Why giants are expanding cloud computing: will become everyday tools

May 8, according to the Wall Street Journal News, Google announced the acquisition of start-up Stackdriver to optimize its cloud computing services.

It is understood that although the specific amount of transaction is not disclosed, but the Stackdriver company based on cloud platform to Third-party developers to provide app detection management services is Google's "heart good." It is reported that Stackdriver's current main user base is now Google's cloud computing area of "old rivals" Amazon, there is news that stackdriver into Google Cloud platform services, will stop the Amazon AWS (Amazon WEB Services) service support.

It can be said that the acquisition is another Google recently shot to attract developers to use their own cloud computing platform, which will help Google optimize its remote cloud computing and cloud storage services.

Meanwhile, PC giant Hewlett-Packard announced today that it plans to tamp down the cloud computing products and services market, and is expected to invest $1 billion in hardware and software upgrades over the next two years.

In fact, the recent major it internet companies both at home and abroad have shifted their gaze to the cloud computing field:

Overseas markets, first Microsoft, Google and Amazon have lowered their respective cloud storage tariffs, to the price war to attract more users, encourage consumers to adapt to the cloud of personal life changes, the spread of the foundation for cloud services. After that, the company represented by Cisco proposed a cloud computing project, saying it plans to spend $1 billion in two years to build Cisco's proprietary cloud computing services to large enterprises and government agencies as the main target group.

In the foreign market surging, Alibaba led a number of domestic science and technology companies are also attacking: at the end of April this year, Ali's cloud computing subsidiary Aliyun announced the addition of Beijing node, and this is the Aliyun of Hangzhou, Qingdao outside the global scope of the third external Service data center. At the same time, Ali has stepped up overseas sites, and plans to launch a global cloud computing business, there is news that Ali recently or will announce the first overseas distribution point of data center information.

For He Yun services will become an essential part of the development of IT technology enterprises?

This is like many years ago email, smart phone or tablet, we initially regard it as high-end technology, but ultimately they will be the daily life of ordinary people rely on the tools, and this is undoubtedly to attract the major technology companies to accelerate cloud computing business is the main reason.

Public cloud services have become an integral part of the IT enterprise's current business, but if you think cloud computing services are favored by their "emerging", then you may be wrong: According to the Aberdeen Group Analysis Company Survey, At present, nearly 60% of the global mainstream IT companies have been involved in cloud computing for more than 2 years. In fact, there are 4 main types of public cloud services currently available:

1. A managed service provider (MSPs) that provides some or more professional solutions through IT management services. This feature can support local deployment systems or networking.

2. Software Operations (SaaS), a professional solution for software services through networking. This form can reduce the organization's software installation, operation and support services in the enterprise network and server storage area.

3. Infrastructure is the service (IaaS), that is, through the Internet for the enterprise to provide a complete computing environment, so as to ensure that enterprises in the networked state of the normal software operation. This form can effectively reduce the investment cost of the enterprise's computing hardware infrastructure.

4. The platform is the Service (PAAs), namely provides the software service and the application research and development platform. Enterprise organizations can develop, monitor and launch proprietary app applications.

Public acceptance of cloud computing services will be inversely proportional to the complexity of the technology's use. That is, like MSPs and SaaS, because it is the most concise operation of these 4 types of methods (only need Internet access and initialization of service access credit certificate), so its acceptance or relatively high. In contrast, IaaS and PAAs require more professional IT technicians to integrate the internal resources of the enterprise to achieve cloud computing service applications-which is relatively high on the threshold of entry.

However, despite the different ways of using public cloud computing services, the sharp reduction in operating costs and greater profit margins are certainly tempting for corporate institutions. In response, in a survey of Aberdeen Group Analytics, more than 60% per cent of respondents said cost reductions were the main reason for their acceptance of cloud computing services. In addition, local deployment of storage equipment to reduce the investment (52%), to meet cloud computing demand Flexibility (44%) and other factors have become the cloud computing services in the middle of technology enterprises "surging popularity" motivation.

(Responsible editor: Meng)