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SaaS meets cloud consideration: Dangerous triangle

October 6, 2008

Liu Lili of our newspaper reporter

Today, service of safety of computation of SaaS, cloud, cloud, cloud is like billow, billowy and come: Almost all software companies are in to SaaS transition; all IT service business prepare; of computation of cloud of fight in some places one by one poineering company wants all software to do poineering work in Yun Li all venture capital investment that are about to invest software aimed at; SaaS and cloud computation.

We pass a large number of investigation, the trend that discovers industry is agreed with is, what serve mode as new-style software is arisen, saaS and cloud computation will replace traditional software development and consign mode in the round. All these, service industry is about to produce adumbrative software and IT the change of a kind of world-shaking.

However, is SaaS the save person of traditional software or terminator after all? Is cloud computation the gold partner of SaaS? Cloud computation and SaaS can hand in hand world of software of give somebody a new lease on life? The fact that we see is, computation of SaaS, cloud and software this 3 person between the triangle that still does not stabilize, the perspective that gives them necessarily brings a lot of uncertainty.

　 SaaS pounds traditional software industry

SaaS VS traditional software: Is terminator still the person that save?

“SaaS is software comes through Internet consign, serve cost to user collection month. The user uses software through Internet, do not need one-time buy software, hardware, need is safeguarded and also do not upgrade. SaaS operation business will be unified installation, upgrade, safeguard software and hardware. ” what Wang Tao of president of the software in A explains SaaS and way of traditional software consign so is different.

is this kind of special software consign mode, once be born,let SaaS, get industry attention with respect to equipment, got especially numerous, the support of the user of medium and small businesses that lacks capital and person with ability. In the investigation that uses a case technically in the light of SaaS in, the user of 86% expresses, they will use SaaS to come cost saving. Because,also be of the user approbate, just bring so that include the software magnate such as IBM, inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells of the Shang Dynasty, SAP inside the enterprise adjusts industrial direction in succession, in an attempt to shares a cup of a thick soup of SaaS.

Some earlier moment, the Lotus Notes that IBM rolls out had had vermicelli made from bean starch of numerous company level. The near future, IBM bought IIS of company of Internet security system with 1.3 billion dollar again, aim aggrandizement of its SaaS business begin. And CEO Larry Ellison of inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells of the Shang Dynasty also expressed publicly a few days ago: “SaaS will be the tide of kind of prospective software pay. “SaaS will be the tide of kind of prospective software pay..

So far, what SaaS does the most successfully is American Salesforce.com, its are advanced sale vice-president Phill Robinson ever had said: “SaaS is to calculate what be about to happen in the domain to change. Change in this in, traditional software industry will be unprecedented the ground by shake. Traditional software industry will be unprecedented the ground by shake..

We see, traditional software industry is facing a lot of dilemma really. Environment of market of traditional software estate still matures not quite and perfect, social level is spent to the acknowledge of software value not tall, cause software price to be pressed very lowly thereby, develop adverse; besides, the worry that product of a lot of software still encounters pilfer edition software via regular meeting; in addition, in market order respect, software company presence is coessential change an appearance, price war brought about profit margin to drop directly. Here the situation falls, traditional software industry if not to service transition, it is extremely dangerous undoubtedly.

Look from another angle, software turns to Internet, bring the progress that is software company and Internet enterprise new opportunity, although traditional software production pattern can be pounded tremendously, but Internet will be software company ” good-bye green hill ” ; of a effective medium of communication at the same time, software product also will bring new business, new pattern and new producer form for Internet.

SaaS is likely also world of software of give somebody a new lease on life. Nowadays, the below one target of Salesforce company, build Force.com of oneself platform of network application software namely, this one platform can regard his as the base that enterprise oneself software serves, the programmer that can offer a company again above development application process.

The spokesman of Salesforce expresses, at the beginning, development staff uses Force.com to found Salesforce client relation to run the add program of software, and nowadays, the software research and development that has nothing to do with Salesforce product increasingly grow in quantity. For instance, company of art of electron of game development business (Electronic Arts) developed application software of invite applications for a job of a staff on Force.com platform, and software firm cardamom seed amounts to a company (Coda) also established program of a general ledger application on this platform.

