Huawei, Telus and Carelton announce partnership today
Huawei, TELUS and Carleton University Celebrate Partnership to
Establish Innovative Enterprise Cloud Services Centre
)--Huawei, TELUS and Carleton signed a more than $1.4 million deal
today to establish a research lab dedicated to enterprise cloud
services. Located in Carleton University's new Canal engineering
building, the Huawei-TELUS Innovation Centre for Enterprise Cloud
Services will give students, faculty and industry an opportunity to
research real-world problems associated with cloud computing such as
security and performance issues. "Huawei continues to focus on customer-centric innovation in support
of
Canada's thriving Digital Economic Strategy," said Sean Yang,
President of Huawei Canada. "In addition to the joint innovation
centre we announced with TELUS earlier in the year, this new lab,
another strategic partnership with TELUS, is dedicated to enterprise
cloud services, and underscores our commitment to bringing leading
technologies and solutions to our key customers. We have a long-term
commitment to the Canadian market, and will continue to contribute to
the local community by sponsoring, funding, and collaborating with
universities across the nation." "The research that will be undertaken in this new lab will lead to
solutions for real-world problems associated with the field of cloud
computing," said Ibrahim Gedeon, TELUS' Chief Technology Officer.
"This agreement continues to demonstrate the value of our choice of
Huawei in terms of the right strategic partner for now and into the
future." "This innovative partnership will lead to exciting research and
development possibilities for Carleton students and staff at both the
undergraduate and graduate levels. The new lab being located at
Carleton in the nation's capital is yet another sign that high tech is
again on the move in Ottawa, providing our students with hands-on,
real-world experience that will give them a competitive edge in the
Ottawa job market," said Rafik Goubran, dean of the Faculty of
Engineering and Design at Carleton University. The lab will be used to drive student interest in cloud services with
Huawei equipment leveraging TELUS services to benefit course work,
senior-year projects and graduate research. The lab will be directed
by a member oversight committee led by representatives from Huawei,
TELUS, and Carleton University. Cloud computing allows people to acquire resources on demand from a
service provider (SP) and store data on the service provider's system
rather than hosting this information on their own computers. The term
"cloud computing" refers to the information which is processed and
stored on computers that are offsite, often in a location unknown to
the client and accessed via the Internet. Enterprise cloud computing
offers resource sharing within one business or enterprise and provides
secure, fast and flexible sharing of computer power, storage and
software focusing on one company's or business's individual demands. About Huawei Huawei is a leading telecoms solutions provider serving 45 of the
world's top 50 telecom operators. Huawei's products and solutions have
been deployed in over 100 countries and support the communications
needs of one third of the world's population. The company is committed
to providing innovative and customized products, services and
solutions to create long-term value and growth potential for its
customers. For more information, visit Huawei online: www.huawei.com
today to establish a research lab dedicated to enterprise cloud
services. Located in Carleton University's new Canal engineering
building, the Huawei-TELUS Innovation Centre for Enterprise Cloud
Services will give students, faculty and industry an opportunity to
research real-world problems associated with cloud computing such as
security and performance issues. "Huawei continues to focus on customer-centric innovation in support
of
Canada's thriving Digital Economic Strategy," said Sean Yang,
President of Huawei Canada. "In addition to the joint innovation
centre we announced with TELUS earlier in the year, this new lab,
another strategic partnership with TELUS, is dedicated to enterprise
cloud services, and underscores our commitment to bringing leading
technologies and solutions to our key customers. We have a long-term
commitment to the Canadian market, and will continue to contribute to
the local community by sponsoring, funding, and collaborating with
universities across the nation." "The research that will be undertaken in this new lab will lead to
solutions for real-world problems associated with the field of cloud
computing," said Ibrahim Gedeon, TELUS' Chief Technology Officer.
"This agreement continues to demonstrate the value of our choice of
Huawei in terms of the right strategic partner for now and into the
future." "This innovative partnership will lead to exciting research and
development possibilities for Carleton students and staff at both the
undergraduate and graduate levels. The new lab being located at
Carleton in the nation's capital is yet another sign that high tech is
again on the move in Ottawa, providing our students with hands-on,
real-world experience that will give them a competitive edge in the
Ottawa job market," said Rafik Goubran, dean of the Faculty of
Engineering and Design at Carleton University. The lab will be used to drive student interest in cloud services with
Huawei equipment leveraging TELUS services to benefit course work,
senior-year projects and graduate research. The lab will be directed
by a member oversight committee led by representatives from Huawei,
TELUS, and Carleton University. Cloud computing allows people to acquire resources on demand from a
service provider (SP) and store data on the service provider's system
rather than hosting this information on their own computers. The term
"cloud computing" refers to the information which is processed and
stored on computers that are offsite, often in a location unknown to
the client and accessed via the Internet. Enterprise cloud computing
offers resource sharing within one business or enterprise and provides
secure, fast and flexible sharing of computer power, storage and
software focusing on one company's or business's individual demands. About Huawei Huawei is a leading telecoms solutions provider serving 45 of the
world's top 50 telecom operators. Huawei's products and solutions have
been deployed in over 100 countries and support the communications
needs of one third of the world's population. The company is committed
to providing innovative and customized products, services and
solutions to create long-term value and growth potential for its
customers. For more information, visit Huawei online: www.huawei.com
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About TELUS TELUS (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) is a leading national telecommunications
company in Canada, with $9.9 billion of annual revenue and 12.3
million customer connections including 7 million wireless subscribers,
3.7 million wireline network access lines and 1.2 million Internet
subscribers and more than 350,000 TELUS TV customers. Led since 2000
by President and CEO, Darren Entwistle, TELUS provides a wide range of
communications products and services including data, Internet protocol
(IP), voice, entertainment and video. In support of our philosophy to
give where we live, TELUS, our team members and retirees will, by
year-end 2011, have contributed $245 million to charitable and
not-for-profit organizations and volunteered 4.1 million hours of
service to local communities since 2000. Ten TELUS Community Boards
across Canada lead TELUS' local philanthropic initiatives. TELUS was
honoured to be named the most outstanding philanthropic corporation
globally for 2010 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals,
becoming the first Canadian company to receive this prestigious
international recognition. For more information about TELUS, please
visit telus.com. To learn more about TELUS' commitment to the
community, please visit TELUS.com/community. About Carleton University Located in the nation's capital, Carleton University is a dynamic
research and teaching institution with a tradition of leading change.
Its internationally recognized faculty, staff and researchers provide
more than 25,000 full- and part-time students from every province and
more than 100 countries around the world with academic opportunities
in more than 65 programs of study, including public affairs,
journalism, film studies, engineering, high technology, and
international studies. Carleton's creative, interdisciplinary and
international approach to research has led to many significant
discoveries and creative works in science and technology, business,
governance, public policy and the arts. As an innovative institution
Carleton is uniquely committed to developing solutions to real-world
problems by pushing the boundaries of knowledge and understanding
daily. Contacts Huawei
Jannie Luong, 214-415-0815
jannie.luong@huawei.com
or
TELUS
Shawn Hall, 604-697-8176
Shawn.hall@telus.com
or
Carleton University
Lin Moody, 613-520-2600, ext. 8705
Lin_moody@carleton.ca
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