Cloud computing is a very broad concept, and no one can define it in a few short sentences, which is why the concept of cloud computing has been used as a gimmick by many people for a long time.

However, before Simon's rebirth, cloud computing was already deeply rooted and ubiquitous.

For end users many years later, network disks, cloud documents, applets, streaming media, etc. are all specific applications of cloud computing.

For enterprises, cloud computing is to maximize the efficient use of computer software and hardware resources through large-scale distributed parallel computing.

Ordinary people often associate cloud computing with concepts such as website hosting, server rental, etc., but in fact, this is just the most basic service that cloud computing can provide. Moreover, the basic services such as website hosting and server leasing provided by real cloud computing are still very different from traditional hosting and leasing services.

Traditional hosting and leasing allow users to specify server space, so these servers are completely open only to dedicated users. Even if there are certain periods of zero traffic to a user's website, the server must remain running, which often results in a huge waste of resources.

Cloud computing provides a highly elastic virtual server space, users do not need to specify a specific server, but are automatically allocated by the cloud computing system, and can be purchased on demand. This also means that a server can provide services to multiple users at the same time, and there will be no serious resource vacancy.

For example, a user usually only needs 10G network space, then only needs to rent 10G space, but in some periods, because of the increase in user access, enterprises suddenly need to increase the server space to 100G, the traditional hosting and leasing service, in this situation is basically a disaster, in order to avoid disasters, enterprises can often only buy 100G space at one time, which has caused a sharp rise in costs and a great waste of resources. For cloud computing, only a very simple online expansion operation is required, and the 100G capacity does not need to be rented all the time, and the 10G hourly payment standard can be quickly restored after the peak period.

Because it can maximize the efficient use of software and hardware resources, and the storage and computing power that cloud computing can provide can even reach more than ten times that of traditional server application models with the same amount of basic hardware scale. Again, this means a cost advantage over traditional server application models.

San Francisco, Palo Alto.

On September 17th, while coming here to mediate the dispute between Jeff Bezos and Carol Butz, Simon spent several days with three executives from Eagle Butts discussing Carol Butz's one-stop website solution plan based on the concept of cloud computing, which has evolved through repeated discussions.

The Internet industry has long passed its embryonic stage, but this seedling is still very weak.

Because of the powerful practical application capabilities of HTTP and HTML technologies, World Wide Web technologies have expanded much faster in recent months than Simon thought, but many of these features are still under development.

Simon has never forgotten this, so he has never taken a too aggressive promotion strategy.

Now, he even has in his possession a draft of the 'Information Superhighway Plan' that current Senator Albert Gore Jr. has been trying to push for years, and with Simon's current status, it would have been a breeze to build momentum for this plan, but he didn't do so in order to give Igrete more time to build up its technology in a gradual manner.

At present, a major factor restricting the development of the Internet industry is the lack of computing and storage capacity of computer hardware. Realizing the popularization and application of cloud computing in advance can solve this problem to a large extent.

The West Coast data center of Egrett is located in a building near Egret's headquarters in Palo Alto.

It was Friday, September 21.

It's not the first time Simon has been here recently, and after several days of discussion, he once again brought Tim Berners Lee, Jeff Bezos, Carol Butz and others into the data center, and looked at the expensive minicomputers installed on the server cabinets around them, which cost tens of thousands of dollars, and everyone's eyes were a little more disgusted.

However, the serious server array in front of you is the very traditional data center model of this era.

Compared to Simon's memory of large server clusters built next to a cold water source with a variety of hardware and high-tech elements, the data center in front of him is not only expensive and inefficient.

Because each minicomputer is a separate individual, in the event of a failure, the maintenance of the machine is secondary, the most critical, and may even affect the network service of Eagleret, so the daily maintenance of the data center is also expensive.

Next, the first step of Igret's cloud computing plan is to virtualize the existing data center, which of course cannot be achieved overnight, and it will take about a year to develop dedicated cloud computing control software.

At the same time, the team will also set up a hardware R&D department to purchase hardware directly from the underlying chips, motherboards, and storage merchants, and work with the cloud computing software technology team to develop an integrated server cluster data center according to the plan determined by everyone in recent days.

