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Awesome landscape, there is a maps in BF4 callen Dragon Pass, it looks the same.
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Construction will be complete in 2016.
Video：世界上最大单口径射电望远镜 主动反射面环形支撑圈梁合龙 在线观看 - 酷6视频
Site before construction started：
Construction pics：
FAST main technical specifications：
Spherical reflector Radius～300m, Aperture～500m, Opening angle100°-120°
Illuminated aperture Dill=300m
Focal ratio 0.46-0.47
Sky coverage Zenith angle 40°, tracking range 4-6h
Frequency 70MHz－3GHz
Sensitivity (L-Band) Antenna effective area/system noise temperature ratio A/T～2000m*m/K, System temperature T～20K
Polarization Full polarization (dual linear/circular polarization)，Polarization isolation >30dB
Resolution (L-Band) 2.9′
Multi-beam (L-Band) 19
Slewing <10min
Pointing accuracy 8″
FAST was first proposed by China for the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), which has since opted to combine the signals of thousands of smaller antennae spread over a distance of more than 3,000 km (1,864 miles), combining for a total collecting area of approximately one square kilometer (0.38 square miles). The SKA will be built in the southern hemisphere with South Africa and Australia currently vying for the right to host the project.
Despite this, an international review and advisory conference on the science and technology of FAST held in Beijing in 2006 concluded FAST was feasible. In the following year funding for FAST was given the green light and the approved budget now sits at CNY700 million (approx. US$107.9 million).
FAST's cable-net supporting structure will be able to deform the surface in real time through active control, this will allow a subset dish's 4,400 triangular aluminum panels to form a parabolic mirror anywhere within the larger bowl.
Using FAST's unparalleled sensitivity and high surveying speed, the project is expected to enable the surveying of neutral hydrogen in the Milky Way and other galaxies, the detection of new pulsars (both galactic and extragalactic), the search for the first shining stars, and of perhaps most interest to many people, the search for extraterrestrial life. It is expected to be able to detect transmissions from over 1,000 light years away.
With a construction period of 5.5 years, FAST is due to be completed in 2016.
Video：世界上最大单口径射电望远镜 主动反射面环形支撑圈梁合龙 在线观看 - 酷6视频
Site before construction started：
Construction pics：
FAST main technical specifications：
Spherical reflector Radius～300m, Aperture～500m, Opening angle100°-120°
Illuminated aperture Dill=300m
Focal ratio 0.46-0.47
Sky coverage Zenith angle 40°, tracking range 4-6h
Frequency 70MHz－3GHz
Sensitivity (L-Band) Antenna effective area/system noise temperature ratio A/T～2000m*m/K, System temperature T～20K
Polarization Full polarization (dual linear/circular polarization)，Polarization isolation >30dB
Resolution (L-Band) 2.9′
Multi-beam (L-Band) 19
Slewing <10min
Pointing accuracy 8″
FAST was first proposed by China for the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), which has since opted to combine the signals of thousands of smaller antennae spread over a distance of more than 3,000 km (1,864 miles), combining for a total collecting area of approximately one square kilometer (0.38 square miles). The SKA will be built in the southern hemisphere with South Africa and Australia currently vying for the right to host the project.
Despite this, an international review and advisory conference on the science and technology of FAST held in Beijing in 2006 concluded FAST was feasible. In the following year funding for FAST was given the green light and the approved budget now sits at CNY700 million (approx. US$107.9 million).
FAST's cable-net supporting structure will be able to deform the surface in real time through active control, this will allow a subset dish's 4,400 triangular aluminum panels to form a parabolic mirror anywhere within the larger bowl.
Using FAST's unparalleled sensitivity and high surveying speed, the project is expected to enable the surveying of neutral hydrogen in the Milky Way and other galaxies, the detection of new pulsars (both galactic and extragalactic), the search for the first shining stars, and of perhaps most interest to many people, the search for extraterrestrial life. It is expected to be able to detect transmissions from over 1,000 light years away.
With a construction period of 5.5 years, FAST is due to be completed in 2016.
