IceWarp expands in APAC including Sri Lanka; rolls out on Huawei Cloud

November, 9, 2022

IceWarp, a global messaging and collaboration solutions provider, is delighted to announce that its services are now available throughout Asia-Pacific (APAC) including Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Cambodia, using the technology of Huawei Cloud which allows to launch demanding cloud applications in minutes, using technologically advanced cloud infrastructure with strong local presence in the APAC region.

IceWarp earlier offered its services from data centers in Europe and America. With several successful implementations across Malaysia, as well as significant customers in Thailand, the demand for IceWarp in APAC has been steadily growing for years. The recently held Huawei APAC Digital Innovation Congress 2022, organized by Huawei and the ASEAN Foundation in Singapore, provided an excellent opportunity to align with business leaders as well as government representatives from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Bangladesh. At the event, IceWarp was commended for its innovative collaboration tools integrated into a single all-in-one user interface that make it the ideal choice for both enterprise and government clients looking to replace outdated messaging platforms without creating further dependence on large international providers.

“Huawei Cloud opens up Huawei's expertise of over three decades in ICT and digitalization. We are looking forward to work with IceWarp to dive into digital and provide Everything as a Service, together building the cloud foundation for an intelligent world”, stated Tao Guangyao, CEO of Huawei Sri Lanka.

To capture the demand and provide organizations with a service that operates globally but stores data locally, IceWarp has partnered with Huawei Cloud to host the service for customers in the APAC. Huawei Cloud offers Everything as a Service, from computing nodes, containers, content delivery, networking, AI tools, storage, databases, and much more, available on-demand and infinitely scalable. Another advantage is that Huawei Cloud data centers are located directly in the APAC, in Beijing and Singapore, which provides for complete peace of mind when it comes to governance and data privacy. Huawei will continue to enable industries with Huawei Cloud through Infrastructure as a Service, Technology as a Service, and Expertise as a Service, to unleash digital.

IceWarp delivers email, calendaring, contacts, group chat, instant messaging, virtual conferencing, and document editing in a single easy-to-use interface. Built-in mobile synchronization enables an effective mobile workforce. Virtual conference rooms allow users to meet online with audio and video calls. Online document editing provides them the ability to work with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files from within the browser, including collaborative editing, while having their files stored securely in a dedicated cloud storage. TeamChat binds all those features together into one powerful real-time collaboration tool, enabling the teams to work together in ways not possible before. IceWarp TeamChat has a significant edge over competing solutions by offering a unique mobile app that is compatible with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay for virtual conferences on the go. Users who prefer to work offline can take advantage of IceWarp's own Desktop Client which is able to entirely replace Microsoft Outlook with a uniform desktop experience for email, calendaring, contacts, and instant messaging bundled into an easy-to-use application available for both Windows and macOS.

“We made it our mission to replace Microsoft in the traditional European markets where data privacy and anti-trust sentiments work in our favor. We feel with much gratitude that our customers in Asian countries are themselves turning to us for solutions,” commented IceWarp’s CEO Adam Paclt. "We are honored to be regarded as the most innovative and cost-saving alternative to Exchange and 365 and will continue to expand our services beyond the Asia-Pacific region”, he added.