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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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      Hong Luoxi of SamSung chairman madam meets with procuratrial organ subpoena

      April 3, 2008

      Time of Beijing of dispatch of sina science and technology on April 3 message, according to foreign media coverage, korea investigated orgnaization Zhou Sanchuan to call out the madam Hong Luoxi of Li Jianxi of SamSung group chairman independently.

      YTN of net of Korea cable television broadcasted the picture when Hong Luoxi reachs inquisitor office, hong Luoxi says to attendant reporter and cameraman, “My general answers the question of inquisitor according to the facts. ” Hong Luoxi is newest get the Li Jianxi of subpoena is familial in member, korea media coverage says, before examination orgnaization is completing investigation at the end of this month subpoena him Li Jianxi. SamSung spokesman is not granted by subpoena be related to Hong Luoxi buy is judged.

      Before this, jin Yongzhe of SamSung predecessor lawyer accuses SamSung secret sets bribery fund publicly, use at bribe government official and judge. Subsequently, korea supreme court and the approval of Xuan of presidential Lu fierce that just leave his post establish independence to investigate an orgnaization, launch investigation at this point. Occupy Jin Yongzhe to divulge, bribery fund amount is as high as 200 billion Han Yuan (add up to) of 203 million dollar about, be used by Hong Luoxi partly among them costly artwork is purchased outside Yu Conghai. SamSung gave to above accusation deny. Subpoena of this procuratrial organ the Hong Luoxi as chief inspector of SamSung art museum, buy the financing source of artwork for investigation just about.

      Procuratrial organ in Feburary subpoena of Li Jianxi child, SamSung electron is in charge of Li Zairong high, in March subpoena younger brother of Hong Luoxi afterbirth, former Korea is stationed in beautiful ambassador.

      Be called ” plutocrat ” household company comes Korea suffer bad-mouth fully all the time for years, undertake correlation trades each other between affiliated company, in order to avoids duty or transfer money for heir. SamSung group differs by 12 sortie the company composition of the industry, across is held between each subsidiary, formed complex equity structure, samSung electron is among them flagship company.

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      Sea Er freezer meets with in the beauty cold reception

      March 19, 2008

      In western company covet 3 feet ground takes aim on when China’s huge consumption crowd, china’s biggest electric equipment manufacturer Haierji is round (Zhang Ruimin stares at the palm door person of Haier Group) however went up the United States. His plan is: A price is produced in the United States 2, the mark sex freezer of 000 dollars, in order to be on the American market with rich and generous profit race to control is bigger portion.

      Zhang Ruimin’s strategy is pulled close sea Er group is as potential as its the distance between the client, save fell to ship from China the cost of big electric equipment. But after be being rolled out from last year, this new advanced refrigerator sufferred cold shoulder however.

      The senior buyer of ABC Applicances Shangmutuojiesen (Tom Torgerson) expresses, the head after sea Er new product is released a few months, the store of department of many 40 Chinese and Western of his under one’s name sells a temperature adjustment of Er of about 50 Taiwan Straits refrigerator only. He says: “The trademark of sea Er is well-known degree inferior. “The trademark of sea Er is well-known degree inferior..

      Regard China as one of the biggest consumable shop signs, the freezer amount that sea Er produces every year is benefit and riverside company (Whirlpool Corp. ) double much. Although sea Er ranks front row in small-sized freezer distributors, but the American market that amounts to 40 billion dollar in total value, sea Er still is a small part only, come to what its sell in the beauty be low home appliance mostly for years.

      Add the foreign competition of drama to make increasingly the profit space of the Chinese core product such as the freezer of sea Er and washing machine becomes extremely scanty, accordingly, overseas growth is crucial to sea Er. From 2004 sea Er is opposite Maytag Corp. after to benefit general is defeated in buying battle, afore-mentioned pressure become bigger.

      Dan Haier encounters heavy obstacle however in American lofty aspirations and great ideals. This new refrigerator that can let consumer be temperature of the set between every case is located in in its south the plant design that blocks Luo Laina city and production, cost is 10 times what produce in China.

      But when the product appears on the market, the American mainland with sea the costliest Er is catching up with American economy to put delay however, spending is low fan.

      Meanwhile, sea Er by go up to be used on the American worker body that is used to relatively loose management style to the rigorous management framework below none be successful.

      The business school of the Yangtse River of Beijing (emperor of Bin of Teng of Professor Cheung Kong Graduate School Of Business) says, hai Erzheng is in the important juncture that transforms to the company of rich vigor from the state-owned company of bureaucratism.

      Although economic actual strength of China grows with each passing day, chinese government also with taxation allowance, cheap the form of land and proposal provides powerful support, but a lot of China top class company struggles in international competition seek to live on. Company of very rare China becomes international to know card of things of a person of academic or artistic distinction. Advisory firm Interbrand 2007 year the whole world of the work out does not have brand of a China in 100 strong brands.

      A lot of China companies are high v hits an international market, however the horse breaks forepaw. 2005, inc. of group of TCL of electronic product tycoon (TCL Corp. ) a subordinate branch took over French Thomson (the TV business of Thomson SA) , obtained the license of use RCA brand, but this one joint ventures has difficulty walking, deficit counts ten million dollar. Associate group limited company (Lenovo Group Ltd. ) it is international probably famous degree of highest China brand, 2005, associate bought company of international business machine (the personal computer business of International Business Machines) , just begin to realize gain in the market beyond China till recently however.

