Cloud computing: A business platform for the next hundred years

Cloud computing is the future of it, but a lot of people still stay on its concept, connotation and development trend of the bottom, primary issues. The so-called Sky has a cloud of rain, like the mist like rain and like the wind.

approached the clouds


　　


Cloud computing is beautiful, elegant, and very virtualized. To clarify this concept, I would like to use the concept of "carpool family" which has arisen in recent years as a metaphor. "Carpool family" to fight the car, cloud computing is the server, there are striking similarities between them. Moonlight to work without a car, a few people will be with the car family together carpool, so to small say is to make work more comfortable, said to the big place, can save energy, reduce pollution, ease road congestion. And we talk about cloud computing, the fight is the server and resources, to small say is in order to enhance the hardware and services of the enterprise expenditure, to a large point is to save resources, reduce unnecessary waste, alleviate bandwidth congestion problem. Therefore, cloud computing is a reasonable sharing of information. Just like 100 years ago, when everyone used electricity to generate electricity from their own basements, only a few big power plants would be built today, and everyone could use electricity without considering where the electricity came from, as is the case with cloud computing.


　　


, cloud computing is actually a new computing model that can provide IT resources, data and applications to users via the Internet, and cloud computing is also a new infrastructure management method that can manage large, highly virtualized resources to form a huge pool of resources, Uniform provision of services. For the enterprise management of various industries, cloud computing means the breakthrough innovation caused by the combination of it and business-it can transform it into productivity, promote the innovation of business model, and lead the enterprise to develop a blue sea; in the ever-increasing complexity of systems and network applications, As well as the new competitive environment in which enterprises increasingly stress the return on it investment and social responsibility, cloud computing can bring great business opportunities and competitive advantages to the enterprise development in the changing business environment and the adjusted industrial chain.


　　

Commercial applications of
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If cloud computing brings benefits to the IT department of large enterprises, it can be regarded as a pie in the sky for small and medium-sized enterprises. In the past, small companies were understaffed and it budgets were tight, and the productivity of the millions of-dollar IT equipment was a dream far away. Today, cloud computing provides them with large enterprise-class technology, and upfront costs are very low and upgrades are convenient. The importance of cloud computing as a new trend is beyond doubt that it not only wipes out the pros and cons of the size of the enterprise, it is likely to make the pros and cons easier. Simply put, the most powerful and innovative technology in the world today is no longer unique to large enterprises. Cloud computing allows every ordinary enterprise and average person to reach the top it technology at a very low cost.


　　


in particular, cloud computing can integrate various business-related upstream and downstream enterprises and customers into a cloud-based unified application, information sharing of the virtual business platform, and even to achieve cross-sectoral information integration, so as to achieve external business model innovation, collaborative business partners to create competitive blue ocean. For example, integrate the ERP systems of banks, stores, distributors and manufacturers into the cloud platform, short-term credit for the early realization of the store/shop and distributors/manufacturers/consumers in real time settlement, greatly shorten the distribution of distributors and manufacturers of capital consumption and turnover cycle, and the bank also received the corresponding income; Integrating the credit evaluation system of e-commerce website and Bank's special credit rating system can accelerate the development of microfinance business. It is predicted that in 2011 China's online banking turnover will be more than 1100 trillion yuan, by 2015 online banking transactions will reach about 3500 trillion yuan, this support for cross-sectoral operation of the financial Services cloud platform will be a huge benefit.


　　


To cite a successful example, Wuxi National Software Park IPARK-IBM "Pangu World" cloud computing platform project from the beginning of the positioning is not just for the park to provide some computing power and storage capabilities, but also through the incubation of some ISVs developed a common system to provide SMEs, so that they are more focused on the main business, Reduce IT costs on an on-demand basis, while the cloud computing platform enables close collaboration between companies and new business models, and for the Wuxi Software Park, it can increase profitability through multi-tenant. In this cloud platform, IBM and many partners to provide the characteristics of "application", so that the park enterprises in the "cloud" to achieve software product development, testing, production operations and even commercial implementation. For example, only more than 20 employees of the first user-----------------------------the software is a bread baking ERP industry, the traditional market development is to help customers each store to install PCs, and then install stand-alone software. This will require a "sweep shop", on-site implementation and after-sales service costs high, slow. And now the German software business is fully carried out in the cloud, customers as long as there is terminal can access the Internet, from software installation, upgrade to after-sale services can be quickly realized. The little-unknown small business has now developed into the top three of the domestic bakery software. Relying on more and more rich cloud computing platform, Wuxi National Software Park will hatch more successful enterprises.


