China Telecom Corporation Limited's cloud division, CT Cloud has formed strategic partnership with Akamai Technologies to provide fast, reliable, and secure Internet content delivery for Chinese enterprises expanding globally, and for global enterprises expanding into China. CT Cloud also plans to leverage Akamai's Content Delivery Network (CDN) technology to delivery its Cloud services.
According to Akamai, CT Cloud will offer an integrated solution incorporating Akamai's full suite of industry-leading media delivery, Web performance, and cloud security offerings with its own Cloud services to Chinese businesses looking to grow their global Web presence.
"With trade in and out of China continuing to increase, Chinese enterprises require a high performing, secure, and always available Web presence to compete in today's multi-national marketplace. Enterprise web infrastructure must be agile and scalable, providing users with a consistently fast and reliable experience. Our choice is to partner with Akamai to provide our enterprise customers with superior Internet content delivery across the globe."
- Wu Xiangdong, general manager of CT Cloud
“China Telecom is one of the largest Internet service providers in China, serving the global Internet market. We're excited to complement CT Cloud's solutions with Akamai services to tap into the fast-growing China cloud and CDN market. Akamai sees increased demand for delivering content to Chinese Internet users from global customers. With this strategic partnership, we believe Akamai is best positioned to serve this growing need."
- Sanjay Singh, senior vice president & general manager of Asia Pacific & Japan, Akamai
