Wanda and IBM enter into enterprise public cloud business through strategic cooperation
On March 19, Wanda Network Technology Group and IBM signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing. Wanda Network Technology Group will enter the public cloud business and provide internationally advanced cloud services for enterprises. Through this partnership, Chinese companies will acquire advanced technologies, such as IBM cloud infrastructure as a service, platform as a service (IaaS and PaaS) and IBM Watson, blockchain and the Internet of Things. Wang Jianlin, chairman of Wanda Group, and Luo Ruilan, chairman, president and CEO of IBM, attended the signing ceremony.
On March 19, Wanda Network Technology Group and IBM held a strategic cooperation signing ceremony in Beijing
It is reported that Wanda has built a number of cloud data centers, which will be widely distributed throughout the country in the future according to the development of cloud service business. These cloud data centers will be deployed under IBM's advanced cloud platform technology. IBM will continue to innovate the platform, ensure that Wanda provides cloud services, and help most Chinese enterprises carry out digital transformation.
As an important part of this strategic cooperation, Wanda Network Technology Group will promote IBM Watson services in the Chinese market, and the world's leading "commercial artificial intelligence system" IBM Watson will be launched in China. First, we will introduce the Watson dialog service with natural language interaction functions that can be added to the application design. More cloud based IBM Watson services will be launched in the future.
The staff of Wanda Group said that this cooperation is the first time for China to provide such a wide range of cloud technology services. With the help of IBM's leading cloud technology, Wanda Network Technology Group has rich industrial resources to help Chinese enterprises improve their competitiveness. The establishment of this partnership shows that the cloud computing and cognitive computing capabilities of the Chinese market will grow significantly, effectively supporting China's "Internet+" strategy.
