The relationship between cloud computing and digital transformation has finally been clarified

Reading guide ： Cloud computing and digital transformation complement each other .

author ： Alibaba cloud intelligence - Global technical services

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01 Major changes brought about by Cloud Computing

Improve efficiency through data 、 cost reduction 、 Business innovation , This idea is not the first day , On the mainframe 、 This view has appeared in the era of minicomputers . At that time , You have successively developed the database 、 Data warehouse 、 The data mart 、BI Analysis and other technologies , speech recognition 、 Artificial intelligence and other technologies have also appeared very early , But why didn't the digital transformation really break out at that time ？ Computing power and massive data are the most important constraints .

Get into 21 century , With the large-scale use of Internet technology , Distributed technology is also becoming more and more popular , Cloud computing is on schedule . The advent of cloud computing , On the one hand, it brings theoretically unlimited computing power and the possibility of expanding storage capacity , On the other hand, it also makes everyone realize that in the past, due to various constraints , Most of the data is ignored as useless .

In recent years , Some innovative enterprises continue to mine business value through data , More accurately match the needs of users , Looking for new business models , Digital transformation has finally unveiled the mystery , Start to really walk into thousands of households .

It is not only enterprises or institutions that can enjoy the dividends brought by digital transformation , Every individual also really enjoys the benefits of digital transformation . for example , We can enjoy a more convenient lifestyle brought by smart home , You can get your favorite goods or movies more accurately . The digital economy is officially on the stage .

So , Cloud computing is the cornerstone and booster of digital transformation , The advent of cloud computing has brought the digital age forward , Further promote the rapid arrival of the digital intelligence era .

02 Cloud computing provides several ways for digital transformation

Cloud computing facilitates digital transformation in the following ways .

1. agility

In the past , When many enterprises carry out information construction , The first thing is to make a long-term plan , One of the most important links is to build a long data center 、 Hardware equipment procurement 、 Time reserved for software installation and deployment , When you need to expand capacity, you have to go through this process again .

This process often takes months to a year or two , Cloud computing offers a new solution , Rent on demand 、 Fast expansion and reduction 、 Theoretically infinite expansion ability 、DevOps The management mode of agile development, operation and maintenance integration has greatly shortened the construction time , Reduce the construction period from a few months to oneortwo years directly to a few minutes 、 Few hours . Who doesn't like such time cost and flexible use ？

2. Cost and labor income

For any enterprise , Cost and labor income （ That's what you often mention ROI） Is one of the important business indicators . Competition in the industry is becoming increasingly fierce 、 When the market environment changes rapidly , If you can have a lower cost than your competitors 、 Higher ROI, It will undoubtedly enhance the market competitiveness of enterprises .

Cloud computing uses on-demand renting , At present, many cloud computing services can be provided by day 、 Measure the cost according to the number of calls , You can increase resources when you need them , Free up resources when you don't need them . This is a huge cost advantage , For example, there is a customer who cloud the data center as a whole , Reduced costs 50% about .

3. Security

When it comes to cloud computing, security is indispensable , This is the first reaction of almost every customer who begins to consider using cloud computing . Usually , Customers always think that the cloud is not their own data center , Security is not as good as traditional data centers , Especially in data security . Actually , This is the same reason that everyone keeps money at home and in the bank , Compared with keeping money at home , It is obviously safer to have a bank .

Generally speaking , Security includes information security 、 Data security 、 Compliance, security and other dimensions , If you want to build a complete set of security system in your own data center , Not only need to buy a lot of safety equipment （ A firewall 、 prevent DDoS attack 、 Behavior monitoring ）, It also needs to design perfect safety management norms and processes , Including the allocation of safety operation management personnel .

Even if we build this system , There's another problem , That is, the enterprise itself does not have so much security sample data , It is also difficult to really make good protection .

On the cloud , The security protection system is constantly optimized in the process of a large number of security attacks and protection of millions of customers 、 Safety samples obtained by iteration , The abundance of samples is known by comparison . therefore , The protection capability of the cloud security protection system is completely different from that of the enterprise's self built data center .

in general , The security of cloud is better than that of self built data center . In the early days, many people worried that their data was unsafe on the cloud , It may be stolen . Actually , This matter can be seen from different dimensions .

First , Clouds are all multi copy 、 Multi zone architecture , Natural disaster tolerance . secondly , Every cloud computing manufacturer from the perspective of maintaining enterprise reputation , Will not joke about the customer's data security , Otherwise, it will have an adverse impact on the survival of enterprises . in other words , Cloud manufacturers are actually more afraid of user data problems than users , therefore , Cloud factory chamber of commerce is more concerned about the data security of customers . After solving the problem of data security ethically , Technically, there is no problem .

4. Fast execution

This is the outstanding advantage of Cloud Computing . for instance , If the customer needs to build a virtual machine , It may have been necessary in the past 2～3 Months to complete （ Buying hardware equipment requires 2 Months , It takes several days to install software and configure virtual machines ）, But now just click the button , It can be completed in a few minutes through mirroring .

Some customers adopt more automated management ： In the combination of container technology and cloud virtual host 、 Storage, etc. while expanding and shrinking capacity , In order to solve the business wave / Trough problem , Also developed an intelligent business monitoring system , Used to predict the trend of business volume , At the same time, expand and shrink the capacity of resources through the automatic scheduling container platform .

The benefits of these cloud computing technologies have greatly promoted the process of digital transformation .

About author ： Alibaba cloud intelligence - Global technical services （Global Technology Service, abbreviation GTS）, A technical service team that provides complete lifecycle services for cloud intelligent customers .GTS It aims to implement... Through professional delivery 、 Systematic middle office support and standardized service product capability , Using the power of cloud and Technology , Work with eco partners to help customers realize business value .

This article is excerpted from 《 Digital transformation on the cloud 》（ISBN：978-7-111-70483-6）, Issued under the authority of the publisher .

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