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Investment in The Three Gorges Project is all paid back and starts making profits
Link: 三峡集团顾问：三峡工程已收回投资成本--时政--人民网
Some vital information:
Location: Sandouping, Yiling, Hebei Province
Construction began: 1994
Completion and opening: 2008
the end of Nov., 2013)
Max capacity: 22.5 million KW
Credits: xinhuanet, sina. 10.gov.cn, yikuaiqu.cn, dq841.x-net.cn
Link: 三峡集团顾问：三峡工程已收回投资成本--时政--人民网
Some vital information:
Location: Sandouping, Yiling, Hebei Province
Construction began: 1994
Completion and opening: 2008
Total investment (RMB ￥）180 billion
Total receipt (up to Nov. end, 2013): ￥183.1 billion
Cumulative power generated: 704.5 billion KW hours (Since first generation of electricity in 2003 untilTotal receipt (up to Nov. end, 2013): ￥183.1 billion
the end of Nov., 2013)
Max capacity: 22.5 million KW
Credits: xinhuanet, sina. 10.gov.cn, yikuaiqu.cn, dq841.x-net.cn
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Xiaomi sells 16.7 million smartphones in 2013 in China
Jan 02 AT 3:13 PM
Dima Aryeh
Xiaomi has shown great success this year. It has sold 18.7 million smartphones in 2013, up 160% from last year. This brought the company way over its goal of 15 million devices, which is damn impressive for such a young company. And with only four devices released that year, it makes it even more impressive.
These sales brought in CNY 31.6 billion, or around $5 billion USD. This is an increase of 150% from last year, pretty much matching the sales numbers. And considering that all the devices the company sells are fairly cheap, those are impressive numbers.
Unfortunately, the company is currently limited to selling devices in China. We’ve kept our eye on the company for a long time, and the devices it puts out are impressive and lust worthy. We can’t wait to see the company expand into the US and Europe, because with the trend of off-contract and cheap devices getting really popular, Xiaomi has a huge chance of succeeding here. Would you buy a Xiaomi device like the Mi3?
Xiaomi sells 18.7 million smartphones in 2013 in China | Android and Me
China's Xiaomi aims for 40M smartphones sold in 2014
updated 04:30 pm EST, Fri January 3, 2014
Xiaomi aims for more sales, targets Singapore, the world
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi announced this week that it plans to double this year's device shipments over the total it hit in 2013. The company's chairman said on Thursday that it will aim to ship 40 million handsets as it expands sales beyond China, according to The Guardian. Moving that many handsets in a year would put Xiaomi into the top 10 smartphone makers in the world.
Currently, Xiaomi is a very popular manufacturer in its home country of China, though it still trails Samsung and others. The company regularly holds "flash sales," moving significant quantities of its devices in a short period after a good deal of hype. Xiaomi devices are sold at just above cost, and the firm makes money off of services packaged with those devices.
In August, Google's head of Android development, Hugo Barra, left the search giantin order to take up a position with Xiaomi. The former Google executive became Xiaomi's head of global business, presumably tasked with the international expansion of the brand. Barra was on hand for the launch of one of Xiaomi's latest models, teh Mi-3.
The shipment goal comes as Xiaomiplans to expand its brand on a global scale. It recently announced plans to expand handset sales to Singapore, with more companies expected in the coming months. Also on deck for expansion are Russia, India, and Indonesia, which Xiaomihas identified as "sweet spots" for its business model.
Read more: China's Xiaomi aims for 40M smartphones sold in 2014 | Electronista
Xiaomi Hongmi 2 alleged specs surface again: 5.5″ screen with MT6592
JANUARY 1, 2014 YASH GARG
Xiaomi Hongmi 2 alleged specs surface again: 5.5" screen with MT6592 : Gizchina.com
Xiaomi’s Hongmi has been a revolution of sorts, as far as the Chinese smartphone industry is concerned. The device, launched a few months back, changed our perception of a low-cost quad-core phone, with a price tag of just ￥799, or about $130. It prompted many a manufacturer to think again, and release devices to compete. A prime example is international biggie Huawei, who not long ago, launched the ￥798 Honor 3C smartphone, a direct competitor to the Hongmi.
If reports are to be believed, the second generation of this massively popular phone from Xiaomimight already be in the works. It’s being said that the phone will have a 5.5-inch screen to go with an 8 core Mediatek MT6592 processor. Keeping up with their tradition of offering phones at lucrative prices, Xiaomi are expected to offer the Hongmi 2 at just ￥999 ($165). Even with the seller mark-ups that international buyers have to do with, the Hongmi 2 would probably be an offer you can’t refuse. An OEM that goes by the name of ‘Longcheer Technology’ is allegedly going to manufacture the Hongmi 2.
