Cloud computing: Standing at the same starting line as abroad

Cloud computing is known as the most anticipated technological revolution in the world, and cloud computing has brought widespread concern around the world because it is not just a new technology, but a reshuffle of the entire industry caused by technology and a second rank of national competitiveness.

Cloud computing, known as the world's most anticipated technological revolution, is now a battleground. As the key development field of China's strategic emerging industries, the development of cloud computing, although there are all kinds of unsatisfactory and still to improve the breakthrough, but has begun to play an important role in information construction and application, promoting the upgrading of traditional industries and the accelerated cultivation of new industries.

Cloud computing technology improves industry competitiveness

The advent of cloud computing is not accidental, astronomical data processing requirements so that the server PC client can not afford to say that cloud computing is "forced" out of

Jing Xinhai, chairman and president of the National People's Congress, China Creative Software Engineering Co., said in an interview with the Science and technology daily: "Cloud computing provides a guide and guarantee for the evolution of the information technology to the virtualization Automation service, bringing the mode of delivery mode and the revolution and reorganization of the industrial chain, is the key element that the industrial competitiveness should not be neglected. ”

"The advent of cloud computing is not accidental, it is being forced out," said Dr Zhang, chairman of Microsoft Asia Pacific Research and Development Group, Microsoft's senior vice president. With the popularization of information technology, the server PC client has been unable to bear the astronomical amount of data processing demand. ”

The technology that is produced by the demand is often the most vitality and the widespread brutal market competition, the industry reshuffle, even the national competitiveness all attached to this. As a result, cloud computing is referred to as the computer network after the fourth time it industrial revolution, it not only changed the mode of Web applications, but also will be driven by the IT Internet E-commerce and many other industries to promote the information industry as a whole upgrade of the foundation.

As Zhang described, cloud computing technology is characterized by simplicity, that is, the complex technology architecture platform "in the cloud," and the user-friendly application and interface to the user.

North Sen in 2009 before only a talent assessment company, in 2009, the transformation of talent management cloud computing platform, the company has undergone tremendous changes, a leap into the field of human resources in the top companies.

North Sen CEO Guiweiguo that Cloud computing is a business model of the revolution. Cloud computing is dramatically reducing software costs, driving more customers to use products, similar to the network data storage enterprise social software platform, such as new applications and business needs, and the characteristics of unified maintenance by the cloud service provider, so that software can be upgraded at any time to quickly respond to customer demand, and quickly apply a variety of new internet technologies. Thanks to these characteristics of cloud computing, almost all software companies realize that "cloud computing is both an opportunity and a threat".

National People's Congress Ufida (600588, shares Bar) Co., Ltd. Chairman and President Wang Wenjing to the science and technology daily Reporter said: "Cloud computing will first change is like Ufida software business model and improve profitability." Cloud computing for Chinese software companies is a strategic opportunity to grasp, it is possible to achieve the development of transcendence, miss this opportunity, it may slip into decline. ”

Cloud computing cannot be built overnight

Can not talk about "cloud" with "how many acres of building a park to buy how many servers to put in" such a number to indicate achievements or progress, the core of cloud computing is the data software services

Cloud computing technology in the new structure to bring us a new direction of industrial development, as a result of the lack of comprehensive and systematic understanding of cloud computing, China's cloud computing industry has fallen into the "parrot" of the rendering and excessive speculation, the cloud computing industry unrealistic blind imitation is quite serious.

Sun Pi said: "It is the frenzy of cloud computing, resulting in many places invested heavily in the so-called" cloud "system, but less than 20% utilization of resources, and even some customers even basic resource sharing has not been achieved, completely contrary to the construction of efficient energy-saving low-cost cloud computing's original intention. ”

"The real revenue of tens of millions of cloud companies or businesses, there are only dozens of domestic, most companies in the cloud investment has not seen a reasonable return." Guiweiguo said, "parrot" if just say is not terrible, terrible is not think clearly to do. Only the cloud products that bring value to the customer can get a great development, before entering the cloud computing development, it is necessary to think carefully about the business model to the customer's demand.

