Microsoft Sun Jiandong: Eliminate three myths about cloud computing

Core tip: In Microsoft's view, the transition from the traditional it to the cloud should be smooth, not over again, without a lot of cost. In the cloud transition, users need to buy mainly management products, while the existing infrastructure and systems are mostly available.

Sun Jiandong told Sohu it that with the popularity of cloud computing knowledge, a large number of users are now aware of the value that cloud computing can bring to them. Microsoft's survey data show that more than 70% of Chinese companies are highly concerned about cloud computing; 88% said they consider cloud computing; When choosing partners, they are cautious and tend to choose international companies with deep local support.

It is the attention of a large number of users that Microsoft feels it should push them to learn more about the cloud and toward the cloud. "We want to communicate more easily and closely with our local partners and users so that they know more about Microsoft's strategic thinking," he said. Sun Jiandong said that some users currently have a skewed understanding of the cloud, which could affect the process of migrating to the cloud, which Microsoft hopes to promote through marketing campaigns.

Misunderstanding one: Everything in the future will move towards pure cloud computing.

Sun Jiandong thinks cloud current market propaganda favors two extremes, one kind of company says Cloud is service, others thinks cloud is server, data center and virtualization, cloud-related factory basically distributes in these two extremes. "Microsoft thinks the future is a mixed world, and users should decide how they want to apply the public and private cloud resources to their own needs, and how many applications are local to maintain the traditional it model." "Sun Jiandong said.

From the characteristics of cloud computing, the public cloud for the enterprise investment and technical threshold is the lowest, suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises, can effectively reduce its IT costs, improve operational efficiency. The private cloud takes advantage of traditional it models and cloud computing, which are controllable and secure, resource sharing, flexible allocation, and easy management. "As a result, many companies put their business on a private cloud, and it's hard to imagine that a business would put a key application such as its billing system on a public cloud." ”

At the same time, the traditional local IT application model will not die because of its controllable and secure advantages. "Customers will make traditional it, private cloud and public cloud choices based on their different needs, and most of them will be mixed choices." The future is not a pure cloud service world, nor a server cloud platform, but a mixed world. Sun Jiandong so judged.

Myth Two: Cloud computing is the start of the existing IT system

Cloud computing was so lively in the 2010 that many enterprises felt the pull of the system migration. In the minds of many CIOs, cloud computing is a huge shift that requires a lot of human and infrastructure input. But Sun Jiandong explicitly warns users: "If someone tells you that it takes a lot of effort to turn to cloud computing, you have to be careful!" ”

In Microsoft's view, the transition from the traditional it to the cloud should be smooth, not overturned, and not cost much. In the cloud transition, users need to buy mainly management products, while the existing infrastructure and systems are mostly available. "Users have been able to slowly transition to the cloud while addressing day-to-day it operational challenges." For example, Microsoft Hyper-V already has virtualization capabilities, Windows 7 can also achieve desktop virtualization. When the user upgrades the operating system, already has the cloud transition ability. "Sun Jiandong said.

Sohu It found that Microsoft has provided a clear migration path in the white paper provided to users: identify infrastructure and unified identity, use Hyper-V for Server virtualization, use System Center to unify Datacenter Management, build a self service platform, and migrate programs to a cloud platform. Microsoft stressed that the real need for users to invest in the management tools and other products, rather than hardware subversive purchase.

In order to realize the smooth transition of cloud, Sun Jiandong suggest that users should think clearly and plan for the future when new resources are added. "It's like drawing a picture before building a house, taking into account the plans for the next 35 years," he said. Microsoft recommends that users choose products that meet both current needs and cloud transition needs. For example, selecting a standard blade server can cross the barriers of future platform convergence. ”

Myth Three: Microsoft is just beginning to cloud computing

"The power to start the cloud," the large-scale market drive to impress many people, combined with many people in the industry before the traditional software model by the cloud impact of suspicion, many people issued a "Microsoft finally to cloud computing" feeling.

Sun Jiandong to this some laugh and cry. In fact, Microsoft has done 15 years of cloud computing, research and development to invest 9 billion dollars a year, covering 300,000 companies to provide a full range of solutions-Microsoft is the pioneer of cloud computing, not the successor. Faced with questions about whether Hotmail or MSN services can be counted as cloud computing, Sun Jiandong said: "Because of the operations of these global services, Microsoft will join the data Center server to 10000 units per month to meet the growth in service demand." Only cloud computing can achieve such a huge amount of computing resources management, it is in the process of exploring how to manage the massive data center, Microsoft has accumulated the experience of cloud computing. "At the same time, because of the provision of services, and products, but also a large data center operation experience, Microsoft in the cloud of many players are quite omnipotent."

For the explanation of the slogan "Start Cloud Power", Microsoft would like to interpret it as: "The power to start the cloud, its implied subject is the customer, Microsoft acts as the background role of technical services." Not Microsoft just started the cloud. ”

Indeed, what makes Microsoft Proud is that its cloud computing has landed in many places in China. For example, a few days ago, "pork quality and safety traceability supervision system" in Chengdu running, the public only need to rely on the information on the small ticket to inquire about the source of pork, through channels and inspection. Behind it is the Chengdu Cloud Computing Center and Microsoft's IT platform, which allows massive data to be processed stably and efficiently, resulting in information that can help government decisions and regulation. Meanwhile, the cloud computing model has reduced the cost of the system from around 6 million to 2.7 million yuan.

"Many manufacturers are still hype concept, and Chengdu residents can use Microsoft cloud computing technology to eat assured meat." "Sun Jiandong told Sohu it," This application Let me feel the first time cloud computing and people so close, ordinary people will also feel the power of cloud computing. ”

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