　　


Ubiquitous Cloud


　　


business prospects and innovative models based on such cloud computing applications are beyond imagination:


　　


City Cloud: The pipeline Department cooperates with telecom companies on a secure cloud platform, through the mobile phone signal positioning to quickly grasp the flow of vehicles, roads, areas, regardless of whether there is a pipe camera, can be in time to do the right things, and this kind of data for urban management to more scientifically plan business district, residential , public transport, hospitals, schools, and even gas stations; smart cities can build the city's general control center through cloud computing, and if the system automatically monitors a sudden influx of people, based on Cross-sectoral comprehensive information and mathematical models, Can be in time to determine whether a sudden event or a registered large-scale performances or activities such as group rallies, so as to provide appropriate security and guidance.


　　


Tourism Cloud: The tourism strategy on the cloud platform will be more magical, people will find more comprehensive information-every scene of the detailed and evaluation, all hotels in each room 3D real, even a small restaurant special delicacies-this information is taken from the civil to the people, meteorology, transportation, business and other departments of the information also gathered in this resource pool, So that the future of travel more perfect; it is also easy for the government to determine which sights should be invested and which parks can be opened free of charge, so as to more scientifically plan and develop tourism business.


　　


Health Cloud: The insurance company, patients and all levels of hospital unified on a cloud platform, the realization of test results and electronic medical record sharing, tele-consultation, online registration and appointment of outpatient services such as efficient, reduce the patient queuing, reimbursement of the pain, save the overall social resources; The common patients will be scientifically diverted to the Community hospital to get the nearest convenient service, while the large general hospital is more focused on the treatment of incurable diseases and critically ill patients, and also avoids the widespread infection caused by SARS or swine flu epidemics when they take various modes of transportation to large hospitals when the patients are diagnosed. More conducive to overall monitoring and control, and the relatively low pressure of the hospital can be through the remote diagnosis on the cloud platform to improve the medical level of community hospitals.


　　


Smart grid: Electricity is a special energy, after the hair can not be saved, must be used out. The smart grid on the cloud platform, by agreement price, full-network scheduling, so that all the operation of power grids from power generation, transmission, distribution, sale of electricity in all aspects can be organically coordinated, to achieve intelligent network scheduling, improve power grid efficiency, energy conservation; At the same time, this cloud platform can also support enterprises and residents more rational, economical electricity.


　　


Internet Cloud: Managing food safety through cloud platforms, for example, the control of meat, rearing or plantation enterprises from breeding/planting, slaughter/harvesting, acquisitions, storage and transportation to public offerings ensures that consumers eat safe meat and eggs, as well as fresh green vegetables, and reduce the price fluctuations resulting from the contradiction between supply and demand caused by information opacity, Reduce the loss caused by the adverse regulation of transportation and distribution; even consumers can go out directly after picking a good product in a supermarket, because through RFID (radio frequency identification) technology can be automated product identification, automatic checkout, and through the associated bank accounts to make payments, thus greatly saving the time to queue checkout.


　　


Industry Cloud: For example, car manufacturers can and related parts enterprises and 4S points through the cloud platform seamless connection, thus unifying product quality standards, timely update design, reduce inventory risk, improve after-sales service level, and through timely after-sale feedback information to avoid the occurrence of mass recall events Cloud platform can also reduce the operating costs of small and medium-sized enterprises, such as a part of the production enterprises just to produce a meager profit of the mold or parts but to use a very expensive design software, industrial core enterprises can be in a cloud platform on the use of time paid to provide software to the enterprise and similar suppliers, In order to reduce the cost of the entire industrial chain while unifying the design standards, the SMEs are further helped to focus their investments on the core manufacturing advantages rather than on it purchases.


　　


leading the century


　　


the above cloud application scenarios abound, but these new, intelligent future is not simply by purchasing hardware and software can be achieved; it is not just a technical issue, it also needs to be combined with the development strategy and business characteristics of the enterprise, and in the next 100 years, this innovative cloud service is to achieve higher profits, lower costs, The key to exploiting the blue sea target. IBM offers business innovation consulting, cloud computing architecture design, end-to-end services for cloud computing deployments, supported by 13 cloud computing centers around the world, help industry organizations of all sizes build cloud infrastructures, provide technology and products to implement cloud, manage cloud computing centers, and help enterprises quickly achieve business innovation and change, Optimize processes, reduce costs, integrate upstream and downstream partners and build innovative industrial eco-chains. IBM is already operating on the cloud, including sales management, order Processing, customer management and many other businesses have been operating on the cloud platform. Combined with IBM's century-old global wisdom resources and industry insights into corporate consulting and IT services, cloud computing will be not just a vision, a technology, but an important strategy for successful companies in the 21st century. The market is fast changing, business opportunities flash by, so that more enterprises from now on a cloud road!


 

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)