21Vianet Announces General Availability of IBM Bluemix Services in China
October 20 2016 - 8:00AM
21Vianet Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:VNET) (“21Vianet” or the “Company”),
the largest carrier-neutral Internet data center services provider
in China, today announced that IBM Bluemix cloud services, which
are operated by 21Vianet, are now generally available in China.
With a rapidly growing population of developers,
industries in China continue to progress the ways in which they use
and build with advanced technologies via the cloud. The potential
is tremendous across China’s vast network of enterprises and
startups, including its manufacturing and financial services
industries.
Since 21Vianet and IBM Cloud joined forces to
bring IBM Bluemix to China in 2015, this partnership has helped to
place technology at the center of a new wave of entrepreneurship
and innovation throughout the country. With today’s news, the
deepening partnership now brings a comprehensive set of blockchain
and IoT services to China’s burgeoning developer community.
"Strategically, with China’s domestic cloud, the
international cloud and high performing data centers as the
starting point, 21Vianet Group is committed to creating an open
hybrid cloud ecosystem. IBM Cloud has long been a vital partner for
21Vianet’s cloud strategy, and in the future we will work together
to facilitate a wider range of cooperation. We also plan to
continue working with IBM to build a robust and comprehensive cloud
ecosystem in China, combining our 20 years of experience in data
center operations with IBM’s advanced cloud services and deep
technical expertise. This will give Chinese businesses the right
mix of tools to innovate and succeed,” commented Mr. Steve Zhang,
Chief Executive Officer of 21Vianet.
Mr. Ernie Hu, China General Manager of IBM
Cloud, stated, “Providing the infrastructure of Bluemix, combined
with the latest technologies from both IBM and a growing roster of
partners and Chinese service providers, will equip our country’s
developers with the set of tools they need to fuel more intelligent
and advanced innovations across the fastest-growing industries in
China, including manufacturing and financial services.”
For more information, please refer to IBM Cloud
Expands Bluemix Ecosystem in China to Fuel Blockchain and IoT
Innovation.
About 21Vianet21Vianet Group,
Inc. is a leading carrier-neutral internet data center services
provider in China. 21Vianet provides hosting and related services,
managed network services, cloud infrastructure services, content
delivery network services, consumer broadband services and business
VPN services, improving the reliability, security and speed of its
customers' internet infrastructure. Customers may locate their
servers and networking equipment in 21Vianet's data centers and
connect to China's internet backbone through 21Vianet's extensive
fiber optic network. In addition, 21Vianet's proprietary smart
routing technology enables customers' data to be delivered across
the internet in a faster and more reliable manner. 21Vianet
operates in 44 cities throughout China, servicing a diversified and
loyal base of more than 2,000 customers that span numerous
industries ranging from internet companies to government entities
and blue-chip enterprises to small- to mid-sized enterprises.
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Investor Relations Contact:
21Vianet Group, Inc.
Qing Liu
+86 10 8456 2121 ext 1313
IR@21Vianet.com
ICR, Inc.
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