The "Eight Great Kong" in the United States marched in China

Source: Internet
Author: User
Keywords China China eight King Kong
Tags application backbone backbone network cisco cisco china communications company control

Absrtact: At present, Cisco occupies 163 backbone network of China Telecom about 73% of the share, control all the super core node of 163 backbone network and most common Core node. At present, China, including government departments, military, armed police, military enterprises, including all units

Currently, Cisco occupies about 73% of China Telecom's 163 backbone networks, controlling all the super core nodes and most common Core nodes of the 163 backbone networks.

At present, almost 100% of all units in China, including government departments, military, armed police and military enterprises, use Microsoft's operating system and office software.

In 2012, the Standing Special Intelligence Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives issued a report that Huawei and ZTE's products threaten U.S. national security. This year, President Obama signed a spending bill banning federal agencies, including the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Commerce, NASA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, from purchasing "information technology products manufactured, processed or assembled in China owned, operated or subsidized by enterprises".

In stark contrast to the situation in which Chinese companies, such as Huawei and ZTE, are shut out of the US, America's "Eight Great Kong" (Cisco, IBM, Google, Qualcomm, Intel, Apple, Oracle, Microsoft) have been able to march in China, and the company's products have been used in the construction of China's key national information infrastructure.

From mobile phones to servers, from the Office software to the operating system, from search engines to wireless communications technology, the United States "eight King Kong" has almost penetrated every aspect of the Chinese network; Government, customs, postal services, finance, railways, civil aviation, medical, military police, almost every department has the shadow of American technology giants.

Powerful

China National Internet Emergency Center sampling monitoring showed that in 2011, nearly 50,000 foreign IP addresses as Trojan or zombie network control server, participated in the control of nearly 8.9 million hosts in China, of which more than 99.4% of the controlled host, the source in the United States. And the piracy of our domestic bank site IP, there are nearly 3/4 from the United States.

Shen Dingli, deputy dean of the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University, said that in recent years the United States had launched 61,000 cyber attacks on China's mainland and Hong Kong, attacking China's High-value electronic information hub. Can imagine, as long as any of them succeed, the relevant government and individuals and enterprises in the electronic communications will open the door, state secrets and personal privacy will also disappear, China's network security is bound to face serious threats.

China's information security in the United States as represented by Cisco in the face of the "eight King Kong" in the front, in the vast majority of core areas, the 8 companies have a huge market share.

IBM is the world's largest information technology and business Solutions company, as early as 1934, IBM has been operating in China. According to IDC (Internet Data Center) data shows that IBM in China's UNIX server market share in the first 15 consecutive years, up to the fourth quarter of 2012, has reached 76%.

Cisco is the largest it product provider in the world's cloud computing market. August 1994, Cisco Beijing office was established. Currently, Cisco occupies about 73% of China Telecom's 163 backbone networks, controlling all the super core nodes and most common Core nodes of the 163 backbone networks.

Microsoft's main products include Windows operating system, InternetExplorer Web browser and microsoftoffice Office software suite. According to NetMarketShare data show, Microsoft in the Chinese desktop computer operating system market occupies more than 91% of the share, occupy the industry dominant position.

Since its inception in 1985, Qualcomm has played an important role in the global wireless communications industry, and has a leading position in the fastest-growing wireless technology CDMA field. According to China Telecom released data, April 2013, China Telecom new CDMA users 2.16 million, the total number of mobile users up to 170.19 million. Qualcomm is also the only chipmaker to support Android's mobile phones at all levels, while the vast majority of smartphone users in China use Android platforms.

As of the first quarter of 2013, Intel had a 85.2% per cent share of the global PC semiconductor chip market, while Lenovo, with Intel chips, had a nearly 40% per cent market share in the Chinese PC market. Lenovo's chips accounted for 11% of Intel's revenue in 2012, and 18% of Intel's revenue came from Hewlett-Packard, 14% from Dell, while Hewlett-Packard and Daldu a sizeable share of the Chinese PC market.

