Cool Pan Li gang: cloud Storage has entered the civilian phase

Cool Disk company executive Director Li Gang, cool disk CEO Guzhi guest it Longmen (TechWeb map) "TechWeb report" June 28 news, Cool disk company executive Director Li Gang, cool disk CEO Guzhi visit the 133 it Longmen, talk about the future of cloud storage services. The company's executive director, Li Gang, says cloud services seem poised, but it's not surprising, for example, that water, electricity and coal are cloud services.　　Cloud service has the characteristics of cheapness, super reliability and Super scale. The Global cloud computing scale is 40.7 billion trillion yuan this year, according to Forrester Research, a US research firm. IDC reported that 2010 China cloud computing market size of 320 million U.S. dollars, the future will grow at 40%, 2014 market size will be more than 1 billion U.S. dollars.　　Li Gang believes that cloud storage is a promising market in China.　　Cloud storage is divided into two camps: synchronization and sharing Li said, cloud storage is divided into two types, one is synchronized cloud storage, such as cool disk, fast disk, etc., the second is the sharing of cloud storage, such as 115 network disk.　　Shared types of cloud storage are more focused on fast, shared functionality; The synchronization type of cloud storage is more focused on multiple terminals, security, and privacy.　　Four elements of cloud storage: secure, stable, easy to use, fast Li Gang says, cloud storage services, security, stability, ease of use, fast and essential. Although the domestic cloud storage started late, but the development speed is faster. Domestic cloud storage providers have also developed their own styles and routines, with features that are safe and highly available.　　For example, "seconds kill" technology, users in cool disk upload 3G large files only in 10 seconds. "The user did not upload their own files to our server, but only the file in the local operation, this operation is equal to the file ID value, our server has another copy, do not need to continue uploading."　　"said Li Gang.　　Security is a problem that cloud storage users are very concerned about, such as data integrity, privacy, transmission encryption, including server encryption, client encryption. Li Gang introduced that the current industry to ensure data integrity there are several practices, such as file storage cabinets, the advantage is stable, but the cost is high, when the user more than one level, very difficult to linear expansion.　　The best thing to do now is to develop the distributed file system yourself. "The current domestic cloud storage, from transmission to storage, related to security, are unambiguous, put a lot of energy to give users security assurances." Although the emerging industry, but the leader provides can be trusted, can be assured of use.　　"said Li Gang. In the use of cloud storage systems, the current domestic supply of cloud storage services manufacturers and foreign counterparts there is a certain gap.　　Due to the late start time, the evaluation of synchronization logic, synchronization operation and user's habit is still to be perfected.　　Profit model: Provide value-added services Li Gang said that there are many domestic cloud storage, cool disk is still in the primitive accumulation and pull the user stage, in the foreseeable time, there is no charging plan. At present, cool disk users canFree to use, by inviting the best friend storage space up to 15G.　　At the end of this year, the cool plate will launch value-added services to buy more space through paying.　　The domestic imitation Dropbox has come to an end. The most popular cloud storage service in the United States is Dropbox, which keeps abreast of many terminals, such as PCs, smartphones and tablets, and users get the latest files anytime, anywhere. Guzhi said that he was also a loyal user of Dropbox and did not mind being considered a cool Dropbox cottage. But the domestic imitation Dropbox to the end. Dropbox has done a number of early examples, the underlying function and synchronization logic is important to us, but then go down, will not be very similar. The early foundation has just been dug, but the house will be different.　　Guzhi said, compared with domestic products, the advantage of cool disk is the first home to support the entire platform of cloud storage services, in addition to PCs, as well as Android, flat, Symbian and other versions. In the future, cool disks will open APIs to third-party developers.　　such as through the cool disk API can develop image editing, mobile phone walkie-talkie, video surveillance, mobile positioning and other applications. Cool Disk was founded in June 2010, the existing team of more than 60 people, including many people from Tencent, Huawei, Thunder, Jinshan, Express and other companies.　　At present, cool disk users nearly 2 million, hoping to reach the end of 10 million scale. It is reported that cool plate September 2010 won the famous angel investors Shire Angel Investment, January 2011 completed a round of tens of millions of U.S. dollars financing, is currently starting B round financing. 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