H3C Technologies Co., Limited (H3C) is a leading IT infrastructure products and solution provider. With principal operations in Hangzhou, China, H3C employs 5,000 people worldwide.
To maintain a high level of innovation and technical excellence, H3C operates advanced R&D facilities, reliability labs and product test centers in Beijing and Hangzhou in China. It invests more than 15% of its revenues back into R&D every year and engages more than half of the workforce in research and development. By the end of 2013, H3C had applied for over 5,500 patents with over 85% being original invention patents.
Driven by the trends of Cloud, Big Data, and Mobility, the business is quickly transforming and growing thanks to the new IT architecture which promises simplicity and greater agility. Over the past decade, by focusing on IP technology innovation and development, H3C has offered a full series of IP products and solutions, including networking, security, management software, wireless, etc. Now based on the "Cloud-Network Convergence" strategy for the next decade, H3C will continue to innovate in key technologies such as Virtualization, SDN, Cloud, Orchestration and BYOD in order to build a new IT architecture that leads the industry.
Currently, H3C takes the pole position in China's LAN switch and enterprise router markets. Together with its parent company HP, H3C has secured the No.2 position in the global networking market.
H3C sells its products and solutions through more than 3,900 channel partners in Greater China. The company also has a high-caliber direct touch sales team, working closely with partners to explore the potential of H3C solutions for its customers. In the rest of world, H3C leverages HP's global resources to sell H3C products and solutions to the worldwide customers.