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that has been successfully deployed fundamentally changes to enjoy premium network experience anywhere. The solution
network conditions, allowing all staff in the tourist base camp and uses power over fiber (PoF) cables to transmit signals and supply
tourists in nearby rest areas to enjoy premium Wi-Fi services. In power to devices at the same time, resolving problems of difficult
addition, the FTTR-B solution has been deployed in a tourist hotel power acquisition. In addition, the WeFTTR app provides functions
in a nearby town 4,200 meters above sea level. In the past, network such as network topology management, one-click network
problems such as frame freezing, no network connection, and slow optimization, and self-service network configuration for IT staff
response of the check-in system would occur from time to time, in management offices and hotels, reducing O&M workload. O&M
affecting guests' check-in experience. Since the FTTR-B solution engineers of China Mobile can also use the app to remotely locate
is deployed, up to 300 hotel guests can access high-speed Internet network problems, improving the O&M efficiency. In 2024, China
at the same time, and hotel reception staff can do their job much Mobile will work with Huawei to extend the FTTR-B solution to
more smoothly. the climber base camp. This will enable climbers to enjoy gigabit
Huawei FTTR-B device network services as they get ready to reach the top of the world.
The FTTR-B solution was jointly launched by China Mobile and As a leading global ICT infrastructure provider, Huawei has carried
Huawei to provide ultra-gigabit all-optical networking for small- out extensive cooperation with operators such as China Mobile
and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China. The solution is and helped many SMEs to realize digital transformation through
widely used in hotels and shops. Huawei FTTR-B devices feature innovative solutions such as FTTR-B. In the future, Huawei will
flexible triple-mode antennas and can be installed on ceilings or continue to cooperate with China Mobile to build gigabit optical
walls to provide full Wi-Fi coverage in indoor areas, enabling users networks using innovative technologies.

Cisco and Nutanix Forge Global Strategic Part-
nership to Simplify Hybrid multicloud and Fuel
Business Transformation

Cisco, the leader in enterprise networking and security, and Nutanix, platform to support application deployment anywhere,” said Tarkan
Inc., a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, announced a global Maner, chief commercial officer at Nutanix. “This partnership will
strategic partnership to accelerate hybrid multicloud deployments deliver an expanded market opportunity for both organizations
by offering the industry’s most complete hyperconverged as they tackle the challenges of standardizing, simplifying, and
solution for IT modernization and business transformation. IT securing environments across the data center, in public cloud
organizations continue to face significant operational hurdles and the edge.” The new offering integrates Cisco’s SaaS-managed
and urgent sustainability and security concerns as a result of compute and networking infrastructure (Cisco Unified Computing
increasing multicloud complexity. This new partnership answers System with Cisco Intersight) with the Nutanix Cloud Platform
these challenges by simplifying and accelerating the delivery of (Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure, Nutanix Cloud Manager, Nutanix
infrastructure and applications, at a global scale, through best-in- Unified Storage, and Nutanix Desktop Services) and will be sold
class cloud operating models, unparalleled flexibility, and automated by Cisco using its extensive go-to-market reach. Customers will
resiliency with industry-leading customer support. “Customers are benefit from a fully integrated and validated solution that is sold,
asking for solutions that are simple, sustainable, and future-ready,” built, managed and supported holistically for a seamless end-to-
said Jeremy Foster, senior vice president and general manager, end experience. The solution will offer flexible deployment options
Cisco Compute. “This partnership answers with a complete with support for Cisco UCS rack and blade servers, including initial
solution spanning virtual compute, networking and storage across support for C-Series Servers and planned, future support for UCS
customer data centers and public clouds. By combining Cisco’s X-Series, winner of the 2023 SEAL Sustainable Product of the Year
award-winning SaaS-managed compute portfolio with Nutanix’s Award and CRN’s 2023 Tech Innovator Award. The new offering
market-proven cloud platform software, we can help customers will integrate advanced Cisco servers (UCS), networking and
develop a balanced approach to power modern workloads on- security (ACI), and management (UCS Manager, Intersight) with
prem and in the cloud." “As organizations look to keep up with the the Nutanix Cloud Platform software. The Nutanix Cloud Platform
pace of innovation, they need an integrated hardware and software provides a consistent cloud operating model with a single platform
for running applications and data across data centers, edges and
public clouds. To best support application deployments, from
mission critical workloads to AI-driven innovation, performance
and capacity scale linearly, resilience is delivered from the ground
up with self-healing nodes, and persistent storage is natively
integrated. Following today’s announcement, Cisco and Nutanix
will enable their global sales teams and partners worldwide to offer
an exciting new solution combining best-in-class technologies
and collaborative go-to-market support, driven by the Cisco team.
Solution availability is expected in the next 90 days.

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