What is a cloud terminal

Cloud Terminal, the next generation PC called "Cloud Terminal", it no longer needs the central processing unit, hard disk, video card, even operating system and application software, because all of these functions are done by the public cloud server, it is a small set-top box, or directly built into the monitor. "The price is only 500 yuan." ”

Cloud terminal, not necessarily mobile device, this concept and notebook, netbook, tablet computer distinguish, they are not a class of devices, can not do comparisons. The future cloud terminal may be a sign of a signpost, click to get the appropriate information, can be integrated into the spreadsheet, can be in the car, can also be placed at home linked to the game server terminal.

Cloud Terminal is by far the most economical computer network solution, single price only hundreds of yuan, according to statistics, to achieve the same function of the commercial network system, cloud Terminal system and traditional PC system compared to: in the procurement link will save 70% of the input, in the system operation and maintenance links, will reduce the cost of 90%; On the cost of use, 50 cloud terminals are equivalent to a common PC power consumption, electricity savings is considerable.

Cloud computing "will change the computer" chassis + monitor mode, in the future, including television, mobile phones, game consoles can become the end of the network equipment, the computer because of the ubiquitous, so that we can not see it, this is the ubiquitous computing. And as the concept of cloud computing matures, telecom operators, hardware suppliers and software service providers merged into one, the traditional PC industry, the operating system and the processor platform in the dominant position will be reduced, PC manufacturers will have more power of speech and development opportunities.

The cloud terminal is a kind of exquisite and chic network computer, can run as a mini PC alone, carry on webpage browsing, also can construct share compute network, carry out business Operation network with innovative cost advantage recently, "cloud" has become the most popular noun in IT industry. Since Google launched the "cloud computing", the IT industry's major manufacturers have been involved in a "war in the cloud." Stretching from "cloud computing", many it vendors have also launched a corresponding "cloud plan" based on the realities of their industry, such as IBM's Blue Cloud program, EMC's cloud storage, and so on.

Cloud terminal is based on cloud computing system theory to achieve cloud deployment, office, access to a terminal equipment, cloud terminal technology to achieve shared host resources, desktop terminals without permission, significantly reduce hardware investment and software license overhead, green environmental protection, provincial maintenance, is the era of information development high-end products! Only in the cloud server settings, you do is only connected to the network cable, monitor and mouse keyboard, gently press the power switch, cloud end users can carry out business operations, can also swim network, implementation is very convenient. Server-side unified management terminal, upgrade and maintenance work in the service side, really do terminal close to 0 maintenance. Terminal data is not stored on the local computer, but stored in the central host (server), data storage is more secure and reliable, while the cloud Terminal host virus-free infection, with the perfect anti-virus characteristics.

The so-called "cloud", in fact, refers to the backend (server side), usually we can not see that end, because it is usually rare to see, so there is a sense of illusory, perhaps because of this reason, is called "Cloud" bar. What we can see at ordinary times, of course, is the PC and mobile phone These things, which is called "client".

Since the advent of the PC era, C/S (client/server-side) structure began to occupy the mainstream position, the world's computing power seems to have been tilted to the client, the result is a new generation of industry leaders Microsoft and Intel, they started from the client, first of all to control the client's computing power, And then into the server side, ultimately subversion of IBM and other powerful server-side computing capabilities of the manufacturer's leadership position.

The so-called "30 years Hedong, 30 years of Hexi", with the internet this subversive new platform, I feel the computational power and slowly tilt to the server side. In the simplest case, if you have a laptop in your hand, but you don't have the Internet, you can use it as a calculator and a typewriter, and you can't do anything about it. And as long as the internet, a lot of computing power is actually given to the backend server. So for media reporters like me, one does not need too strong computing power, but must be able to connect to the Internet anytime, anywhere, whether it is called notebook computer or netbook, or mid, also enough.

Many "traditional" it vendors have seen the great danger behind this shift in computing power, and if they cannot find their place in the new era, they are likely to be marginalized in the future, and that's why Microsoft is so anxious to buy Yahoo, EMC, a very traditional storage vendor, is also starting to yell at cloud storage. In this new era, having a powerful server-side computing power is an admirable thing, so we see both Google and IBM building a data center on a global scale as its "cloud computing hub."