Cloud Storage Winning: Carrier, what are you waiting for?

Since 2012 , personal cloud storage has sprung up in China as Baidu Cloud, Tencent Cloud, Telecom Tianyi Cloud, Mobile Caiyun Cloud, Netease Cloud Space and 360 Cloud Disk have sprung up. Two years later, personal cloud storage Into the crucial victory period.

Many people think that cloud storage is related to how many photos can be placed in the cloud. After the Flickr album was announced last year, free domestic 1TB space was released and domestic players followed suit. Baidu upgraded to 2TB, Tencent Micro Cloud and Telecom Tianyi cloud simply upgraded to 10TB, well, the big guy a few pictures of life are worry about. In fact, cloud storage is not the same as the cloud album. The so-called cloud storage refers to the storage space for all the digital contents of an individual or a family. Not only photos, photos, videos, music, files, notes, contacts, applications, chat records, health data, driving data and the like can be put in. People can take the initiative to upload and share photos, videos, files, etc., the device is constantly uploading data.

As humans move into the mobile Internet era, more smart devices come to life after phones and tablets have become standard for personal consumption: smart TVs, TV boxes, smartphones, wearable devices, smart car devices, smart routers, smartphones Home, and these smart devices need to connect, all need to achieve interoperability through the cloud, big data applications through the cloud to achieve intelligence. At the same time, 4G and WIFI are accelerating popularity. More and more devices and screens, more and more convenient networking conditions for personal cloud storage market brings unprecedented opportunities.

The Personal Cloud Over the Past Years In the steam engine era, personal clouds are now entering the electrical age. The data that will be generated throughout human life is not the TB level but the PB level. As Negroponte said, mankind is experiencing a shift from "atomic" life to "bit," a process that produces a torrent of information that can not be measured in mathematical units. After the cloud is getting richer and the communications network is mature enough, people will need more free storage space.

Eliminate the misunderstanding: cloud storage is the safest place

For some conservatives, it is not reassuring to upload personal or family data to the cloud. Because the data is handed over to others means privacy is exposed, at the same time if the cloud storage service providers room, server problems, it will result in the loss of content.

This is a ubiquitous myth that cloud storage is actually several times more secure than private storage.

Pornographic tells us that local private storage devices in some extreme cases such as thieves into the room, when the phone is still not so secure. Another big problem is the technical damage and aging of storage media. The failure of a removable hard disk is not new.

Cloud storage has a perfect disaster recovery and backup mechanism, the data is backed up in different physical nodes, in case there is any technical means to restore. With one person to protect their own data, why not give the data to the professional team to protect it? Choose a cloud endorsement brand storage space can be.

Some cloud space itself is a big data operator, is developing image recognition and big data technology, most of the free space provided for more data. These data are used to analyze user behavior preferences and are used to mine economic value. The user must have the right to know whether the data is being used or who is using it. The abort and delete buttons can be pressed at any time to prevent the data from being used by anyone in any way. Google's recent "Delete" button is a response to the need for self-protection of privacy like humans. Overall, cloud storage is more reliable and trustworthy than personal storage. It is becoming a necessity for humanity.

Operators do cloud storage: advantages and shortcomings

There are three types of cloud storage players: Internet companies, telecommunications carriers and hardware vendors.

Internet companies favor the freemium model, for big data and increased user stickiness. Some applications developed by Internet companies such as cloud music, cloud notes, and cloud video directly bring users into the cloud. Hardware manufacturers are building software and hardware integrated data space, such as iCloud, millet cloud, mobile phone system built-in cloud service, the advantage is that users do not need to install, the disadvantage is that they do not Baidu, Tencent and other user base advantages, Internet experience and Free large storage.

Operators with network and room resources have several advantages when doing cloud storage:

1, pipeline capacity. Users need to synchronize data through the network (3G / 4G / broadband WIFI) provided by the operator; cloud service needs to deploy the equipment room and CDN through operator's pipelines. Operators can speed up their own cloud services.

2, the user base. The number is ID. Chinese Internet users are 600 million, but there are 800 million mobile Internet users, mobile phone users have 1.1 billion;

3, the cost advantage. Operators have IDC, ICT and other key businesses in the storage resources, server resources, room resources operators have a centralized purchasing advantage;

4, carrier-class security. Carrier's communication service security level is called "carrier-class", security capabilities are evident.

5, integration advantages. Operators for Internet companies, handset manufacturers and other hardware vendors strong appeal, the ability to integrate personal cloud storage to do more thoroughly.

In these innate advantages, the carrier cloud storage service represented by Telecom Tianyi has made remarkable achievements. Tianyi cloud users exceeded 100 million last year, to achieve 10 times the speed, to provide free 10TB space in the country in the forefront. China Telecom Tianyi cloud walked two years worth learning. First, Tianyi Cloud combines cloud storage with traffic management. Tianyi cloud users can use to avoid traffic or get cheaper traffic. Second, provide dedicated channels for cloud storage, smart speed. Once again, it becomes the data foundation for all telecom internet services. And love music, 189 E-mail, Tianyi space, Tianyi application market and other services in-depth integration. Finally, to achieve cloud storage to cloud applications across. Tianyi Cloud provides personal mobile phone data backup and recovery capabilities to solve the user hard to synchronize the data when the hard point, which reflects the operator is learning to user-oriented thinking.

Atomization, data cloud, multi-end synchronization is an inevitable trend. As cloud storage becomes safer, cheaper, and more convenient, more and more users will choose the cloud. Cloud service providers will become increasingly competitive, eventually forming an oligarchic pattern. Telecommunication operators have the advantages of network, scale, security, user base and so on. They are a force that can not be ignored.