Wang Ruilin: IBM sees them from the perspective of cloud applications in small and medium enterprises

November 8 News, by the Chinese Small and Medium Enterprises Association, China Electronic Information Industry Development Research Institute, Ministry of Technology China Informatization Promotion Alliance Common guidance, China SME service platform, China Small and medium enterprise Informatization Public service platform jointly organized by China SME Informatization series Phase II and "small and beautiful small and medium-sized enterprises- Small and medium-sized Enterprises Informatization ascended the cloud "in China Water Conservancy and Hydropower Academy grand opening."

IBM Senior Cloud Solutions expert Wang Ruilin participated in the event and made the "SME information on the Cloud" keynote speech, he shared with you the current technology trends, sharing IBM from the SME cloud application perspective to see their thinking and their product positioning, From the IBM point of view of the small and medium-sized enterprises in the use of cloud to do what things.

IBM Advanced Cloud Solutions expert Wang Ruilin

Cloud computing is a trend that has a transformative impact on the industry

Of the top ten technology trends released by Garnner in 2014, three were cloud-related, mixed cloud, personal cloud, cloud, and client architecture. IBM released the integrated technology direction in the first half of the year, calling software to define the environment. Expert Wang Ruilin also said that the trend of cloud computing has been in China for four years, and for the time being, the entire industry has been putting it under new trends to show that it really brings about transformative effects.

The era of cloud computing requires more innovative thinking

In the big change, the role of the information leader has changed a lot. Previously positioning information leaders for technical leaders, Wang Ruilin said, in the cloud era more need is your innovative thinking, innovative thinking needs to use information technology to help the business. He thinks: the innovation of industry more needs to rely on the platform of the big State policy to drive below, from a small small and medium-sized Enterprise Informatization Department, I can about is our business innovation, if make big bulky become an industry innovation. We start from a small step, that is, we are from the primary stage of socialism, we must first do business innovation, from their own enterprises combined with cloud computing, combined with large data, or positioning themselves in the business promotion perspective to see how it to help the existing enterprise model. Cloud computing poses challenges for us, thinking, opportunities, in the big opportunities below, CIO How to choose, Wang Ruilin also put forward their own views: first of all think, if there is very mature, feasible, economic benefits is very obvious, for small and medium Enterprises Public Information Service platform, this is absolutely the choice, Whether from the economic benefits or from the perspective of the future development of SMEs.

Building a private cloud is the right choice when you are not at the advanced stage

Is there such a public cloud service provider in China? There is still no enjoyment of mobile to provide people with cloud services, although the three major operators have to provide cloud services, China Telecom Sky Wing Cloud, but this distance we still a little far, this is a status quo. In the absence of large mature enterprises for SME information Services platform suppliers, of course, there will be a more appropriate choice, you can build private cloud, private cloud building, the establishment of private cloud of large enterprises, government enterprises will be more, but small and medium-sized enterprises are really relatively few. On the idea of building a private cloud, Wang Ruilin said: First, the small and medium-sized enterprises are luxury goods, do not know whether the operation will be successful, can not control it, and the real benefits of the cloud, must be closely linked with the business. In addition, large enterprises have hundreds of servers, small enterprises have dozens of of servers, we can not abandon, we consider how to do in the cloud to make use of the future expansion to consider usability, which for our later is a very good open platform. Finally, many enterprises like operators to use our senior cloud, but for small and medium-sized Enterprises, the recommended IBM start cloud, the interface is streamlined and practical.

Problems and challenges in the informatization of small and medium-sized enterprises

Wang Ruilin thinks, one is money, use it to build money, is enterprise own, not taxpayer, the enterprise should consider its benefit, spend the money to the idea, Jianyun to see return of investment. The second is people, small and medium-sized enterprises are not like big business, there is a very strong IT operational management system, the current situation is also difficult to spend a lot of money to recruit a very senior IT operation management personnel, this face a problem, now I passively let it run, but it is difficult to let it run very well, because there is no standard it process, There is no good service support for the business. Next is the environment, the big environment is actually very important, the whole industry really rely on information-driven or assisted business is difficult to see, if there is a pacesetter, to the peer is a good promotion.

Choose cloud services SMEs to embrace information

From the cloud point of view, can solve two problems. From the IT level, one is to solve the problem of less spending more, that is, the previous enterprise has five applications, now buy five servers, there is a server after virtualization can be. In addition, small and medium-sized enterprises can not employ highly paid IT managers, but it is not possible to use cloud software to help enterprises solve part of this problem, including the company's operational dimension, including the standardization of IT services, automation, these four levels is actually the core of cloud computing, virtualization, service, standardization, automation. If you build a private cloud, you can also benefit from four levels. If there is a cloud, more rely on cloud software to manage. So the Enterprise province space, the province manpower, saves money, the same is promotes it the management efficiency, this is the one-time cost to look, from the subsequent various cost view, saves more.

Finally, Wang Ruilin said: For small and medium-sized Enterprises, the construction of private clouds to realize the value of not the public cloud so much, but relatively at present, it can be a big boost. including operational dimension promotion, cost reduction.

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)