This is not the first time that we’re hearing of the Hongmi 2, or for that matter a 5.5-inch screen that it might feature.
And Xiaomi has made the above sales accomplishment in 2013 and its bold forecast in 2014 with good reasons:
Xiaomi sells 10,000 phones in under 10 minutes, eyes a move to Singapore
Xiaomi sells 10,000 phones in under 10 minutes, eyes a move to Singapore | ZDNet
Summary: Xiaomi looks set to bring its sell-out devices to south-east Asia, with a launch in the region imminent.
By Liam Tung | December 9, 2013 -- 11:44 GMT (19:44 SGT)
Xiaomi wrote in a Facebook update, "within nine minutes and 50 seconds".
It was the fast-growing company's first flash sale outside of the Chinese mainland, according toTech In Asia.
Xiaomi's budget Red Rice phone sells out in Taiwan. Image: Xiaomi.
Xiaomi boasted even more impressive figures for its new Mi3 flagship phone, when it claimed to have sold 100,000 of the device in 86 seconds this October in mainland China. The higher-end product retails for 1,999 yuan ($327) in the country.
Since launching its first smartphone in 2011, Xiaomi has quickly ascended to the top tier of China's smartphone market, which is dominated by local vendors but ruled by Samsung. Xiaomi evennudged past Apple in the second quarter of 2013 with five percent marketshare in China versus Apple's 4.8 percent, according to analyst firm Canalys.
Apple has since reclaimed the lead over Xiaomi in China; however, the Chinese company is now eyeing a move to south-east Asia, which would expand its current footprint in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Speaking at a press briefing in Taiwan on the weekend, former Google Android exec and recently appointed VP of Xiaomi, Hugo Barra, indicated a south-east Asia launch was imminent.
According to Tech In Asia, Barra said he had been to Singapore in recent weeks and that "we're trying to get our operations for south-east Asia set up as quickly as possible".
That the company is planning a move to other markets isn't surprising, with expansion into new countries one of the reasons the company cited for Barra's appointment.
Xiaomi claims to have sold 7.19 million handsets with sales of $2bn last year and expects to sell 15 million this year. It also claims its Android skin, MIUI, has more than 20 million users.
China’s Xiaomi sells 100,000 units of its newest phone in 86 seconds and 3,000 smart TVs in 2 minutes
http://thenextweb.com/asia/2013/10/15/chinas-xiaomi-sells-100000-of-its-newest-phone-in-86-seconds-and-3000-smart-tvs-in-2-minutes/#!rlk5A
By Kaylene Hong, Tuesday, 15 Oct '13 , 07:01am
Early last month, Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi unveiled its latest flagship device, the Mi-3. At the same time, the company also officially stepped into the living room with the launch of a 47-inch 3D smart TV.
The first batch of 100,000 Mi-3 phones were released at 12 noon today for sale on its website, and they were snapped up in 86 seconds flat, Xiaomi announced on its Sina Weibo accounttoday. The 16GB version of Mi-3 is retailing for CNY1999 ($327), while the 64GB version is going for CNY2499 ($410).
Xiaomi’s TV sets also turned out to be popular among customers. The first batch of 3,000 TVs released on Xiaomi’s website was wiped out in nearly 2 minutes (1 minute and 58 seconds, to be precise), the company said on Sina Weibo. The smart TV, which comes as a natural progression following the company’s launch of Xiaomi’s stream-to-TV set-top box earlier this year, is retailing for CNY2,999 ($490).
The company subsequently announced the milestone on its Twitter account as well.
100,000 Xiaomi MI3s are sold out in one minute and twenty-six seconds,and 3000 MITVs are sold out in one minute and fifty-eight seconds.
— Xiaomi (@XiaomiChina) October 15, 2013
Xiaomi has been riding high on the waves of its popularity after inspiring the loyalty of many consumers with its competitively-priced devices and its strong emphasis on user feedback.
Previously, its phones already regularly sold out fast when released in batches, often within half an hour. In August, the company released the first batch of 100,000 units of its lowest-priced phone, the Hongmi, and they were snapped up in 90 seconds flat.
