Cloud computing: Wisdom, resources, patterns--an interview with Dr. Revan

Now, whether it is industry researchers, or ordinary netizens, the debate on cloud computing has been endless, some say it will lead the IT industry revolution, others say it will trigger a series of data security issues, then for China's localized cloud computing, what is the development?

Now, whether it is industry researchers, or ordinary netizens, the debate on cloud computing has been endless, some say it will lead the IT industry revolution, others say it will trigger a series of data security issues, then for China's localized cloud computing, what is the development? What is the significance of its development to China? With these questions, it expert network reporter interviewed the China Pharmaceutical Group Information Technology group leader Dr. Revan.

First understanding Dr Ray, is in his blog above, full of 24 pages of Bowen, all embodies his enthusiasm and patience for cloud computing to answer puzzled attitude, and today's interview, also let the author really feel the scholar for cloud computing insights and amiable attitude. Cloud computing "wisdom, resources, model" Six words also for the author left a deep impression.

(The following interview dialogue, reporters referred to as "Kee", Dr. Revan for short "Ray")

Cloud computing accelerates IT industry reorganization, enhances enterprise efficiency, enhances national comprehensive strength

Note: As a corporate CIO, how should you consider Enterprise cloud computing?

Ray: As an enterprise IT person, I want to first from the enterprise perspective to analyze cloud computing, you can know that enterprise cloud computing and now generally speaking of the internet cloud is different. Second, companies are beginning to consider how to evolve from traditional it to cloud planning and paths. The path to evolution is different depending on the size of the enterprise. For large group enterprises, should consider the integration of the group's IT infrastructure, and gradually evolve to the group corporate cloud. For small and medium-sized enterprises, should pay attention to the mature cloud service providers, their own business gradually hosted and deployed to the public cloud platform up.

Now, whether it is industry researchers, or ordinary netizens, the debate on cloud computing has been endless, some say it will lead the IT industry revolution, others say it will trigger a series of data security issues, then for China's localized cloud computing, what is the development?

Remember: What do you think cloud computing solves in the development of enterprise and Enterprise informatization?

Ray: Cloud computing is the goal and guide of enterprise informatization construction. When the enterprise successfully evolves into cloud computing, first of all, the most intuitive benefit is to reduce operating costs for enterprises, the traditional data center is decentralized, if there is a cloud, the decentralized data center can be centralized, not only save space time, but also save the human and material resources, services are more specialized, So it will greatly reduce the operating costs of the enterprise. Second, for the business, it can enable enterprises to quickly enter the market. When the social media and enterprise it combined, ultimately by customer-driven innovation is possible, so that the enterprise value, business, market will have a good upgrade. Finally, it can improve the efficiency of the enterprise, if everyone in a unified platform for efficient work together, business integration operations, not only can improve the efficiency of the enterprise, and thus can enhance the whole supply chain synergy, operational efficiency.

Remember: Cloud computing "will have a far-reaching impact on the development of China's economy." Cloud computing is exploding in China, what do you think about the future of cloud computing in China?

Ray: Cloud computing has far-reaching implications for China, which is beyond doubt. Cloud computing itself is indeed a rare opportunity for China to internationalize. And cloud computing for IT industry, is equivalent to the IT industry chain reorganization. The original it format, presenting a fragmented state, lack of system integration, and cloud computing is the solution to this problem, cloud computing is a subversive delivery model, he is not an economy, nor technology transformation. Cloud computing is not about on-demand it, but about on-demand business change. Cloud computing involves cost savings, and more important is the transformation and upgrading of enterprises. Cloud computing makes it possible to serve everything, whether it is business processes or human-computer interaction, and it creates a new business model through these technologies. The new model of cloud computing can create an innovative atmosphere to ignite the next wave of economic growth. Such a delivery model can improve the backward situation of China's IT industry, and take this opportunity to move back to the world. China's IT sector, now the most lack of innovation, it is now fully available to take advantage of cloud computing opportunities to restructure the industrial chain, technology and business model innovation.

Although the process is very hard, but still should step on the bubble to go forward

Remember: You said in a media interview that cloud computing is a bubble. You also said that "even if the bubble we have to step forward," is not the trend of cloud computing is unstoppable?

Ray: There's a lot of difference in the way and the process of looking at anything new. Although it is a bubble, but in the back of the bubble did emerge a number of enterprises can do, when after a period of time, Xijinqianhua wash, foam dissipated, good left. By that time, if the trend of globalisation has not changed, I believe that the trend of cloud computing will not change, so, even if the bubble, we must step on the bubble, because cloud computing is the next global integration of industrialization solution.

Note: The advent of cloud computing, but also accompanied by some problems, the most obvious is the cloud security, the application of public cloud, Governments, enterprises, experts are concerned about its security issues, you think cloud security will become the development of cloud computing barriers? In the actual application process, how can we avoid it?

Any information construction has a security problem, the security problem is in the cloud before the emergence of the existence, so there is no need to be alone to magnify the problem. As to how to avoid it, I think I have the following suggestions, first, that we should not evade the problem, we should face the problem squarely and strengthen the construction. Second, for enterprise private cloud, on the basis of traditional information security management technology, it is possible to use some new developing cloud security technology completely, because the whole operation is within the enterprise's firewall. The public cloud, the overall security situation needs to be gradually improved. The parties gradually improve, standardize the "SLA" service level agreement to ensure that the interests of users are protected. In fact, the public cloud security is a regulatory, auditing, normative process, these work done well, with a good atmosphere, I think the public cloud security issues have been resolved. But each new specification of the introduction, all need to have a process, I suggest that enterprises can first put things that do not involve the core business in the public cloud, and gradually examine the security of the public cloud, slowly and then their core business to host the public cloud.

Build your own Cloud service center

Note: China Pharmaceutical Group is a traditional pharmaceutical industry, a group of enterprises, the enterprise information construction level is different, business systems. From group development Strategy to information strategy, what are the advantages and core competencies that cloud computing brings to pharmaceutical companies?

Ray: The traditional medicine industry needs to slowly evolve the cloud. From planning to management, based on the concept of cloud computing, integration in the information construction, reduce the cost of construction, and eventually evolve to the cloud. In the process of evolution, we have to advance the concept, so that the implementation of faster than competitors, market capacity has increased, the core competitiveness is naturally gradually enhanced. For example, in 2010, the development of integrated retail chain platform in the national pharmacy of China, we unified the concept of cloud computing and cloud computing key technologies to consider, complete a unified database services, unified virtualization of the application platform, unified integrated business and IT architecture design, This saves a lot of construction cost for the enterprise. Secondly, in the transformation of the Group data center, the existing IT infrastructure centralized integration, virtualization, etc., this is an evolutionary process, we plan in the late Twelve-Five, to build and evolve into the group's own cloud service center.

The essence of Cloud computing: wisdom, resources, patterns

At the end of the interview, Dr Revan summed up his understanding of cloud computing to six words: wisdom, resources, and patterns. That is to say, for CIOs, focus on how to harness the wisdom of cloud computing, CIO smarts to integrate the enterprise's IT resources, and form a service model that is delivered to employees, customers, and suppliers. To the CEO, we should pay attention to how to integrate the enterprise's resources through the enterprise's wisdom, cloud computing wisdom and CEO's wisdom, based on the cloud computing platform to form a business model, delivery to enterprises and customers, suppliers, to provide them with services. So cloud computing is hard to understand because it's not just a computational technology concept, but a different meaning for different people, different businesses, different industries.

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)