Huawei Recognized as Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management 2025

Huawei's Leadership in Container Management

On August 6, 2025, Gartner released its much-anticipated Magic Quadrant for Container Management, and Huawei found itself in the coveted Leaders quadrant. This distinction underscores Huawei's deep expertise and strategic investments in Cloud Native 2.0, indicative of the company's trajectory in the fast-evolving tech landscape.

Huawei has set the benchmark in container management by launching a series of innovative products, including CCE Turbo, CCE Autopilot, Cloud Container Instance (CCI), and the Ubiquitous Cloud-Native Service (UCS). Each of these offerings is engineered to provide an optimal cloud-based infrastructure tailored for managing large-scale, scalable containerized workloads across public clouds, distributed clouds, hybrid clouds, and edge environments.

Broad Competitive Edge

Huawei Cloud excels across various use cases, including the development of new cloud-based systems, the containerization of legacy applications, and applications for AI containers and edge scenarios. Notably, it has made significant strides, particularly in the AI domain, enhancing its standing in the competitive field.

Moreover, Huawei Cloud's commitment to open-source technology places it as a pivotal player in the cloud ecosystem. The company actively contributes to 82 Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) projects and holds over 20 maintainer positions, securing its role as the only Chinese cloud provider with a vice chairman position on the CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC).

Comprehensive Product Matrix

Huawei Cloud boasts one of the most extensive container product matrices in the industry. Its solutions are widely adopted in various sectors including public cloud, distributed cloud, hybrid cloud, and edge scenarios. For instance, Starzplay, a prominent OTT platform in the Middle East, transitioned to a serverless architecture using Huawei Cloud CCI, enabling it to successfully manage millions of requests during the 2024 Cricket World Cup, while decreasing resource costs by 20%.

In Singapore, Ninja Van, a leader in logistics, utilized Huawei Cloud CCE to fully containerize its services, ensuring zero interruptions during peak hours and boosting order processing efficiency by 40%. Similarly, Chile's major energy provider, Chilquinta Energía, upgraded its big data platform to a cloud-based architecture utilizing Huawei Cloud CCE Turbo, achieving an impressive 90% improvement in average performance and enabling more intelligent operations.

In Nigeria, the e-commerce platform Konga migrated entirely to a cloud architecture based on CCE Turbo, ensuring millions of active users a seamless shopping experience. Meanwhile, Meitu, China's leading visual creation platform, leverages CCE and Ascend cloud services to support the deployment and inference of various models and algorithms, facilitating fast iterations of large-scale training and enabling 200 million active users to share their life's moments in real-time.

Continued Collaborative Efforts

Huawei Cloud is committed to fostering technological innovation in collaboration with global operators. The company's ongoing collaborations are geared towards sharing successful outcomes and enhancing cloud-based advancements. This recognition by Gartner encapsulates not only Huawei's technological capabilities but also its strategic vision for the future of container management.

As reported in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management 2025, Huawei continues to carve out a significant presence in the cloud arena, backed by a wide array of innovative solutions and a dedication to the community.

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