However, a Chinese report notes that scalpers may well have been the ones snapping up these Xiaomi devices so rapidly — instead of consumers themselves — as they seek to make profit off these handsets that have shown high demand.
Xiaomi has reportedly said that it is raising its sales target for this year to 20 million smartphones, up from the previous target of 15 million. Xiaomi sold 7.03 million devices in the first six months this year, just shy of the 7.19 million units that it sold during the whole of 2012.
Jan 02 AT 3:13 PM
Dima Aryeh
Xiaomi has shown great success this year. It has sold 18.7 million smartphones in 2013, up 160% from last year. This brought the company way over its goal of 15 million devices, which is damn impressive for such a young company. And with only four devices released that year, it makes it even more impressive.
These sales brought in CNY 31.6 billion, or around $5 billion USD. This is an increase of 150% from last year, pretty much matching the sales numbers. And considering that all the devices the company sells are fairly cheap, those are impressive numbers.
Unfortunately, the company is currently limited to selling devices in China. We’ve kept our eye on the company for a long time, and the devices it puts out are impressive and lust worthy. We can’t wait to see the company expand into the US and Europe, because with the trend of off-contract and cheap devices getting really popular, Xiaomi has a huge chance of succeeding here. Would you buy a Xiaomi device like the Mi3?
Xiaomi sells 18.7 million smartphones in 2013 in China | Android and Me
China's Xiaomi aims for 40M smartphones sold in 2014
updated 04:30 pm EST, Fri January 3, 2014
Xiaomi aims for more sales, targets Singapore, the world
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi announced this week that it plans to double this year's device shipments over the total it hit in 2013. The company's chairman said on Thursday that it will aim to ship 40 million handsets as it expands sales beyond China, according to The Guardian. Moving that many handsets in a year would put Xiaomi into the top 10 smartphone makers in the world.
Currently, Xiaomi is a very popular manufacturer in its home country of China, though it still trails Samsung and others. The company regularly holds "flash sales," moving significant quantities of its devices in a short period after a good deal of hype. Xiaomi devices are sold at just above cost, and the firm makes money off of services packaged with those devices.
In August, Google's head of Android development, Hugo Barra, left the search giantin order to take up a position with Xiaomi. The former Google executive became Xiaomi's head of global business, presumably tasked with the international expansion of the brand. Barra was on hand for the launch of one of Xiaomi's latest models, teh Mi-3.
The shipment goal comes as Xiaomiplans to expand its brand on a global scale. It recently announced plans to expand handset sales to Singapore, with more companies expected in the coming months. Also on deck for expansion are Russia, India, and Indonesia, which Xiaomihas identified as "sweet spots" for its business model.
Read more: China's Xiaomi aims for 40M smartphones sold in 2014 | Electronista
Xiaomi Hongmi 2 alleged specs surface again: 5.5″ screen with MT6592
JANUARY 1, 2014 YASH GARG
Xiaomi Hongmi 2 alleged specs surface again: 5.5" screen with MT6592 : Gizchina.com
Xiaomi’s Hongmi has been a revolution of sorts, as far as the Chinese smartphone industry is concerned. The device, launched a few months back, changed our perception of a low-cost quad-core phone, with a price tag of just ￥799, or about $130. It prompted many a manufacturer to think again, and release devices to compete. A prime example is international biggie Huawei, who not long ago, launched the ￥798 Honor 3C smartphone, a direct competitor to the Hongmi.
If reports are to be believed, the second generation of this massively popular phone from Xiaomimight already be in the works. It’s being said that the phone will have a 5.5-inch screen to go with an 8 core Mediatek MT6592 processor. Keeping up with their tradition of offering phones at lucrative prices, Xiaomi are expected to offer the Hongmi 2 at just ￥999 ($165). Even with the seller mark-ups that international buyers have to do with, the Hongmi 2 would probably be an offer you can’t refuse. An OEM that goes by the name of ‘Longcheer Technology’ is allegedly going to manufacture the Hongmi 2.
This is not the first time that we’re hearing of the Hongmi 2, or for that matter a 5.5-inch screen that it might feature.