　　 SaaS mode still waits for maturity

Although SaaS mode blots out the sky and cover up the earth, a lot of people also think it is hasten of general trends place, but from the point of user angle, have some of person or put doubt to its heart. Give Internet company to manage all sorts of data of own enterprise, such safety?

According to the investigation of Gartner company, in medium and small businesses of 307 United States, 45% express, they are not at ease the tripartite that gives supplier of such as SaaS the data. Only the medium and small businesses of 7% is certain SaaS fits their business, still 17% express to be willing to consider SaaS, but the application that should wait for it is more general.

Dan Wangtao points out, not was necessary to worry about the safe problem of SaaS mode too actually, this is just like like money is being put in the bank, put money in the bank to also want to face the risk like SaaS mode, but great majority person or in wanting a money existence bank, because going up somehow, the bank still rose to ensure action for the user, it can bring interest to people, provide protective service at the same time. SaaS is same also, it can provide service of a few appreciation on the foundation of fundamental software, will ensure an user to use this software product better, go up in the foundation of company office software for instance, develop the function that interior of a few enterprises corresponds to the user.

Nevertheless, aught has two sides sex, saaS is being offerred for the user share and facilitate while, also brought new issue. With friendly group vice president Zheng Yulin thinks, current SaaS pattern still is existing to was not worth at 3 o’clock: The first it is flow of intricate professional work cannot give contented. A lot of enterprises individualize change requirement, these SaaS do not do; at present the 2nd it is safe problem. People needs to know his a few confidential information, for instance financial, confidential data make the material that keeps by SaaS service business whether safe; the 3rd it is technical issue. Because SaaS and posture of traditional software industry belong to burgeoning business than returning, the process designing technology on Internet is compared on the desktop process designing technology wants simple, the interface that creates software of a lot of networks thereby is not very friendly, but the elapse as time, this kind of circumstance will get improvement.

　　 Cloud computation changes software to develop pattern

Traditional software of cloud computation VS: Overturn or change?

On the VMworld 2008 meeting that held recently, VMware did a series of announcing, what make a person fix eyes upon most among them is, VMware will adopt the infrastructure product that transforms his and technique, march actively before; of cloud computation domain before long, google also released Chrome browser, google hopes to pass Chrome, the working move that can carry original server can carry original server comes true to client end, add the computer of the user ” the cloud ” in, those who realize computational ability rise considerably. The meaning of Google is very clear, it will come through Chrome browser deploy cloud computation, lead the user to SaaS mode, the month of; 9 of mode of traditional desktop software that will challenge Microsoft with this 22 days, inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells of the Shang Dynasty also announces, him accredit the cloud computation of product of a few software in Yamaxun is carried out in the environment.

From this, no matter be hardware company or software company, or is platform technology company, almost the manufacturer is in all IT hard to draw close to cloud computation.

Recently, bill Gates is in Microsoft Asian academy innovates 10 years the opinion on public affairs on forum, it is enough lets software industry feel excited more. He says: Xing Di of  of press and smooth is waterlogged read  of press and smooth of  of leech of  of Sao of encouraging Song new moon to seek joyous department of deceive of pain or numbness caused by cold of extensive of reel silk from cocoons of talk in one’s sleep to thoroughfare on the computer that computation of cloud of the? that seek clear will make software is used in net of a lot of mutual couplet, this meeting reduces calculative cost greatly. ” look in Gates, the interactive occurrent change of person and software, on the computer that is used in net of very much mutual couplet when software when, namely ” the cloud is calculated ” , it can reduce computational equipment and calculative cost.

“All software can join rise, can say this is the revolution of Internet. ” Bill Gates says, “When you need to write a program, need call only an among them server, and do not need to obtain all computational data, this meeting improves human productivity greatly. ” what Bill Gates mentions, be place of cloud calculative glamour, it changed software consign pattern not only, more changed software to develop pattern.

