Can a cloud-like announcement Herald an IBM power architecture moving towards a public cloud?

Abstract: As cloud computing IaaS domain of an innovative brand like the official release, like Cloud is the first in the country based on the OpenPOWER architecture of cloud computing IaaS platform and provider, as the originator of the cloud, such as business online, ZTE Cloud services, new cloud East, etc. As an innovative brand in cloud computing IaaS domain-like cloud officially released, like Cloud is the first in China based on the OpenPOWER architecture of cloud computing IaaS platform and provider, as the originator of cloud-like business online, ZTE Cloud services, The new cloud orient and so on each indicated that based on OpenPOWER architecture constructs the cloud computing service platform The determination and the ability.


Ibmpower Server, as a typical representative of high-performance and high-reliability servers, has long occupied a large market share in the core computing capabilities of China's high-end server market, such as banking, government, telecoms, manufacturing, and so on, but with the rapid use of cloud computing in various industries, The powerful computing power of a single physical machine is being weakened by cloud computing cluster operations, and I believe IBM saw this, and in 2013, IBM announced that power technology would be gradually open and that the OpenPOWER Alliance and foundation would be established, Today, 65 manufacturers have joined the OpenPOWER Alliance, from chips, hosting, servers, middleware and even databases, operating systems, and so on, although manufacturers from joining to become a mature eco-chain still need time and process, but at least show the power camp is already in the open, On the Power8 server released this year, we saw its powerful ability to support cloud computing and large data, demonstrating IBM's reluctance to let power servers be weakened by the X86 architecture of cloud computing, Believing that a power architecture like the cloud is a step in the process of IBM China's important transition from selling power servers to selling power cloud services, as the vice president of IBM Greater China and the general manager of systems and technology, Mr. Guo Renshong, said at the conference: " A power architecture like the cloud will show that OpenPOWER technology is recognized! ”


Power as an IBM High-performance server for more applications in the exclusive environment of high computing performance requirements, like the cloud as a public cloud and mixed cloud service providers to the traditional private environment of the application and user groups migrated to the public cloud and mixed cloud, have to say is still need to constantly strive for transformation of the process, We speculate that the answer, as Mr Shang, president of New Cloud East, says: "Power Linux is a powerful player in the public cloud infrastructure, with its high cost-performance ratio, and future reliance on open systems and open communities, such as Linux and opening stack." "In this way, IBM will use its open powrer exerting force and cloud computing, build the cloud computing ecosystem based on Openpwer, like Cloud is undoubtedly the forerunner in front!"