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Making waves in the Channel
SNS UK finds out more about the companies that will appear at
Storage Expo. Here we highlight Huawei Symantec Technologies Ltd,
including the background to the joint venture, expectations for this
partnership, and what storage solutions they bring to the enterprise.
Huawei Symantec ideal partnership because the world’s top 50 operators,
Background Huawei Symantec can tap into as well as more than one
The Huawei Symantec joint the customer base, backing, billion users worldwide. In 2008,
venture was announced in and expertise of both parent Huawei recorded USD23.3
May 2007 and officially companies to enable Huawei billion in contract orders, 75
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established on February 5th, Symantec to provide far more percent generated from
2008. Huawei and Symantec effective and efficient international markets.
established this partnership solutions for their customers.
to develop and distribute Symantec is a global leader
world-leading security and Huawei Symantec is in infrastructure software,
storage appliances to the headquartered in Chengdu, enabling businesses and
enterprise market. With the China. Huawei owns 51 percent consumers to have confidence
growing number of connections of the joint venture with in a connected world. The
across IP networks and IT Symantec owning 49 percent. company helps customers
systems, it is increasingly protect their infrastructure,
important to balance performance With more than 130 service information and interactions
and availability requirements branches around the world, by delivering software and
with system security and data Huawei Symantec is able to services that address risks to
integrity. The joint venture is fully support the needs of security, availability, compliance
helping enterprises effectively their global partners. and performance.
address these challenges by
offering network security and The Parent Companies Headquartered in Cupertino,
storage solutions that are behind Huawei California, Symantec has
easy to implement and that Symantec operations in 40 countries.
will maximise the return on Huawei Technologies is a
investment (ROI). world-leading telecom network Reasons Behind the
solutions provider focused on Joint Venture
Huawei Symantec is in a unique building long-term partnerships The Huawei Symantec joint
position compared to its with telecom operators. The venture has been driven by
competitors because it can company, headquartered in innovation and the need to
leverage the complementary Shenzhen, China is dedicated develop new solutions and to
strengths of its parent to providing innovative and keep pace with the evolving
companies – leaders in their customised products, services risks and increased availability
respective fields – telecoms and solutions to create long- requirements facing enterprise
network infrastructure (Huawei), term value and potential customers.
and also security and storage growth for its customers.
software (Symantec) – to Addressing the increased
provide world-class network Huawei’s products and industry demand for more
security and storage solutions solutions are deployed in over innovative and streamlined
to the enterprise. It is an 100 countries and serve 36 of solutions is what both parent
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