Cloud Computing capacity

Cloud Computing technology sector is becoming the jargon. Not only Google (www.g.cn), IBM (www.ibm.com.cn), Microsoft and Yahoo (www.yahoo.cn), and other large companies is Cloud Computing admirers, smaller companies are also gradually to Its side. CRM software online service provider Salesforce.com said he began to Cloud Computing Applications, and in the position it had "replaced the traditional software delivery," the SaaS model; Facebook (www.Facebook.cn) simply declared itself Cloud Computing platform, Developers can on the platform and application development platform in the distribution of these applications.

"Really, we do not have to create storage, databases, computer or database functions, is to provide a more economical way to handle the data." Amazon Web Services senior vice president Andy Jersy said. His department was founded in 2006, Cloud Computing infrastructure service providers, the forerunner, "The New York Times" called the use of the Elastic Compute Cloud service on the Internet in 1851 to the 1922 version of the newspaper.

Simple to say, Cloud Computing means that access to computing resources, processing, storage, transmission of information and databases are from its own four walls, and users pay only for their own use of some of the resources that pay for. In the past few years, such calculations have been called Grid Net or Utility Computing-when needed access to it, like running water or electricity network, and only for the use of that part of pay. At the same time, its application to the expansion of the marginal success of SOA, virtualization, SaaS, network services and so on the field.

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June 24 day, IBM at the same time in Johannesburg, South Africa and China established a two Cloud Computing Centre. IBM's plan, the end of this year the world to be completed at least 10 Cloud Computing Centre. IBM called their creative Blue Cloud, at least 200 Cloud Computing researcher focused on the work.

"With the passage of time, some old things again has a new look." IBM Global Innovation and Technology Nickolas Donofrio, executive vice president sighed. In recent years, IBM data center in the efficient operation done a lot of efforts, such as grid computing on the desktop computers and other equipment, users across many machines to expand the exercise, and to make programming easier. With far more than that of network bandwidth and virtualization technology, grid technology with Cloud Computing can be carried forward. "In a sense, Cloud Computing Grid computing is a natural model for the further development." IDC analyst Frank Gens, "The difference is, Google's programming model, and it really open - ordinary people can also The preparation of applications, rather than have to be Stanford or Carnegie Mellon University doctoral. "

Cloud Computing charm of a display of vivid examples from the Animoto, this was established in New York, only 18 months, allows customers to upload their pictures and music and provide customized automatic generation of Web-based video display services, people can And their friends to share these videos, there are about 5,000 visitors a day using this service.

Mid-April this year, Facebook users to generate interest in this application there is a small upsurge in three days, about 750,000 people in Animoto on the registration. In the peak period, about 25,000 people per hour use Animoto services.

In order to fill the demand gap server, the company needs on the basis of the existing 100-fold expansion of the server. However, neither the founder of funds for expansion of this scale servers, and no technical capacity and interest to manage these servers.

Therefore, they start and a Rightscale-Santa Barbara, California's Cloud Computing service providers, this company for the Amazon's Cloud Computing design applications. Through this cooperation, Animoto just three days to meet the surge in the flow of payment, and do not need to buy or configuration of any new server. It supported the commitment to the Amazon, a server one hour costs only about 10 cents a share, including bandwidth, storage and related services, the number of marginal cost. When the server when a drop in demand, Animoto automatically reduces the use of their servers, but also reduce their bills.

Facebook the same as the rapid reaction capacity and new sales and marketing channels is the combination of software from business-to-Cloud Computing a keen interest in the causes. This even for those non-software companies also applies - the traditional companies are also changes in their computer system to use Cloud Computing.

"In fact, Cloud Computing on the role of technology like electricity network on the role of power", "Harvard Business Review," Nick Carr, former executive editor of the book The Big Switch in the comparison of the Cloud Computing and electricity networks. Electricity network to improve the company's operation, when every family have cheap energy and access, "there is the incredible creativity to take advantage of these cheap energy," Carr said. He believes that Cloud Computing will be the next decade and contributed to the development of the power network similar to the cycle.