Asia Pacific operator, PWC, Oracle Cloud Computing Alliance

Value-dependent ecosystem expansion capacity

A cloud computing alliance, built by operators, it equipment solutions, and management consulting, can theoretically form a closed loop of cloud computing industry, with the opportunity and ability to actually push cloud computing into the region's business development.

In February, Hong Kong and Hutchison Telecom, South Korea's LG CNS, Australia Telstra and AAPT, Malaysia vads five telecom operators, and PwC, Oracle, established such an Alliance Asia-Pacific Cloud Computing Alliance (APCA).

The goal of this alliance is very clear, the formation of interoperability, sharing, collaboration of the ecological system this is in fact the essence of the cloud and the essence. But it is also because of this goal that the alliance needs to do a lot at the business level.

The Asia-Pacific Cloud Computing Alliance hopes to realize the value of a large number of commercial enterprises for cloud service users and, on the other hand, provider operators for cloud services.

The value of the Union

Commercial companies currently have two main concerns about the use of public or private cloud computing.

On the one hand although yearn, but for the cloud really can bring the value is not much grasp.

On the other hand, obstacles remain, its main problems are now very prominent and have formed a high consensus, mainly focused on: Security and data privacy, data ownership issues, performance performance, reliability and local technical service support of the cloud service, and the user to modify the application and integration of the internal IT capability problem; interoperability issues across different clouds , the provision and use of cloud services, compliance issues in different country regions.

For these businesses, the Asia-Pacific Cloud Computing consortium is trying to mitigate and eliminate these use concerns.

It actually returns to the role and value of its members. In addition to PwC and Oracle, the other five are telecom operators whose entry point is first and foremost a telecommunications-class cloud service with higher security and reliability. At the same time, these five operators now have a richer cloud services to provide experience, and strengths and pertinence.

For example, Hutchison Telecom was previously a central role and hub for many multinationals using China's mainland communications services, which are now further making themselves a cloud regional hub for providing and connecting Cross-border cloud services, while Malaysia's vads is building and strengthening its role as a cloud hub in the ASEAN region. LG CNS, for example, is currently the leading provider of virtual Desktop infrastructure in South Korea, especially in the industry's cloud sector, such as public institutions, finance, advertising, healthcare, education, retail, and so on.

With the different experience of these operators, based on Oracle's Exadata and other product solutions, as well as PwC's intellectual contribution to the cloud sector's framework, strategy and model, the Asia-Pacific Cloud Computing Alliance is trying to better meet localization needs, More emphasis on industry-tailored and business-ready cloud solutions to all kinds of local businesses and multinationals.

At this stage, these operators have joined forces that have enabled the Alliance to connect East and South-East Asia to Oceania's Asia-Pacific region. and in order to achieve in this long zone cloud "interconnect" This is also the Asia-Pacific Cloud Computing Alliance to promote cloud computing important strategy, for the Asia-Pacific Cloud Computing Alliance, one of their most important tasks at this stage is to help develop the framework of cloud interoperability standards, promote interoperability standards development, The speed and ease with which cloud services are applied and migrated between different countries and regions is greatly enhanced.

To achieve such a regional cloud "interconnection", the Asia-Pacific Cloud Computing Alliance is expected to achieve some of the allure of value, to attract more Asia-Pacific businesses or multinational companies wishing to develop in the Asia-Pacific region to use cloud services. For example, virtual private cloud services across the Asia-Pacific, carrier-level cloud infrastructure, mutual backup, business continuity unaffected by the disaster, 7*24-hour local service support and availability, better compliance with local regulatory controls, and more.

Operator Cloud services expected to operate across borders

The capacity implementation described above will also be of great value to the operators involved, its user size will be effectively expanded not only to reduce the number of users in Asia-Pacific use cloud services to help enterprises more use, while the cloud "interconnection" for the market share, can make the operator's cloud services development is no longer limited to the current local region, User resources are effectively expanded. And operators do not have to worry about the core factors of compliance, security, privacy, etc. that may be faced by cloud services operating overseas.

Moreover, this alliance also helps the cooperation and the sharing of innovation among the members, not only the collaboration and sharing of technological innovation, but the sharing and extension of the business model. For operators to drive cloud computing development efforts, the search for profitable business model is undoubtedly very critical.

Of course, the achievement of the aforementioned goals is in fact very dependent on the success of the Asia-Pacific Cloud Computing Alliance ecosystem. Due to a period of management consulting role PwC and the device program provide roles Oracle may be exclusive, and Asia-Pacific operator participation, recognition and cooperation for this alliance to achieve the goal is very important, so at this stage, The industry is first concerned about which Asia-Pacific operators will be attracted to next. Especially the largest market in China's operators.

According to a member of the Alliance to the Economist, the alliance with the southern region of China, some local operators of the negotiations are underway, hoping to bring these operators into the alliance as soon as partners, the alliance will be greatly enhanced coverage.

(Responsible editor: Duqing first)