Xuru: Cloud computing does not apply forever immature

The topic of cloud computing seems to be cooling. Many views also believe that the concept of "cloud computing" is very virtual, is hype up, there is no practical application prospects. In China, cloud computing is really difficult to "clouds", to help the information technology? As an expert, Dr. Xuru, director of the Institute of Computational Research and data storage technology at CAS, said in an interview, "I don't see it that way, I'm very optimistic about the future of cloud computing in China." ”

Although the concept of cloud computing is in recent years, but from the perspective of the overall technology, it is not a new concept. As early as the middle of the 90 and the early part of this century, Xuru said, there had been similar ideas, such as "Instrument computing" and "Grid computing". Now the fiery, indeed there is a high composition. Xuru analysis said that there are no more than two reasons: first, market suppliers to guide the cloud computing as a "all-encompassing, omnipotent Artifact", and the second is the consumer's misunderstanding of technology. Xuru revealed that recently, the United States on cloud computing technology maturity has been assessed, the overall evaluation is not high.

"Fortunately, the heat has a downward trend." It is a good thing that the market is rational. Xuru introduced the theory of "Gartne cycle" (Hype Cycle) by the famous American IT research consulting organization. This theory will be a new technology from generation to maturity, and then to the wide acceptance of the whole process of market concentration of 5 stages, that is, the technology germination period, the expected expansion period, the bubble of the bottom period, the steady climb of the bright period and the real production peak. "Now this heat down, it can be said to enter the bubble at the bottom of the period, but do not forget, ' the darkest before dawn ', at this time, is the opportunity to nurture a major breakthrough." ”

Why is it the opportunity to nurture a major breakthrough? Xuru explained his judgment. From the application market, from the desktop computer to a variety of handheld terminals, from the prosperity of various social media to the current push of China's "triple network in one", "who does not need cloud computing to provide computing resources, storage resources?" Such a huge application market, pull cloud computing technology and application of the development is inevitable. Moreover, after the bubble is removed, we have a deeper understanding of the functional positioning of cloud computing. ”

See opportunities, but also see challenges. Xuru said that China's cloud computing started late, from a business model similar to the foreign model, but in terms of computing scale, design and control capacity, far less than the developed countries. "But we have a large user size. In many cases, our daily visits are much higher than those of foreign countries. This is a big challenge. "Xuru is concerned about our ability to meet this challenge."

Xuru's worries are far from unfounded. In order to meet the challenge of visiting scale larger than foreign countries, we must strive to improve the operation ability of data center. "Our ability to build and experience is not enough, the operation of the Victoria can not keep up with, how to deal with the challenges?" "Xuru has been in foreign companies for many years of technology, foreign companies attach importance to Yun-Wei experience." "Many years ago, Amazon and other companies have more than million dollars a day, the cost of today's operation is far more than this number." How many of us would consider this a reasonable expenditure? In the final analysis, it is a question of ideas. ”

In fact, money is not the only problem. As far as the data center is concerned, both the government and the business are already laying out a lot, but what about building? What is the output? "But the consideration is very not thorough. "Some units will build data centers equivalent to infrastructure investment and hardware acquisition, but completely ignore the system operation and maintenance." "Xuru is very sorry," good steel to use the blade. In the case of limited funds, there is a need for balanced consideration. To face the application demand, build the hardware and software infrastructure comprehensively. Do not pay attention to improve operational capacity, the end can only be spent a large price, hurt the healthy development of the industry. ”

In the field of cloud computing, it is not only the operational capacity but also the application that is difficult to ascend by the concept. Public and private organizations and individuals in the choice of cloud services, the general security of their certain doubts. Xuru, however, believes that security issues do exist, but some issues are more of a matter of mindset, "which is the same reason that people used to store their belongings at home without having a bank." In the final analysis, it is not willing to outsource services. "To change this mindset, you need a process that is the process of cloud computing security applications."

Talking about the application of cloud computing in our country, Xuru said, as far as the current application mode is concerned, there are many special applications for the whole construction, but there are still a lot of problems in pervasive application. There are problems of lack of experience and the influence of cultural differences. "However, no application can be perfect once introduced, to explore the application side, application-driven research and development, not to explore, not application, cloud computing will never mature." ”

Xuru said, to promote the application of cloud computing, to build a platform between technology and applications, including professional international exhibitions, such as the Ministry of International Economic and Technical Cooperation Center will be held in Beijing in 2013, the first international cloud computing Technology and application exhibition, which is a good platform for communication.

Finally, Xuru concluded that the application and operation of cloud computing industry in China will be able to achieve leapfrog development, "cloud for industry, cloud collar development" is no longer just a slogan.

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)