      To last year all over the world gross income for the sea Er of 15 billion dollar, fail as scheduled its new fund freezer is pushed mean it to touch to the market went up American economy be issued to lower levels when. A series of recall incident aggravate that China made a product last year what people produces character to measure to China is anxious, also raised the challenge that sea Er faces. And home appliance buyer expresses, the design of freezer of sea Er new fund fails develop a school of one’s own, with famous the type area that spends taller competitor comes apart.

      Investor is anxiety-ridden to this. The Bowman of fund manager Wu Liji of the capital management department of Oesterreichische Volksbanken AG, Volksbank Invest Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MbH that is located in Australia (Ulrich Baumann) says: “This makes a person disappointed. They say they have strong plan, but till now, we had not seen. ” Oesterreichische Volksbanken AG sold place holds Hong Kong of sea Er group to appear on the market last year limited company of group of electric equipment of subsidiary sea Er (all share of Haier Electronics) , it is the orgnaization investor with the biggest latter before this.

      Sea Er headquarters is located in Chinese the eastpart part coastal city Qingdao, the company professes is collective system of ownership, also belong to state-owned company substantially. The interior management of this company a lot of respects are opaque, there is about 30% to appear on the market in Shanghai harbor only in its asset.

      Zhang Ruimin is China’s famousest entrepreneur, 20 begin Er of sea of assume personal command before New Year more. He rolled out the administrative system of a rigid discipline, stress quality control strictly. Be in sea Er factory of home, the worker that make mistake must punish a station in the area of a few special delimit, publicly loud self-criticism, why can the explanation make mistake and acquired what lesson.

      The blue silk tie that administrator must adorn the company is sent. Workshop worker differs by level the level of the gray of cap ─ ─ that wears different facial expression is higher, yellow is inferior. In China this jump the queue adds the country with common a place of strategic importance, the employee of sea Er grooms in one wants comity queueing up namely. To 1999, sea Er already became domestic company tycoon, the likelihood is trademark of China’s most well-known onefold electric equipment. Sea Er product with high quality celebrated, in graduate of this year’s college choose course of study is investigated in, hai Eryi is one of domestic companies that have appeal most continuously. Nevertheless, the profit margin of sea Er is in however glide ceaselessly, this makes Zhang Ruimin begin scan widely abroad.

      Sea Er overseas is built or already bought many 30 plant, these workses are distributed in from the Italian many countries to India, production faces the product of local market. Citing will tell, the washing machine that the Pakistan factory that faces middle east market produces can wash 33 Arabia aba.

      Zhang Ruimin stands to go alone especially with sagacious character refer (the structure that he ever built an UFO figure in a factory) and famed, he holds to sea Er to want to increase the dilate of overseas business. He says, first difficult hind easy it is the way that make.

      More than 10 years ago, sea Er begins to expand business in the United States, main product is those small home appliance that can go to the United States from Chinese carry with low price. Its small freezer sales volume is in the United States head the list.

      Nevertheless, zhang Ruimin hopes the product of sea Er can enter Sears Holdings Corp. With Lowe's Cos. Wait for large chain retailing shop, at present sea Er is in the business dimensions of these retailing shops still very small. For this, sea Er needs to produce high-end product, this basically is a large amount of some of electric equipment that come from Chinese carry hard.

      Sea Er is ascended in Mu of small town card built a large plant. This city had a lot of textile mills in the past, but because come from the low cost of China and other country,competition already closed down in succession.

      Nevertheless, the administrative culture of layer class makes Haierduo American worker suits hard. The practice that they are about to punish a station to making mistake is very inimical. The Chinese management layer of sea Er begins hard to get used to American means. They cancelled to make mistake punish a station, praise first-class staff over however.

      Sea Er has some of competition advantage really. This company scale is larger, it is in total output of the whole world annual 8 million, can take inferior spare parts price so. The Si Wofu of manager Ai Dewu that blocks Mu to publish a works (Ed Wuesthoff) estimates, the company can be obtained on iron and steel and plastic raw material 3% to the wholesale discount of 5% . According to sea Er administrator expresses, the overseas sale that includes export inside already rose 1/4 to company gross earnings, and 5 still have about 10% only before New Year.

      Nevertheless, sea Er still is in deficit condition in American factory. Abroad management high cost affected profit to grow. Show without the data of audit according to Chinese MII, the gross profit of sea Er was 2006 2, 300 thousand dollar, relatively dropped 4 years ago 32% .

      Er of Gu Mai of Er of Michael of controller of business of sea Er United States (Michael Jemal) admits, of American economy low fan make company business be thwarted, but he expresses in an email, sea Er rises in year after year in the sales volume of American different area. He says, company plan will roll out before long more the temperature adjustment freezer of valence cheap.

      The Tuojiesen of ABC Appliances values the quality of sea Er and value. The washing machine that sea Er does not have beater relatively with the benefit of the type riverside washing machine is cheap 40% , capacity of this kind of washing machine bigger, catharsis is gentler. Nevertheless Tuojiesen says, as American room city low fan, of sea Er ” the day is uneasy also ” .

      Zhang Ruimin was not frightened to retreat, he expresses, the hope adds 10 abroad plants again to 2010. He says, the company that cannot enlist the whole world to compete is to cannot live come down.

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