A data center is a whole, or, when connected to other data centers, the entire Igrete data system is a whole, a super-large computer with super computing and storage capabilities.

In my memory, the ultimate goal of cloud computing proposed by many enterprises is that there will only be one or a few 'computers' left in this world.

At present, server leasing is mainly for mature enterprise users, which restricts the development of Internet sites to a large extent, because individual or small enterprises simply cannot pay for server purchase, lease or maintenance. In order to facilitate the rapid expansion of World Wide Web technology, Simon has recently been considering providing the industry with cheap or even free online space for developers to build their own web sites.

Once Igret's cloud computing plan is complete, it can quickly push this forward by simply leveraging Igret's own redundant server resources.

Listen to the suggestions of professional and technical personnel, discuss the transformation plan of the data center, confirm the details of cloud computing research and development, and the afternoon time flies by without realizing it.

Leaving the data center, it was already evening.

Sending off the rest of the entourage, Simon rushed to a nearby restaurant with only three of Igret's executives.

The four of them sat down, ordered a meal, and after the waiters left, Simon said to Bezos and Butz: "In the morning, Tim has signed an equity transfer contract, and I am now 100% owned by Igret. ”

Jeff Bezos and Carol Butz both subconsciously looked at Tim Berners Lee when they heard Simon mention this.

Tim Berners Lee just smiled and nodded slightly.

The two turned to Simon again, waiting for him to continue.

Simon's previous successive capital injections have taken care of the interests of Tim Berners Lee, a partner, which is why all aspects of the funds have to be clearly distributed. The dispute between Jeff Bezos and Carol Butz over the last $50 million split made Simon realize that he had to settle Tim Berners-Lee's shareholding so that he could allocate money more freely to Igret.

Yesterday at noon, Simon invited Tim Berners Lee to lunch alone, and formally proposed to buy out Lee's 2.5% stake.

Simon was very frank about his intention to do so, and offered a high price of $5 million, which is equivalent to twice the valuation of Lee's shares when Simon injected capital a few days ago, and Tim Berners Lee also knew during this time that Egrett needed to invest a large amount of money continuously if it wanted to grow rapidly, so he readily agreed.

Simon believed that Bezos and Butz, two smart people, knew his intentions in doing so, so he didn't beat around the bush and quickly continued: "So, from now on, on the question of funds, I can assure you that I can give you as much as you can spend, but the premise of all this is that you must come up with corresponding results. ”

Jeff Bezos and Carol Butz nodded together, and at the same time couldn't help but glance at Tim Berners Lee together.

Simon noticed the two of them and said, "Tim will still be the CEO of Igrete, and this will not change, because neither of you is suitable to control this company for the time being." ”

Carol Butz couldn't help but say, "But, Simon, I think the company should have a dominant player. ”

"yes, Tim will act as a buffer between the two of you, as for the lead," Simon smiled and pointed to himself, "I'll take care of it myself." ”

Carol Butts was still a little unwilling, and said: "If you can be in San Francisco all the time, it would be suitable, but you don't usually come here once a month, I think it's better for me to be in charge of this company, Tim is in charge of R&D, and Jeff can concentrate on running his network department." ”

Simon shook his head again and said, "Carly, you have to understand that the status of the network department and the software department in Igrete is completely equal. Frankly, I expect a little more from the network department. That's why Igret's networking and software divisions had to go hand in hand. I believe you should also understand that without the support of the network department and without sufficient World Wide Web content resources, no one will care about the underlying technology application of the World Wide Web, and the browsers and other software we develop will not be able to sell. ”

Carol Butz insists: "The World Wide Web technology is also very widely used on existing enterprise LAN data platforms, and the customer base in this area is already very large, so we can focus on this area first." ”

Simon was helpless, and simply gave up reasoning with Carol Butz, his expression became serious, and said, "Carly, I believe that in the direction of Igrete's development, the results of everyone's discussion have been very mature. In the next stage, your task is to build a complete software sales network as soon as possible, Tim is tasked with technology research and development, and Jeff is responsible for the operation of the network department. At the same time, the three of you must work together, because any of Igret's businesses are fundamentally complementary to each other. I will help you solve the problem of fund allocation this time, and you will not have similar problems in the future. But then, you're going to have to run the company the way my boss wants it, or you can find another way, you know?"

