Cloud is the last chance for High-tech industry to go to the forefront

Tian, the "comeback", looks at the cloud, and he believes that cloud computing will be the "last chance" for China's high-tech industry to move to the forefront. After the experience of doing the fund, Tian with the help of capital, the industry chain and ecosystem approach to cloud computing, and to integrate all aspects of resources to create a cloud base innovation model.

From Beijing International trade has been to the south 20 kilometers into the development zone of the North Industrial Software Park, a dark gray building and surrounding buildings in the appearance looks very different. The difference is much more than that of other companies, the building is made up of companies whose names are mostly "cloud" or "sky"; companies are related to each other, their business revolves around cloud computing, and they are distributed sequentially across the cloud-computing chain; These companies have the same investment in China's broadband capital, and this is the Tian "third pioneering" of the "base"-Cloud base.

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Tian also clearly remembers what was seen in Silicon Valley in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, and the economic shock has not worn out Silicon Valley's creative will, but has spawned a new revolution, "a new cloud-centred innovation." With investment banks dedicated to cloud computing and consulting services dedicated to cloud computing, the entire ecosystem was quickly formed, and "by the end of last year, there were thousands of cloud-related innovations in Silicon Valley." "This change began at least the year before," he said. "The discovery that Tian every trip to the United States will take two or three weeks to study the various innovations in Silicon Valley around cloud computing, he felt not only excited but also a deep sense of crisis," I am very anxious every time, from all levels. ”

For more than more than 20 years, China's high-tech industry has indeed spawned innovative companies like Lenovo, Huawei, Baidu, Tencent and Alibaba, while US innovation leaders have continued from Microsoft, Google and Apple to a new round of Facebook, Twitter, Can China also have the same creative genes and dynamism as America? "This change we do not study, do not understand, the conflict is very large," Tian not only from the rapid development of cloud computing in foreign countries, but also worried that the Chinese industry on this change seems to have no "hungry heart." "It's a lack of curiosity compared to the early days of the internet," he said, "when he communicated to the Chinese industry what he saw in Silicon Valley, the interaction was not as enthusiastic as expected," and I think this round of communication is less. ”

In Tian's view, whether it is to advocate open Google's Android, or take the closed line of Apple's App Store, all embodies the power of cloud computing, cloud computing will bring changes than the PC market changes are more profound. "The conditions for the cloud industry to start are all ready," he said, in terms of popularity of broadband, breakthroughs in virtualization technology, and the emergence of large-scale data. And he felt more deeply, cloud computing will be China's high-tech industry to the forefront of the "last chance", so already 107 years old he decided to move from behind the scenes to the front, from the United States to carry the banner of cloud computing back, and faster, because now is at the tipping point of cloud computing.

To win the revolution, Tian realised that it was impossible to walk on a "completely spontaneous" path that relied on a single or a few companies to break through the dots, but should be from the establishment of a complete industrial chain and ecological system of the point of order, which he has been the harvest of funds over the years, "Do the fund has a benefit, the structure of all aspects of understanding more profound." Unlike in the past as a business, with the experience of fund management, will consider starting from the industrial chain upstream and downstream investment, whether it can promote faster. "His idea is not isolated," including Beijing Economic and technological development zone and so on, they are involved in the joint establishment of the cloud base with broadband capital, and the Special Investment fund "cloud fund" behind the Shanghai Yangpu District government and another one with the background of the Shanghai government venture capital fund figure. In the business world, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, Trend Technology founder Ming and so on are all involved in the investment.

Aggregation effect

From Asiainfo, Netcom, cloud base will be Tian the third pioneering process, he often jokingly said, "is also my last venture," but for him, this "last venture", whether from the investment point of view or from the perspective of business, will likely be more than 5 years, 10, or even longer. In fact, the Cloud Fund is a "No exit mechanism of the Fund", "the idea was not to consider the short-term benefits, from the perspective of promoting the relevant industries, to promote the cause," in his eyes, capital is a tool, not an end, but ultimately to the entrepreneurs, products, social services, "because the times are different, The most scarce resource in this era is not capital, but creative people, the most important.

"Why do I do cloud base?" is to concentrate on people, to concentrate on knowledge, focus on enterprises, to do a more practical products and services, because I know the scary place, "in the face of the current domestic cloud computing some chaotic situation, Tian some helpless," so must be realistic to do, and the first day must have income, have a profit model, so can do. "So far, the" opening "in less than a year of the cloud base has settled 11 companies, 9 of them are technology companies that cover a number of key aspects of the cloud industry chain from cloud system integrators to resource pool providers, from cloud data center providers to cloud network facility providers, as he says, like the world's Super cloud, Cloud Cube, Friends of the system and so have orders in hand, "Friends of the system as a development of cloud operating system software companies, today can do 50 million or 60 million yuan income, not easy." “

As the accumulation effect gradually appears, the scale of cloud base is also expanding unceasingly, next, Tian will extend the model of Beijing cloud base to other cities, and Shanghai Cloud base is ready. Unlike Beijing's cloud base, Shanghai will be more inclined to set up clusters of cloud computing applications, which will be used in different ways, "more open" and possibly in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Nanjing.

Tian also frankly said that these models are still in the exploration, "in fact, the so-called model is in the continuous resolution of the formation, like many enterprises, in their entrepreneurial time did not think of today's model, I think the exploration is very important." "But one thing is predictable, the pervasive results of cloud computing will lead to a significant cost reduction in computing and storage resources," What kind of business model after the cheap, it will take some time, but at least the system vendors can do the first, "is the cloud base is currently doing the server, Container Modular data center, operating system and so on.

In Tian's heart there is an unfinished business, the establishment of "broadband hope Primary School", let the knowledge of the greatest degree of openness, as early as in the Netcom era, he has been doing this, but because technology and cost constraints do not fully achieve the goal, cloud computing is a good solution to the two problems faced at the time-"cloud box" and "cloud" Replace expensive optical fibres and terminals, "and when we do something, we'll do it with money," he insists, with a strong belief that cloud computing is not just about technological change, but about social change.

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