Unicom Cloud： Building a Trusted Digital Intelligence Cloud and Providing a Powerful Computing Engine for the Digital Economy

It is a strategic choice for China Unicom to build a key technology base of digital information, build a scientific and technological innovative enterprise, and embrace the future of digital economy hand in hand with all parties in the industrial chain. Recently, China Unicom’s partner conference was held in Beijing. The conference not only defined the company’s new positioning and strategy, but also defined the five main responsibilities of "big connection, big computing, big data, big application and big security", which pointed out the direction for the future development of China Unicom. On the first day of the conference, Unicom Cloud was fully upgraded, and China Unicom’s cloud computing business brand was completely renewed. Unicom Cloud, as the unified computing base for China Unicom to undertake big computing business, will improve the service level of "connection+perception+computing+intelligence" and create the "first computing engine" for the digital economy.

Serving the digital economy and consolidating the base of digital information infrastructure

General Secretary of the Supreme Leader profoundly pointed out that the development of digital economy is a strategic choice to grasp the new opportunities of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation. It is necessary to "accelerate the construction of intelligent comprehensive digital information infrastructure with high speed, ubiquity, integration of heaven and earth, cloud and network integration, intelligence and agility, green and low carbon, security and controllability, and open up the information artery of economic and social development". "Give full play to the advantages of massive data and rich application scenarios, promote the deep integration of digital technology and real economy, empower the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, and give birth to new ones."

China Unicom conscientiously implemented the spirit of the important instructions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary and the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, comprehensively undertook the new mission entrusted by the new era, combined with its own resource endowment, conformed to the law of technology and market development, and closely followed the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation trend, and determined the new orientation and strategy for the development of the company during the Tenth Five-Year Plan. Based on the new journey, China Unicom’s new positioning is: the national team of digital information infrastructure operation and service, the main force of building a smart society in digital China, a network power, and the vanguard of digital technology integration and innovation. Based on the new positioning, China Unicom upgraded the company’s strategy to "strengthen the foundation, be honest and innovative, and be integrated and open". Under the new positioning and strategy, China Unicom will make full efforts in the main channel of digital economy, and take "big connection, big computing, big data, big application and big security" as its main business, so as to realize all-round transformation and upgrading of development power, path and mode, open up new development space and integrate into the new development pattern.

Undertake big computing and provide a powerful computing engine.

Computing power is becoming the new engine of digital economy development, the new embodiment of national hard power and the new focus of global strategic competition. The data shows that there is a significant positive correlation between the level of computing power and the level of economic development in countries around the world. Liang Baojun, deputy general manager of China Unicom, said in a speech at the Unicom Cloud Conference that according to the calculation of China ICT Institute, the computing industry can drive economic output to 4 yuan for every investment in 1 yuan. As a key component of digital information infrastructure, computing power has become a new kinetic energy to support the development of digital economy, and its driving role is very obvious. Doing powerful computing is not only the need for China Unicom to develop its five main businesses, but also will strongly promote the development of digital economy.

China Unicom integrates network and computing resources, promotes the new layout of computing network with advanced architecture, safety and reliability, and excellent service, and builds a new ecosystem of computing network integration with computing power as the core. China Unicom strives to build a green, intensive, safe and reliable computing infrastructure; Focus on building a national integrated, intelligent and agile new computing network; Focus on building a Unicom cloud with cloud and network integration, security and credibility, exclusive customization and cloudy collaboration. Through powerful computing, a multi-level computing facility system of digital network collaboration, shuyun collaboration, cloud edge collaboration and green intelligence is formed, which supports comprehensive and diverse digital needs of different dimensions and levels and provides a powerful computing engine for high-quality economic and social development.

Comprehensively innovate and upgrade to create a credible digital intelligence cloud.

Unicom Cloud is the unified computing base for undertaking big computing business among the five main businesses of China Unicom, and it has the differentiated advantages of "safety and credibility, integration of cloud and network, exclusive customization and cloudy collaboration". This upgrade is reflected in four aspects: technology, products, services and ecology.

