Huawei enters the market of corporate computer networks
China's Huawei Technologies took diversify their portfolio of telecommunications products and markets that are traditionally strong position occupied by companies such as Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. In Huawei began producing equipment for creating or SDN Software Defined Networks. It allows users to create their own proprietary network campuses. Today, Huawei a major player in the market for telecom operators, but it still has a modest office equipment market Sozanov corporate computer networks, which is dominated by Cisco and Juniper.
Today, however, the Chinese company said that they intend to change the situation and intend to compete with Western developers of network equipment. At Huawei said that this year they expect the revenue from the sale of equipment for the creation of computer networks will exceed $ 2.7 billion, representing 40% increase from last year. But by 2017 this figure will reach 10 billion dollars. Last year, Huawei received proceeds of $ 1.9 billion from the sale of the corporate network equipment, which is only 5% of the annual gross revenue producer.
By comparison, 73% of the company's revenue is now generated from the work of Huawei solutions on the market for telecom operators, first cellular network. Another 22% - is selling its own mobile phones and other client connectivity solutions. Analysts said that Huawei has decided to diversify production equipment after a few years, faced with the volatility of the market of camera equipment.
Many mobile operators are subject to macroeconomic fluctuations and are reluctant to upgrade their network infrastructure. Speaking of corporate computer networks, Huawei notes that there is planned growth in demand, and he called in the first place the development of mobile-tablet concept of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device ), as well as the development of cloud services.