Cloud service closure and open debate opens up the next cloud computing battlefield

In the new business model of open architecture can not be the impact of cloud computing and user experience, open and closed architecture is different from the nature of the open source of software, in the traditional sense, the cloud closed environment more due to the specificity of the solution, the data center in each part of the relatively closed, However, facing the open ecological environment, whether cloud computing is open or closed is still a difficult problem to explain.

According to foreign media published in Tuesday, the cloud computing market is facing a closed model and open model, the former with Oracle and Hewlett-Packard and other traditional technology giants as the representative, the latter advocates of the box as the representative of the emerging cloud storage companies.

While cloud computing promises to offer many free choices, companies may face fewer choices and more restrictions than ever before. This will be the next major battleground in the tech market.

In this confrontation, the side is Oracle and HP and other traditional technology giants, they have a wide range of product lines, and enterprises to establish a deep cooperative relationship. The other is emerging start-ups, whose products and services are mostly cloud-oriented and may have more innovative elements.

At a recent annual customer show, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Ellison Oracle's "Engineering system" cloud computing model. The combination of hardware and software will provide higher performance and security, Ellison said. Oracle also says customers who buy Oracle's full suite of solutions will also get faster service response speeds. If you buy a competitor's product, you cannot enjoy the same service.

Similarly, HP will soon launch commercial printers to support the cloud scanning and storage of information. Users can also analyze these data, but only if they use HP's cloud computing system.

On the other hand, Box launched a new service in Tuesday that allows users of several professional cloud software companies to share data. In particular, sales management software developers SugarCRM users can use the Enterprise communications software developers Jive Software software to share data, so that internal and external synergy. Other partners include concur, Cornerstone OnDemand, DocuSign, Eloqua, FuzeBox, NetSuite and Zendesk.

If Oracle and HP offer vertical integration, box sells horizontal consolidation, offering more choices to users. Box CEO Aaron Levie said: "Ellison's proposition is to buy only Oracle products, and we do not approve of this single model." ”

"Single Mode" is a traditional business model, if you buy products from a single vendor, you can get better services, more features. However, this is a "locked" mode, if the future to leave a single vendor, the time, energy and data will bring higher costs. Apple itunes, for example, is hard to integrate with other online music systems.

Companies also complain about this "lock-in" pattern, because once locked, the cost becomes higher. But at the same time, companies like this model, because the complexity is greatly reduced.

In this "single model", it is difficult for other companies to intervene, and of course it is hard to innovate. But some enterprise-oriented cloud companies have found a way out, and they offer cloud services that are easy to buy and can be used by anyone. Amazon Web Services, for example, can be sold to all engineers in an enterprise without the approval of the Enterprise CIO (CIO). The same is true of the Yammer services of social networking companies, Yammer has been acquired by Microsoft for outstanding performance.

Therefore, the open architecture of cloud computing and closed architecture is to be determined by the user's own needs, for a one-stop service and reliability assurance, want more flexibility and price, then, the best choice for the open architect. Although Open is the inevitable trend in the transition of cloud computing, cloud computing should be from the angle of the combination of closed and open, and establish perfect norms and system.

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)