And Xiaomi has made the above sales accomplishment in 2013 and its bold forecast in 2014 with good reasons:
Xiaomi sells 10,000 phones in under 10 minutes, eyes a move to Singapore
Xiaomi sells 10,000 phones in under 10 minutes, eyes a move to Singapore | ZDNet
Summary: Xiaomi looks set to bring its sell-out devices to south-east Asia, with a launch in the region imminent.
By Liam Tung | December 9, 2013 -- 11:44 GMT (19:44 SGT)
Xiaomi wrote in a Facebook update, "within nine minutes and 50 seconds".
It was the fast-growing company's first flash sale outside of the Chinese mainland, according toTech In Asia.
Xiaomi's budget Red Rice phone sells out in Taiwan. Image: Xiaomi.
Xiaomi boasted even more impressive figures for its new Mi3 flagship phone, when it claimed to have sold 100,000 of the device in 86 seconds this October in mainland China. The higher-end product retails for 1,999 yuan ($327) in the country.
Since launching its first smartphone in 2011, Xiaomi has quickly ascended to the top tier of China's smartphone market, which is dominated by local vendors but ruled by Samsung. Xiaomi evennudged past Apple in the second quarter of 2013 with five percent marketshare in China versus Apple's 4.8 percent, according to analyst firm Canalys.
Apple has since reclaimed the lead over Xiaomi in China; however, the Chinese company is now eyeing a move to south-east Asia, which would expand its current footprint in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Speaking at a press briefing in Taiwan on the weekend, former Google Android exec and recently appointed VP of Xiaomi, Hugo Barra, indicated a south-east Asia launch was imminent.
According to Tech In Asia, Barra said he had been to Singapore in recent weeks and that "we're trying to get our operations for south-east Asia set up as quickly as possible".
That the company is planning a move to other markets isn't surprising, with expansion into new countries one of the reasons the company cited for Barra's appointment.
Xiaomi claims to have sold 7.19 million handsets with sales of $2bn last year and expects to sell 15 million this year. It also claims its Android skin, MIUI, has more than 20 million users.
China’s Xiaomi sells 100,000 units of its newest phone in 86 seconds and 3,000 smart TVs in 2 minutes
http://thenextweb.com/asia/2013/10/15/chinas-xiaomi-sells-100000-of-its-newest-phone-in-86-seconds-and-3000-smart-tvs-in-2-minutes/#!rlk5A
By Kaylene Hong, Tuesday, 15 Oct '13 , 07:01am
Early last month, Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi unveiled its latest flagship device, the Mi-3. At the same time, the company also officially stepped into the living room with the launch of a 47-inch 3D smart TV.
The first batch of 100,000 Mi-3 phones were released at 12 noon today for sale on its website, and they were snapped up in 86 seconds flat, Xiaomi announced on its Sina Weibo accounttoday. The 16GB version of Mi-3 is retailing for CNY1999 ($327), while the 64GB version is going for CNY2499 ($410).
Xiaomi’s TV sets also turned out to be popular among customers. The first batch of 3,000 TVs released on Xiaomi’s website was wiped out in nearly 2 minutes (1 minute and 58 seconds, to be precise), the company said on Sina Weibo. The smart TV, which comes as a natural progression following the company’s launch of Xiaomi’s stream-to-TV set-top box earlier this year, is retailing for CNY2,999 ($490).
The company subsequently announced the milestone on its Twitter account as well.
100,000 Xiaomi MI3s are sold out in one minute and twenty-six seconds,and 3000 MITVs are sold out in one minute and fifty-eight seconds.
— Xiaomi (@XiaomiChina) October 15, 2013
Xiaomi has been riding high on the waves of its popularity after inspiring the loyalty of many consumers with its competitively-priced devices and its strong emphasis on user feedback.
Previously, its phones already regularly sold out fast when released in batches, often within half an hour. In August, the company released the first batch of 100,000 units of its lowest-priced phone, the Hongmi, and they were snapped up in 90 seconds flat.
However, a Chinese report notes that scalpers may well have been the ones snapping up these Xiaomi devices so rapidly — instead of consumers themselves — as they seek to make profit off these handsets that have shown high demand.
Xiaomi has reportedly said that it is raising its sales target for this year to 20 million smartphones, up from the previous target of 15 million. Xiaomi sold 7.03 million devices in the first six months this year, just shy of the 7.19 million units that it sold during the whole of 2012.
