Inspired by the data management system proposed by Flash Rain and the establishment of data centers abroad, Jiang Hui felt that the development of cloud computing could be started in the Guanghui Data Center.

Cloud computing is the distribution of computing across a large number of distributed computers, rather than local computers or remote servers, and enterprise data centers will operate more like the Internet. This enables enterprises to switch resources to the applications they need, accessing computers and storage systems on demand.

It is like moving from the old single generator model to the power plant collection mode. It means that computing power can also be circulated as a commodity, just like gas, water and electricity, which is easy to access and inexpensive. The biggest difference is that it is transmitted over the internet.

"Flash rain, since we have noticed that the utilization efficiency of the data center of the telecom light operator is very low, we are starting the construction of the data center on a large scale. Can we develop a technology that leverages the surplus computing and storage capacity of data centers around the world?"

Hearing Jiang Hui's words, Flash Rain's eyes lit up, this is the content of Flash Rain's doctoral dissertation, and it is also the cloud computing that Jiang Hui mentioned when he recruited Flash Rain.

"Mr. Jiang, are you talking about cloud computing?"

"Yes, cloud computing".

What is cloud computing? There are many ways to define cloud computing in later generations. The widely accepted definition of cloud computing is a pay-as-you-go model that provides available, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (including networks, servers, storage, applications, services) that can be provided quickly with minimal administrative effort or interaction with service providers.

Cloud computing is another seismic shift that follows the massive shift from mainframe computers to client-server in the 1980s.

"It's a promising technology, but it requires a lot of people to develop. In the cloud computing environment, software technology and architecture will undergo significant changes. We need to develop it specifically and purposefully."

"Tell me about it?".

"First of all, the developed software must be compatible with the cloud, and can be organically combined with the cloud platform with virtualization as the core, and adapt to the dynamic changes in computing power and storage capacity; second, it must be able to meet the use of a large number of users, including data storage structure and processing power; third, it must be Internet-based, and provide software applications based on the Internet; fourth, it has higher security requirements, can resist attacks, and can protect private information, and fifth, it can work in various environments such as mobile terminals, mobile phones, and network computers."

Speaking of his profession, Shanyu's whole mental state has changed, and he looks radiant.

"But if cloud computing is going to be promoted, I think it will take some time. In the cloud computing environment, the environment and working mode of software development will also change. Although the traditional software engineering theory will not undergo fundamental changes, the development tools, development environment, and development platform based on the cloud platform will bring convenience to agile development, intra-project collaboration, and off-site development. However, people are inert, and when everyone is used to the current practice, even if there is a better one, it is difficult for many companies to adopt it in a short period of time", Shan Yu continued.

"You're right, there's still a long way to go for the popularization and application of cloud computing. Social recognition, people's habits, technical capabilities, and even social management systems should all be changed accordingly to make cloud computing truly popular.

But in any case, Internet-based applications will gradually penetrate into everyone's life, and will have a profound impact on our services and lives. To cope with this change, it is also necessary to discuss the future development model of our business and determine the direction of our efforts.

Since we recognize cloud computing and believe in the value of cloud computing in the future, let's boldly let it go. Ask for money to give money, ask people to recruit. I hope that big data and cloud computing can become the fist expression of the glorious data center", Jiang Hui couldn't help but bring another bowl of chicken soup to Shanyu.

Taking cloud computing and big data as the core products of Guanghui Data Center was an established strategy formulated by Jiang Hui in the early days.

There are often misconceptions about the relationship between big data and cloud computing. And they will also be mixed up, and the straightforward explanation is: cloud computing is the virtualization of hardware resources; Big data is the efficient processing of massive amounts of data.

On the whole, the future trend is that cloud computing, as the bottom layer of computing resources, supports the upper layer of big data processing, and the development trend of big data is that real-time interactive query efficiency and analysis capabilities, to borrow the words of a later generation of computer masters: "You can operate petabytes of data in seconds with a mouse move" Isn't it exciting?".

This also fully reflects that the relationship between big data and cloud computing is not an independent concept, but an extraordinary relationship. Both in terms of resource demand and resource reprocessing need to be used together. This is also the reason why Jiang Hui wants to develop big data and cloud computing construction at the same time.

Therefore, instead of thinking about how to distinguish between large data and cloud computing, it is better to plan together, let cloud computing provide a powerful platform for big data, and complete the value of cloud computing with the conclusions of big data analysis.

"Mr. Jiang, I am relieved to have your words. To be honest, as the general manager of Glorious Data, I am still under a lot of pressure. It would be a bit wasteful to spend a lot of money on building so many data centers just to meet the group's own data processing needs. I'm now starting to have confidence in the future profitability of Korn Radix Data. After the launch of our big data and cloud computing technology, in addition to serving the group, we can also provide paid services."

In the next two or three years, Guanghui data will be "Pixiu" who only makes money but does not pay money. However, ten years from now, when the whole society fully accepts big data and cloud computing, the speed of money will be very fast.

"There's no hurry to make money or anything, the short-term task is to develop a Glorious cloud service for Glorious Mobile Phone first. Users of Guanghui mobile phones can store photos and other content on their mobile phones to cloud accounts, effectively avoiding the shortcomings of insufficient mobile phone storage."

"Brilliant cloud service? I think Mr. Jiang, your idea may really become a highlight of Guanghui mobile phone. Especially in the future, if there is no cloud service for smartphones, consumers may feel a little embarrassed to use them."

"It's not that exaggerated, not every user likes to take crazy pictures, but cloud services will become a major trend sooner or later, and we can be regarded as taking the lead by entering in advance."

Smartphones in later generations, such as Apple Cloud, Huawei Cloud, etc., almost all have cloud services, and cloud services can also be slowly extended to more functions.

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