Inspur


Inspur, whose full name is Inspur Group, is an information technology enterprise in mainland China focusing on cloud computing, big data, key application hosts, servers, storage, artificial intelligence and ERP. On April 18, 2006, Inspur changed its English name from Langchao to Inspur, in a move intended to open up the international markets. The company is listed on the SSE, SZSE, and SEHK. Inspur Group including Inspur Information, Inspur Software, Inspur International and Huaguang Optoelectronics, as well as VIT, C.A.. It provides IT products and services to more than 80 countries and regions around the world.
Inspur started as a local company based in Shandong, with its business activities spanning North China. In the early 2000s the company moved its marketing center to Beijing, and expanded its operations to the national level.
In 2005, Microsoft invested US$20 million in the company.
Inspur announced several agreements with virtualization software developer VMware on research and development of cloud computing technologies and related products.
In 2009, Inspur acquired the Xi'an-based research and development facilities of Qimonda AG for 30 million Chinese yuan. The centre had been responsible for design and development of Qimonda's DRAM products.
In 2011, Shandong Inspur Software Co., Ltd., Inspur Electronic Information Co., Ltd. and Inspur Electronic Information Company, established a cloud computing joint venture, with each holding a third.
In 2020, the United States Department of Defense released a list of Chinese companies operating in the U.S. that have ties to the People's Liberation Army, which included Inspur.