Inspur Group and United Electronics signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement in Jinan that will pool their big data skills for expansion of technology services in public security, energy, smart city, bio-medical, and the Internet of Things.

According to the agreement signed by the two parties, Inspur and United Electronics will team to expand the market of smart city, big data, and application systems of key industries. Meanwhile, they plan to implement in-depth cooperation in hardware infrastructure, application software development, service, and marketing to promote comprehensive solutions from infrastructure platforms, industrial applications and cloud computing services.

Inspur will focus on hardware products like minicomputers and universal servers, big data and high-efficiency solutions, and industrial cloud technical services. United Electronics will use its direct customer contact experience and application understanding to introduce comprehensive solutions to end-users.

The two companies will mainly target the information system localization demands of major industrial users in China, covering industries like public security, energy, smart city, bio-medical, big data, and the Internet of Things.

At the beginning of 2014, United Electronics joined hands with Inspur to become an important member of the latter's sales channel system. The new strategic cooperation marks an enhanced partnership of the two parties in various sectors, including product, technology, and industry.