Four questions that cloud computing must think about head-on

Cloud computing is not a new technology, but the natural development of computer applications, or in the http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/11991.html "> Computer network Formation, there has been this direction and practice." In the computer founder of the dial, there is a person who once said "the world needs five computers is enough", in a sense, but also has the idea of resource reuse. We are familiar with a variety of applications, in fact, there is no relationship with the cloud. The reason why the current becomes a focus, and some of the international manufacturers of the trader is not unrelated, if cloud computing is pervasive, we know very well that the cost of selling servers, storage, and other products will be greatly reduced and business will become better, which is the most direct benefit of cloud computing, and what is the benefit of our business value? That's a lot, but it's not that straightforward. Of course, the world will not only unrequited love things, in the end must still have someone to pay. Master Yi Long Technology to the system, we think in place, nature will be able to avoid harm, in the passive continue to find the initiative, and then realize the initiative.

I. National Defence security

The two facts we know are: first, the meaning of the current national defense has far beyond the geographical territory and military fields, into the invisible clear boundary of the political, economic, cultural, military fields; second, the core technology of cloud computing, core application or the bottom technology is monopolized by foreign countries. So based on the fact that in the direct military application is naturally not so reckless, in the economic field to avoid the possibility of building a "suicide digital cluster Bombs", if the establishment of multiple cloud computing centers, on the one hand may directly become a military target, the other is naturally through the bottom of the technology easy to handle. It is said that in the previous two years of international negotiations, the negotiating opponents hold the business data of our enterprise, and the technical monopoly is not irrelevant.

National defense security is not a trivial matter, but think clearly, there will be our rhythm, will be calm, also not afraid.

The architecture of cloud computing is the need of national strategic security, so in a sense, it is absolutely necessary for the Government to give some support and to set up some cloud computing centers. In fact not support, but the dominant, as "bombs" to engage.

Second, what road to repair, what kind of car?

The application of cloud computing tools and enterprise management software applications in the domestic development degree is different, need to separate.

In fact, we usually use the charge, free e-mail system is already a cloud, including Web Access is also. The so-called cloud, I think can be so popular understanding, we do not have to care about hardware, software, as long as we see whether our application can be satisfied. For Enterprise CIO, probably is not to maintain the computer room, do not maintain software, as long as on behalf of users to request, or users to make the request can be achieved. This is the cloud. Like we can from the clouds to fog, rain, snow, hail, to ... As long as you need, there is something to match with you.

So, such as fusion communication inside the video conferencing, voice conferencing, interactive IM, etc., is easy to "cloud", but the enterprise management and management software is still difficult to be "cloud", the current conditions are probably EDI, OA and so on can do similar fusion communication realm. Production planning, order tracking, financial processing, and final accounts, etc. the algorithm policy settings involving a single organization are also difficult to achieve through the "cloud" mechanism, both sides of the conditions are not mature. This is possible only if the organization becomes simple.

Various organizations in the choice of cloud services, can now fully consider the existing mature services, including the above mentioned communication, mail and other applications, but also include self-help station, E-commerce, online finance, online trade and other applications. You can actually enjoy the convenience of these services, especially the newly established companies, which have a direct benefit of configuring such applications on demand before their business model is fully formed.

For manufacturers, the first to repair these roads, so that users can run these aspects of the car, the value is very significant.

Iii. traditional industry upgrading and industry main data issues

In my previous article, has discussed this aspect many times the question, mainly is the industry SaaS application will be the industrial upgrade important foundation, its question and the opportunity all lie in whether the industry organization treats the industry key basic data standardization like the technology and the quality standard in the industry? Especially the standardization of material, product and part attribute description, standardization of basic Process Activity attribute, standardization of interaction between upper and lower reaches of industry boundary and so on. Industrial upgrading is often reflected in technology, equipment and ecological protection progress, but behind it is the upgrade of data standards. This requires some industry leaders to be far-sighted and lonely to get it.

Cloud computing is primarily SaaS in its application, and the key to this form is ease of deployment, the key to easy deployment is standardization, and the degree of standardization depends on what we say above.

For those mega-enterprises, often one or two companies represent an industry, can the big guys sit down and talk? More SMEs should be actively involved in data standardization work if they get the ideal input-output ratio in it. An industry without this aspect of thinking, there is no basic cloud computing business base, a number of industries have this aspect of thinking, cloud computing's mass base can be established, especially in the industry boundary, enterprise boundary applications, in the Government and enterprises, social organization boundaries of the application!

Cloud computing in the customer base, finance, telecommunications, the government left to the manufacturers of fat is not much, manufacturing is the main force, the manufacturing industry is also the main part of the upgrade, manufacturers how to deal with?

Iv. Current user transfer cost and transfer path issues

We like to think of cloud computing as a kind of grid thing, it may be like a logical structure, but it is not electricity. After all, most enterprises already have it applications, how to cloud these applications?

For traditional companies, cloud computing is actually a very high cost of transfer, but the business imagination of the great space of it deployment. Transfer cost is not only the technology, but also the business model and management consciousness. As mentioned above will be first in some mature applications for direct transfer. At the same time, the infrastructure in the existing room needs to be virtualized, at least to consider the gradual relocation of the "private power plant" to the "Public Power platform" and, in the rare new investment, to first implement the so-called private cloud transformation, while using the resources of the public cloud. The application of C/S architecture relies on virtualization technology to realize cloud gradually, the application of B/s architecture can be migrated to public IDC for service deployment, and the coupling between different technology architectures is fully considered.

The thinking of this question is actually a constructive attitude to keep pace with the times. If you can not think with the user, discuss specific transfer plan, blindly to introduce how to replace, obviously is not appropriate.

Another aspect of the transfer path topic is: Software data migration, such as I in a service providers these applications of the CRM system, now to migrate to B there, their system architecture is different, I transfer it convenient? How long does it take? Do they work with two?

We know that the high-speed railway has been on the march for several years, the number of Chinese people's dream, the recent news that to reduce the speed down, 350 to 300,250 to 200, why? The basic point of consideration includes the traffic safety, the price of the market factors, and so on, the most fundamental is to keep pace with the times, appropriate ahead, can not be absolutely ahead. Of course, the business model of high-speed rail and technical support through the empirical has brought us a lot of inspiration, cloud computing will not learn from it?

Cloud computing is an opportunity and a challenge, and the biggest challenge lies in the mastery of the rhythm, not just the seizing of the opportunity.

(Responsible editor: Lu Guang)