Regional Cloud computing platform: the foothold of cloud computing

Author: Liu Qilin people talk about cloud computing, often the promotion of public cloud services to the public as a real sign of cloud computing. The regional cloud computing platform can be seen as one of the practices of the public cloud so far: many cloud computing firms work with local governments to provide e-commerce (Power channel), e-government or SME incubation services, and the practice of these platforms allows people to begin to have a deeper understanding of cloud computing,　　It also gives people greater expectations of cloud computing. From enterprise Cloud to area cloud generally speaking, the cloud computing platform is often divided into private cloud (Enterprise Cloud), mixed cloud, public cloud, and public cloud as the "real cloud".　　However, the enterprise cloud applied to the enterprise is actually the "miniature version" of the regional cloud computing platform that is now emerging everywhere, enabling people to gain experience from the practice of enterprise cloud. July 22, 2009, IBM and the world's top 500 enterprises in China Sinochem Group released the world's first enterprise cloud computing project. As the world's first "corporate cloud", in fact, the company has a comprehensive upgrade of its own ERP system: the opportunity of the Chinese group to upgrade its ERP systems, successfully applied the solution provided by IBM Greater China Cloud Computing center, and deployed the ERP system to the cloud spanning two data centers.　　In addition to the cloud upgrading of its ERP system, the Chinese group's cloud computing platform tried to be more "bold", and the managing director of the China Group's information Technology department said in an interview with The economist that he hoped to move the Enterprise Portal as many applications as possible into the cloud computing platform. From the upgrade of ERP system to Enterprise Portal cloud Platform migration, from the example of the group, Enterprise cloud Platform, not only need to build virtual environment, but also need to cloud computing platform has long-term overall planning.　　The same principle applies when the cloud platform expands to a county or city. "China's cloud computing market will grow by 60% in 2010," said Mr. Michael Barnes, Vice president for Asia Pacific Software, Springboard research, global information and communication software and services analyst. As Chinese local governments increasingly invest and build local cloud computing platforms, as well as operators and Internet companies in the development and operation of cloud computing, an industry-wide collaborative innovation model is coming into being.　　"In fact, since 2008, cloud computing centers have been built around the world, some already have commercial practices, and their planning for a regional cloud platform focuses on two areas: E-commerce and E-government." In February 2008, IBM established the Taihu Lake Cloud Computing Center in Wuxi, which provides new software companies with the ability to access a virtual computing environment and supports their development activities as the world's first commercial cloud computing hub.　　At present, Wuxi Taihu Lake Cloud Computing Center provides services for some vendors who have just begun to try and transform E-commerce. To its customers sevenWolf, for example, in providing cloud computing services for the Seven Wolves, the Taihu Cloud computing Center has actually played the role of "E-commerce" outsourcing: They are fully responsible for the business of seven wolves in the form of platform and technical support, while the Seven Wolves pay the online fee for the service and make up about 6% of the total profit. Delivered to the serviced Taihu Cloud Computing Center and IBM, which provides the infrastructure for the hub. "At present, we have achieved more than 10 million of the turnover, 2010 target is 20 million, the board asked us to be listed in 3-5 years."　　"Wuxi Taihu Cloud Computing Platform Services Co., Ltd. General manager Lu Jianhao told the internet Weekly."　　To E-commerce, is a regional cloud computing platform, one of the commercial path, and in the more developed E-commerce Jiangsu, E-commerce-led cloud computing services to become the important practice of cloud computing landing. While in Wuxi, IBM and Wuxi (national) software Park Ipark cooperation "Pangu World" project is another mode of operation: The new Enterprise Incubation Center.　　At the Ipark Software Park, IBM offers IT infrastructure and services, supported by the city government, introduces start-ups, contracts with the park, and provides free access to infrastructure and IT services, and the city government gets dividends from the future benefits of the business. In addition to the application of E-commerce as the leading cloud computing platform, e-government has become an important part of the collaboration between cloud companies and local governments. June mid-June, Bird and Jiangsu Zhenjiang cooperation, "Yun Zhen" published.　　and the main content of this cloud-town cooperation is e-government: Bird will be messy public telephone and other integrated network resources, forming from the public to the city government resources end-to-end access. The telecommunications industry, which is closely linked to cloud computing, will play an important role in providing Low-cost, high-quality communications services. According to the reporter understand, Guizhou Mobile with IBM's cloud Computing program successfully established based on cloud architecture industry information platform, through the centralized service interface, it can control heterogeneous hardware environment flexibly, realize the dynamic on-demand configuration of resources and high value-added service mode, reduce the maintenance cost and shorten the response time of various requirements,　　Improved management efficiency. As the Dalian "City business card" software outsourcing industry, cloud computing not only provides the opportunity of resource integration, but also brings the opportunity to improve the software outsourcing environment: Upgrading the environment of software outsourcing is the characteristic of Dalian cloud computing platform. At the end of May this year, to overcome the shortage of high-end software talent, software outsourcing enterprises in small size, software production process, such as low maturity, the Dalian municipal government in Dalian High-tech zone to create a unified software and information Services outsourcing public support platform, that is, the Dalian cloud computing platform, and on this basis, the establishment of high-end software talent training base,　　Software development, testing, delivery sharing Center, so as to achieve resource sharing. The cloud computing platform is only starting with the regional cloud computing platform, cooperation with universities, cooperation with a number of vendors to become a new form of cloud computing manufacturers cooperation. So, the "foothold" of these cloud computingTo meet people's thinking about cloud computing?　　In the "End" and cloud computing services offerings, it seems that the current regional cloud computing platform is not achieved. In fact, these forms of collaboration, dubbed "College Clouds" and "union clouds", do not seem to satisfy people's vision of cloud computing: in people's understanding of cloud computing, cloud computing should basically abandon the "end" of the characteristics, become purely dependent on network resources to obtain the form, and more importantly, it should be more widely available, Share in the largest pool of resources--like Google and Amazon. In fact, taking E-commerce as an example, the regional cloud computing platform still provides users with independent virtual space, which is very different from the previous E-commerce outsourcing.　　This distinction is difficult to see from the client--many times, when compared to large-scale commercial cloud computing, people tend to be overly excited about the "end" form. After the regional cloud computing platform is built, what kind of service can it provide according to the characteristics of regional economy? What is the charging mode of these services? -Cloud computing is an emerging it deployment and delivery model for delivering products, services, and solutions over the network in real time. What people call cloud computing, in effect, is the infrastructure platform for this deployment and delivery model, while cloud services is a step closer to the service process of providing applications and solutions through the cloud computing platform. Cloud computing is more of a business model than a change in infrastructure and platform.　　The specific application direction and the determination of the charging mode, namely cloud computing service, is a more important step after the cloud computing platform is built. For example, the establishment of the charging model, in Wuxi, two cloud computing centers, there are two types of charging mode: Taihu Cloud Computing Center to take the "online fee + Profit dividend" model, and Wuxi (national) software Park is to take the investment means of the charging model. Can there be any other charging mode for reference? In the operation of the regional cloud computing platform, can a new relationship model emerge between the government, cloud providers and enterprise users to achieve a more credible and return model? Beyond the business model, what innovative services can the cloud services for all cloud computing platforms have? We will continue to be concerned.