BEIJING, Aug. 22, 2014
/PRNewswire/ -- China Telecom Corporation Limited and IBM
(NYSE: IBM) today announced that they have entered into a
three-year agreement to help small and medium businesses (SMBs)
implement secure, cost-effective and scalable SAP cloud-based
applications.
Additionally, the cloud-based SAP applications will better
enable China Telecom SMB customers that have or are planning to
implement SAP applications, to reduce operating and application
management costs with enterprise-ready applications. By taking
advantage of cloud computing technology, businesses will be able to
accelerate implementation, providing scalability and elasticity to
meet their individual needs.
As a leading Chinese telecommunication company and the largest
infrastructure network operator in China, China Telecom will manage clients'
infrastructure that includes cloud platform resources, networking
and mobile devices. IBM will integrate the software, hardware and
end-to-end service capabilities to create a complete
environment that supports SAP applications on the cloud.
Working with China Telecom, IBM will provide integrated and
seamless management across all SAP architectures and delivery
models. Clients can migrate and integrate new applications on the
cloud, while maintaining and operating current applications.
Given IBM's extensive experience delivering successful cloud and
SAP implementations to drive enterprise transformations across
Greater China, IBM will provide
the tools and skill education China Telecom requires to ensure
support for their SMB clients throughout all phases of
implementation. This includes testing, customization and ongoing
issue resolution.
Under the agreement signed today, China Telecom and IBM will
first focus on clients in the Guangdong province and then extend the project
to such key areas as Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta,
Beijing and Tianjin.
"Today's announcement represents an important step in the
Chinese cloud computing market that will provide one of the fastest
growing segments within China
greater access to cloud resources," said D.C. Chien, general manager and chief executive
officer, IBM Greater China Group. "Our work with China Telecom will
provide small-to-medium sized businesses in China with the means to more quickly deploy
enterprise-grade cloud capabilities and assist them in driving
innovation via the cloud."
About China Telecom
China Telecom has the largest
fixed phone network and CDMA mobile phone network in the world, and
is the largest ICT service provider in China to offer various integrated ICT
information service for its subsidiaries in 31 provinces, including
the telephone service, Internet access and application, data
communication and mobile communication. China Telecom has a
complete ICT service system and professional application service
team, and takes the first step in providing integrated SAP public
cloud and private cloud solutions innovatively in China. China Telecom is also the largest
IDC/cloud computing service provider in China, and has built "4+2" cloud resource
network with Inner Mongolia and Guizhou as the center and with Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu as the backbone nodes.
About IBM Cloud Computing
Today, IBM has 100+ cloud
SaaS solutions, thousands of experts with deep industry knowledge
helping clients transform and a network data centers worldwide.
Since 2007, IBM has invested more than $7
billion in about17 acquisitions to accelerate its cloud
initiatives and build a high value cloud portfolio. IBM holds 1,560
cloud patents focused on driving innovation. In fact, IBM for the
21st consecutive year topped the annual list of US patent leaders.
IBM processes more than 5.5M client transactions daily through
IBM's public cloud. For more information about cloud offerings from
IBM, visit http://www.ibm.com/cloud. Follow us on Twitter at
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Contact:
Jeannine Kilbride
IBM Media Relations
jkilbri@us.ibm.com
860-997-6277
Scott Cook
IBM Media Relations
scotty@us.ibm.com
312-669-4743
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