Huawei has announced that 45,000 of its engineers are now using virtual desktops as part of the world's largest desktop cloud collaboration. Huawei began to utilize desktop cloud technology at its Shanghai R&D Center in 2009, and today, it is used by Huawei engineers around the world.

With a desktop cloud deployment, data is no longer stored on each PC, but on servers in the cloud data center. By centralizing control of the information storage, the Huawei desktop cloud is also claimed to enhance information security.

In addition, maintenance has become more efficient as each IT engineer is now able to manage more than 1,000 virtual desktops, compared with the previous 100 desktops.

Compared to conventional desktop technology, it is estimated that using a desktop cloud can save businesses 30% of a traditional investment and conserve 73% in power consumption, as well as maximize the facility's CPU with an increase of 60% capacity, from 5%.