Develop some more quickly to let this kind of trend, be in early last year, IBM combines what Google began pair of this respect talented people to groom. IBM and Google express, two companies all will respective contributive 25 million dollar of 20 million ～ , the computer that supplies place to need to be engaged in the professor that computer science studies and student is soft hardware and relevant service.

IBM and Google in advance will supply 400 right-and-left computers, plan to equip finally in many places 4000 computers, these computers and 6 American universities are linked together. Two companies build investment center of many large data, pass data center, students can have long-range process designing and research with Internet, this kind of means is called ” the cloud is calculated ” (Cloud Computing) . Below new pattern, computational business will be far from individual desktop and firm computation center increasingly, make a kind of service that handles through Internet.

Two companies put forward ” the cloud is calculated ” process designing technology. “Technology of cloud computation process designing is not actually fathomless, it is process designing personnel the program is written on the software that will provide in Internet place, hardware, perhaps undertake cooperating with study through the computational resource that provides on Internet, and the interface that the lead plane of this locality is just like you to enter this Internet. ” the engineer of IBM explains so, and right now Internet resource namely cloud computation.

Mode of this one computation gets the reception of college scholars quite, what brought computational facility cost because of it is managing. It is academia not just, contacted even business circles early also similar change. Want to survey next plans of tycoon of each cloud computation slightly only, can discover, the enterprise such as Google, Salesforce is in advocate ” platform and service ” , namely they build cloud computation platform, the enterprise can be in ” the cloud ” in the applied program that develops oneself, push it to final user.

Of IBM found Thoms Watson ever showed the person, the whole world needs 5 computer only. All software on the world will lade in these 5 computer, someone else, need a reticle only, on join, “Enjoy ” good. In building Ci to make a speech in than Er · , say, the memory of individual user needs 640kb only sufficient.

The person that occupy cloud calculative praise highly people explanation, in in the future software development, programmer need not install software in this locality, also need not configure how old memory in this locality, need to open a network only, in ” the cloud ” on hire is appropriate your CPU, memory and software are OK.

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      It is very dangerous that Microsoft says to upgrade to Windows 7 directly from XP

      June 9, 2008

      Time of Beijing of dispatch of sina science and technology on June 8 message, according to foreign media coverage, microsoft expressed recently, if the enterprise bypasses Windows Vista, upgrade to Windows 7 from Windows XP directly, the likelihood can face safe risk and other problem.

      Nash of · of Microsoft vice-president Michael (Mike Nash) is in the name is ” the commercial value of Windows Vista ” say in white paper, to the enterprise, bypass Vista may encounter the problem of the respect such as safety and support, lack flexibility when the business demand that faces constant change at the same time. He is special point out, if the enterprise awaits will 2009 bottom or the Windows 7 that release at the beginning of 2010, upgrade from Windows XP directly, when the application that may discover oneself are used already was passed, cannot use normally.

      Nash still expresses, if the enterprise upgrades to Windows 7 from Windows XP directly, the new safe technology that will not mix in Vista from Microsoft and other enhance the benefit in the function. He says: “If not deploy Vista, will mean unavailable the profit that this one product brings. Vista is in security, productivity, search, mobile, can manage a gender, and the promotion that infrastructure optimizes a respect had gotten a proof. Vista is in security, productivity, search, mobile, can manage a gender, and the promotion that infrastructure optimizes a respect had gotten a proof..

      Nash says at the same time, some enterprises because concern application is incompatible and reject to upgrade to Vista, this kind of concern does not have any meanings actually, because compatibility problem is in Windows 7,exist likewise. He says: “After be being released when Windows 7, the user that still using Windows XP or meeting face the problem of compatibility respect, resemble upgrading now when Windows XP same, this basically used a lot of core technologies like be the same as Vista because of Windows 7. This basically used a lot of core technologies like be the same as Vista because of Windows 7..

