China's 1st cloud computer system to go up before year's end

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China's 1st cloud computer system to go up before year's end - People's Daily Online August 20, 2010

Inspur Group, one of China's leading IT companies, announced on Aug. 19 that it will release China's first indigenous cloud computing operation system in the second half of 2010.

Inspur's cloud operation system will lay an important foundation for the safety of China's cloud computing strategy, industrial experts say.

Cloud computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand. It is regarded as another revolution within the IT industry and also a major supporter for a country's information security in the future.

By People's Daily Online

 

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Shanghai releases 3-year cloud computing plan - People's Daily Online August 18, 2010

In the next three years, Shanghai will strive to make itself an "Asia-Pacific Cloud Computing Center" and cultivate 10 cloud computing enterprises with annual incomes of more than 100 million yuan, according to the "2010-2012 Shanghai Plan for Promoting the Cloud Computing Industry" officially released by the Shanghai municipal government on Aug. 17.

Cloud computing refers to the use of shared resources across different locations over the Internet. On the same day, the "Shanghai Cloud Computing Industry Base" was officially launched in the Shanghai Shibei High-Tech Park.

Shao Zhiqing, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization, said that Shanghai plans to spend three years to cultivate 10 influential cloud computing technology and service enterprises with annual incomes of more than 100 million yuan, and establish 10 cloud computing demonstration platforms to serve in fields such as urban management, industry development, e-government and small and medium-sized enterprise services.

It will also promote 100 software and information service enterprises to make a transition to cloud computing service and bring 100 billion yuan of sales revenue for the information service industry. It will cultivate and introduce 1,000 high-end skilled workers for the cloud computing industry.

Shanghai will focus on the development of six major projects, including launching 12 key projects with more than 3 billion yuan of investments for the first phase of cultivating leading enterprises in the cloud computing industry; establishing the "Cloud Investment Fund" with 300 million yuan of investments for the first phase jointly initiated by the municipal venture capital funds, professional venture capital funds and district-level venture capital funds; and establishing the "Cloud Computing Industry Development Union" to study and formulate related technical standards of the cloud computing industry.

According to sources, relevant departments will also formulate supporting policies, such as comprehensive taxation and subsidy policies to support the development of the cloud computing industry.

By People's Daily Online

 

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Sky is limit for first provincial cloud computing center in Shandong - People's Daily Online August 10, 2010

The Shandong Cloud Computing Center was recently established. Cloud computing refers to Internet-based computing using shared resources, software and information connected through a network that functions much like an electricity grid.

Different from the newly-established cloud infrastructures in Beijing and Hangzhou, this is based on intensively utilizing the existing information resources including software parks, domestic and foreign manufacturers, scientific research institutions and enterprises and it is the first provincial cloud computing center in China, achieving the integration of resources across various regions.

The Shandong Economy and Information Technology Institute, jointly established by the Shandong Committee of Economy and Information Technology and the Shandong Academy of Sciences, was unveiled on the same day. The Shandong Cloud Computing Center is an important part of their cooperation.

Compared with traditional models, cloud computing has prominent advantages in intensively using resources, protecting intellectual property rights and improving innovation ability.

Cloud computing has a thin client solution that can save enterprises and public institutions 60 percent of electric energy. The large-scale centralized cloud computing center can raise the utilization rate of CPUs and memory to 90 percent, greatly reducing the investment while significantly increasing efficiency.

By People's Daily Online

 

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Chinese computing platform and information technology application solutions provider Inspur has published a strategy to promote its cloud computing business, and it plans to launch China's first self-developed cloud computing operating system before the end of 2010, read more cloud tech news at
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