May 07, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- iSoftStone Holdings Limited and International Business Machines announced a collaboration to build xb-cloud.cn, a Cloud Service Platform for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Northwest China.
According to a release, the two companies, together with Industry and IT Committee of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Municipal Government, and China Mobile Gansu also recently officially established the Cloud Service Association for SMEs of Gansu Province.
The establishment of XB-CLOUD and Cloud Service Association for SMEs of Gansu Province is an extension of the Cloud Computing Service Center for SMEs in Northwest China co-launched by Lanzhou Municipal Government, China Mobile Gansu and IBM last year. The Cloud Computing Service Center has been built in China Mobile Gansu's Xigu premises, and the initial phase of cloud computing services platform and application development are completed.
iSoftStone will provide infrastructure and application development, deployment and operation, while IBM will provide its consultation services and hardware facilities and products.
Niu Xiangdong, Vice Mayor of Lanzhou Municipal Government, said, "After ten months' of initial set-up, XB-CLOUD has been officially launched. This marks the completion and official introduction of the first cloud computing project in Northwest China. Without the joint efforts and coordination of China Mobile Gansu, IBM and iSoftStone, this can never be achieved."
Kang Yanwen, Executive Vice-President of iSoftStone, said, "A hundred years ago, the Yellow River Bridge connected both sides of the Yellow River. Today, IT is the bridge connecting SMEs and their informatization developments. iSoftStone is truly honored to be the builder and operator of XB-CLOUD. The successful launch of this platform marked a milestone in our company's cloud computing development history and has also lead the industry by introducing a new and innovative payment model to integrate SMEs and mobile operators' bill settlement platforms. iSoftStone will continue to be the operator of XB-CLOUD to help mobile operators to implement and promote cloud services among SMEs."
Chen Gu, Chief Technology Officer of IBM Software Group in Greater China, said, "Cloud computing is not just about integration and sharing of IT resources, but also a new business innovation model to create an ecological environment of economic development, helping all enterprises to utilize cloud computing to improve their business performance."
Set up at the same time, the Cloud Service Association for SMEs of Gansu Province was initiated by Industry and IT Committee of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Municipal Government, China Mobile Gansu and IBM. As the deputy alliance member of the association, iSoftStone will assist in the promotion and implementation of cloud services. Other alliance members of the association consist of ten universities including Lanzhou University and Northwest Normal University, China Mobile Gansu and other IT companies.
iSoftStone is a China-based IT services provider.
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