IBM Mao: Cloud computing will reshape the industry chain

Mao, general manager of IBM Development Center CTO and New Technology Research and Development Center, said in an interview with ZDNet: Cloud computing has two major business values, one is to make it more, faster and easier to use through shared business applications and computing services; the second is that cloud computing can drive users ' business model innovation. "For enterprise-class users, the value proposition of 2011 cloud computing is the transformation of efficient transportation and peacekeeping operations." Mao also said that cloud computing is a new productivity, will bring new production relations, drive the industrial transformation and economic development, and reshape the industrial chain. "Cloud computing separates ownership and use of IT infrastructure, delivers services in a consumer product, and enables new production and lifestyle through the Internet, the greater value of cloud computing." "2011 Two major value propositions: efficient transport and peacekeeping business transformation according to HFS Research, 2011, the commercial value of cloud computing will be mainly reflected in efficient operations and business transformation. In improving operational dimensions, 65% of users believe that the cloud will reduce the operational costs of enterprise operations, and in the use of IT infrastructure, test cloud and SaaS services will be less expensive than traditional outsourcing services 30%~60%,60% business executives want to accelerate the implementation of the cloud service cycle. In the context of cloud computing's impact on business model innovation, executives generally believe that the cloud-based delivery model will radically change service patterns and drive cloud investment; 55% of executives think the cloud will focus on business transitions, making business processes leaner, faster, and agile. Cloud computing defines the five major elements of cloud computing, the new student agrees with the definition given by the American National Standard Technology Research (NIST): "Cloud computing is a pattern of usage of IT resources, providing ubiquitous, standard, and pervasive access to shared, configurable computing resources such as networks, servers, storage, applications, and services. On-demand network access. The use and release of resources can be carried out quickly without much administrative cost. According to the NIST definition, the five basic features of cloud computing include: on-demand self-service, ubiquitous network access, resource pooling without taking into account physical locations, service-driven configuration and scheduling, measurable services/Mao. "To understand the definition of cloud computing, we need to grasp several points: first, the server, storage, network, applications and other IT resources into a pool of resources, which is dynamic, shareable, and through configuration to drive, compared to traditional computing mode of resource allocation, cloud computing makes IT resources more dynamic, flexible and can be distributed , which makes it more flexible to expand. Second, users can access the Internet on demand, the third is the allocation and use of cloud computing resources are automated, do not need to pay too much management costs. "The new IT Resource usage model can be called the" technology attribute "of cloud computing, while another feature of cloud computing," measurable service/chargeback ", allows cloud computing's technical attributes to jump to commercial attributes, making cloud computing a newBusiness form, thus translating a new technology into a new service economy model. IBM Cloud Computing Services added BPaaS Mao said the global cloud computing market could be divided into cloud services and cloud components. However, unlike the traditional cloud computing services market, which is often divided into software as a service (SaaS), platform-as-service (PaaS), infrastructure, or service (IaaS), IBM's division of the Cloud services market adds business process as a service (BPaaS) beyond SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. According to the IBM2011 February forecast for the Cloud computing market, 2010 Global cloud services market amounted to $44.3 billion, of which: BPaaS market size of 9.6 billion U.S. dollars, the next 5 years, the average growth of 30%;saas market up to 16.5 billion U.S. dollars, the next 5 years average growth of 26% PAAs market size of 4.2 billion U.S. dollars, the next 5 years on average growth 34%;iaas market 14 billion U.S. dollars, the next 5 years on average growth of 30%. The cloud component market includes three major components of services, software and hardware, with a market size of 10.8 billion U.S. dollars, 10.1 billion dollars and 8.6 billion dollars in 2010, with an average growth rate of 26%, 16% and 22% for the next 5 years, respectively. IBM has an advantage in looking and leading the cloud computing model, Mao says IBM is both a cloud practitioner, cloud computing component and service provider and leader and catalyst in cloud computing. "IBM is not only able to provide a strategic level of cloud computing consulting, and including hardware, software, solutions, services and other rich cloud components and services." "Mao said," IBM emphasizes the value of technology, while emphasizing the economic attributes of the cloud and the potential of business innovation; as a forward-looking leading company, IBM's open vision is more conducive to the restructuring of the industrial ecosystem and the promotion of regional economic development; As the world's largest IT consulting and service company, IBM has a comprehensive consulting and implementation methodology for user cloud migration strategies. ”