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Industry survey results show that 51% of SMEs because security is not fully protected from the use of cloud services.

Our correspondent Jiali

When cloud computing applications are frequently seen in the news, the accompanying cloud security issue is becoming increasingly prominent and the biggest challenge for the cloud industry's development. Unknowingly, cloud computing service capabilities has become an important indicator of cloud computing enterprises, and the cloud computing industry into the service era.

October 17, China cloud application services provider-day business and excellent network cooperation, launched a cloud based SaaS model T-care service brand. "Cloud security has become the number one challenge for cloud computing deployments," said Wu, general manager of the day.

Security as a development obstacle

If the landing is the key word for cloud computing applications in the 2011, then in the 2012 cloud computing application Critical phase, the security issue will become the cloud computing enterprise promotion, the application most thorny question. Analysis of the industry, the future of security issues to deal with the strategy, will become the cloud computing enterprises to open up the demarcation point of competitive strength.

Recently, the Forrester Research survey showed that 51% small and medium-sized enterprises have not yet used cloud services because of security. In addition, worldwide, more than 90% of German and French business CIOs claim that security is a prerequisite for their adoption of cloud computing. 56% European CIOs Mark cloud computing security as extremely challenging. This shows that the security problem has seriously hindered the development of cloud computing.

In addition, the IDC survey reports that security is ranked first among the top three market challenges facing cloud computing services. At the same time, international standardization organizations, such as the Cloud Computing Security Alliance CSA, ITU-TSG17 Research Group, structured information standards to promote the organization Oasis, have started the standardization work of cloud security to accelerate the development of industrial applications.

Earlier, Ted Kummert, vice president of Microsoft's Business division, has pointed out that security is not a new topic, and that Microsoft has spent years on security, from computing to cloud transformation, from enterprise computing to existing cloud computing, Microsoft has seen security as an important theme for a long time.

Wu Introduction, because the cloud computing services itself is through the network to achieve resources on demand, adding a lot of intermediate links, customer access to the chain of service lengthened, so need more secure and reliable service system to escort.

At present, many enterprises have begun to study the cloud computing service model and security mechanism, to seek a safe, reliable, economic solution. Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Sun and other international It giants, in the external provision of various cloud computing services, security has been considered the biggest advantage.
br> Cloud service ERA

with cloud computing security levels and improved service quality, deploying cloud computing has become an IT focus for many enterprises, and the adoption of cloud services is expanding rapidly.

Oracle CEO Ellison released a public cloud computing service recently. The product blends PAAs (Platform-service) and SaaS (software-as-service) functionality and will use industry standards that allow users to easily transfer Oracle-hosted programs to cloud computing services offered by companies such as the enterprise's data center or Amazon, making the cloud business services model more flexible.

October 11, Microsoft Cloud Computing Services Windows Azure, through the application of performance management provider Compuware using its test tools Cloudsleuth independent testing, in a one-year cloud speed test to overcome the Amazon EC2, Google Rivals such as APP engine enhance the response time and availability of cloud computing.

In addition, Fujitsu Australia and the second largest commercial bank of Australia, West Bank of the cooperation agreement, using cloud computing integration, improve the West Bank's internal management system. As a financial capital mobile enterprise, the banking industry pays more attention to cloud security of cloud computing, cloud application landing cost, this time can use cloud computing, indicates the cloud computing service ability is maturing.

Technology is just the first step towards cloud computing, "Wu says:" 70% is the service, and the maturity of the cloud application model means the advent of the service age. "

" cloud computing has long been used in many E-commerce enterprises, "Wu said:" The current SaaS mode service has been serving Baidu, HC Network, Happy NET, 360 rice network, reviews group and thousands of customers.

(editor: Heritage)