The standardization Future of cloud computing

This article is from Forbes Digital Technology edition, author Ed Sperling, is a technical editor with more than 20 years working experience. The translations are as follows:

The trend in cloud computing has become increasingly evident in the outsourcing of infrastructure and data, but the trend is far more volatile than most executives would have wanted.

We are now in a state of recovery from the trough, and most companies are starting to compress the cost of transporting and keeping equipment while preparing to dispose of a stack of servers. Over the past more than 50 years, there has been a layer after layer of system incompatibility accumulated in the data center, want to complete such data clean-up is an endless painful work. I think what we need to do is sift through the data and save the necessary parts, and the old machines can be tossed to other people at any time and keep themselves abreast of the times.

Such a proposal can be said to have no harm. Moreover, there are now virtualization technologies and fairly scalable cloud computing services, such as the public cloud services provided by Amazon.com, private cloud services provided by IBM, HP and EMC, and so on, which are theoretically not difficult to implement. This saves money for equipment and maintenance equipment, and reduces the number of headaches for CEOs-because maintenance servers are often not the core business of their companies.

One thing we're not sure about, however, is what happens when companies start outsourcing technology in their own defined processes, rather than outsourcing technology in a technology-defined process. It's not about playing word games. This is a profound change in the way companies use technology: how they define themselves and what makes them different from other companies.

Cloud computing requires a high degree of standardization of application implementation. The economy of cloud computing is based on standards, because only then can a company be able to connect with the latest technologies, add or reduce capacity when needed, and transfer their applications from one cloud computing service provider to another. The service provider's "lock in" gimmick will no longer be accepted.

Standardization has led some companies to grow fast-especially those that can take full advantage of the economies of scale brought about by standardization. Standardization has also made some companies the kind of "I am" participants who are struggling to differentiate their products. This means that the cost of doing business will rise dramatically. Think about Dell and HP's computers: The real winners are Microsoft and Intel, and they define the differences between the different kinds of machines.

Every market has its variables, but to be sure, standardization makes the power of the brand much weaker. This gradually becomes a truth when standardization becomes a deep factor in ensuring efficiency.

So, what's after that? If data and technology can be outsourced like application development, then human resources, account payments, payroll, and even High-tech projects can be outsourced. Technology has been holding up companies to help them function in the small black houses that surround themselves with walls. However, the outsourcing of core technologies will change the rules, crushing the walls and blurring the boundaries between companies and companies.

This may not be Pandora's box, but there is no doubt that it is a doorway to the unknown. But given the pace of cloud computing today, we can soon see the scenery behind the door.

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Original: The Tyranny of standards Author: Ed Sperling