Cold See cloud computing standardization

Since the beginning of cloud computing into the landing phase, calls for the introduction of cloud computing standards have come and go. There are a number of different intentions, standardization can promote faster development of the industry, reduce user investment risk, more manageable and related development and so on. Indeed, the trend towards standardization of an industry will obviously lead to the development of an entire industry along a fixed trajectory (at least to a certain extent) so that all users and practitioners can have a clear understanding of the industry and anticipate the future. It can be said that standardization itself is a good thing, but like all good things, standardization is also a prerequisite.

Who should make the standard?

Generally speaking, the development of industry standards is a need for a very technical and forward-looking work. The http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/8860.html should not only fully "> understand the needs of users, but also to meet the skills and resources required by users." In addition, the formulation of the industry's future direction of development will be fairly accurate, so as to ensure that industry standards in the future can still be observed by practitioners. Of course, the makers still need to have a very strong strength and a deep industry background.

When an industry needs to set standards to standardize competition and technology trends, practitioners tend to fight for the right to make standards. The winner wins the "Grand Slam" and the loser is likely to leave the field. From the 3G standard, to the next generation of high-definition Digital optical disc standards are the same, if the cloud has such a standard-setting war, the final outcome will not be too much difference.

Some might say that industry standards should be set by the government. But in an industry that is still at the stage of forming, it is hard to make a compelling industrial standard. Improper standards may even affect the credibility of the government. Therefore, it is obviously inappropriate for the government to dominate the industry standards.

Who will make the industry standard?

From the above analysis, the current cloud computing industry standards by any organization or company to make is unfair, and is likely to create a monopoly.

So who should make the real cloud industry standards? This person should be time and competition.

Sufficient time allows the market to grow and develop, and ultimately be accepted by a sufficient number of users. During this time, new enterprises are likely to grow up to create new wealth and value, the old strong IT companies may lag behind the market demand and eventually eliminated.

On the other hand, competition is an important means to determine who is able to meet the needs of customers. Only through a wide range and fierce competition, the strength of each enterprise can be true to show and judge. Therefore, only competition is the way to decide who is the real strong in the cloud computing field.

What are we going to do?

Now that there is no right way to develop a workable cloud industry standard, what should we do as a user?

The motivation of investing in cloud computing or implementing cloud transformation is to enhance the competitiveness of enterprises, improve the efficiency of enterprises and so on. So as long as the investment we make can bring this effect, it is worthwhile. As for the current investment can be protected, this matter is not a person or a few people can decide and judge.

There are usually two ways in which technological advances are revolutionary and patched. And revolutionary technology is often less able to care for compatibility, he often with the system of the past is out of place or a complete break, but in exchange for a huge leap in half. and tinkering with technological advances often takes place after revolutionary technological advances. The vitality of an enterprise to improve technology and extend a core technology is usually repaired and improved over a long period of time. The result is a limited performance boost and good compatibility.

In the reverse, we often summarize it as a revolution in it. So since it is a revolution, we must be ready to abandon the old architecture for cloud computing and prepare ourselves for the "revolution Failure". Although this situation is somewhat cruel, it is rational.

Cloud computing Infrastructure Status

To step into the cloud, you must first have a reasonable infrastructure to support it. And in the cloud computing infrastructure, there are generally two types.

One is a revolutionary integration system, the representative of some manufacturers are the main push of the cloud computing machine, we can not use the existing IT facilities and components to transform or strengthen these integrated machines, but on the other hand, these integrated machines often have outstanding performance and extraordinary management, use experience.

The other is a way to build a cloud through software and a small amount of hardware in our existing IT architectures. This approach makes full use of the previous IT investments and gives you the benefits of cloud computing. But the disadvantage is that the deployment and implementation of relatively more difficult, longer cycle, and performance and effect is not an integrated machine to the obvious. More importantly, because the system hardware and software from different vendors, so the stability of cloud computing and some features, performance will be affected.

And how do you choose between these two types of cloud computing infrastructure? This is not only the test of the technical foundation of Cio/cto, but also the test of its foresight and the overall ability of forecasting. Only by the situation, to understand their own needs and ability to make a more reasonable choice.

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