GDS Sun Gang interpretation of cloud computing: Landing does not equal industry maturity

Cloud Computing 2011 years, looking back on this road, we saw a lot of footprints: The firm's heavy investment in cloud computing, Microsoft spent 5http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/19203.html "> 800 million of dollars to motivate partners to enter cloud computing, HP's 2 billion cloud research and development, software domain acquisition is constantly, there are Hewlett-Packard acquisition of British software AUTONOMY,IBM acquisition platform Computing, local cloud everywhere, there are Beijing Xiangyun project, Shanghai's Sea of clouds plan

For such enthusiasm, the user's response is relatively flat, such a contrast to how to interpret? How do we look at the 2011 Cloud computing development? With these questions, Tenkine reporter interviewed Mr. Sun Gang, deputy general manager of the Universal Data cloud computing business.

Mr. Sun Gang, deputy general manager of the Universal Data cloud computing business

2011 Cloud Computing Development: High Awareness

In the past 3-5 years, cloud computing has remained in a relatively high place, the mainstream manufacturers have input, but the actual situation is "wait and see more practice less". According to Sun Gang, in the 2011 Cloud computing field spawned a number of new companies, from an international perspective, the number of new companies around 70, most of the focus on the SaaS sector. Until 2005, fewer than 30% of these companies existed.

For this reason Sun Gang's summary of the 2011 cloud computing development IS--highly cognitive. Today, the recognition and awareness of cloud computing has been greatly enhanced in 2011, recognizing that cloud computing is the direction of development, and then starting to devote energy to doing this thing. Sun Gang added.

The concept of landing is not equal to the maturity of industry

At the end of 2010, there are remarks that 2011 will be the Cloud computing "landing year", but in the near end of the 2011 years, the use of the words of netizens is "the product is very plump, the application of a very bone", the case seems to have not imagined so much, in the domestic is very few On this Sun Gang to talk about their own views: "Landing does not equal to the maturity of industry", at the same time from the following two aspects are elaborated:

1. The process of landing into a mature industry

Most of the time we will idealize things, will be equal to the ground to develop mature. From "Landing to a mature industry" perspective, it is far from a mature industry. The development of any industry through the initial, development, high-speed development, maturity, decline such a cycle, we are in the judgment of one thing is that it really landed, it should be mature. But many of our customers, in contrast to stability or more, especially high-end customers, they look at a thing, only products mature, customers dare to use. So from this point of view, indeed you judge, there is a mature case landing, is rare, not too easy to see.

2. From scratch: Infrastructure Data Center Products

can also be from another point of view, that is, someone really began to do cloud computing, some manufacturers began to build infrastructure, set up data centers, has provided products, although this product may not reach a mainstream acceptance of the extent, but there are products, but also someone used. In fact, this is largely a leap forward. So from this point of view, this year actually has a very big landing action.

Building a cloud base: not necessarily a waste

One notable feature of cloud computing this year is the bustling infrastructure, where infrastructure is being built and cloud computing bases are everywhere. According to statistics, the whole country is under construction of the cloud base area of more than million square meters. This construction can not help but worry that duplication of construction will cause waste of resources, but Sun Gang said: "I do not believe that the waste of resources, which requires a case-specific analysis."

In Sun Gang's view, the current data center is far from enough, because the ultimate goal of cloud computing, storage resources like electricity, according to this concept, we need a data center like grid networking, which requires a huge data center to support such use. "Because the future demand for data centers is huge, far from what we see today, the scale of construction can be met." So from a big trend, it should be said that there is no duplication of construction. Sun Gang concludes.

Even so, Sun Gang also said that from the microscopic perspective, there may be some so-called repetitive construction, "but from the microscopic point of view, there is a so-called repeat input, there is a so-called convergence of positioning, such as the positioning of a certain type of customers, a certain area customers, this may have some so-called duplicate concept." ”

Cloud Computing in China: we have no baggage

Netizens complain about the high speed of broadband costs, the development of China's internet lag behind abroad, the wave of cloud computing, we are still more optimistic about the potential of China, that in the cloud computing changes we will occupy the dominant position, then Sun Gang is how to see it?

For netizens ' complaints, Sun Gang does not agree, he believes that from the Internet caused by infrastructure construction and the adoption of advanced technology, our Internet is not inferior to international, "plainly we have no baggage in the past, such as our procurement, networking, networking and so on, or quite advanced." So from the development of the Internet itself, we are relatively close to the front. ”

Cloud computing itself is a conceptual subversion, from the provision of resources and services to look at the past can not think of things, the advent of cloud computing solves a lot of problems, Sun Gang stressed: "But the human mind is inertia, the more no baggage, the more easily turned." It is also a big pile of new companies springing up on the grounds that he has no baggage. ”

Sun Gang that from a user's point of view, we have an advantage over them in some way. In his view, because companies like the United States have formed relatively complete IT systems, they have a lot of fetters on the road to cloud computing.

"Most of China's companies, including small and medium-sized companies, have met their demand for highly cost-sensitive companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, and cloud computing, which has freed them from the need to reduce costs," he said. "Their IT systems are still in a rather immature situation, but they don't mean they don't have the demand, and that's the opportunity in China," Sun Gang said. ”

Virtualization, cloud-related software vendors have grown in 2012

Review is in order to better forward, since summed up the 2011 years of cloud computing development, in the interview finally also do not forget the outlook. "From the trend in the next year or two, there may be some big growth in local virtualization and some software related to cloud computing," he said. Sun Gang reporters.

"I know that some people have put energy into this, and the market is looking forward to these things, the cost-sensitive small and medium-sized enterprises are looking forward to see a cost-leading solution, Sun Gang The explanation," may be in the next year or two, there may be several or more than 10, In this respect more capable companies, the provision of cloud services from the cost and price point of view, can be more small and medium-sized enterprises to accept. ”

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)