Zhang yaqin: cloud computing, Microsoft is not late

Zhang yaqin, senior vice president of Microsoft worldwide and chairman of Microsoft China, said in an interview that there is no new content in the hot-selling cloud computing. As early as eight years ago, Microsoft's. NET strategy included cloud computing content, but it was translated into grid computing and other names.

. NET strategy includes "cloud computing"

Since last year, "cloud computing" has become the focus of hot topics in the industry. IBM and Google have been scrambling to propose cloud computing. "the basic principle of cloud computing is, by distributing computing on a large number of distributed computers,
In contrast to local computers or remote servers, enterprise data centers are more similar to the Internet. This allows enterprises to switch resources to the desired applications and access computers and storage systems as needed ."
Willy Chiu, vice president of the IBM high performance on demand solution team, once explained cloud computing. However, Microsoft's voice does not seem to sound loud.

"The. NET strategy proposed by Microsoft eight years ago already contains cloud computing content ." Zhang yaqin said that cloud computing refers to the distribution of various applications in global data centers. These applications can be dynamically distributed to clients as needed. This is the same as grid computing and distributed computing in the past few years.

As early as eight years ago, Microsoft's ". Net" strategy included three parties: the network as the computing and storage center, and the network-based operating systems and development tools;
The third is to develop a more user-friendly and natural interface. Zhang yaqin believes that Microsoft has been relatively successful in both the second and third aspects, while Microsoft has taken a detour at the first point, completely using the network as the storage computing concept, that is, the current cloud computing concept,
A more balanced view is required.

"Many scholars in the industry are hyping over cloud computing, but there is no new content. The industry should consider how to allocate resources in a more appropriate and economical way ." Said Zhang yaqin. IDC analyst frankgens believes that, in a sense, cloud computing is a natural further development of grid computing models.

However, Zhang yaqin admitted that Microsoft has indeed taken some detours in cloud computing. At the end of this year or early next year, Microsoft will launch more products and services, including search, advertising, and cloud computing storage.

"Software as a service" should not go to extremes

Like "cloud computing", SAAS (software as a Service) has become a hot spot for many vendors in the past two years. Microsoft has proposed the concept of "Software + service" (S + S). This concept integrates many
Some technologies and theories-software as a service (SAAS), Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), and Web 2.0 ".

Zhang yaqin believes that "software as a service" (SAAS) is a trend, but over-emphasizing "software as a service" (SAAS) seems a bit "Naive ". The growth of software as a product is indeed inferior to that of software as a service.
So fast, but the current bandwidth is not free, it is unlikely that the software will completely become a service. Software such as the operating system and office are installed on the client, which is better than downloading through the network.

"Some companies have done a good job in product production, and all of them ran to provide services and finally lost their products. This misled the industry ." Said Zhang yaqin. "Products" and "services" are equally important. Those who believe that the software will disappear or be free of charge in the future are not at all extreme.

In Microsoft's view, "software as a service" is not the highest point in service transformation, but just a way to deliver software. The focus of Microsoft's policy "s + S" (software + Service) is actually the leader of the crowd, providing different choices.

Microsoft believes that many people prefer to keep their emails on the Web end, but most people want to place their personal financial records on their study or home office PCs. In another extreme, many corporate CIOs
There are hundreds of applications, not all of which are suitable for remote use. On the contrary, it may not be reasonable for all applications to be used locally-it may be accepted by an SaaS provider
This is the ideal choice for lower cost and easier service provision of an application.

In Zhang yaqin's view, the "S + S" (software + Service) strategy is a more balanced strategy.