Disney meets cloud computing, how to choose is difficult

As for the latest research, cloud computing has grown rapidly into a trend of enterprise development. Cloud computing for many companies, such as the host terminal era developed into a server-client era, and then to the business outsourcing and virtualization, is a great change in traditional it.

According to Forrester's latest survey, 24% of the 1200 respondents thought it would be more important to build a private cloud. Many of them have used virtualization and cloud computing models to make up for investment in data centers, and monitoring can secure operations without moving to a public cloud environment. As cloud computing is being used by a growing number of large media companies, public programs and telecoms will be a key part of cloud computing development.

"We want to lead the world and, if possible, have cutting-edge technology in a few areas, but we don't want to take risks." We are going to use products that have been tested in practice. "Joseph Solimando, CIO and senior vice president of the Consumer products division of Walt Disney Inc., said. Solimando's job is to help the company turn the brand into a real gold and silver, and he oversees complex outlets and products, including online and shopping malls.

Solimando said Disney is the world's largest distributor of entertainment media products. It maintains sophisticated online licensing, product manufacturing, and distribution, as well as online gaming, performance and creative industry development, which have created Disney's maturity and complexity in it settings. But Solimando said Disney was not interested in the progress of computer science, which also affected its attitude towards cloud computing services.

Disney plans to implement cloud computing

In general, for Solimando, cloud computing is just another repetition of the technological changes of the past, and although he expects cloud computing to be an important part of his long-term armed plan, he is unwilling to engage in research and development and adventure.

Solimando says he is not a dogmatic, and if he finds a new service of his own, he will consider trying to see if it meets his own requirements-but he realizes that the ability to cloud computing is to separate the infrastructure from the enterprise and lower the cost.

"We're looking at the market and discussing ' is cloud computing really that special? Can we create it internally? Can we buy it? Does it combine services or provide applications that we can buy and integrate? ' he said.

Solimando says he and Disney are starting to touch cloud computing, and the main upheaval he sees is the challenges he faces in managing and overseeing the process. Because cloud computing models like SaaS are based on self-service and allow users to manipulate themselves. Solimando found himself increasingly reliant on service providers rather than direct technology makers.

"Before you use cloud services, you have to be prepared." Such as the extent to which it should be used, and whether it can be effectively controlled. "He spoke. Disney's concerns also include avoiding the risk of failure with service providers and avoiding being locked into technology platforms or toolset. Solimando notes that a few years later, public cloud services are clearly becoming an important it consideration, so now he has to be cautious about buying equipment.

Solimando says the company is starting to focus on cloud computing in all its aspects, and while this is not surprising, cloud computing is becoming a long-term trend. Cloud computing is gradually conquering businesses along the path of minimal resistance, saying that cloud computing will make it easier for users and corporate CIOs like him to work.

"If you have to ask why cloud computing attracts CIOs. "I think it's the ability of cloud computing to get us out of the way we do, which makes it easier to work on time-consuming and laborious tasks," he said. ”