Huawei aims to make using the cloud “as easy as turning on a tap” in Latin America and the Caribbean

• The Huawei Cloud Latam Summit 2022 examined the arrival of the Cloud Native concept and its impact on value chains and new business.

[Rio de Janeiro] Huawei aims to make adopting cloud services as easy as turning on a tap, a company executive said.

“Everything on the cloud. Everything as a service on the cloud,” said Fernando Liu, President of Huawei Cloud Latin America.

Seeking to drive the growth of cloud-based business in Latin America, Huawei, a leader in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, presented its Everything as a Service strategy and promoted the concept of Cloud Native applications at its Huawei Cloud Summit Latam 2022 in Rio de Janeiro.

Cloud native is a dynamic model with an agile methodology for developing technology in and for the cloud. It focuses on task automation, microservices and other tools – hence Everything as a Service, the theme of this event celebrating three years of Huawei Cloud in Latin America and the Caribbean.

A CNCF report shows that 81% of companies used cloud-native infrastructure in 2021, and 95% are using it or plan to. Liu said Huawei Cloud’s customer base grew by 103% and its number of partners by 93% in 2021.

The cloud-native era is approaching, he said.

“Looking ahead to the next decade, cloud, AI, 5G and IoT may become the key technologies for our whole society and economic growth. The cloud is the most important infrastructure for the digital economy,” said Liu. “Our strategy to support business in Latin America is to embrace cloud native with Everything as a Service: think cloud native, act cloud native,” he explains.

The Huawei executive said organisations should embrace the cloud for accelerated development, as intelligent digital technology is the future. Globally, Huawei Cloud has integrated more than 240 services and more than 50,000 APIs to bring the latest AI, application development and big data technologies and development tools to the cloud. Huawei Cloud’s innovation and experience will help more organisations move to the cloud in a more agile and better way.

By the end of the year, Huawei will have deployed 29 regions and 75 availability zones. Its cloud service is available in more than 170 countries worldwide. In Latin America, Huawei Cloud has the largest number of local regions from north to south, with 3 regions in Mexico, Chile and Brazil, and local zones available in Argentina and Peru. Huawei Cloud is committed to building a global network that allows Huawei Cloud services to be accessed within 50 milliseconds from anywhere in the world. Companies will no longer need to build their own data centres.

Indeed, the company announced that in 2023 it will open two new availability zones (AZs) – locations with one or more data centres – both in Latin America. It also confirmed the construction of a third public cloud data centre in Chile and a new point of presence (POP) in Colombia

“So far, we are the only cloud provider that can deliver such low latency to customers in Latin America, which is key to customers adopting and moving to the cloud easily,” he said.

“Everything on the cloud. Everything as a service on the cloud.” This is the future Huawei Cloud is looking towards. Huawei will build and look after the infrastructure – servers, storage, networks, redundancy, security and everything else – so customers don’t need to build their own data centres. With a local connection to our cloud, it takes just one click to get Infrastructure as a Service. It’s as easy as turning on a tap, at lower cost and with a smaller carbon footprint.

Looking ahead, Huawei Cloud will continue to empower industries through Infrastructure as a Service, Technology as a Service and Expertise as a Service, to unleash digital with Everything as a Service and build the cloud foundation for an intelligent world, he said.

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About Huawei

Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We have 195,000 employees and operate in over 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 organisation for a fully connected, intelligent world. To this end, we will drive ubiquitous connectivity and promote equal access to networks to lay the foundation for an intelligent world; provide diversified computing power to deliver ubiquitous cloud and intelligence where you need it, when you need it; build powerful digital platforms to help all industries and organisations become more agile, efficient and dynamic; and redefine user experience with AI, making it more personalised for people in all aspects of their life, whether they’re at home, on the go, in the office, having fun or working out. For more information, visit the official website of Huawei at www.huawei.com

About Huawei Cloud

Huawei Cloud is one of the world’s leading cloud service providers, with partners on every continent. Embracing an Everything as a Service approach, Huawei Cloud is dedicated to building the cloud foundation for an intelligent world. We believe the future is all about intelligence, and digitalisation is the way for businesses to get there. The key to successful digitalisation is to think cloud native and act cloud native. Huawei Cloud works with customers, partners and developers, always innovating and delivering on our vision of building the cloud foundation for an intelligent world with ubiquitous cloud and pervasive intelligence.

Huawei Cloud and its partners have deployed 65 AZs (availability zones) across 27 regions worldwide. In Latin America, it is the fourth-largest cloud service provider, with 3 main regions in Chile, Brazil and Mexico, and 2 country-level regions in Argentina and Peru. It has 8 AZs in the region. Building on Huawei’s more than twenty-year track record of delivering the most reliable and secure service, Huawei Cloud is committed to creating a reliable, efficient, low-latency cloud service experience for all customers in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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