Elusive cloud computing: Like mist and rain like wind

As we all know, cloud computing is a super computing model based on the Internet, in remote data centers, tens of thousands of or even tens of millions of of computers and servers connected to a piece, can let people experience more than 10 trillion times per second computing power. Today, cloud computing news and advertising are overwhelming, but only the storm. People create a large number of "clouds" at the beginning or end of the "cloud" of the term: manufacturing cloud, Cloud energy and so on. The word "cloud" has become a miracle in Chinese characters, which can be put into the front or back of any word, and it can be said that cloud computing has become an important term in the public mind.

From the concept began gradually to apply to the landing, companies have joined the wave of cloud computing, the country is also vigorously foster cloud computing industry. It is predicted that by 2020, most enterprise applications will be migrated to the cloud. At the same time, more and more application developers will also migrate the application development, test platform to the "cloud".

Experts say the new computer model represented by cloud computing will become mainstream in the future, and the way companies buy software will change dramatically, from developing, buying software products, looking for systems integrators, outsourcing, to buying services. In other words, with the diversification of cloud computing services, it is not far from the popular age of easy access to cloud computing, like water and electricity. But from the current form of view, the cloud computing industry in front of the road where? This makes the current industry people instead into confusion.

Cloud computing is a revolution in the information industry, which is a recognized fact, but now the cloud computing industry is experiencing a similar process with the early development of the Internet industry, the fog of industry is forming and expanding. When it comes to fog, maybe everyone's first reaction is negative, but like the fog in the autumn, fog is a phenomenon of nature, is inevitable, but the fog is still a clear day after the dispersed. Cloud computing in the fog of the need to have a clear understanding of the cloud industry, not in the end with the fog to disperse themselves with the fog.

Cloud computing was given an official explanation for the Government's emphasis on the cloud computing industry in March 2012 in the State Department's work report, but the whole definition was very cautious and left a lot of room for changes and explanations of future definitions. The definition of cloud computing in government work reports is this:

"Cloud computing: The growth, use, and delivery model of internet-based services, often involving the provision of dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources over the Internet." is a product of the development of traditional computer and network technology, which means that computing power can also be circulated as a commodity through the Internet. ”

The core of the definition is "the growth, use, and delivery model of internet-based services". This definition of cloud computing as a "model" rather than a new "technology" shows that it has a far-reaching impact on the industry, is far from a single technological innovation can be summed up. Most people have been looking at cloud computing as just a technology, some academics have been hoping to have a strict definition of cloud computing, but the more technical definition of cloud computing, the more people do not understand cloud computing, so there is no one of the technical definition of cloud computing has been recognized by everyone, But the definition of cloud computing as an industrial model is all resolved, and an industry model needs a lot of different technologies to support it, and no technical definition can fully cover all the technical elements required by the cloud industry.

Multiple places in the definition use the "usual", "refers to the", "" often "," mean "and other inaccurate statements, indicating that the future of cloud computing is still a certain amount of estimation and prediction of the composition of cloud computing industry, the development of a fast-changing, with strong vitality, this uncertainty is also a feature of strategic emerging industries.

In this definition indirectly to the traditional Internet and cloud computing made a difference, can be understood as cloud computing services in the traditional Internet services on the basis of the increase, Internet services in the era of cloud computing is the entire cloud computing industry innovation and market power. For ordinary users to really experience the benefits of cloud computing is this increase in services, the resources behind cloud computing: computing resources, storage resources, bandwidth resources, data centers, etc., through application developers must be transformed into "increased service" before the direct face of ordinary users, A large number of application software developers face unprecedented opportunities in the cloud computing era, in particular, small and medium-sized start-up enterprises in the entrepreneurial threshold will be further reduced, application developers in the era of cloud computing only need to focus on their own innovative application services themselves, cloud computing resources provide a model for application developers to provide a broader space for imagination and innovation.

What is the value of cloud computing for businesses? During the concept hype period, many cloud computing "riders" have their own answers. There are said to be conducive to the use of social resources, there is said to improve the efficiency of enterprise management, but also said to be conducive to user cost savings. In the recently concluded "2012 China (Chongqing) International Cloud Computing Expo", AMD proposed "value Cloud" concept, let us refreshing, from a unique perspective to answer this question.

You may think that "value cloud" is to create value for customers, in fact, it is not the only meaning. Speaking from Deng, president of AMD Greater China, we feel that "value cloud" means to provide customers with "customized" cloud from the actual needs of customers, with innovative products and technologies. At the same time, it means to work closely with partners to innovate, build cloud computing "value ecosystem" for customers "tailored" cloud applications, and ultimately realize the whole industry chain of "cloud value."

With the help of cloud computing, ordinary users can access the network through terminals, to achieve the sharing and management of data in the cloud, such as uploading documents; enterprises can acquire all kinds of highly scalable, flexible IT resources, rapid deployment of enterprise applications, without increasing hardware investment, under the premise of meeting the rapid growth of business needs.

The concept of "value cloud" is not only the result of the analysis and practice of AMD over the years in the cloud computing field, but also the requirement of cloud computing practice, the deployment and application of cloud computing has become the first priority with the large-scale landing of cloud computing this year.

Cloud computing landed on several fronts requiring maturity. First, the requirements of the background processing capacity, scheduling capacity to reach a considerable level; second, the need for a mature application model; Third, the terminal has enough capacity to meet the cloud application of the rendering.

From "Cloud computing" to "value cloud" transition, is to be in the above three aspects to continuously meet the needs of users, to provide users with value. As the pioneer and promoter of the concept of "value cloud", AMD has made its own efforts in these aspects. On the server side, AMD is committed to low power, kernel density, open platform architecture and virtualization. In the terminal, AMD give full play to the advantages of graphic display, the introduction of APU (Accelerated 處理 unit, that is, accelerated processor) products, and further optimize the cloud terminal experience feeling. Clearly, AMD has already laid the groundwork for a "value cloud" in technology.

In fact, "value cloud" is not a new concept, the value of cloud concept is being a lot of users into the application of cloud. At present, the global 2 million Hao long processor is used in cloud computing, in this process, AMD realized the system's best per watt energy consumption, significantly reduced power consumption, increased memory bandwidth and capacity, support the rapid development of customer business in all walks of life. Microsoft (Weibo) has chosen to take AMD's headquarters as the only processor in the Windows Azure cloud computing Services platform, and Facebook's data center is using AMD's customized server technology.

Although accompanied by the cloud through the germination and overheating period, and gradually towards maturity, the user's demand for cloud computing more and more accurate, meticulous, emphasizing "to create value for users", the cloud computing industry chain Enterprises to work together to achieve the goal. But what is real cloud computing? Who is really able to understand? Who knows if cloud computing is really right for today's users?

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)