Accelerating Enterprises Globalization with “ICT+” Strategy China Entercom Announces Strategic Partnership with Freudenberg IT Asia

Shanghai, December 13, 2018 – China Enterprise ICT Solutions Limited (“China Entercom”), a subsidiary of the CITIC Group  and a trusted Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions provider, today announced its strategic partnership with Freudenberg IT (FIT) Asia, a global leader in managed IT services.

This new partnership, a milestone in China Entercom’s broad “ICT+” strategy for the China market, will include the integration of China Entercom’s strengths in ICT infrastructure (encompassing cloud computing, network connectivity, data centers, servers and other ICT areas) with FIT Asia’s expertise across enterprise application domains (including operating systems, software services, database applications, and others), resulting in a synergy of services for both companies’ enterprise customers in China, who can now enjoy even higher quality integrated solutions and one-stop services for accelerating their digital transformation and globalization.

Vice President of Product at CEC,Taylor Lam(left)CEO of FIT Asia Pacific Region, Reto Bless (right)

“ICT+” – A Strengthened Partnership Strategy

Modern enterprises, particularly large and medium-sized organizations, are challenged to not only keep pace with, but embrace, the dual business mega trends of digital transformation and globalization. As a result, there is more emphasis than ever on properly selecting service providers with adequate capability to support these enterprises’ endeavors to transform and globalize. Service providers must possess comprehensive expertise across vertical industry knowledge, sustainable innovation capabilities, customized offerings, and more.

In response to this market dynamic, China Entercom is undertaking its “ICT+” strategy, marking remarkable achievement under this vision. Via leveraging broader and deeper cooperation with leading partners in a variety of business and technology areas, the “ICT+” strategy will enable China Entercom to provide its customers with more integrated and customized services and solutions. With this strategy, both China Entercom and its partners will transform traditional ICT services into platform-based services, and explore more business potential while delivering additional value to customers.

“We aim to create a high-quality ICT+ partnership ecosystem to address the enterprise market’s evolving requirements,” said Taylor Lam, Vice President of Product at China Entercom. “We have been seeking partners who lead their segments, and also possess global presence. Our efforts are all focused toward helping customers simplify and accelerate their digitalization and globalization.” 

Extending “ICT+” via FIT Partnership

China Entercom delivers innovative ICT solutions for enterprise globalization and digitization, with a broad suite of innovative services, including: CeOne-CONNECT — advanced private network services, TrustCSI — information security solutions, SmartCLOUD — high performance cloud computing solution and DataHOUSE — cloud data center services.

Complementary to this, FIT Asia’s service portfolio offers customers one-stop solutions ranging from IT management to applications, including SAP deployment and consultation services, IT management and application management services, MES solutions, hardware infrastructure and system integration, and more.

Via the new partnership, China Entercom can leverage FIT Asia’s solutions and service teams to extend offerings to application-level services. 

“We are very excited about collaborating with FIT, one of the world’s leading providers in delivering enterprise-grade application consultation and services,” said Henry Ko, General Manager of Sales at China Entercom. “FIT also possesses ample experience working with enterprise customers. Our partnership empowers both companies to deliver deeper and broader enterprise-grade solutions, a real-world implementation of the vision of our ICT+ strategy.” 

“With over two decades of experience, FIT continuously strives to provide professional IT services to our global enterprise customers,” said Reto Bless, CEO of FIT Asia Pacific Region. “We are pleased to expand our partnership with China Entercom, a company with which we share much, including a common business philosophy, business model, service quality, technology development and service coverage. We are excited that the cooperation with China Entercom will allow both companies to bring more IT value to our customers.”

“IT’s functional layer is much more than just infrastructure,” he emphasized. “Flexible IT architecture is essential for enterprises to operate at high efficiency. A streamlined and always-on IT system is one of the most significant factors for boosting workflow productivity. Resilient IT infrastructure ensures high availability. Proper disaster recovery, data backup and replication capabilities are crucial to ensuring the enterprise can stay operational under any circumstance.” 

Moving forward, China Entercom will continue to seek out additional partners to enhance its “ICT+” ecosystem strategy, with the goal of embracing a broad spectrum of innovative technologies including IoT, Big Data, Mobility, and AI, among others, toward further developing its portfolio with new integrated solutions and services. 

Customer Recognition is Encouragement for Accelerating ICT+ Ecosystem

Customers enthusiatically acknowledge the immense value of China Entercom and FIT’s collaborative ICT+ strategy.

Positec is a renowned multinational electric tools company which has benefitted from services jointly provided by China Entercom and FIT. Mr. Tang, Positec’s IT operation & security manager, expressed his appreciation for the collaboration: “Our company is rapidly growing, and operational stability is a high priority. We were very impressed that the complementary collaboration between these two companies allowed us to enjoy one-stop high-performance service. This not only helped us increase efficiency, it also lets us focus on our business, including better decision-making to determine how best to utilize IT technologies to support and drive our business development.” For Positec, China Entercom provided cross-regional  ICT services for the company’s distributed points of presence, delivering the same high quality service level in different regions. In turn, FIT implemented and maintains Positec’s SAP system services.  

IT operation and security manager& information security of Positec, Mr Tang Xu

For Ningbo Huaxiang, one of China’s leading design and production companies for automotive components, China Entercom offered ICT solutions and cloud services to ensure Ningbo Huaxiang’s nationwide business development, including its headquarters in Shanghai and branches in Ningbo, Suzhou, Foshan, Chengdu, Changsha, Shenyang, Yangzhou, Tianjin and Changchun. FIT delivered high-quality SAP implementation and maintenance services. Said Mr. Jian, Ningbo Huaxiang’s General Manager: “Our enterprise needs an ICT service provider with comprehensive capabilities, including global insights, an innovative mindset, ample vertical industry experience, strong technical capabilities, rapid response and high service quality. We have enjoyed all these criteria with both China Entercom and FIT, and their ICT+ strategy and collaboration can only mean even better value for us, and other enterprises.” 

General manager of Ningbo Huaxiang, Mr Jian Yongchang

a group photo of relevant senior management and project leader

About China Entercom (www.cqajjzs.com)

China Enterprise ICT Solutions Limited (“China Entercom”), a subsidiary of CITIC Group, is a trusted Information and Communications Technology (ICT) solutions provider. China Entercom possesses strong reputation, financial and regulatory background, wide network coverage, diversified products and services, as well as world-class infrastructure. It has Type-I and Type-II IP private network licenses from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), and is the first value-added service provider in China with nationwide IP VPN license, IDC multi-region license, and ICP nationwide license. China Entercom is also the only value-added service provider in China with multiple certifications: TRUSTED CLOUD, TL9000, ISO9001, ISO20000, ISO27001 and ISO 27017. Leveraging on its extensive experience of business operation and cooperating with world-class partners, China Entercom has been providing its customers and business partners with advanced ICT solutions, striving to become their trusted partner.

About FIT Asia (www.freudenberg-it.com)

Freudenberg IT (FIT) is a global leader in Managed IT Services steeped in SAP expertise. The way we see it, technology should make your life easier, not harder. This includes the complex IT that your company runs. Our goal is to help you squeeze the most value out of this vital technology so you can enjoy more business benefits, more easily. And experience less stress—in and out of the office. Simplifying IT is a tough job; we’re the somebodies who do it. Our portfolio covers all facets of the IT Industrial solutions landscape, from managed services through industrial processes, and from SAP consulting to system integration. FIT’s services include solutions that pioneer in Industry 4.0, and it is a trusted partner in major fields of innovation such as Big Data, SAP HANA, Cloud Computing and Enterprise Mobility.