Inspur
Encyclopedia
Inspur, formerly named Langchao, (浪潮 in Chinese, means "tides") is a Chinese computer technology company famous for its PC server
and software products.
Inspur's manufacturing base and R&D
center is located in Jinan
, Shandong
Province. Its business activities include server manufacturing and software development. The company also acts as an outsourcing recipient for both the United States of America
and Japan
. The company's most important product is server hardware.
As recently as 2000, Inspur was a local company based in Shandong, with its business activities spanning North China. The company later moved its marketing center to Beijing, the IT industry hub of China, and expanded its operations to the national level.
In June 2005, it was reported that Microsoft
had invested 20 million US$ in the company http://www.china.org.cn/english/scitech/143590.htm. And on 18 April 2006, the company switched its name from "Langchao" to "Inspur" in hopes it would increase its sales from overseas markets by as much as thirty percent by 2010.
Financial Times Germany wrote on 16.03.2009: ..."Inspur International, eine Tochter der Inspur Gruppe, ist seit 2004 an der Börse in Hongkong gelistet. 2005 stieg Microsoft als strategischer Investor mit 25 Millionen US-Dollar ein und begann eine umfangreiche Kooperation mit dem führenden chinesischen IT- Unternehmen in Dienstleistungen und Software Outsourcing...."
In April 2009 Inspur announced it will team up with leading virtualization software developer VMware Inc.
to launch a laboratory for the research and development of cloud computing
technologies and related products. http://www.interfax.cn/news/8969/
Server (computing)
In the context of client-server architecture, a server is a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the "clients". Thus, the "server" performs some computational task on behalf of "clients"...
and software products.
Inspur's manufacturing base and R&D
Research and development
The phrase research and development , according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers to "creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of...
center is located in Jinan
Jinan
Jinan is the capital of Shandong province in Eastern China. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of the region from the earliest beginnings of civilisation and has evolved into a major national administrative, economic, and transportation hub...
, Shandong
Shandong
' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese...
Province. Its business activities include server manufacturing and software development. The company also acts as an outsourcing recipient for both the United States of America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The company's most important product is server hardware.
As recently as 2000, Inspur was a local company based in Shandong, with its business activities spanning North China. The company later moved its marketing center to Beijing, the IT industry hub of China, and expanded its operations to the national level.
In June 2005, it was reported that Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
had invested 20 million US$ in the company http://www.china.org.cn/english/scitech/143590.htm. And on 18 April 2006, the company switched its name from "Langchao" to "Inspur" in hopes it would increase its sales from overseas markets by as much as thirty percent by 2010.
Financial Times Germany wrote on 16.03.2009: ..."Inspur International, eine Tochter der Inspur Gruppe, ist seit 2004 an der Börse in Hongkong gelistet. 2005 stieg Microsoft als strategischer Investor mit 25 Millionen US-Dollar ein und begann eine umfangreiche Kooperation mit dem führenden chinesischen IT- Unternehmen in Dienstleistungen und Software Outsourcing...."
In April 2009 Inspur announced it will team up with leading virtualization software developer VMware Inc.
VMware
VMware, Inc. is a company providing virtualization software founded in 1998 and based in Palo Alto, California, USA. The company was acquired by EMC Corporation in 2004, and operates as a separate software subsidiary ....
to launch a laboratory for the research and development of cloud computing
Cloud computing
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....
technologies and related products. http://www.interfax.cn/news/8969/