Based on research and analysis of the global data center network market, as well as studies and evaluations of related companies in the industry, Frost & Sullivan (Frost & Sullivan, referred to as 'Frost & Sullivan') has awarded Huawei's Hyper-Converged Data Center Network CloudFabric 3.0 solution the '2021 Global Technology Leadership Award'. The award aims to recognize Huawei's continuous innovation and practice in the field of global data center network technology with its Hyper-Converged Data Center Network CloudFabric 3.0 solution, as well as its significant contributions to promoting the development of the overall industry.
The digital transformation of various industries is accelerating, with more and more enterprises becoming practitioners and explorers of digital transformation. The high-performance computing power brought about by digitization has begun to play a crucial role in many technology and livelihood fields. For example, the accuracy of weather forecasts has increased from 21.8% to 90%; the gene sequencing time in the field of life sciences has been accelerated from 13 years to just one day; the new car development time in the automotive electronics field has been reduced from 60 months to 24 months, and so on. During the digitalization process, a large amount of data is generated and gradually becomes a valuable core asset for enterprises. Data has become a key element of production, and enterprises need to effectively process and utilize this data to make optimal decisions. Therefore, how to provide larger-scale computing power at lower costs and higher efficiency has become a focus of current supercomputing centers. At the same time, supercomputers that integrate cloud computing and AI also place higher demands on network performance. Due to the large amount of data transmitted between supercomputing nodes, the latency requirement is very strict. When there are packet losses or high latency in the network, it can easily lead to data congestion, significantly reducing the overall efficiency of high-performance computing clusters. In such cases, even increasing computing nodes is difficult to salvage. For example, every 0.1% packet loss in the network will cause a 50% decrease in computing power, making network performance a bottleneck for improving computing power. In the process of enterprise digital transformation, whether network solution providers can meet requirements such as cloud-network collaboration, rapid deployment, high-speed interconnection, zero packet loss, and low latency is key for enterprises to choose network solutions.
As a global leader in information and communication technology (ICT) solutions, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. continues to maintain its innovation capabilities and technological leadership. Its key technologies for hyper-converged data center networks have received high market recognition, fully demonstrating Huawei's spirit of breaking through the limitations of form and function in the R&D process, and its commitment to creation and innovation. At the same time, Huawei's new technology researchers and market personnel grasp the market, truly starting from customer needs, proposing solutions based on customer pain points and future development, and jointly innovating with customers to maximize the value of network resources for their enterprises, bringing impetus to their digital transformation. In particular, addressing issues such as reduced computing power due to network latency, and to drive the full Ethernet evolution of data center networks, Huawei has launched the hyper-converged data center network CloudFabric 3.0 solution. Data centers, as the most critical digital infrastructure in new infrastructure construction, are undergoing three major transformations: their IT architecture is evolving from centralized to distributed, achieving server Ethernet interconnection; computing units are becoming less PCIE-based, realizing CPU/GPU Ethernet interconnection; storage media are transitioning from HDD to SSD, achieving full flash memory Ethernet interconnection. With these changes, data center networks are evolving from the original multi-protocol model towards full Ethernetization. Huawei's hyper-converged data center network CloudFabric 3.0 solution just meets these three major transformations. The iLosslessTM intelligent lossless algorithm carried by CloudFabric can dynamically adjust the waterline through real-time perception of network traffic models, ensuring 0 packet loss under 100% throughput, thereby reducing waiting losses caused by packet loss. The solution also features network & computing collaboration, us-level E2E latency, and 400GE ultra-large-scale networking, which can reduce network communication latency and support the high throughput and bandwidth demands of supercomputing centers, making large-scale RoCE networking possible. With its technical advantages, CloudFabric helps customers establish unified, integrated high-performance computing, storage, and general computing networks, and with the help of Huawei's data center autonomous network management control system iMaster NCE-Fabric, realizes intelligent operation and maintenance based on artificial intelligence and knowledge graphs, helping customers visualize RoCE networks, achieve the integration of three networks for easy operation and maintenance, and bring three times the return on investment with one investment.
In addition, Huawei has always been customer-centric, creating long-term value for customers, helping enterprises extract wisdom from data, accelerating digital transformation, and promoting the development of the digital economy. Currently, Huawei's Hyper-Converged CloudFabric 3.0 solution has served over 12,000 customers globally.
About the Frost & Sullivan "Best Practice Award"
The 'Frost & Sullivan' 'Best Practice Award' is designed to recognize outstanding companies that are continuously transforming and breaking new ground in various fields globally, such as technological innovation and delivering value to customers. Frost & Sullivan believes that Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. possesses extraordinary comprehensive professional capabilities. Through its global layout and customer-first data center network solutions, it provides efficient services to a wide range of customers, facilitates enterprise digital transformation, and provides strong impetus for the development of the digital economy in society. Therefore, through rigorous evaluation, analysis, and comprehensive research, Frost & Sullivan analysts have awarded the '2021 Global Technology Leadership Award' to Huawei's Hyper-Converged Data Center Network CloudFabric 3.0 solution.
