"Cloud strategy" will become an important pillar of enterprise digital transformation

Now , The world has entered the era of digital economy , Government and enterprises have also entered the digital transformation stage , Cloud computing as one of the information technologies , Supporting the development of digital economy , It is also an important cornerstone of industrial upgrading .

Cloud computing is evolving from a market disruptor to what people expect IT Method . Although cloud computing has become the foundation of digital business , But there are still many enterprises that are difficult to optimize this powerful tool .Gartner forecast , Less than a third of enterprises have a written cloud strategy .

The epidemic is pushing “ The cloud service ” consumption

Combined with the development of cloud technology application in the future ,Gartner Defined “Cloud Shift”, Take consumption on all cloud services as molecules , be-all IT Total consumption as the denominator , To measure “ The cloud service ” Consumption ratio . After the outbreak , You can see “Cloud Shift”, A solid line goes up , It represents the rapid development of cloud migration , The dotted line is the situation before the epidemic .

therefore , The epidemic situation for IT consumption “ On the cloud ”, Yes “ The cloud service ” The consumption of has played a positive role .

Gartner expect ,2025 year 70% The consumption of enterprise software will be SaaS The way , Only 30% It is the consumption of traditional license mode .“ infrastructure ” Some are not so obvious , A lot of infrastructure is still in the user's data center , But there will still be 35% The proportion of growth .

Gartner Zeng Shaoqing, senior research director, believes , In the future “ cloud ” Is distributed everywhere , And will exist as an important infrastructure for digital transformation .2021 Year of “ Cloud computing ” It is more a form of technology delivery , But as the technology continues to evolve ,“ Cloud computing ” In addition to maintaining the original computing delivery form , It will also become the cornerstone of digital business innovation , therefore ,Gartner Think , Make a perfect “ Cloud strategy ” It will become an important pillar of enterprise digital transformation .

personnel + Skill + Migrate to enterprise “ On the cloud ” My biggest challenge

Now , Enterprise pass “ On the cloud ” Centralization can be achieved 、 scale 、 Professional cloud services , Phase out dispersed 、 Inefficient 、 Low level data center . Enterprises with common needs can also build a unified R & D 、 production 、 management 、 Marketing platform , Implement cross system 、 Cross region 、 Comprehensive collaboration across applications . Enterprises can also gather and share upstream and downstream information of the industry by virtue of cloud platform 、 Interconnection 、 Take market demand as the target to carry out business innovation .

More Than This , Enterprises do not need to purchase servers themselves , Reduce expenses , It also effectively avoids the waste or paralysis caused by the sharp increase and decrease of single volume in daily business , Save enterprise operation and maintenance costs .

In the development of cloud computing technology 、 Industry promotion and policy guidance , At present, enterprise cloud has become an irresistible trend , However, there are also many difficulties to be overcome .

Zeng Shaoqing said , Lack of skills and talent are becoming enterprises “ On the cloud ” My biggest challenge . In terms of skills , Many enterprises do not know how to ensure their governance and security capabilities in the native environment of the public cloud , therefore , Many enterprises have no perfect cloud strategy , It is still in the initial stage of cloud ; In terms of talent , Have cloud capabilities , Talent is very important , Most cloud computing talents are on the provider side , Cloud computing talents on the enterprise side are scarce .

More Than This , The complex production environment has also become one of the obstacles for enterprises to go to the cloud . After years of accumulation , There are often complex production environments 、 The current situation of various businesses . In the process of going to the cloud , Whether it's creating a new system , Or to transform and migrate the traditional system , Once the prior research and preparation are not done adequately , May cause the whole project to be pushed down and start over , Migrating to the cloud also usually faces many challenges . therefore ,Gartner The method of migrating user applications to the cloud can be summed up as 6 Ways of planting ：

• The first is Retain, Is to leave the application in place , Do not migrate to cloud environment , In fact, this is not a method ;
• The second is Rehost, Is to bring up the application 、 Move in , We do this “ Cloud migration ” It refers to two scenes . A scene , Move to the platform of the public cloud ; Another scene , Move to the internal private cloud platform .Rehost Just bring it here 、 Move in , But do not change ;
• The third is Revise, It is equivalent to slightly changing the configuration of the application , It won't involve code changes 、 Just configuration changes ;
• The fourth is Rearchitect, It is equivalent to reconstructing the application architecture , Then a certain amount of code will be changed to adapt to the environment of a certain cloud platform ;
• The fifth is Rebuild, This is changed from beginning to end, and the source code is discarded 、 Rewrite the code ;
• The sixth is Replace, It's on the cloud SaaS application ;

Zeng Shaoqing said , Cloud priority markets in the West , We expect that in the next few years 70% The consumption of about enterprise software is SaaS consumption 、 Only 30% On the other hand, it is the development of their own or the consumption of buying software . Compared with the first three domestic users “Retain、Rehost、Revise” Dominant , Showing great differences .

As cloud adoption continues to expand , The complex operations of managing and protecting cloud resources also follow . Migration helps enterprises transform their businesses , It is an arduous task for any enterprise to migrate its business from the original infrastructure to the cloud platform . however , If enterprises realize in advance the challenges they may face after migrating to the cloud platform , They will take necessary measures as soon as possible to prevent .

At the end , today , Cloud has become an important way of enterprise digital transformation . In the digital economy , Enterprises need to build products from the inside out , Through innovative technology platform , Sharing of core competencies , Work with partners to create new products to meet the personalized needs of users . Cloud computing is helping enterprises build such an innovative technology platform , future , Cloud computing will also play an increasingly important role .