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ZTE is ready to launch BLUEWATCH
ZTE is ready to launch BlueWatch - GizmoChina
GADGETER
02 JAN 2014
SMARTWATCH, ZTE BLUEWATCH, ZTE SMARTWATCH
Credit: ZTE smartwatch launching by early 2014: Reports
Credit: gigaom.com
Credit: Technology News, Product Reviews and App Reviews | Digital Trends
Credit: ZTE to launch smartwatch next year in bid to take category ‘mainstream’ | Daily Mudabbar
After we covered the news about the new ZTE non-smartphone device, is now we have leaked picture of ZTE smartphone that’s called ZTE BlueWatch. The ZTE BlueWatch is preparing to ready enter the market on the first quarter of 2014.
The Senior Vice President of ZTE Corporation has been announced that the ZE BlueWtach will be ready to hit the market on first quarter of 2014. The Blue Watch will packs with a 1.26 inches LCD, the smartphone will support for most social media website such as Twitter, Facebook and support for third party application, the phone hase 7×24 hours pedometer and other sports auxiliary functions.
Today, major manufacturers have launched wearable products, which is the hottest smart watches, in addition to the highly anticipated but has not yet been coming out of the Aapple iWatch, the news that Google will also introduce smart watch next year.
ZTE is ready to launch BlueWatch - GizmoChina
GADGETER
02 JAN 2014
SMARTWATCH, ZTE BLUEWATCH, ZTE SMARTWATCH
Credit: ZTE smartwatch launching by early 2014: Reports
Credit: gigaom.com
Credit: Technology News, Product Reviews and App Reviews | Digital Trends
Credit: ZTE to launch smartwatch next year in bid to take category ‘mainstream’ | Daily Mudabbar
After we covered the news about the new ZTE non-smartphone device, is now we have leaked picture of ZTE smartphone that’s called ZTE BlueWatch. The ZTE BlueWatch is preparing to ready enter the market on the first quarter of 2014.
The Senior Vice President of ZTE Corporation has been announced that the ZE BlueWtach will be ready to hit the market on first quarter of 2014. The Blue Watch will packs with a 1.26 inches LCD, the smartphone will support for most social media website such as Twitter, Facebook and support for third party application, the phone hase 7×24 hours pedometer and other sports auxiliary functions.
Today, major manufacturers have launched wearable products, which is the hottest smart watches, in addition to the highly anticipated but has not yet been coming out of the Aapple iWatch, the news that Google will also introduce smart watch next year.
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Huawei OceanStor 18000 Series Enterprise Storage System Received the Frost & Sullivan 2013 New Product Innovation Leadership Award
Shenzhen, China, December 19, 2013 – Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, today announced that its flagship enterprise storage system, the Huawei OceanStor 18000 series was awarded the 2013 New Product Innovation Leadership Award in the High-end Storage Category by Frost & Sullivan. This award is a testament to Huawei’s ongoing efforts in the innovation of enterprise storage technologies and products, which is also a technology domain that has recorded significant growth rate in sales.
“The high-end storage market has been blooming in recent years, where market demands are focused on data protection and disaster recovery,” said Mr. Fox Hu, Director of TMT Industry, Frost & Sullivan. “Key industry vendors have been devoted to the development of more reliable high-end storage solutions with more innovative technologies, and Huawei has been one of the key industry vendors who have been making remarkable achievements in this field.”
"We are delighted that our ongoing efforts in technology research and innovation are recognized by Frost & Sullivan and the industry," said Mr. Fan Ruiqi, Presidentof Huawei’s IT Storage Product Line. ”Since the launch of OceanStor 18000 enterprise storage system in September 2012, as of beginning of December, 121 sets of OceanStor 18000 have already been purchased by customers in the China market alone. With Industry and customer recognition, we are committed to the ongoing innovation of customer-centric enterprise technologies and product improvements, enabling customers to construct reliable and efficient storage platforms. ”
As the first high-end storage system designed and manufactured in China, the Huawei OceanStor 18000 series enterprise storage system has been known for its security, reliability, flexibility and efficiency. Featuring high speed and large capacity cache, the OceanStor 18000 series is scalable to up to 16 controllers and has a large internal bandwidth to ensure overall reliability and performance. A number of Huawei-developed technologies are also adopted, including the Smart Matrix Architecture and RAID2.0+ technology, which have been widely recognized in the industry and among customers.
