Cloud computing and virtualization review bumpy road of development

Absrtact: If a few years ago cloud computing was still a concept that made people feel somewhat disoriented, as cloud computing technology matures, the industry now has a broad consensus that cloud computing will be the direction of evolution of the next generation computing model. At present, the construction and application of cloud computing systems are creating an unstoppable vision of it. We see that many of the companies that are already looking at cloud computing are starting to adopt this new computing model.

"In the process of cloud computing from the concept hype to the actual application, enterprises should strengthen the control of user access." ”

From suspicion to acceptance

The past year has been of great significance for the development of China's cloud computing industry. Of particular concern is the Government's increased support for cloud computing from the policy level. The State Council's decision on speeding up the cultivation and development of strategic emerging industries, released October 18, 2010, clearly points out that cloud computing has been identified as one of the "Twelve-Five" strategic emerging industries, with five cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Wuxi pioneering the pilot demonstration of cloud computing services innovation and development. All this shows that cloud computing applications have been fully launched in the Chinese market.

With the development of cloud computing technology and the increasing investment in cloud computing market, many large and medium-sized enterprises in China have changed their attitude towards cloud computing, and gradually from suspicion to practicality. Cloud computing is slowly getting into business applications.

The journey of Virtualization

The realization of virtualization value is an ongoing process on the way to cloud computing. Most enterprises or organizations initially attempt virtualization to increase server efficiency and reduce investment costs, laying the groundwork for the next phase of the virtualization value journey, which extends virtualization to business-critical applications. Next, the user's business agility and service quality improvement will help enterprises and organizations reach the end of the virtualization Value--it service.

The rise of cloud computing has made more and more enterprises realize that virtualization is one of the key technologies to build a cloud infrastructure. With virtualization, organizations can build entirely new information infrastructures without abandoning their existing infrastructure, making more full use of existing IT investments.

Cloud computing is a major change that drives it towards a business-centric model. It focuses on practical results such as operational efficiency, competitiveness, and rapid response. This means that the role of it is transitioning from delivering IT services to optimizing service delivery and usage based on business requirements. This new paradigm transforms previously isolated islands of information into a flexible and efficient resource pool and a virtual infrastructure with self-management capabilities to deliver to users at lower cost and in the form of services. It is the service that provides everything the business needs and maintains the flexibility and agility of the system without losing control of the system.

Virtualization and Cloud computing trend Outlook:

First, the boundaries between private and public clouds will become blurred. In the 2011, as more and more large and medium-sized enterprises adopt a combination of private cloud and hybrid cloud, the combination of private cloud and hybrid cloud will become increasingly tight. Just as the internet has become a day-to-day communication protocol within and outside the enterprise, specific IT resources will be the product of the merging of internal and external cloud technologies. More and more vendors will deliver new infrastructure, management tools, and security tools that allow users to view it from a more unified perspective of the cloud. Virtualization will play an irreplaceable role in the process of combining private cloud with public cloud.

Second, software as a service (SaaS) product will be more widely used. The enterprise's IT department needs better solutions to effectively control user access. At present, a large number of enterprise users around the world have adopted SaaS products, such as Salesforce.com, Success MX, workday, etc. Although these excellent products can help the enterprise grow faster, but the enterprise's IT department still lacks effective control to the visitor, at the same time lacks the strategy regarding the data storage location, even lacks the effective method which prohibits the employee to visit the company network after leaving the staff. Some companies, including VMware, will continue to drive the development of SaaS products over the next 2011 years, introducing more new platforms and solutions to promote the development of user-friendly SaaS offerings for the IT sector.

Finally, new virtualization and cloud computing devices will be used by more enterprise users. Enterprise users need to get more technical support. The IPad, iphone and Android devices will be more widely used in the future, as corporate employees want to be able to use these devices in their work and life. With SaaS applications, access to these devices is usually not permitted by the IT department. Still, it needs to be responsible for managing access to enterprise resources, handling personal data appropriately, and acknowledging complex compliance reports. Today, more and more vendors are refining their SaaS applications to ensure that the application's configuration and management process becomes easier when users access applications using handheld devices.

In the 2011, as cloud computing gradually from the concept of speculation to practical, enterprises should seize the opportunity to break through the limitations of traditional computing methods, technology and application innovation, only in order to fully enjoy the virtualization and cloud computing brings many benefits.

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