Open Telekom Cloud uses Huawei ICT solutions
Deutsche Telekom this week launched a public enterprise cloud service, dubbed Open Telekom Cloud, using technology developed by Huawei and geared toward enabling digital transformation for businesses. The two companies made the announcement during the CeBIT business IT conference in Hanover, Germany.
Open Telekom Cloud uses OpenStack and will be operated by DT subsidiary T-Systems, which provides enterprise support. The company is using the new infrastructure-as-a-service product to “gain a strong foothold in a market segment largely dominated by U.S. cloud services providers,” reps said.
“We are adding a new, transformational cloud offering to our existing portfolio of cloud services,” said DT CEO Tim Höttges. “For our business customers in Europe this is an important new service to support their digitization, and a critical milestone for us in our ambition to be the leading provider of cloud services in Europe.”
The company set a goal of doubling its revenue from cloud services by 2018.
Huawei rotating CEO Eric Xu said this type of cloud platform enables carriers to better compete against over-the-top content and application providers.
“The strategic partnership allows each party to fully play to their strengths, providing enterprises and the industry with various innovative public cloud services that are beyond those provided by over-the-top content players,” Xu said. “At Huawei, we are confident that, with esteemed partners like Deutsche Telekom, we can turn Open Telekom Cloud into the standard of public cloud services for the industry at large.”
The technology is set to be deployed in a DT data center in Biere, Germany, and together with a companion data center in Magdeburg, DT will host the majority of its ecosystem in the so-called “house of clouds.” Location is important as Germany has strict rules governing the use and transfer of data.
Andreas Zilch, SVP of the user business and lead advisor for analyst firm Pierre Audoin Consultants Germany, said there’s lots of demand in Germany for public cloud options. ““Access to a scalable, inexpensive public cloud provided by a German service provider from a German data center under German law will be very attractive to many customers in Germany.”