Wei Early warning cloud computing blind Investment: standards and security needs to be resolved

At the end of February, Beijing Super Cloud Computing Center opened; March 22, 2012 China (Chongqing) International Cloud Computing Expo and the "Fourth annual Cloud computing China Summit" will be opened in Chongqing and Beijing, respectively, Guangzhou Mayor Jianhua recently also revealed that Guangzhou will spend 2.4 billion yuan to buy a supercomputer (1.1 billion times per second) To promote the development of digital city and cloud computing in Guangzhou ... Cloud computing, the high hopes of the strategic emerging industry, in addition to the central government a series of policy-nurturing, the various cloud computing pilot cities are also stepping up their own industrial development planning to compete for the commanding heights of the market.

Wang Shengai, general manager of IBM Greater China's cloud computing division, said in an interview with reporters in South China that, unlike foreign companies that rely mainly on corporate power to push cloud computing, the cloud is mainly driven by government hands. "By promoting the landing of cloud computing, the government drives and changes the development of local economy through business model and technological innovation, and realizes industrial upgrading." ”

However, in the recently held China Development Forum, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Minister Wei issued an early warning, "in foreign countries, cloud computing is mainly the integration of existing server resources, the idle resources to integrate, the establishment of a virtual data center." But in many places in the country, is often millions of new servers, there is a lot of blindness. ”

Local Government blindness Highlights

From abroad, the main drivers of cloud computing are IBM, Google, Microsoft, Oracle and other IT giants, while at home, cloud computing is the main driver, but the government departments and telecommunications operators. At the China Development Forum held on March 18, Wei stressed that the development of China's cloud computing should be combined with the layout adjustment of the communications industry. "Government cloud" will give priority to development, "corporate cloud" and "private cloud" will also gradually develop. Wei on many occasions, the use of information technology to transform and upgrade the traditional industry, which is more than any other new inventions, new technology breakthroughs are more overall and strategic significance, which is Wei to emphasize the priority to develop "government cloud" reasons.

Sadie Consultant IT systems Industry Research Center Business Director Sun Hui in the interview with reporters in South China also stressed that cloud computing in the information construction and application play an important role, can promote the upgrading of traditional industries and the accelerated cultivation of new industries. "Our industry authorities have played an important role in the overall layout of cloud computing infrastructure, and local governments are becoming the main catalyst for a new generation of cloud computing infrastructure," he said. ”

At present, the state has approved Beijing, Shanghai, Wuxi, Shenzhen, Hangzhou five cities for the cloud computing model city, the government has invested in the construction of large-scale cloud computing centers over 10. Many more cities are planning their own "cloud computing" blueprints. Take Chongqing as an example, the city proposed to build Chongqing's largest cloud computing center, the goal of the end to have millions of servers, production value of hundreds of billions of dollars in the size of the "cloud" base; Chengdu, Sichuan, also vigorously promote the development of cloud computing industry, by 2015, Chengdu Cloud computing industry will reach

Sadie Consultants released a series of cloud computing industry reports that under the Government's strong impetus, China's cloud computing applications will be government, telecommunications, education, medical, financial, petrochemical and power industries as the focus, the market size from 2010 to 16.7 billion yuan to 2013 117.4 billion yuan, The annual compound growth rate reached 91.5%. and "Twelve-Five" period, cloud computing industry chain scale can reach 750 billion to 1 trillion yuan.

However, under the cloud computing boom, the blindness of some local governments also showed up, so that Wei had to come forward to give warning. Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, China Electronic Society Cloud Computing Experts committee chairman Li Deii also said, "many local governments, although the definition of cloud computing as a strategic emerging industry, but still use the original land expropriation, building houses and investment, the cloud computing into a second real estate." ”

Wang Shengai also told the South reporters, how many servers are not the key, but to pay attention to the application of the landing. "IBM in cloud computing, more emphasis on how to use existing IT resources, improve resource utilization, reduce costs, so that enterprises more competitive." ”

Standard and safety problems need to be solved

Cloud computing development Rapid, but the standard of cloud computing, the security question, has been puzzling the two big hidden troubles which the industry develops, solves these two problems, has become the cloud computing industry development urgent matter.

From the standard, the lack of standards, so that the cloud computing industry has a beggar-thy-neighbour phenomenon, if different companies, industries using different technologies of cloud computing solutions, the different solutions to the "communication" is a problem, which will make cloud computing "power" greatly reduced; from a security standpoint, As cloud computing is putting users ' data in the cloud, are these data stored in the cloud secure? Will there be a leak when the data is invoked? These problems make users misgivings when using cloud computing. In particular, banks, telecommunications, medical care, insurance and other very important data security industry, to enhance the security of cloud computing, lifting their worries, become cloud computing industry development process must solve the problem.

