Cloud computing accelerates Microsoft's move from closed to open

In recent years Microsoft, a closed-systems representative in the developer and industry, is changing today, Microsoft's announcement of its full engagement in cloud computing is particularly focused on its openness to interoperability, and Microsoft believes that the era of cloud computing and the cooperation of diverse platforms in the field of interoperability will better facilitate the development of their business.

The 618.html "> leader, Microsoft Open Solution http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/18229.html" > Business General manager Ted MacLean recently arrived in Beijing, And the organization of the industry to discuss interoperability, Microsoft's competitors platform, customer needs become more open.

Microsoft's announcement to open its own system was 5 years ago, but Ted MacLean revealed that even within Microsoft, the shift in thinking was a long-term process, and now Microsoft has a much more unified approach to the issue, which is that customers need the best solution, Cooperation in the field of interoperability can better meet customer needs, which is more beneficial to their own business.

The importance of interoperability stems from a number of years ago when multiple platforms and applications are incompatible with each other to the user. Using a Linux server operating system, or using a different database, is likely to result in a user's data not being ported or using a Windows platform, and Microsoft is not always open to API interfaces.

It is confirmed that Microsoft has now released its main product API interface, which is also Microsoft's implementation of its own two years ago, these procedures if the cost of commercial problems, and if the personal use is free.

Microsoft's move to open the door to openness is more due to changes in the market and IT environments, while cloud computing is a more important factor in change.

Ted MacLean says Microsoft discovered in the cloud computing era that customers need only the right products, not the open source, and that the cloud computing system has a higher demand for data portability and versatility, and that the previous system pattern would lose business opportunities.

As a result, Microsoft is also beginning to strengthen its foreign cooperation, announced 5 years ago and Novell's cooperation is such a case, and Microsoft this year is seeking to communicate with China partners. Ministry of Software and integrated Circuit Promotion Center Liu Longgeng says the ministry is setting up cloud computing promotion centers everywhere, and interoperability among systems is one of the biggest.

And cloud computing has actually changed the business model of Microsoft and its rivals. Sandy Gupta, head of marketing at Microsoft's Open Solutions division, said the online and Pay-as-you-go models of cloud computing had changed the market, while Microsoft's cloud computing operating system, Windows Azure, supported various databases, languages, and so on.

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