The Huawei Smart Matrix Architecture is an intelligent virtualized system architecture for enterprise storage systems. It provides high flexibility and can significantly improve speed of data exchange, ensuring high reliability and improving storage performance at the same time.
Developed by Huawei, RAID2.0+ ensures two-layer virtualization in the storage system. The base layer is developed into a fully virtualized resource pool, which helps to accelerate data recovery by 20 times and lowers disk failure rate. With fine-grained data management and the Smart series software, the upper layer improves resource utilization by 3 times.
With the combination of Smart Matrix Architecture, RAID2.0+ technology and other technologies, OceanStor 18000 Series is able to achieve higher security and reliability, ensuring greater flexibility and efficiency.
Image 1: Mr. Jing Ning (Right), Marketing Director of Huawei IT Storage Product Line, receives the 2013 New Product Innovation Leadership Award in High-End Storage Market from Frost & Sullivan representative, Mr. Fox Hu (Left), Director of TMT Industry, China.
Image 2: Huawei’s OceanStor 18000 series enterprise storage system was awarded with the 2013 New Product Innovation Leadership Award in High-End Storage Market by Frost & Sullivan
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Lenovo looking at acquisitions to expand enterprise unit
Lenovo looking at acquisitions to expand enterprise unit | PCWorld
Agam Shah
Shenzhen, China, December 19, 2013 – Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, today announced that its flagship enterprise storage system, the Huawei OceanStor 18000 series was awarded the 2013 New Product Innovation Leadership Award in the High-end Storage Category by Frost & Sullivan. This award is a testament to Huawei’s ongoing efforts in the innovation of enterprise storage technologies and products, which is also a technology domain that has recorded significant growth rate in sales.
“The high-end storage market has been blooming in recent years, where market demands are focused on data protection and disaster recovery,” said Mr. Fox Hu, Director of TMT Industry, Frost & Sullivan. “Key industry vendors have been devoted to the development of more reliable high-end storage solutions with more innovative technologies, and Huawei has been one of the key industry vendors who have been making remarkable achievements in this field.”
"We are delighted that our ongoing efforts in technology research and innovation are recognized by Frost & Sullivan and the industry," said Mr. Fan Ruiqi, Presidentof Huawei’s IT Storage Product Line. ”Since the launch of OceanStor 18000 enterprise storage system in September 2012, as of beginning of December, 121 sets of OceanStor 18000 have already been purchased by customers in the China market alone. With Industry and customer recognition, we are committed to the ongoing innovation of customer-centric enterprise technologies and product improvements, enabling customers to construct reliable and efficient storage platforms. ”
As the first high-end storage system designed and manufactured in China, the Huawei OceanStor 18000 series enterprise storage system has been known for its security, reliability, flexibility and efficiency. Featuring high speed and large capacity cache, the OceanStor 18000 series is scalable to up to 16 controllers and has a large internal bandwidth to ensure overall reliability and performance. A number of Huawei-developed technologies are also adopted, including the Smart Matrix Architecture and RAID2.0+ technology, which have been widely recognized in the industry and among customers.
The Huawei Smart Matrix Architecture is an intelligent virtualized system architecture for enterprise storage systems. It provides high flexibility and can significantly improve speed of data exchange, ensuring high reliability and improving storage performance at the same time.
Developed by Huawei, RAID2.0+ ensures two-layer virtualization in the storage system. The base layer is developed into a fully virtualized resource pool, which helps to accelerate data recovery by 20 times and lowers disk failure rate. With fine-grained data management and the Smart series software, the upper layer improves resource utilization by 3 times.
With the combination of Smart Matrix Architecture, RAID2.0+ technology and other technologies, OceanStor 18000 Series is able to achieve higher security and reliability, ensuring greater flexibility and efficiency.
Image 1: Mr. Jing Ning (Right), Marketing Director of Huawei IT Storage Product Line, receives the 2013 New Product Innovation Leadership Award in High-End Storage Market from Frost & Sullivan representative, Mr. Fox Hu (Left), Director of TMT Industry, China.