Representative of the National People's Congress, China Telecom (micro-blog) Hunan Company General manager Liao Renbin pointed out that the lack of unified cloud computing standards, fragmented, resulting in a variety of applications can not work together, information interaction difficulties, the calculation of resources can not be effectively shared, the standard of the unification has become a bottleneck in the development In addition, cloud computing's legal environment and security system have not yet been established, which restricts the application of cloud computing. Therefore, China should speed up research and development of cloud computing related technical standards and norms, focus on the solution of cloud computing security technology issues, and formulate and improve relevant laws and regulations to ensure the sustainable and healthy development of cloud computing industry in China.

IBM Department of Systems and Technology China industry and key customer technical support general manager Liang told the south reporters, cloud computing domain standard problem, indeed has not formed, the industry lacks norms. "In these areas the industry leader or the government can be responsible for promoting the regulation." For example, if you use the cloud services, from the use of this to another, there will be many problems, such as data security. This requires the relevant government departments to monitor the cloud computing provider, to ensure the privacy of user data. “

Wang Shengai stressed that for the cloud security, there are more sharp spear has a stronger shield, there is a stronger shield there will be more sharp spear, security problems, only relying on technical means is not enough, but also need to build credibility. "Cloud computing itself as an ecosystem, it wants to complete operation, not that you have some kind of technology to take out, security problems are completely solved." But the whole ecosystem is going to create a chain of credibility, just like a bank, with predictable remedial measures even if there are problems. The credibility of the trust has been established, and the problem of cloud security has been solved. ”

Dialog

IBM Greater China Cloud Computing Division general manager Wang Shengai:

Cloud computing applications to promote industry barriers need to break

To "scientific and technological innovation, the achievement of wisdom growth" as the theme of the "IBM Forum 2012" was held in Beijing. At this forum, IBM said, with the explosive growth of mobile devices and Internet of things, "big data" has become the most important time characteristic of the current information technology development process. With the advent of the big data age, more and more enterprises are aware of the use of information technology means to explore new growth wisdom from large data. What role will cloud computing play in the "Big Data" era? On this issue, the reporter interviewed the IBM Greater China Region Cloud Computing Division general manager Wang Shengai.

Reporter: China's cloud computing is now mainly the government in the promotion, the Government's main goal is to promote the application of cloud computing. Compared with dispersed enterprises, cloud computing will be more efficient if it can be promoted by industry users such as telecoms, banking, health care, education and government agencies. However, because each industry has its own "special situation", cloud computing in the promotion will encounter a variety of obstacles?

Wang Shengai: We've seen what you're saying, but I also admit that it's hard to do something. For example, in the medical industry, we are trying to use cloud computing technology to do a big consolidation on a medical platform. But we found a very real problem, in any city there are three, two hospitals, factories and mines hospitals, military hospitals and so on, but health reform most want to push is the community hospital, let the people nearby medical treatment. This model requires a system that requires all hospitals to share health records and medical records.

But now it is impossible, there is a conflict of interest and responsibility of the problem, a hospital was finished, did not see the result. Go to B Hospital, he will let you check again. If you go to B hospital with something from a hospital, he won't admit it. This is an interest-obsessed body. This contradiction makes the data sharing, exchange there are huge obstacles, cloud computing is difficult to get real applications. If I can do something, I think it needs a medical reform. But this we can not do, need someone to push to break the industry barriers.

Reporter: Many people believe that cloud computing can help users save money, many cloud computing vendors also as the promotion of cloud computing "selling point." In your opinion, what is the core driving force of cloud computing?

Wang Shengai: The most important thing about cloud computing is the driving power of the business, which drives business, not just saving money. Cloud computing to really get a good application, must be with your business, so easier to get the approval of your business unit, and easy to bring benefits. For example, large game manufacturers to do the public test, may need countless machines in doing, after finished feel no, the game to change, postpone the introduction of six months, or simply waste it. is the machine purchased or rented in such a short time? When you are very hot, such as the original expected to use 100 servers is enough, the result of a person bursting, game manufacturers can not overnight, within an hour immediately become 200 servers to support. And that's what cloud-based platforms can do. Telecom operators if the traditional organization frame into a rental computing power model, through the integration of software, hardware, services, to provide game manufacturers, can meet the needs of game manufacturers.

Journalist: There is a view that cloud computing is better suited to X86 servers, while large UNIX computers are less suited to cloud computing. What do you think of this problem?

Wang Shengai: This is a misunderstanding. Cloud computing is not just about cheap, but also about reliability and stability in order to give customers better service. IBM's practice has proven that applying cloud computing on UNIX servers is even better than X86 because you don't have to reduce reliability. Lowering your application from UNIX to the X86 platform is a big risk if you don't make any application changes, and if you change the application, it's better to expand into a cloud on the original platform.

High-end systems can provide cloud computing, and high-end systems can be the ideal choice for the cloud. IBM has never advocated that customers abandon all the IT infrastructure now, buy a new cloud, which is absolutely not cost-effective for customers, and the cost of customers will be great.

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)