It giants have to occupy the cloud computing market or cause the pattern change

After four stages of technology development, cloud computing has become an indispensable element in today's it field, and it has become a battleground for big it giants.

In order to make a difference in the cloud computing business, the IT companies give full play to their own advantages, hoping to rely on their own resources to seek a place in the cloud computing field. Oracle, the world's largest database software company, recently announced a new 12c database designed specifically for cloud computing and a powerful system for more efficient processing of enterprise data in the 2012 Oracle Global Conference. IBM is also stepping up efforts to promote cloud computing services to midsize companies, helping companies attract smaller customers with lower-cost cloud computing services.

It giants in the cloud computing market

What is now known as cloud computing is the product of four of stages of technological evolution, often referred to as "The cloud," an infrastructure that delivers computing resources on demand over the Internet (which are computing resources from application to data centers) and Pay-per-use. Because of its great openness and rich sharing resources on its data platform, users can enjoy the services provided by cloud computing conveniently and freely. In addition, most of the current public cloud computing is no hardware support, greatly reducing the basic threshold for customers to enjoy their services, so cloud computing has become a very important component of the Internet life, and gradually become the major IT giants chasing the Highland.

Well-known IT companies at home and abroad in order to make a difference in the cloud computing business, to give full play to their own advantages in the field of cloud computing to win more benefits. Oracle, the world's largest database software company, will showcase its five-year new flagship database software, the 12c database, and the latest high-end server product, which is different from other hardware-free support models like other companies, from the technological innovations that push cloud computing. Achieve more robust data processing requirements.

IBM, a network company that is primarily a corporate and government client, will expand its cloud-computing services, increase its efforts to promote cloud computing services to midsize enterprises, adjust its partners to resell its services, and help software companies adapt to IBM's devices.

Other IT companies also from various aspects to improve cloud computing related business, a few days ago Google launched a Google Wallet upgrade can support cloud storage, to borrow cloud computing mobile payment security. In short, the major IT enterprises in the continuous force of cloud computing field, to rely on cloud computing to seize the opportunity.

Multifaceted or to market pattern change

In the first half of 2012, corporate it was affected by the global financial crisis, the related investment suffered a cold winter, but does not affect the cloud computing in this area of heat. Market research company GARTENR Forecast analysis, 2012 global Cloud computing market size will reach 58 billion U.S. dollars, related industries will be more than 450 billion U.S. dollars, the global cloud computing market will reach 148 billion U.S. dollars in 2014.

Meanwhile, the European Union recently announced a strategic plan to further develop Europe's cloud computing potential by accelerating and expanding the application of cloud computing in the economy by 2020 to create 2.5 million new jobs in Europe and generate 160 billion euros a year. That reaches 1% of the EU's GNP.

Although the global cloud computing industry is still in the development period, but it has such a broad market space and huge economic interests, which will attract all the players from the industrial chain to compete.

Because of this, the global IT giants will target the new development goals in the cloud computing field, such as Microsoft, Google, IBM and other manufacturers in accordance with their original enterprise technology advantages, from software, servers, networks and so on to enter the cloud computing market. And it vendors in the field of cloud computing business continues to expand, in order to gain more economic benefits, will lead to competition in the field of mutual infiltration. IBM, which has been providing hardware support to large businesses and governments, has recently announced a move to midsize companies to promote cloud computing services, which rivals Amazon, the leader of cloud computing services, and the pressures of the Amazon and Salesforse.com over IBM's dominance. This situation will lead to greater competition between the major it enterprises, and ultimately or will form a new market pattern.

Enterprises need to grasp cloud opportunity according to their own conditions

Development so far, cloud computing is still a vibrant new field, the scope of its technology coverage is very broad, from enterprises to individuals, from the government to the private sector are the object of cloud computing services. From its service business, to the related industry further development, improve the industry efficiency, enhance the industry level, can play a certain role in promoting. Therefore, if the enterprise can take advantage of the services provided by cloud computing to seize business opportunities, which will enable enterprises to win more benefits, but also enable enterprises to rely on cloud computing to enable enterprises to embark on a new level of operation.

But at the same time, the new area of cloud computing is still in the early stages of development, although the market has a variety of cloud computing services, but it is far from the ultimate achievable goal. For the moment, cloud computing in the actual use of the process there are still many problems need to be addressed, such as user privacy security issues, cloud standards and authentication issues, these problems are the cloud itself in the provision of convenience at the same time the resulting ancillary defects, although there is a corresponding method to solve, Usually by a third party to ensure its security, but still need to improve the relevant services.

In addition, for the new era of enterprises want to enter the cloud computing, improve operational efficiency, reduce operating costs, from large enterprises to medium-sized enterprises from the transformation, to obtain the benefits of hope, all of this need to rely on the cloud computing services have a full understanding and understanding, but also to have good communication with suppliers, And these all need to face the challenge and a fully adaptable process. Enterprises can not because of the superstition of cloud computing strong and lost their own direction of development, but to use the convenient services provided by cloud computing to achieve their own goals, from the development of their own, the use of cloud services to reduce costs, save budgets, liberate people at the same time improve work efficiency, and ultimately into the enterprise itself in the cloud era, Enjoy the benefits of the cloud.

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)