Alan stated, emphasizing Huawei Cloud's commitment to providing a solid computing backbone for the world. Huawei Cloud KooVerse now offers a comprehensive global infrastructure comprising 96 availability zones (AZs) across 33 regions, providing service coverage in more than 170 countries. This unified architecture enables seamless global operations for businesses of all sizes. Empowering Enterprises with Intelligent Cloud Solutions As enterprises increasingly adopt cloud platforms for advanced capabilities and scenario-specific solutions, Huawei Cloud Stack is responding with comprehensive offerings. 'Huawei Cloud Stack offers an end-to-end AI development platform and integrated toolchains, supporting 30-plus popular AI foundation models, including DeepSeek and Huawei's own Pangu. They enable enterprises to quickly build custom AI models and run them easily on premises,' explained Johnny Lyu, CTO of International Business of Huawei Hybrid Cloud. Huawei Cloud Stack provides a better cloud foundation for data, AI, and applications, specifically empowering Middle East and Central Asia enterprises. The platform delivers key capabilities including industry-specific know-how, innovative cloud services, and trusted cloud infrastructure designed to meet the unique needs of enterprises across the region. Real-World Success: Industry Intelligence in Action: The summit showcased how Digital Uzbekistan 2030 – the national strategy to digitize the country's economy, government, and society – is leveraging Huawei Cloud technology. Asliddin A. R., Head of Data Center Systems Monitoring Department of the Digital Government Projects Management Center, Uzbekistan, presented how Huawei Cloud technology enabled the establishment of a secure, reliable national government cloud. 'Digital Uzbekistan – 2030 is our bold national journey to build a smarter, more transparent, and people-focused government. Through innovation, strong infrastructure, and global partnerships, we are shaping a digital future that empowers every citizen and every sector,' he noted. He also explained how Huawei Cloud KooGallery bridges global expertise with local business excellence. Mirza Shafeeq Ahmed Baig, Infrastructure Manager of Waseel, shared how the company is redefining healthcare tech with comprehensive services, leveraging Huawei Cloud's cloud-native service architecture and advanced technology for enhanced security, serverless optimization, and comprehensive O&M. 'With Huawei Cloud's cloud native service architecture, Waseel is empowering healthcare tech in the Middle East,' he explained, detailing the business impact of their cloud adoption. AI-Powered Innovation Across Industries: Zhu Zhenhua, Chief AI Solution Architect of Huawei Cloud, presented insights on how AI-powered data intelligence drives innovation and development across thousands of industries. He emphasized how Huawei Cloud enables rapid AI adoption through a comprehensive suite of platforms and AI cloud services, including the DataArts – data governance platform and ModelArts – AI development platform which supports mainstream open-source AI models and Pangu Models. These integrated capabilities provide enterprises with a powerful and flexible foundation to deploy diverse AI models across industries, serving over 1,000 customers worldwide. Qian Meizhao, Vice President of Huawei Cloud Marketplace, announced the new Huawei Cloud Developer Program during the summit. This initiative empowers developers to migrate applications to the cloud while leveraging cutting-edge innovation seamlessly. The summit also witnessed the launch of scenario-based offering combinations between Huawei Cloud's KooGallery and ecosystem partners, facilitating government and enterprise intelligent upgrades through collaborative partnerships such as Digital Government Projects Management Center, iSoftStone, Aladdin Cyber Security, China Unicom. Cloud for Good: Vision for an Intelligent Future: Huawei Cloud's vision centers on 'Everything as a Service,' transforming over 30 years of Huawei's digital transformation expertise into accessible cloud services. This approach goes beyond infrastructure integration or technology investment – it's about empowering everyone to succeed and lead in their digital transformation journey. The company's 'Cloud for Good' initiative prioritizes education advancement, environmental protection, healthcare improvement, and social inclusion, demonstrating Huawei Cloud's commitment to creating a positive societal impact through technology. About Huawei: Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We have more than 208,000 employees, and we operate in more than 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world. Our Vision and mission is to bring digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world. To this end, we will drive ubiquitous connectivity and promote equal access to networks; bring cloud and artificial intelligence to all four corners of the earth to provide superior computing power where you need it, when you need it; build digital platforms to help all industries and organizations become more agile, efficient, and dynamic; redefine user experience with AI, making it more personalized for people in all aspects of their life, whether they're at home, in the office, or on the go.
