IBM speed up China cloud practice

"Cloud computing has become one of the four core development plans of the IBM2015 year roadmap." IBM's cloud computing revenue is expected to reach $7 billion trillion by 2015. "At the Fourth China Cloud computing Conference in recent days, Wang Shengai, general manager of IBM Greater China's cloud computing division, said of IBM's cloud computing business development plan in the next few years.

Behind the planning and the numbers, IBM's practice in China's cloud computing market is accelerating.

Cloud computing "leaps and Bounds"

"In the 2009, the industry was also exploring how to define cloud computing. 2010, cloud computing ushered in its first batch of customers, and 2011 large enterprises have begun to use cloud computing to solve their practical problems. "IBM Vice President Paul Moung in the IBM Cloud Computing Peak Forum, the image of cloud computing in several years," the rapid progress.

"In the United States, a large aviation industry IT service outsourcing provider, its application management staff only 5, and China's similar enterprises in terms of numbers, may be the difference in order of magnitude." "said Mao, chief technology officer and director of Innovation Engineering at IBM China Development Center.

The difference, he points out, comes from cloud computing.

However, with the rapid development of cloud computing in the past few years, many cities in China have begun to realize the importance of cloud computing, such as Beijing "Xiangyun Plan", Shanghai "Blue Cloud Plan" and Guangzhou "Sea of Clouds Plan" successively implemented.

May 4 This year, the national planning "China Cloud" industry development is the approval of the State Council. It is expected that the output value of China's cloud computing industry will reach 200 billion yuan in the next 3 years.

Why is there such a strong domestic voice for cloud computing? Wang's remark might be to note that "cloud computing is not just a technology, it's a combination of technology and business." It can help enterprises to achieve business value by saving costs and speeding up new product launches. ”

Talking about the difference between a public cloud and a private cloud, Wang Shengai said that the private cloud is the internal enterprise in reducing overall control costs, while ensuring its IT framework more flexible, regardless of any changes can be better adapted, and the public cloud is the integration of industrial chain, is better communication with customers, the product launch to achieve commercial value.

So, "How do they save money to drive the enterprise forward, one is to create value directly." Wang Shengai concludes.

It is also because cloud computing can bring considerable business value to enterprises, domestic cloud practice will be launched in full swing.

Success is not easy

But, "at home, cloud practice is just beginning." "Wang Jingji, chief architect of the IBM Global Business Consulting service for Applied Innovation Services China, said to the China Science Daily."

He told the China Science Daily that a well-known domestic household appliance retailing company is working with IBM to build its own commercial cloud platform, which will also be an example of domestic cloud practice.

It is reported that the company hopes to achieve the goal is that within 10 years of its shopping site can maintain a composite growth rate of 50% growth, to 2020 sales scale ranked first in the industry.

In addition, IBM has joined hands with the National Statistical Office Bank of Communications, Shanghai Telecom, the new Austrian group and other government departments and enterprises, to create a "statistical cloud", "System transport Cloud", "Financial cloud Zone" and "Pan-energy Cloud", which is IBM in the last two years in China's cloud computing market plowing results.

At present, more and more enterprises are ready to take the step of their own cloud practice.

In this respect, Wang Jingji said, although the cloud era has come, but the success of cloud practice is not easy. On the one hand, the need for a complete and systematic business planning, on the other hand, the need for partners to be authoritative and cohesive.

However, industry leaders often lack the impetus to innovate. Therefore, when choosing a partner, IBM often chooses the industry's top-ranked but not the first. Such a cloud platform can also be established under the mechanism of investment and cooperation.

In addition, Wang Shengai also stressed that "the transformation of the cloud is a journey, and not overnight, is not a few computers plus several servers can become a cloud." It is a process that needs to go from business standardization, it standardization, etc. step by step. ”

He also believes: "No matter where the company is now, as long as it chooses the target and continues to go, IBM can help it achieve the ultimate commercial value." ”

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)