Cloud computing will occupy the IT market

Frank, Senior Vice President and Chief Analyst of IDC Consulting. jin said, "IDC recently conducted a market research on IT management, Chief Information Officer, and main business directors. The results show that cloud services are entering people's field of view and are becoming universally recognized and accepted. In addition, IDC predicts that the current financial crisis has also contributed to the adoption of cloud computing. The cloud model provides enterprises with a more cost-effective way to purchase and use it. in a period of economic downturn, the cost advantage is undoubtedly the most attractive. This advantage is especially important for small and medium-sized enterprises ".

In order to determine the size of the cloud computing opportunity and the development direction of the opportunity, analysts of the IDC consulting company pay attention to the cloud computing trend and reach consensus.

 

When it comes to cloud computing, it usually refers to the online delivery and consumption modes of business and consumer services. However, in most cases, cloud computing runs in the background of a recognized service, such as banking, online shopping, or online storage. Therefore, IDC consulting companies believe that it is important to distinguish cloud services from cloud computing environments that implement these services.

 

-- Cloud services are commercial products, services, and solutions delivered and consumed through the network.

-- Cloud computing is an emerging IT development, configuration, and delivery model that enables real-time delivery of products, services, and solutions through the network.

 

The attribute of cloud services is to make products and services easier, more cost-effective, and better than traditional delivery models. These attributes can reduce enterprise costs, simplify and accelerate the access process, greatly enrich the number and types of available services, and stimulate the potential of service integration.

 

With the creation of cloud services, cloud computing is composed of a series of technologies and IT products that implement cloud services, including infrastructure systems (generators, storage, networks), application software, system and application software management software, IP network and price agreement.

 

The shift to cloud computing is driven by three types of market forces: Search businesses are rapidly developing in some important new areas, including Brazil, Russia, India, China, and small and medium enterprises; in these important markets, traditional approaches lack solutions to meet these development needs. These new models are used to profit from the competitive pressures of emerging manufacturers.

 

IDC consulting companies believe that there are two main opportunities for IT suppliers to Promote the Development of cloud services. One of the opportunities for IT suppliers is to consider delivering their IT products or services to consumers through the cloud model. This means they need to consider whether they can access the software-as-a-service business, storage cloud business, and server cloud business. The second opportunity facing IT suppliers is to consider how current and future products support user development, configuration, Global Business delivery, and consumer cloud services. In other words, it is to provide other people with tools to access the cloud service business.

 

To succeed, cloud service providers must deliver traditional and cloud-Integrated Hybrid products and services. According to IDC market research results, the most important thing for cloud service providers is to provide competitive price and performance assurance. If necessary, it is also important to understand the user's industry and application cloud service capabilities.