Where is virtualization and cloud computing heading?

We are in an interesting historical node. VMware's success stems from the very compelling value proposition we have – addressing the irrational side of the client-server era: people buy our technology to cope with the spread of the servers and save a portion of their capital expenditure by consolidating the servers ...

The era of new level of it field

We are in an interesting historical node. VMware's success stems from the very compelling value proposition we have – addressing the irrational side of the client-server era: people buy our technology to cope with the spread of servers and save a portion of their capital spending by consolidating servers, In the process they found that they could actually solve some of the operational efficiencies.

But we also realize that unless we have forward-looking thinking, we will be seen as the end of the client-server era, not the opening chapter of the next era-the era of cloud computing. We believe that there is a fundamental shift in the field-cloud computing is actually a new level of layering in it.

This new horizontal layering includes three levels of infrastructure, application tier, and end user interface. We believe that profound changes have taken place in all three levels. In simple terms, the infrastructure is fundamentally transformed into a new layer of automation, applications are changing the way they are developed, and finally, the way in which application results are delivered to end users is changing.

In the 2011, VMware launched a number of heavyweight products and services in the three-tier architecture of cloud computing infrastructure and management, cloud computing applications and end-user computing. July 13, the company launched including VMware vsphere 5, VMware VShield? 5. VMware vcenter? Site Recovery Manager 5 and VMware vcloud? VMware Cloud Computing Infrastructure Suite (CIM), such as Director 1.5, to help customers with it change, improve the efficiency of existing investments, and improve operational flexibility; At the cloud computing application platform level, The company has also launched an integrated application platform for virtualization and cloud environments Vfabric 5, the industry's first open PAAs solution--cloud Foundry and a new enterprise-class database, the service platform Vfabric data Director, Greatly enriched the platform for cloud computing applications; In the area of end-user computing, Virtual desktop solutions in the cloud computing environment View 5 and VMware Deepwater, which extends cloud application management to Windows and mobile applications, to achieve any time, any location, Any access mode of post-PC era new mode of work forward.

The launch of this series of products and services lays the foundation for our users and applications to move more firmly into cloud computing. Although the pace of advancement at all levels is inconsistent. For example, the cloud infrastructure and management are more mature than the other two layers.

Virtualization and cloud computing are accelerating towards universal

As we predicted earlier, cloud computing is accelerating towards universal popularity. The annual Cloud Maturity Index survey, conducted jointly by VMware and Forrester Research this year, shows that users are increasingly seeing cloud computing as a key factor in their business competitiveness, and users across the Asia-Pacific region are accelerating the adoption of cloud computing: 87% Respondents think that cloud computing is relevant to its business, not just for cost savings, which has grown 1 time times over the past two years, and that the larger the size of the business, the higher the level of awareness and the higher the adoption rate of cloud computing. 64% of surveyed companies are or are planning to adopt cloud computing, compared to 22% in 2009, with the highest proportion of Chinese users planning to use cloud computing in the future, reaching 46%.

Other survey data also show the growing popularity of cloud computing from different perspectives: data privacy has replaced security as the most important factor for cloud computing users; corporate CEOs have risen from 53% last year to 58% this year.

At the same time, users ' perceptions of cloud computing and virtualization are deepening: virtualization, together with security and isolation, is thought to be the most basic module for building cloud computing; 68% of the surveyed companies believe virtualization is one of its core 10 business applications, compared with 65% last year.

The survey also shows that the current enterprise concerns the private cloud far beyond the public cloud: 40% of customers only consider using a private cloud, and 46% of customers will consider using a hybrid cloud. Only 5% of users consider using a private cloud.

In addition, according to Gartner, 40% of all the applications that can be virtualized are currently virtualized and running on VMware-focused virtual infrastructure. This number is growing by about 10% a year, which means that a large number of customers no longer use virtualization for their data center edges, but are really using it as a core strategy.

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)