Three challenges of "cloud operation"

Telecom operators to do cloud storage, host hosting has a natural advantage, and the powerful access capability for its strategic transformation provides a high-speed data channel, but how to seize the opportunity, operators need to overcome the three major challenges.

Earlier, Sadie consultant released the "China's three telecommunications operators for cloud computing transition Strategy Research" white paper, analysis of Chinese operators in the cloud computing process of transformation, to identify opportunities and challenges and future trends; analyze the existing network capabilities of operators and it capabilities, combined with the three major operators cloud computing development Strategy, To evaluate the ability of the three operators to provide cloud services, comb the typical cloud application projects of the three operators, and put forward the countermeasures and suggestions for the future transformation and development.

Operators become the dominant force

Network support capability is an important factor restricting the development of cloud computing, and it is also the core of the development of cloud computing services, and only seamless docking and deep integration of cloud computing services can truly bring efficient, convenient and safe service experience to users.

Sadie Consultants believe that in the cloud computing wave, the three major telecom operators with their comprehensive data center node, unique wireless, wired network access capabilities, as well as users and channels of deep accumulation, will become China's cloud computing strategy, the main force.

Relying on cloud computing, the three telecom operators will also be occasion force, as one of the main beneficiaries of cloud computing, from the provision of various types of paid cloud services products to get a large amount of revenue to achieve the growth of telecommunications business profits. At present, the three major operators of cloud computing have carried out a preliminary exploration. On September 1, 2009, China Mobile posted its cloud-computing platform, the "Big cloud" version 0.5, in a low-key manner. The November was followed by the release of the 1.5 version of the big cloud.

In the same year, China Telecom set up the project team of "Wing cloud Plan" to start the preliminary preparation of cloud computing. August 2011, China Telecom officially released the "Sky Wing Cloud" computing strategy, brand and solutions, and plans to officially launch in 2012 Cloud host, cloud storage and other series of Sky cloud products. China Unicom's cloud computing strategy is relatively low-key, the overall framework is divided into cloud systems and cloud services two systems: The cloud system is mainly for China Unicom internal IT support system, while the cloud services are mainly China Unicom for enterprises/government, such as public-owned services.

Opportunities and challenges coexist

The strong IT resources and access capabilities provide a solid infrastructure guarantee for the strategic transformation of Chinese telecom operators into cloud computing, says Sadie.

After years of operation and development, telecom operators to build a large server, storage equipment, network hardware equipment and other IT infrastructure, with a large number of data processing capacity, effectively solve the future layout of cloud computing services faced by the performance, security and reliability issues, for operators to the cloud computing strategic transformation provides a strong IT resource library , which makes the telecom operators have a natural advantage in doing cloud storage and hosting.

At the same time, the powerful network broadband access capability of the three telecom operators provides a high-speed data channel for the strategic transformation of cloud computing, which can effectively solve the problem of cloud access when the telecom operators layout cloud computing services.
However, to seize the opportunity, operators first need to overcome the challenges from three. Sadie Consultants believe that the three major challenges, the existing "network capacity-oriented" investment model and the "Integrated information platform as the core" development direction is not compatible, existing "Telecom Operation support System Architecture" and the cloud-oriented "IT Support system architecture" is not compatible with the existing "Communications Service" business model and " Integrated Information Services "management model is not suitable.

Build a message for the operator

Sadie Consultants believe that China telecom operators of the cloud computing transformation strategy is not only the transformation of business strategy, but also the transformation of business role. How to better promote cloud computing, Sadie Consultant gave four suggestions.

First, the overall planning of cloud computing infrastructure construction, the development of a scientific long-term strategic planning.

Telecom operators should plan, formulate "cloud computing strategy development Special planning" and "cloud computing platform construction and business development 5-year rolling plan", the current it construction from the "support system" of the traditional positioning to the "core business system" strategic positioning transfer. Through the scale pilot, the specification promotion and the comprehensive application, uses 5-10 years time, realizes the cloud computing transformation Strategic goal full realization.

Second, a comprehensive study of cloud computing business maturity, a clear picture of the business Evolution Roadmap.

Telecom operators currently provide cloud computing services based on it enterprises distributed computing and virtualization technology to achieve their own value mainly reflected in the transmission pipeline and management services, the entire cloud computing market occupies a low value. From the point of view of commercial value, the traditional voice service and information flow service are becoming more and more inferior to the value chain, and the Internet Information value-added service is coming into an explosive growth. This requires telecom operators to deeply study the industrial ecology of ICT industry chain, through the new business to open up new profit model, while seeking to control the business value chain, enhance its dominant position in the industry. At the same time, a clear description of cloud computing at all levels of business development path, accurate judgment of business explosive growth point of time, in the current large enterprises private cloud trend is still relatively strong stage, you can consider the development of small and medium-sized cloud computing applications.

Third, build efficient cloud infrastructure and deploy high speed intelligent access pipelines.

Cloud Data Center is a key step in the whole cloud computing development, telecom operators must first deploy a number of powerful cloud data centers throughout the country, and the cloud data center must be combined with network capabilities and CDN Network. Second, telecom operators do not have to evade the "pipeline", and only to build a strong and stable pipeline capacity, can provide a strong guarantee for cloud computing.
Finally, accelerate the integration of resources and open platform to create a healthy industrial chain environment.

Telecom operators should first provide a cross-platform system to ensure that users can get a perfect cloud service experience, can carry a variety of combinations to any scene, but also to provide users with customized personalized services. At the same time to create a healthy ecological environment and industrial chain, to third-party developers and business partners to achieve openness and transparency, to ensure that not only the telecommunications operators themselves or partners, Third-party developers can create their own cloud applications, and share and provide to the application market.

Sadie Consultant data show that the next 3 years, cloud computing applications will be government, telecommunications, education, medical, financial, petrochemical and power industries as the focus, in the Chinese market is gradually being adopted by more and more enterprises and institutions. The cloud computing market will grow from 16.731 billion yuan in 2010 to 117.412 billion yuan in 2013, with an annual compound growth rate of 91.5%. The three operators should actively seize the opportunity to complete the business strategy and business role of the dual transformation.

(Responsible editor: Duqing first)