Although Apple's share of the PC market in China is very limited, it has great potential for growth. The iphone and ipad are very eye-catching in China, 2013 1-March, the iphone in China's urban user share of 23.2%,ipad in China's market share reached more than 60%.

Oracle is the world's largest enterprise software company, its products are mainly server and enterprise application software, 1989 officially entered the Chinese market. In 2012, Oracle once again occupied the top application server market with a 40.7% market share.

Google is widely recognized as the world's largest search engine, providing easy and easy-to-use information services. October 2, 2012, Google has overtaken Microsoft to become the world's second-largest technology company by market capitalisation.

Penetrate widely

China Economic Weekly collects and collates public information since 2001 and found that the "eight great Kong" has penetrated into various industries in China.

Telecommunications and the internet is the "eight King Kong" most infested industries, the three major operators, electric dealers, portals, social networks and the "eight King Kong" have different degrees of cooperation. Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu, Sina and other top 20 Internet companies, Cisco equipment accounted for about 60% of the share.

The government department is also one of the "eight Great Kong" likes to contact. In 2006, Intel and the Ministry of Information Industry signed a "joint memorandum to promote the informatization of rural, urban, corporate and logistics in China", while jointly with the Ministry of Education of China announced the launch of the "Create Future Education Program", more than 10,000 computers connected to rural China and the Internet. And the "eight King Kong" and local government cooperation projects are countless.

Military enterprises, "eight King Kong" is also very interested. December 21, 2012, the CLP branch software Information services company and Cisco China Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited in Beijing formally signed the formation of a joint venture agreement. The joint venture company will focus on social public management, industry information application needs, provide valuable end-to-end technology solutions. Joint venture investment will be 200 million U.S. dollars, of which, the CLP software Information services company occupies 57% of the equity, Cisco China Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited occupies 43% of the equity.

"Eight King Kong" is also keen to cooperate with Chinese universities. In 2007, Intel cooperated with the Dalian government and the Dalian University of Technology to create a "semiconductor technical Institute" to train semiconductor talents; Since then, various cooperation projects have been launched. November 2012, Tsinghua University-Cisco Joint Laboratory launched in two, in June 2013, Yunnan Universities and Microsoft China signed an agreement to set up the Yunnan Microsoft IT Institute.

The scariest thing is Cisco. In the financial sector, Cisco equipment is used in all the data centers of China's four major banks and city commercial banks, Cisco owns more than 70% of the financial industry, and Cisco has a share of more than 50% in the customs, public security, armed police, business, education and other government agencies, and in the rail system, Cisco shares about 60%; The backbone network of air control is all Cisco equipment; Cisco has more than 60% per cent of its shares in airports, docks and ports, and in industries such as oil, manufacturing, light industry and tobacco, Cisco has a share of more than 60%, and even many companies and institutions use only Cisco equipment; Cisco's share is 80% in the television and media sectors. Above ...

In software systems, companies such as Microsoft are almost entirely covered in China.

At present, almost 100% of all units in China, including government departments, military, armed police and military enterprises, use Microsoft's operating system and office software. Some database software that stores important information, as well as industrial control systems, are developed by Western High-tech companies.

A close partner of the American political forces

Cisco played an important role in the 2006 U.S. "Cyber Warfare".

February 10, 2006, the United States conducted a history of the largest "network storm" network warfare exercises. The exercise was conducted by the United States Department of Homeland Security, the National Safety Commission, the State Council, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Finance, the NSA, the FBI, the CIA and other 115 government departments involved, Cisco is one of the key designers of the exercise.

All along, Cisco has a complex relationship with the U.S. political forces: its CEO Chambers has served as President Clinton's trade Policy committee and vice chairman of President Bush's National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC), and 73 of the 535 U.S. lawmakers have invested in Cisco, including U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Cisco spent 1.21 million dollars in lobbying funding in 2012, and Cisco spent 15.7252 million dollars in lobbying Congress in the past 15.

Microsoft and the U.S. government also maintained a high degree of tacit understanding. After President Barack Obama appointed Microsoft's former security chief, Schmidt, as chief of cyber security in December 22, 2009, the former Microsoft executive also called it a "cyber czar".

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