      Microsoft issues this white paper, the likelihood is to turn round Vista to sell a state not the situation of beautiful. Although Vista has appeared on the market one year between half, but had not applied extensively in the enterprise. The Tie Ke that surpass the door overcomes Mu of · Sa benefit in presiding operation Guanen (Enrique Salem) expressed recently, in the big company client of this company, upgrade to Vista partly rarely only. The major company client of the Tie Ke that surpass the door still is continueing to use Windows XP, because they are dissatisfactory to the new operating system of Microsoft. (Rub Er)

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      Microsoft: The Afari that return 鸖 is very dangerous suffer attack user easily to ask of short duration to use

      June 2, 2008

      On June 2 message, according to foreign media coverage, microsoft safety group suggested a few days ago, because be put in safe hidden trouble, user of short duration does not use malic Safari browser.

      Microsoft says, the likelihood after Windows XP and browser of Safari of installation of Windows Vista user suffers long-range attack. Hacker but the some site of script of ill will of existence of coax user visit, download below user unwitting circumstance and install baleful software.

      Current, microsoft is investigating this issue, remind an user, before the problem is solved, do not use Safari browser. Minatory to this, the apple thinks however and without what alarming. And to Microsoft this is planted unusual proposal, the apple did not publish a comment.

      Last year in June, the apple released the Safari browser that be aimed at Windows system and designs. But after a few hours, the user discovered safe flaw from which, and need not the user is participated in can launch attack.

      Current, safari, Firefox and IE had formed the force of 3 sufficient tripartite balance of forces in browser market. Show according to NetApplications data, this year in Feburary, the market share of IE is 74.88% , firefox is 17.27% , and Safari is 5.7% .

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      Zhang Chaoyang: It is very dangerous to make information only, super- do not exceed sina import not quite

      March 1, 2008

      “If our technology power is particularly great, inchoate also won’t abandon chatting immediately this market. And we also are not to had not tried, but be done at that time without in that way actual strength. But be done at that time without in that way actual strength..

      Zhang Chaoyang: Torch from Greek take fire to begin, we can have a reporter to follow, all over the world each district dogs report. Ascend Mount Everest I can head a group, can go Mount Everest base camp. 　　

      Mixed to Zhang Chaoyang 2008 for Sohu, it is a special time. Be in this year, zhang Chaoyang is guiding the Internet journey that Sohu has taken 10 years; Be in this year likewise, zhang Chaoyang is Olympic Games definition the assault date of Sohu, apparent, zhang Chaoyang plans to be after Qing Gongyan, the new offensive that begins layout Sohu to go up in Internet market. 　　

      　　 Prospective strategy — 　

      　　A position is unwarrantable future

      ” times of an ancient name for China ” : Speak of Sohu today, have to carry the matrix that Sohu is rolled out this year, this blast in collect guest of rich of game of input method, network, search, video is waited a moment, apparently the net that fastens the information at sina, Netease swims, is this kind of matrix the development trend that represents whole Internet? 　　

      Zhang Chaoyang: What the Internet company that can move toward future actually pays close attention to is a thing, can attract netizen firmly inside your pilot asset namely. Good to do this one thing, different company has distinct advantage and base area, e.g. , going up to QQ is to chat; Go up to Baidu even if search a thing as an entrance. The base area of our Sohu is platform of a media, the netizen arrives above Sohu is to get news, content, entertainment. 　

      Although every company has different base area, but if you become this one base area only, with respect to unwarrantable future. Because the netizen’s demand is of diversification, each companies are so outspread on his base area. Our ” search dog ” also be to doing such dilate. It is the core region in oneself, the enemy-occupied territory that did not build force to oneself at the same time is ongoing. Other website is such, without distinction. 　　

      ” times of an ancient name for China ” : Pass this matrix, can you exceed sina? 　　

      Zhang Chaoyang: This problem, above all I feel to exceed exceeding sina import is not particularly big, because provide information,be Internet only an among them function. When WEB3.0 comes, the application of Internet is the communication that the person follows a person, interactive, this ability is the essence of Internet. So, if we are not early,cloth issues this kind of matrix, to the word of the pursuit of technical product, we also may follow sina same, center in a thing, we exceeded sina finally also no point, because all netizens go,do other issue. 　　

