The biggest problem with cloud computing products is standards and security.

such as the ability to rapidly expand the server, provide a safe data center, reduce the cost of enterprise investment and so on a variety of advantages, so that the cloud has laid the next generation of Internet development mainstream direction, and thus won the attention of major IT giants around the world. However, with the rapid marketization of cloud computing technology, the problems of standard and safety are exposed gradually.

In response, JUNIPER, an Asia-Pacific Enterprise Architect, Greg Bunt, expressed his views in an interview some time ago.

Cloud computing standards should be open

Although many manufacturers have introduced cloud-related products and solutions, but the lack of a unified cloud computing standards, a variety of cloud products in the operation is also difficult to mutually compatible.

In response to this problem, Microsoft China Research and Development Group chairman Zhang has said that the world should have a unified international cloud computing standards, he believes that any enterprise or country if they own a set of cloud computing standards, the final result is likely to form an island of information.

Greg Bunt also holds the same view, saying he wants to find open, comprehensive, standards-based interoperability approaches to secure expansion. According to Greg Bunt, the relevant industry members are currently working with government departments on policies, standards and cooperative research and development.

"We have always advocated an open standard, and Juniper is working closely with IEEE." I personally disagree with the current practice of some competitors adopting closed-end standards. ”

Specifically to domestic, the Ministry of Industrialization of Information Industry, Vice Minister Lou Thrifty recently again stressed that to strengthen the next generation of internet technology, cloud computing and other standards of research work to promote the application of information network in various industries.

Security is the primary challenge

Security and privacy are at the top of the challenges of cloud computing development.

Security here mainly includes two aspects, one is that their information will not be compromised to avoid unnecessary loss, and the other is that they can ensure accurate access to this information when needed.

Greg Bunt admits that security is the most important issue in cloud computing, and that it has been the focus of attention for a long time. "In the traditional it field, Juniper's firewall products occupy a very large market share, while the acquisition of NetScreen of network security vendors is also a key part of its security strategy." ”

According to Greg Bunt, the traditional security approach is to encrypt between customers and data centers, and as cloud computing is presented, customers and data centers tend to be in different regions and even different countries, and the original model is difficult to maintain. In this respect, Juniper's solution is to achieve a higher security architecture through encryption between the data center and data center, server and server.

Giants seek a combination against cloud warfare

"One-stop" service capacity has now become the IT giants of the competitive edge, in order to achieve this goal, the manufacturers have taken the acquisition or industrial chain cooperation in the way to deal with this market war.

November 2009, Cisco, EMC and VMware announced the formation of a Virtual Computing environment Alliance, which is the first collaboration of the three big it giants.

The three companies then launched the Vblock infrastructure package and set up an independent company Acadia to provide a private cloud infrastructure architecture for the end-to-end business of the data center. Vblock integrates EMC's storage devices, Cisco virtual Technology Services and network equipment, as well as VMware's virtual technology.

Juniper and IBM also have similar partnerships. According to Greg Bunt, in collaboration with IBM, Juniper mainly provides network architecture and operating system, and some IBM products are also made by Juniper OEM, and IBM offers the server and storage services it specializes in.

For HP's acquisition of H3c,greg Bunt, which is also based on complementary needs, HP is looking at H3C's technical advantage in the IP network and data center to meet the cloud's application needs for the data center in the future.

The Chinese market rivals are strong

As a company that has more than 10 years in China, Juniper has laid out the market earlier, and as the domestic internet economy matures, China has gradually become an important strategic development area.

When it comes to competition in the Chinese market, Greg bunt that h3c, Huawei and ZTE are both good companies and a strong rival to Bo. "But we also have our own advantages, juniper, in addition to providing network equipment, also provides security services, and directly to the data center end User Services. ”

It is reported that in the domestic telecommunications industry, Zhan Bo for the Guangdong Telecom, Hong Kong Telecom, such as providing data center product services.

When asked if there are different product strategies for different customer juniper, Greg Bunt explains that, in addition to providing high-end data center products for large customers, Juniper has a simplified version of the product for general sized businesses, but all products use the same operating system to ensure interoperability and security of the product.

"In addition, we can provide the SDK (software Development Kit), partners can be based on the situation on the juniper products to add their own standards and requirements, to achieve the purpose of customization." ”