Zhang said: "Parrot" most of them did not want to understand the two questions "who I am" and "What I need." "He thinks that cloud computing is a huge industrial chain that is hard to make overnight, the need for more rational and sound development, rather than talking about" cloud ", with" how many acres of building a park to buy how many servers put in "such a number to show achievements or progress, but must be aware that the core of cloud computing is" data, software, services "And not just a hardware room and a data center. "Cloud computing to market-driven, application services-oriented, software as a tool, the enterprise as the mainstay, to achieve" platform is the service "" Software as a service "and" data is the service. " "Zhang said.

Although cloud computing technology has yet to fade, the two sides of things have also explained the technology is in the ascendant.

"All the new things have a maturing process, and now the cloud computing industry is in the process of creating it." Everyone is actively involved in the exploration of the model, through the practice of cloud computing to give discussion and promotion. Sun Pi to the science and technology daily Reporter said, like the internet industry in the early "bubble" there is no lack of hype and radical, and aroused suspicion of the entire industry, but the internet has changed the world.

Jingxinhuayuan also believes that, despite the fact that there is a bubble in cloud computing in terms of marketing and fashion-style thinking, cloud computing is a new thing that can change the pattern of the market and reshape the industry chain, with all the sensitive companies and industry colleagues to be sure. From the whole life cycle of technology, the bubble dissipated, but also the value of the enterprise "to the bottom of the day." So, even if there is a bubble, we must step on the bubble to go past, adhere to the value of the core technology innovation, the cloud to bring the new market structure ready. ”

Avoid falling into the wrong side of the one-sided

Only look at the local, ignore the whole; only to see the details, ignore the structure, only to talk about the concept, ignoring the application of the landing, only to copy the foreign experience, ignoring China's specific conditions, will let our country's cloud computing such as rootless duckweed

Wang Wenjing's point of view in the industry has a certain representation: "Our country in the field of cloud computing and foreign compared to the general standing at the same starting line," but they also believe that in order to avoid losing at the starting line, cloud computing still have a lot of problems to be solved.

"The consensus in the industry is that cloud computing is a huge opportunity for China's IT industry and an important driver for China to promote the release of its innovation potential." Jing Xinhai said, but in the cloud computing core technology, the domestic mostly application-oriented, independent research and development is very few, the huge gap thus formed. On the one hand, cloud computing in full swing, on the other hand, the technology stack inside, we fully grasp the "autonomous controllable" products and very few.

"Imagine that if the government completes the evolution of cloud computing, forming one or a few clouds, even the relatively secure internal cloud of the enterprise, security issues still worry us." "Jing Xinhai said.

It is understood that the software has long been in the "let Cloud more secure" on the technology exploration and innovation, last year launched a cloudware cloud products, mainly in three aspects to the "safe" technology stack injection products. The first is to realize autonomous controllable on the underlying virtualization technology, the second is to develop the information system cloud security early Warning Service Center, the third is to merge the Inforsuite middleware platform to realize the support and enhancement of middleware under cloud computing environment.

Although the Jingxinhuayuan software has put the concerns to work to find solutions and shorten the gap, the sea still wants the industry and the country to pay more attention to cloud security in the cloud computing environment.

The same emphasis on security issues in the field of cloud computing, the common reality and the concept of the gap between the industry must also arouse vigilance and concern.

Sun Pi said that the company's one-sided concept has caused customers to fall into the wrong. Some manufacturers are one-sided propaganda cloud computing, boast most cloud computing technology or some form of cloud computing role, said virtualization is cloud computing, distributed computing is the cloud, these are not comprehensive.

"The technology is really a part of the technology or application of cloud computing, but it is very different from the final demand for cloud computing," he said. Only look at the local, ignore the whole; only to see the details, ignore the structure, only talk about the concept, ignoring the application of the landing, only copying foreign experience, ignoring China's specific national conditions, will let the cloud of our country such as without roots duckweed. Cloud computing is difficult to land and blindly implement coexist, causing customers to waste a lot of information construction funds at the same time, the structure of chaos in the room crowded and other problems have not been resolved, and even affect the overall business development of customers. "Sun Pi said.

In addition, in the policy, Wang Wenjing hope to be able to early on in different areas of cloud computing development, and even the development of cloud computing in different industries, according to industry and domain characteristics of the introduction of appropriate uniformity of norms, so that interested enterprises have more clear guidelines and direction.

(Responsible editor: Lu Guang)