(Yicai Global) July 17 -- Chinese software giant NetEase is sharpening its cloud computing strategy while changing the name of its related unit to NetEase DigitalSail.

NetEase will prioritize platform as a service and software as a service technologies while partnering with other companies on infrastructure as a service ones, the Paper reported, citing Wang Yuan, general manager of the renamed unit.

Alibaba Group Holding is the largest player in China's fiercely competitive IaaS and PaaS market, followed by Tencent Holdings, China Telecom, Huawei, and Amazon Web Services, according to IDC's report released in May.

Instead of competing with cloud giants, NetEase is looking to develop basic software that works on different platforms, such as those of Intel, Huawei Technologies, Alibaba Cloud, and UCloud Technology, Wang added.

Huawei's Kunpeng processor architecture is already compatible with DigitalSail's products. A good open ecosystem can expand the scope of use globally, Zhang Hanwen, GM of Huawei's cloud computing unit in Zhejiang province, told the same news source.

Beijing-based NetEase rolled out NetEase Cloud in 2016 to expand to enterprise services.

Editor: Emmi Laine