In terms of technology, first, cloud native technology leads, fully supports the intensive business system of China Unicom, stably carries the core business operation of 400 million+users, creates the ultra-large-scale cloud native technology practice with 300,000+containers online in real time, and provides reliable computing support for the digital transformation of government and enterprise customers. The second is the integration of distributed cloud across domains, realizing four-level cloud network coverage, second-level cross-domain scheduling, and one-click distribution of 100+5G applications, further deepening the collaborative integration of 5G cloud networks. Third, the core technology is self-controllable, safe and credible, and a brand-new version 3.0 of Unicom cloud operating system is launched, which supports cloud native+virtualized dual technology stack, fully adapts to mainstream domestic software and hardware, supports multi-modality delivery with unified technology kernel, and provides localized end-to-end full-stack solutions. The fourth is the integration of digital intelligence of PaaS products, which supports 100 million IoT connections, provides more than 40 artificial intelligence atomic capabilities, 8 blockchain general service components, and aPaaS components support more than 160 self-developed applications, realizing intensive operation and integrated agile delivery. Fifth, the integration of cloud and network, the deep integration of computing power and network, the construction of CUBE-Net3.0 new computing power network, the enhancement of the programmable ability of the industrial Internet CUII covering 336 cities, the realization of one-point access to the cloud, intelligent networking, integrated scheduling of computing networks, and the creation of a cloud-network integrated service of "one network is cloudy, and one-click network adjusts the cloud".

In terms of products, the upgraded Unicom cloud fusion technology and scene innovation have launched seven scene cloud products, namely, IOT sensing cloud, sea storage cloud, intelligent video cloud, intelligent chain collaborative cloud, 5G edge cloud, autonomous controllable cloud and hybrid cloud, which provide reliable assistance for thousands of industries to go to the cloud, use data and empower intelligence. In terms of services, China Unicom implemented the service concept of "all for customers" and launched the full-cycle and all-round Unicom cloud CARE plan. C (Convergent) convenient operation service provides omni-channel service of "online acceptance" and "offline three-level network" around the differentiated service needs of customers on the cloud. A(Accountable) promises responsible SLA services, builds an agile and efficient operation service team, improves business operation and service guarantee capabilities, and provides cloud services to cloud customers with carrier-grade standards. R(Reliable) is a reliable security service. China Unicom has built a dynamic active defense capability driven by digital intelligence, a full-life data security capability and a one-stop security service system to protect the digital transformation of the economy and society. E(Enhanced) is an extensible professional service. Based on its powerful cloud operation and maintenance system and ecological strength, China Unicom provides customers with cloud professional services covering all stages of consultation, construction and operation. China Unicom has always been dedicated to becoming an excellent cloud service provider (CSP) and a leading cloud management service provider (CMSP) to create value for customers.

Open cooperation is an important force to promote the development of enterprises. China Unicom put forward the concept of "strengthening foundation, keeping integrity and innovation, and integrating and opening up", hoping to join hands with partners to build a new cloud ecosystem of Unicom from three dimensions. First, carry out multi-faceted technical cooperation. Unicom Cloud will continue to increase the contribution of the open source community, and jointly carry out scientific and technological breakthroughs and new product and technology pilots with various Industry-University-Research institutions to jointly enhance its core technical capabilities. Second, multi-dimensional product co-construction, Unicom Cloud will explore new directions in the vertical field with industry application partners, jointly create a scene ecosystem, and promote localization adaptation and cooperation. Third, multi-channel prosperity application ecology, actively support application partners to settle in the cloud market, jointly create explosive applications in sub-sectors, deeply customize Unicom cloud application products, and achieve scale development. Liang Baojun said that in the future, China Unicom will increase cooperation with its partners in technology advancement, product co-construction and application symbiosis, so as to jointly create a new ecosystem of Unicom Cloud.

Strong foundation, innovation, integration and opening up, under the new strategy of China Unicom, Unicom Cloud will further efficiently support digital transformation in various fields and make new contributions to high-quality economic and social development.