      Be told especially to China, internet portal to the website it is very important. But if make information only,be very dangerous, because the 80 netizens after see these information far from, they are working completely other. I see them gladly a lot of people open rich guest space on Sohu, and if rich guest is simple ground writes a bit thing, also cannot draw these people. 　

      ” times of an ancient name for China ” : When Sohu is managing matrix, chinese Internet is more puerile, and Baidu and Tecent are however operation just begins after maturing in Internet, if how begin you to you can choose afresh? 　　

      Zhang Chaoyang: If our technology power is particularly great, inchoate also won’t abandon chatting immediately this market. And we also are not to had not tried, but be done at that time without in that way actual strength. 　　

      　　 Olympic Games strategy — 　

      　　The bugle of the Olympic Games already blow

      ” times of an ancient name for China ” : You emphasize wanting to attract again and again with tarry netizen, can you understand is be assistance Olympic Games to gain a such opportunities that attract a netizen? 　

      Zhang Chaoyang: Yes. Now our Sohu rich guest is really very of fire, a lot of people like the rich customer of Sohu very much, the input method of Sohu also is very of fire, include channel of a lot of recreation. The arrival of the Olympic Games is an opportunity for certain to us. One’s early years of a lot of people uses Sohu, because Sohu is certain the product is bad later, need not Sohu, come back again during the Olympic Games, the product that discovers Sohu is good. 　　

      ” times of an ancient name for China ” : Is meaning the Olympic Games a turning point on Sohu phylogeny? 　　

      Zhang Chaoyang: The Olympic Games is the crucial point of a brand and sale. Original Sohu is in transition of a few years, had an Olympic Games to be able to let us more apace achieves our goal, have a kind of feeling that advance triumphantly. When seeming to fight, below the condition that degree of our soldier, legionary mechanization, fighting capacity promotes significantly, the Olympic Games resembles a bugle same, whiff rushs forth. But the progress that the Olympic Games can not replace your product and technique, cannot see the Olympic Games too exaggeratedly. It kills in Chang Li of dispute of brand sale respect, bugle invigorates popular feeling, morale is very important.

      ” times of an ancient name for China ” : After can forecasting an Olympic Games, sohu can have what kind of change, can be sina surmounted on advertisement accrual? 　

      Zhang Chaoyang: The Olympic Games is the one part of our strategy. We hope, the user switch that the Olympic Games produces, the user stickiness that 2 interactive products and other product produce Sohu and advertisement effect, after can accumulating certain level, the competitor that compares us is a lot of better.

      The estimation money newspaper in next quarter can show surmount somewhat. Besides the reason of the Olympic Games, because our innovation caused brand advertising effect,still be good, it is better and better to brought about brand stickiness. In the meantime, we also hope network game, our advertisement that searchs engine began to show 2009, be new growth engine appear.

      　 Reportorial plan –

      I can go Mount Everest reports torch is delivered

      ” times of an ancient name for China ” : Does the Olympic Games report what new move this has recently together?

      Zhang Chaoyang: Have a lot of activities and reportorial support all the time, sohu female voice also matters with the Olympic Games, olympic Games torch passes the focal point that the report is the near future, can have story of the Mount Everest on Olympic Games torch.

      ” times of an ancient name for China ” : Can you take a team to ascend a Mount Everest personally?

      Zhang Chaoyang: Torch from Greek take fire to begin, we can have a reporter to follow, all over the world each district dogs report. Deliver itself about torch, no matter be to regard an official as net or Sohu itself, sohu can have a story from each angle. Ascend Mount Everest I can head a group, can go Mount Everest base camp.

      ” times of an ancient name for China ” : Be like you to compare apt sports sale all the time, besides assistance Olympic Games, still had sponsorred Chinese delegacy, is this concerned with your own be fond of? 　

      Zhang Chaoyang: Not bad, this platform suits Internet particularly sports sale, resemble world cup, Olympic Games, all portal websites take seriously particularly. 　

      ” times of an ancient name for China ” : Besides sale of attention Olympic Games, have to Olympic Games itself expect?

      Zhang Chaoyang: Still hold out those who expect, I can see an opening ceremony.

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