There are differences in data and power, and people are still weak in the external cloud

With the development of science and technology, from the previous power grid development caught in the electrification of the times, power supply facilities also allow large enterprises of important commodities gradually spread to the various production environment, but also with the constant warming of cloud computing, now some people have begun to compare it with the electricity revolution in early 20th century. But if this is the equivalent of cloud computing and power, and even the idea that data is tied to power, and that people are still weak in the sense of the outside cloud, it is too absolute to let them know that data is not electricity.

There are a lot of differences between them, and the fundamental difference is that for electricity, I don't need to figure out how an electron pushes another electron to the end of the socket. There's no need to know how to generate electricity, how the grid works, and how they store electricity in batteries (well, the solar panels at home are going to have to do it myself). I just need to see an ampere in the meter.

But in cloud computing, exactly what bytes will be out of my network card port I will care about. Further, if I put the data on the Internet, I would care about the exact location and storage of the data, and who can access them. The internet is not a grid of shared information, it should only play the role of transmitting information from one particular point to another, which is different.

Although the physical underlying architecture for information technology can be commercialized, the information itself is not

Therefore, "trust" becomes the biggest problem that cloud computing solves. External clouds are worthless if they are not to be trusted. If the cloud system does not ensure security, it will not help if it has the advantage of speed and agility.

There are more difficult places. We are now faced with a multifaceted problem: I believe that until commercialized cloud computing has some sort of verification security, control, level of service, and compliance, the most valuable data businesses in the business are not moving into the external cloud. There's nothing to explain. In this regard, 51cto.com has made relevant reports, see the article: "Cloud storage may let your data" naked "

Please do not misunderstand me, I do believe that history will have some amazing similarities, it development is no exception, it is repeating the original from the mechanical system to the field generator to centralized power supply of the same history.

Over time, I think most of the enterprise computing will go out of the Enterprise data center and move into the cloud. However, I also believe that such a mass migration could take decades and overcome one major obstacle. Technical hurdles are the easiest targets to overcome, but solutions can be difficult to implement. See the 51cto.com report: "Cloud Computing's five big worries";

Electricity can promote business development, but the data determines the survival of enterprises

This will directly allow businesses to keep large amounts of data at home, while keeping a wary eye on the public cloud.

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Original: In cloud computing, data isn't electricity author: James Urquhart