Hey, Foxconn's Taiwanese Datacenter has just gone virtual

MUMBAI, INDIA: In a bid to strengthen their presence in the cloud platform space, NEC and Foxconn Technology Group have entered into a data center business partnership.

Under the partnership, NEC will deploy its software-defined networking solutions including its UNIVERGE PF series, and the MasterScope data center operation and management tool to support Foxconn in building its Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform at the Foxconn Kaohsiung data center.

Ed Wu, Corporate Executive Vice President, Foxconn, said, "Information processing technology is a cornerstone in Foxconn's sustainable business strategy and we are pleased to be working with NEC to boost our capabilities in data center solutions and to augment our comprehensive suite of information and communications technology solutions. We are committed to investing in the development of high-quality, innovative products and services that meet the needs of our customers and consumers, enabling them to tap the immense opportunities in the big data era."

"We are proud to contribute to the commercialization of Foxconn's data centers integrated with SDN technology. Virtualized data centers enable flexible configuration and rapid provisioning of IT resources, bringing significant benefits to data center operators and users alike," said Takayuki Morita, Executive Vice President, NEC.