The great cause of the cloud the Jianyun of IDC

Because the data center and network support ability is an important factor restricting the development of cloud computing technology, it is also the core of the development of cloud computing service scale, and the cloud computing service can only bring the high efficiency service experience to the users with the seamless docking and deep fusion of the wired wireless network. Therefore, in cloud computing this revolutionary it tide, IDC operator relies on its comprehensive Data Center node, the unique network access ability as well as in the user and the channel deep accumulation will become China cloud computing strategy main force.

The huge IT infrastructure provides IDC operators with a strong IT resource base, which makes the IDC industry develop cloud storage, hosting and other cloud computing services with natural advantages. As the mainstay of the data center market, the overall market share of large operators has reached about 60%.

Take the domestic operator as an example, as early as 2010, the three major operators have increased the IDC investment and cloud computing center construction efforts. China Mobile's international information port in Beijing has planned 7 IDC centers and will act as a demonstration base for China Mobile group's "data Business and Enterprise boutique Project", followed by the launch of the large cloud PAAs and IaaS platform; Qingdao to make its "North data center" or even "north-East Asia Data Center", China Telecom at present the room area of more than 1 million square meters, the scale of more than 300 rooms, more than 100,000 racks.

There is no doubt that the construction of IDC based on cloud computing mode will become the direction of IDC construction and development, but it is worth noting that the global cloud computing is still in the groping stage, IDC is still on the road to cloud computing.

Challenges and opportunities coexist

IDC operator's existing business model of communication services is to provide users with complete communications network services, including telephone, fax, broadband access and value-added services such as products, to call fees, business flow fees and other forms of fees to customers to achieve business income. With the advent of the mobile Internet era, IDC users have a great demand trend to obtain data from anywhere, and the data business becomes the mainstream business of telecom operators.

In the era of cloud computing, the role of IDC operators has begun to shift from a single network and voice business operation to an integrated information service provider, and all of its information services are based on IT infrastructure and communication networks, providing a comprehensive information service platform for users.

Behind the development of the cloud computing strategy, IDC needs to provide IT infrastructure and management services, infrastructure scalability and usability, and simplify IT infrastructure management, based on the integration of internal IT systems and the establishment of cloud computing IDC. This requires IDC operators to invest a lot of human, material and financial resources in the construction and planning of the cloud computing system platform. In the development of comprehensive information platform, how to do well with the network capacity-building investment does not conflict, and even the effect of mutual promotion will be a big challenge.

In addition, in the cloud service system, the entire system is based on the cloud computing technology architecture, through the establishment of a large share of it resource infrastructure, according to the actual needs of customers to provide measurable pay, flexible, fast and changeable self-service services. Users do not have to build their own local IT systems, they need only one access port to enjoy a large it repository. Obviously, this and the current IDC operators operating support system is not suitable. Therefore, the "IT Support architecture" required by the current cloud services requires the unified deployment and implementation of telecommunications operators, through the integration, management and deployment of various computing resources distributed across the network, and through the Internet to provide users with services.

With the development of cloud computing platform of three telecom operators in China, IDC operators enter the whole industrial chain of "cloud, pipe and end". In order to adapt to the new business development direction and complete the Business strategy transformation, IDC operators must make correct and effective adjustment to the business model. That is to ask IDC operators not only to provide communication network business services, we also need to make use of the huge public basic communication network and good operation ability, and provide the information facilities, information production and information application service to users (including government users, enterprise users, etc.) with the continuous development of cloud computing technology. Therefore, the new service management model needs to be introduced urgently.

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)