The Cao: Cloud computing is an infrastructure and a shift in consumer philosophy

Recently, the Minister of Information Department of Cao, a customer of the "high-end dialogue", on the information construction of the situation, as well as cloud computing applications, collaborative software selection and other related topics made a detailed interpretation.

Cao introduced, the Chinese medicine is doing the information management system of centralized integration, as China's largest pharmaceutical and health care products distributor, medical distribution, retail, logistics and other fields have made great progress. Since 2007, the company has independently developed distribution systems and other business systems, and has also introduced international software packages to integrate all the relevant systems into a single platform for unified management. At present, the system integration has achieved a lot of results, in reducing operational costs, improve efficiency of enterprises to bring great value.

Speaking of cloud computing, Cao proudly said, "We have been using the concept and method of cloud computing since the 2010 ERP process." Today, our ERP is deployed on the basis of information-based cloud computing. ”

Cao introduced, the previous general ERP systems are deployed through minicomputer, and the ERP products are deployed in the PI server products based on, so that, not only to start flexible, easy to maintain, but also greatly reduce the cost.

"In terms of cloud computing, it's still more advanced, we have deployed a collaborative system, a number of large companies are deployed, from this year onwards, we have made plans, within the years, our various subsidiaries of the OA system to a set of OA system, we call ' Cloud OA ', Cloud OA ' On-demand service. "Cao introduced, headquarters to build a set of automated" cloud OA "system, each subsidiary use on-demand, each account is about 200 yuan per year, and the use of e-mail Service mode price is similar. The future of the whole company will adopt this way, hope in the 3721.html ">2014 year basically in the introduction of an OA system, and then use the cloud computing service concept for the following subsidiary services." Cloud computing is not only a basic infrastructure, but also a change in the concept of consumption.

Cao also admits: "Many enterprises are to put some unimportant system in the cloud computing, but the medicines have been deployed ERP in the cloud." But there is no precedent in foreign countries, many small and medium-sized enterprises to our company to see are very surprised, feel very courageous, I say is not the guts, in fact, we understand cloud computing. We think that cloud computing is not a concept, it is in the enterprise implementation process, from the maintenance, cost, application three aspects really play a big role. Cloud computing is something you can really see and touch. ”

In addition, in the selection of collaborative office software, Cao also put forward three points of thumb. First, the function of the software is very important to operate conveniently; second, product and enterprise application should be closely linked; third, product brand is also very important.

For the information construction of the future, Cao said that with the advance of the new medical reform, the enterprises are more and more widely distributed, and the environment will be more complex, "it in the enterprise play a more and more important role in the future, we hope to develop in the form of intelligent supply chain, through information means, To build IT service sharing, not only in our internal sharing, the future to the development of external services, the internal information to do the entire support, including IT services, to start a variety of services, to create an intelligent supply chain, this is the future of the information technology of the hope. ”

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)