Cloud computing standard building still in primary stage domestic manufacturers follow international route

Dialogue guests:

The IT product line of Huawei Company, Dr. Song Jie

Wave Cloud Program and service division general manager Li Chunxiao

Aliyun

Cloud computing, as an innovative application model in the field of information technology, has been regarded as the core of a new generation of information technology change and business model reform, and has a broad market prospect. But the industry on the landing of the cloud has been slow to success cases, the standard has not been fully unified is an important reason to hinder its development. At the same time, the standardization work of cloud computing is one of the important basic work in promoting cloud computing technology industry and application development, as well as industry informatization construction, which has been highly valued by Governments and domestic and international standardization organizations and associations in recent years. This issue of the communications World weekly Dialogue domestic cloud computing standards research guests, together to explore the current cloud computing standardization research.

Standard focused IaaS layer

World Weekly of Communications:

How do you see the impact and significance of cloud computing standards on the development of cloud computing industry?

Song Jie:

The cloud computing industry is booming, with various innovations emerging. In some business and business models relatively mature areas, suitable for standardization activities. At present, the industry's standardization focus on the cloud computing Infrastructure Layer (IaaS) standardization, in these areas to develop and promote the relevant standards, promote interoperability between different clouds, business smooth migration, reduce user cost, to the development of cloud computing industry has a positive and important significance.

Li Chunxiao:

The establishment and unification of cloud computing standards is the basis of large-scale development of cloud computing industry, cloud computing technologies and services in a decentralized, multiple-standard system increase the complexity of using cloud services and cloud products, reduce user satisfaction, and affect the spread and dissemination of cloud computing, which ultimately leads to cloud computing spreading and developing only in small areas.

The establishment of cloud computing standards can unify the industry's understanding of cloud computing and define the relationships between roles in the cloud computing world. To provide a roadmap of cloud computing standards through standardization work, clear between manufacturers, manufacturers and users of the Division of Labor, cooperative relations, the establishment of cloud computing-related technical models and business models, so that users and the public can understand, accept, trust and willing to use cloud computing services, so as to make cloud computing cloud for rain, moist the earth.

Aliyun：

In the rapid development of cloud computing today, cloud computing has gradually entered the practical stage from the concept stage to the landing. The development of cloud computing has two obvious characteristics: first, the continuous emergence of innovation makes cloud computing appear rich particularity; second, the maturity of the landing products and services also makes the similarity of cloud computing very obvious. Obviously, we cannot and cannot standardize on the new things of cloud computing, which will limit or even stifle the vitality of cloud computing innovation, but the necessary standardization of the products and services that have gradually landed will benefit the development of the cloud computing industry.

At present, the cloud computing standard has the following two aspects to the cloud industry development influence and the significance.

First, the standardization of cloud computing services provider service products and service quality. For the existing cloud computing service providers, you can make existing products more mature and standardized, for the upcoming cloud computing industry manufacturers, these norms have a positive guiding significance.

The second is to guide cloud computing users to reasonably choose cloud computing products and services. By setting cloud computing specifications, users have a standard to refer to when choosing the cloud computing services of each vendor, which is significant for the popularity of cloud computing services.

China and the United States have obvious advantages

World Weekly of Communications:

How is the current domestic cloud computing standardization process implemented? What level is it compared with foreign countries?

Song Jie:

Cloud computing standards began to rise internationally in 2009, followed by a rapid pace of domestic cloud computing standards. At present, the relevant standards organizations in China are not only actively developing relevant norms, but also actively synchronizing with international standards. As China is the main contributor to ISO SC38 cloud computing standards, CESI and CCSA have established strategic alliances, respectively, with the internationally renowned cloud standards organization DMTF.

Li Chunxiao:

There are many international organizations in the standardization of cloud computing, the content of the definition of cloud computing, interoperability and integration standards, service Interface standards, program development standards, portability standards, security standards, etc., covering the cloud computing construction, development, services, operations, such as the entire lifecycle, Interested groups want to be able to take their place in cloud computing standards.

The market already has Amazon's EC2, EBS and other standards, as well as Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA), the United States National Laboratory (NIST), Open Cloud Alliance (OCC), Cloud Standard Customer Committee (CSCC) and many other international organizations set up the relevant standards, Basically covers the entire lifecycle of cloud computing, and there is a degree of interoperability and interoperability between different cloud computing systems.

At present, domestic companies in the cloud computing standards started relatively late, only a small number of companies and organizations involved in the aforementioned part of the cloud computing international standards organizations, such as the wave, Huawei, ZTE, Kingdee, Shuguang, China Mobile, Unicom, Baidu, Alibaba and so on. Current China's cloud computing standards research has begun, some local and industry authorities have carried out a lot of research and developed a number of standards and models, some already in the world's leading level, but not yet fully systematic, we need to study international standards based on the integration of domestic cloud computing environment and applications, The establishment of China's cloud computing system and industry standards, to achieve our cloud computing industry rapid promotion and replication.

Aliyun：

The domestic cloud computing standardization work has carried on the extensive discussion foundation, has completed the cloud computing concept and the terminology unification, initially constructs the Cloud computing standard system framework, some standards already entered the draft preparation and the discussion, expected next year will have a batch of standard draft to be submitted for approval.

In the world, the standardization of cloud computing has just started, the more active countries are mainly the United States and China. Basically, China is at a fairly high level with the US in the process of international cloud computing, and the two countries have obvious advantages over other countries and regions.

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)