Image 2: Huawei’s OceanStor 18000 series enterprise storage system was awarded with the 2013 New Product Innovation Leadership Award in High-End Storage Market by Frost & Sullivan
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Lenovo looking at acquisitions to expand enterprise unit
Lenovo looking at acquisitions to expand enterprise unit | PCWorld
Agam Shah
- Dec 4, 2013 1:35 PM
- earlier this year rumors surfaced that the Chinese company was negotiating to acquire IBM’s x86 server operations. Guillen declined to comment on whether negotiations took place.
Lenovo is the world’s top PC vendor, but is not yet a significant player in the server market. According to Gartner, Lenovo was the world’s ninth largest server vendor during the third quarter this year, shipping 57,929 units, growing from 55,467 units in last year’s third quarter. By comparison, the world’s top server vendor, Hewlett-Packard, shipped 669,103 units.
”Most of [Lenovo’s] server business does come from China, but they did show some decent growth this quarter, albeit from smaller bases, in Canada, Eastern Europe and the U.S. That helped their overall numbers,” said Jeffrey Hewitt, research vice president at Gartner.
Lenovo’s enterprise products today include single- and two-socket tower and rack servers. The company plans to introduce new two-way servers early next year, and offers a four-socket server in China that it could bring to the U.S. market.
”We’re going to have a really big improvement by the Grantley timeframe,” Guillen said, referring to the next-generation of Intel’s server processors based on Haswell microarchitecture. Those servers will come out in the third quarter of next year.
Lenovo’s enterprise strategy is predicated on the flexibility of server offerings and the company wants to offer a shopping list where customers can check mark what they need, Guillen said. That’s a different server strategy from top server makers IBM, HP and Dell, which are focusing on converged offerings that package servers, software, networking and storage.
”Even though I could have a converged system ... I bet 70 percent of the market doesn’t consume infrastructure in that manner,” Guillen said. “We think there’s a lot of technology in the supply base that’s not owned by Dell, HP and IBM that could help drive the efficiency of workloads much better.”
Buyers want flexibility in choosing their data-center technology stack instead of being stuck with proprietary technologies, Guillen said. Lenovo has partnered with software makers like Oracle, EMC, Citrix, Red Hat and Microsoft, and also established a storage joint venture last year with EMC called LenovoEMC, which supplies parts bundled with Lenovo’s servers.
At the same time, the company is “open to any technologies that drive customer value,” Guillen said, saying that integrated server offerings is on that list.
”In appropriate time we will be developing our portfolio in that area,” Guillen said.
To expand outside China, Lenovo has invested $100 million in a state-of-the-art software research and development center in Sao Paulo. It will be the company’s first research and development center dedicated to software development for the Enterprise Product Group. The development center will focus on software for server management, storage management, cloud technologies and other tools. Outside of China, the company also has enterprise product design centers in the U.S. and Taiwan.
It also doesn’t hurt to have a strong PC business, Guillen said. The ThinkPad brand and products opens the door for the company to have discussions with customers about enterprise products.
”Trusted relationships, years of being a valued supplier, they trust us,” Guillen said.
But Lenovo has to build a reputation as a reliable server vendor and it faces competition from a bunch of smaller server makers such as Supermicro and Quanta, analysts said.
Lenovo’s biggest challenge will be to quickly attain scale as there is a lot of volume in industry-standard x86 servers, said Patrick Moorhead, president and principal analyst at Moor Insights and Strategy.
”I could see a scenario where Lenovo could be a low-cost provider of the newest technology with good quality and an enterprise brand. Lenovo has a lot of work to do, but they have some very experienced enterprise veterans,” Moorhead said.
Lenovo’s products may not require the amount of support as integrated or dense servers from IBM, HP and Dell. But in rack servers, enterprise customers are looking for top quality and good service, which ThinkPads have delivered, Moorhead said.
”What Lenovo needs now is a cadre of enterprise testimonials saying that they trust Lenovo in servers,” Moorhead said.
With the enterprise business, Lenovo is today where Dell was four to five years ago, said Charles King, principal analyst and Pund-IT.
”Dell did a similar transformation and said it was going to be an end-to-end computer vendor. People laughed at the time, but they are doing well now,” King said.
Lenovo has a solid collection of x86 servers and is working closely with partners in networking and storage, particular EMC. The company is not an IBM or HP and has to build a reputation on support, but a flexible server approach is a good start, King said.
”Lenovo is going to have to pick its spot and go after them one after another,” King said.
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