Huawei unveiled the enhanced capabilities of its Intelligent Cloud-Network solution at the “Intelligent Cloud-Network, Leading Digital Innovation” summit held during HUAWEI CONNECT 2022 Bangkok.
The features cover three major scenarios – CloudFabric, CloudWAN, and CloudCampus – and were created with the goal of meeting changing customer needs. Huawei also released its Wireless Intelligent Network Architecture white paper to further guide enterprises in digital innovation.
As digital transformation advances, enterprise services place new demands on data communication networks. First, a huge number of IoT connections require ultra-broadband and ubiquitous connectivity. Second, enterprise branch services are gradually migrating to the cloud, requiring networks to provide flexible deployment and rapid cloudification capabilities. Third, new services need to be deployed at scale, and services require frequent adjustments, requiring agile, secure, and efficient networks. Finally, video conferencing is becoming mainstream, which means networks must provide deterministic experience assurance.
Sun Liang, vice president of Huawei’s data communication product line, noted that Huawei Datacom has developed the intelligent cloud network solution through continuous innovation to overcome previous challenges. This solution offers key features such as an ultimate access experience, ultra-fast cloud access by branch offices, a deterministic experience, and efficient and simplified deployment. Currently, the Intelligent Cloud-Network solution has been widely used in industries such as education, retail, government and finance, facilitating digital transformation for customers. For example, in the education sector, the completely wireless Wi-Fi network solution provides the ultimate network access experience; in the retail sector, the ultra-fast SD-WAN cloud access solution makes it possible to open a store in one day; in the government sector, Huawei’s network slicing technology enables converged network transport and 100% assurance of business-critical services; in the financial industry, the simplified cross-domain multi-cloud service deployment solution enables services to be deployed in minutes.
At the conference, Huawei also unveiled a number of new data communication products, such as the industry’s first AirEngine 8771-X1T Wi-Fi 7 AP, the CloudEngine S16700 400G-enabled next-generation campus core switch, and the 4-in-1 Universal Switch -Service NetEngine 8000 M4 Smart Router.
Liu Jianning, president of Huawei’s global enterprise network solutions and marketing department, said one of the most significant changes to campus networks is being completely wireless. Future adoption of Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 7 places new demands on network bandwidth, architecture, and operation and maintenance. To meet these new requirements, Huawei offers the next generation campus network architecture – Wireless Intelligent Network Architecture. This architecture has seven unique features: fully wireless, hyperconverged, ultra-wideband, simplified, low-carbon, secure, and intelligent.
During the conference, customers from various industries shared how they used Huawei’s intelligent cloud networking solution in their business practices.
Agus Ariyanto, Vice President of Biznet Network
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