VMware CEO: Let's go to the cloud-era door

"I am in the IT industry for 30 years, in the late 70, my work is a large mainframe, experienced a change in the microprocessor, CS architecture, today, the cloud will be able to replace the brilliance of the CS era." "VMware CEO Paul Maritz said, from Mainframe, CS, the Internet to today, we have come to the era of cloud computing."

In a sense, the mainframe, CS architecture and the Internet are based on the "paper" of the world's transformation, from the "paper" of the world transition, to automation, more automated production tools, Or become a digital world. Many of the technologies that we are applying now are the technologies of the early 70. This stage is now a success.

Paul Maritz says that with the brilliance of the paper age, our industry has "changed": "Our employees are born in a new age, they think, work in the same way as the older generation, they communicate in new ways, if the enterprise still let them use the traditional PC, they will not be satisfied , they need a new way of life, so we find a "post-paper" era, that is, new mobile, personal equipment, our existing world, has been completely different. ”

He believes that the IT architecture has to be adjusted again, once again, into the next era, where the industry has seen the difference between Google, Twitter and Facebook, where they process data in real time and in real time, "today, We will define how to move towards the age of the cloud we are working with our parent company, EMC, to think about this issue. Paul Maritz says

Paul Maritz believes that the industry is facing two problems, the first is efficiency, how to improve the efficiency of enterprises, so that enterprises focus on building new business and industry innovation; The second issue is the transformation of the data center, the reduction in the cost of infrastructure, and a better experience for employees, How to provide a foundation and tools to lay the foundation for the future, to provide future-oriented value and experience.

Future data centers: a New World

"Only in this way can we afford the cost of a new experience." "Paul Maritz says companies like Google use an administrator to manage thousands of servers, which is the" New World "and a model for future data center transitions.

He believes that the transformation of the data center has several important key points, the first is that 1:10,000 of the network administrator and the virtual server ratio, in a new automated way to manage, and manual management can never achieve this efficiency; the second is the cost problem, using industry-standard hardware, such as Intel's standard processor, And the industry's mainstream flash, these hardware is not a problem, the problem is the software stack, the need for a common software stack, the third is to meet the new workload of the application platform; the Forth is a good self service with a third party service or escrow for a mixed cloud.

VMware five-tier model: Vshpere is just the first level

We emphasize that the IT infrastructure resource pool is "Follow" the application, not the contrary, what we do is to have all the data center functional firewalls or other management and planning.

Maritz says that VMware now offers VMware five-tier models for future data centers or data center transitions, while the traditional hypervisor topic is only the first initial step of VMware.

These five-tier models include: vsphere Virtualization layer of hardware resource pooling, software-defined network, storage and secure service layer VShield, self-service management Vcloud Director, automated monitoring and management, VC Ops, and the best Vfab Dada and App DIR application recognizes the provision and management layer.

In 2012, he revealed, VMware will have a series of releases that are moving closer to an automated development goal. "We are very reliable in delivering our products in a reliable and predictable timeframe, guaranteed to be provided in a timeline map." Paul Maritz assured participants that the five-tier model and the progress of automation today would be delivered on schedule.

"On the other hand, we are further away from the limitations of physical devices, the firewalls, the network should be virtualized, so F5, McAfee are our partners, we are doing a huge virtualization drive engine, VMware's storage team is also in it to promote, To ensure the integrity of our strategy. As Paul Maritz in his speech, VMware's ambitions are not just about servers, storage, networking, security, and VMware.

He also noted that Vcloud partners now have more than 100 worldwide.

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)