Carol Butz felt Simon's unquestioning tone, glanced at the other two, paused, and finally nodded, "Okay, Simon." ”

Simon looked at Jeff Bezos again.

Jeff Bezos also nodded: "I don't have a problem either." ”

"So, let's talk about the treatment," Simon slowed down his tone and said, "I think you should know the article in Forbes magazine about the Westeros System Billion Dollar Executive Club, which was reported by many media some time ago. ”

All three nodded slightly.

Simon quickly continued: "I don't want to say anything like that, I'm not a stingy person. The three of you were actually a bit hasty in joining Igret, and the terms of remuneration were not so perfect. So, I've recently been asking James to draw up a new five-year contract. Within five years, as long as the corresponding performance target is achieved, a forward equity award can be obtained. The restriction is that the award can only be redeemed after five years, and if you leave the company or are fired by me within five years, the corresponding award will be recovered at the agreed price in the remuneration terms. Roughly speaking, over a five-year period, the three of you will each receive about 5% of the shares of Igret. ”

Speaking of this, Simon paused for a moment and said, "As for the value of this batch of shares, I can only say that it took Daenerys to go from an empty shell to the recent Forbes valuation of $10 billion, in just four years. Cersei Capital has also earned more than $10 billion in the last two years. and Melisandre in Europe, whose stake in Gucci has tripled in value in a year. Egret, is the fourth woman. Of course, whether this company ends up with 1 billion or 10 billion, or even higher, is largely up to you. ”

After dealing with Igrette's side, Simon flew back to Los Angeles after dinner.

If Jeff Bezos and Carol Butz still can't get along and work together, Simon will not hesitate to drive people out, and he will not allow his layout in the Internet industry to be hindered by personnel.

Sophia Faisy contacted this side a few days ago that the British company Uniunion, which owns Château Latour in France, intends to sell the winery in the near future.

Simon's attitude is that collecting a national treasure winery is more cost-effective than any artwork, and Janet has always wanted to buy a top winery, because she had no suitable goal, she could only build a small winery in Tasmania, Australia.

The other four of France's top five wineries are largely off-sale, and since Uni-Leone intends to sell Latour, Janet flew to Europe on Wednesday.

Although the two major acquisitions planned in the near future require huge sums of money, Simon does not intend to wronged himself when it comes to spending money, and he does not have Warren Buffett's idea that the billions of dollars saved will be multiplied in many years.

Inside the villa on the west side of Cape Dume.

When Simon got home, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

Calculating the time difference, it was five o'clock in the morning in London, so I didn't call.

After taking a shower, I sat in a small living room by the sea next to the living room and looked through the information sent by Daenerys Entertainment at night, without drawing the curtains, and the floor-to-ceiling window was the deep night, enjoying this quiet feeling of being alone.

The material is the Venice Film Festival, which just closed yesterday.

Daenerys Entertainment has been shortlisted for two films in the main competition this year, namely Robert Altman's "The Intersection of Life" and Jane Campion's "Angels at the Table with Me".

At yesterday's closing ceremony, "The Intersection of Life" not only won the Golden Lion, the highest award in Venice, but also won three other honors. Apparently for balancing act, "Angels at the Table", which was also well received by the media during the festival, received nothing.

Of course, after all, there is something to celebrate, and the company has confirmed that tomorrow it will be hosting a celebration party at Daenerys Studios.

In addition to "The Intersection of Life" and "Angels at the Same Table with Me", Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas" was also shortlisted for the main competition this time and won the Best Director award.

At the end, Simon accidentally found a page of newspaper clippings by Renee Russell, the heroine of "Goodfellas", which was naturally well received.

Just smiled and put it aside, not planning to get involved too much with the women who were destined to be just passers-by.

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