Huawei launches two enterprise networking products

CEBU, Philippines - Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, recently launched two product series – the S12700 series agile switches and the new generation of enterprise-level 802.11ac access points (APs). The two products are part of Huawei’s Enterprise Networking Product Line, which provide the most complete portfolio of enterprise network products in the world, and include routers, switches, WLAN, network security, optical transmission, microwave, PON and network management products.

“The Philippines is an important market to Huawei and we are committed to investing in the country and working with local sectors such as the public utilities, power, transportation and finance industries to better understand and develop solutions that are customized to address their unique challenges. We’ve heard from many Philippine enterprises, that they face a number of challenges brought about by ICT convergence, and we believe that Huawei’s highly efficient customer-centric solutions and services will help them effectively address these issues,” said Gavin Dai, CEO, Huawei Technologies Philippines.

Ajay Gupta, Director of Marketing at Huawei’s Enterprise Group, who formally announced the two products to the local market, said the S12700 series agile switches is designed to enhance business services and the experience of users by supporting higher reliability and larger Ethernet frames. Featuring automatic network deployment and management, the series also supports end-to-end (E2E) security collaboration with the flexibility for fast-changing services and full programmability. In addition, the S12700 switches feature Huawei’s Ethernet Network Processor (ENP) chips, the industry’s first programmable chipsets dedicated for Ethernet forwarding and are cost-effective, have low power consumption, and provide high performance.

Huawei’s new generation of enterprise-level 802.11ac APs includes the 7030DE, 5130DN, and the 5030DN, which helps enterprises construct high-speed, high-density wireless networks. The Huawei Gigabit AP 7030DE provides significantly improved throughput, increasing data rates from 450Mbps to 1.3Gbps in the 5GHz band and from 450Mbps to 600Mbps in the 2.4GHz band. In addition, it features smart antenna technology and support for implicit beamforming for improved performance, and two Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports and Power over Ethernet support for optimal data and power redundancy. The 5130DN and 5030DN also supports 1.4Gbps throughput in the 5GHz band and features two Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports.

With more than 1,300 employees in the Philippine market and the establishment of a R&D center and a training center, Huawei has made considerable progress in the local enterprise market through cooperating with more than 50 partners such as Subicworx and Netpoleon and deploying ICT solutions for the education, transportation, grid sector and other large enterprises.

Huawei’s newly-announced agile switches and the 802.11ac access points are yet another significant marker of Huawei's efforts to bring more value to its enterprise customers and facilitate business transformation in the Philippines. (FREEMAN)