[Cloud Computing] Chunghwa Telecom and IBM Form Alliance on Cloud Computing

[Cloud Computing] Chunghwa Telecom and IBM Form Alliance on Cloud Computing (Chinese Version)

China Times E-paper (2010/09/27) Chunghwa Telecom and IBM will form an alliance on cloud computing. Both companies will foster the local software providers on cloud services development together, broadening their markets in China and the world together.

Besides, IBM is applying for the approval from the Ministry of Economic Affairs to establish an IT Appliance Center in Taiwan. If the application is approved, Chunghwa Telecom, IBM and the Ministry of Economic Affairs will form a complete industrial chain promoting the development of cloud computing in Taiwan. In the future, the software services developed in Taiwan will be embedded on hardware products whose OEM or ODM will be assigned to Quanta, Inventec, Foxconn, Wistron, and even including the brand manufacturers such as MSI and Asus. The integration of the software providers and hardware providers is expected to create advantages aiming at not only the China market but also the global markets.

As for the alliance, both parties are going through planning and negotiation. The cooperation MOU will be signed by Chunghwa Telecom President Shyue-ching LU and IBM President in greater China D. C. CHIEN in the middle of October.

Chunghwa Telecom stresses, cloud computing is one of the main focuses of the company’s development, and in this area any possible alliance is welcome. IBM Taiwan says, the cooperation project between Chunghwa Telecom and IBM will be announced officially in the following days, and the details about the cooperation will not be released until the negotiation between two parties gets finalized.


Reference:
China Times E-paper 2010/09/27 (Chinese)

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