華爲收購Amartus電信網絡管理業務
Huawei, the Chinese technology group, has made its first acquisition in Ireland with the purchase of a Dublin-based telecoms network management business from developer Amartus.
中國科技公司華爲(Huawei)首次在愛爾蘭進行收購——買下了軟件開發公司Amartus位於都柏林的電信網絡管理業務。Huawei has agreed to buy the Amartus software and team that specialises in software-defined networking (SDN) — controlling telecoms virtually, reducing the need for engineers to physically work with the equipment.
華爲已同意收購Amartus專注於軟件定義網絡(SDN)的軟件和團隊。SDN是一種電信虛擬控制技術，能夠減少工程師現場操作設備的需要。The Irish group will split into two after restructuring, allowing Amartus’s Ireland-based senior team and product staff to join Huawei in the country. The Chinese group said that the deal showed Huawei’s commitment to expanding its research and development investment across Europe. Huawei would not disclose the value of the acquisition.
這家愛爾蘭集團將在重組後一分爲二，位於愛爾蘭的高層管理團隊和產品員工將加入華爲在愛爾蘭的業務。華爲表示，這筆交易體現了華爲致力於在歐洲各地加大研發投資。華爲沒有披露這筆交易的價值。
Network equipment providers such as Huawei are increasingly shifting their business away from supplying the physical wires and cabinets — which has become a commoditised business given the high level of competition — and into higher margin software and services.
像華爲這樣的網絡設備提供商正日益轉變商業戰略，從提供實物線纜和設備——在激烈競爭下這已變成了一種大宗商品化的業務——轉向利潤更高的軟件和服務。The technology acquired from Amartus makes it much easier and less costly to make changes to the network as it can be done remotely using the software rather than by physically adjusting the telecoms equipment.
從Amartus購買的技術將使針對網絡的改動更加簡單、成本更低，因爲可以遠程使用軟件來完成操作，無需工程師本人到現場對電信設備進行調試。The acquisition of Amartus’s software and technology will enable Huawei to accelerate its work in cloud-based network management, which will be crucial to the future of telecoms networks.
收購Amartus的軟件和技術後，華爲在基於雲技術的網絡管理方面將可以加快步伐，這個領域是未來電信網絡的關鍵。Michael Kearns, chief executive of Amartus, said: “We [will] bring this innovative technology to Huawei at a time when the telecoms industry is experiencing unprecedented change, driven by software.”
Amartus首席執行官邁克爾•卡恩斯(Michael Kearns)表示：“在軟件的推動下，電信業正在經歷前所未有的改變，在此之際，我們（將）把這一創新技術帶給華爲。”Huawei has made relatively few acquisitions during its rapid growth to become one of the world’s largest providers of telecoms equipment, and has instead mainly focused on growing internally through heavy investment in its own research and development.
在華爲快速成長爲世界最大電信設備提供商之一的歷程中，其進行的收購相對較少。相反，華爲主要專注於通過大舉投資研發，使自身得到發展。In the UK the company has made only two smaller acquisitions to fill in gaps in technology and expertise. Three years ago, Huawei acquired the Ipswich-based Centre for Integrated Photonics (CIP), which conducts research, design, development, manufacture and testing of photonic devices. Last year it bought Cambridge-based Neul, which provides chip set, platform, base-station and cloud management systems.
在英國，華爲只進行了兩筆規模較小的收購，目的是彌補自身在技術和專業知識方面的不足。3年前，華爲收購了位於伊普斯威奇(Ipswich)的集成光子中心(CIP)，該中心研究、設計、開發、生產和檢測光子設備。去年，華爲收購了位於劍橋的Neul，該公司提供芯片組、平臺、基站和雲管理系統。Huawei said that the acquisition would “improve its competitiveness in SDN solutions and services by introducing fast business innovation and multi-vendor capability”.
華爲表示，本文開頭提到的這筆收購將“通過引入快速的業務創新和多供應商能力，提高自身在SDN解決方案和服務方面的競爭力”。Zha Jun, president of Huawei’s fixed network product line, said the acquisition would “help deliver our commitment to produce and develop innovative and high quality cloud and network services.”
華爲固定網絡產品線總裁查鈞表示，這筆收購將“有助於兌現我們關於生產和開發具有創新性的、高質量的雲和網絡服務的承諾。”
