December 12-13,2018,the 13th China IDC Industry Annual Ceremony(IDCC2018)was held in China National Convention Center,Beijing.IDCC2018 focused on new technologies,new practices and new trends in the digital transformation process of China enterprises.
Main Venue
On Dec 12th,the main venue of IDCC2018 unveiled its grand opening.Liu Yulin,deputy director general of the telecommunication development department of MIIT,and Li Yong,party secretary of China Academy of Information and Communications Technology(CAICT),attended the conference and delivered speeches.Executives,experts and scholars from operators,internet,data centers,cloud services,finance,manufacturing and other fields conducted in-depth exchanges and discussions on the topic of digital transformation of enterprises.
Surging and booming,the digital economy era is coming
In recent years,digital economy has risen to the strategic height of China,and has become a strong driving force leading economic development.Network technologies such as AI,big data and cloud computing have accelerated innovation to promote the vigorous development of the digital economy.At the same time,the integration of digital economy and traditional industries has led to the emergence of new models of digital transformation and upgrading of industrial internet,intelligent manufacturing and other industries.
Liu Yulin,deputy director general of the telecommunication development department of MIIT
Liu Yulin,deputy director general of the telecommunication development department of MIIT,attended the conference and delivered a speech.Liu pointed out that with the gradual implementation of policies,China IDC industry is developing rapidly and the layout is becoming increasingly perfect.However,when we see the achievements,we should also see that there are still many problems in the development of China IDC industry,which still need to be improved.To this end,Liu put forward three suggestions:1.Orientated by relevant policies,guide the reasonable layout of data centers;2.Strengthen the awareness of energy conservation and make further progress towards green energy conservation industry;3.pay attention to security challenges,improve the comprehensive prevention capacity of data centers.
Li Yong,party secretary of CAICT
Li Yong,party secretary of CAICT in speech shows that as a research institute directly under MIIT,CAICT has been actively promoting industry development by leaps and bounds and the innovation of information technology industry,improving the energy efficiency level of data centers,accelerating the development and application of new technology innovation to promote China IDC’s healthy and rapid development.For the future development strategy of data center,he put forward four suggestions:1.strengthen the overall planning and scientific layout of data center construction;2,improve market supervision,continue to grow and strengthen IDC industry;3.actively carry out data center technology innovation and promotion;4.support data center enterprises to go abroad and improve their international competitiveness.
Sun Wei,deputy general manager of cloud computing center of government-enterprise branch,China Mobile
As a global telecom operator with the largest network and user scale,China mobile actively embrace digital economy in recent years,cloud computing center,Sun Wei,deputy general manager of cloud computing center of government-enterprise branch,China Mobile brought in the themed speech"China Mobile’s outstanding infrastructure helps building a digital wisdom future"from the operator level.Sun said that China Mobile has experienced the development process"from 0 to 1,from 1 to N".First of all,the process from 0 to 1 focuses on resource layout and capacity accumulation.China Mobile has achieved the transformation from"0"to"leading in the industry",and promoted the evolution from"7+31"to"4+45+N",so as to achieve the true IDC+mobile cloud covering the whole country.Secondly,from 1 to N:China Mobile committed to becoming an excellent IDC+cloud computing service provider,cooperated with Baidu to build high-standard customized data center,and became the largest key core node of Baidu in north China after completion;Cooperate with Tencent in Guangzhou to jointly build IDC data center project in the way of micro-module,and help Tencent to build remote backup master nodes in south China.In an era of Internet+,only cloud,and data center at hand are not enough,to achieve cloud tube can truly provide integrated solution and integrated information serving.Besides,assisting MIIT’s action on cloud computing applications among millions of SMEs,China Mobile already conducted cooperation with more than 10 provinces and vigorously implemented the construction of CDN services.
Digital transformation motivates new momentum for various industries
The nature of digital transformation is to use digital technology to reconstruct business,process and organization.For an enterprise,the process of digital transformation is complicated.For different industries,the content and methods of digital transformation are also various.How to implement digital transformation?
Yang Haiming,the chief architect of CTO system,JD.com
Yang Haiming,the chief architect of CTO system,JD.com,gave a wonderful speech on the topic of"transformation of traditional industries enabled by JD.com technology"at the conference.In view of the development status of modern retail industry,Yang pointed out that the essence of retail remains unchanged:cost,efficiency and experience are still the most basic factors affecting retail industry.But as the retail infrastructure evolves,it will face the upgrading issue.In order to cope with the changes of consumers,JD.com will follow the following development directions in the future:for the increasing individuality of consumer needs,conduct precise recommendation and search,and comprehensively improve the user experience via technology;For the diversification of consumption scenarios,multiple-scene and multiple-terminal will be used to comprehensively improve user experience with technology.For the participatory value of retail technology,a large amount of data will be used to allow consumers to determine the future products and services.
Wang Guoxing,Fundamental Infrastructure dept.Ping An Technology
In addition to the consumer sector,the digital transformation of the financial sector is also imperative.Wang Guoxing,Fundamental Infrastructure dept.Ping An Technology
delivered a speech named with"the path from traditional financial to sci-tech financial transformation",and he pointed out that born within Ping An Group,the Ping An Cloud service has developed into the financial industry's largest cloud platform,covering over 95%business companies of Ping An Group,supporting 80%of its business systems.Wang introduced the architectural goals of Ping An data center at the conference.One is to enable businesses,create a reliable innovation platform,and provide rich customized solutions for the industry.The second is to achieve zero single point fault,relying on three-level HA,to achieve the purpose of safety and reliability;Third,the adoption of distributed architecture,with flexible agile framework,to promote efficiency and cost optimization.
Liu Feng,vice presidengt,21 Vianet Group
Liu Feng,vice presidengt,21 Vianet Group pointed out in the sharing of"insight into the future,enabling digitization of enterprises"that in the second half of internet industry,the data center will enable Business-end enterprises.As for IDC industry under the trend of corporate digitalization,the construction of super large scale data center will continue to be important trend,the demand to increase calculation capability for data center from enterprises is increasing,the data center is developing towards high density and electricity,the hybrid cloud will become an important development trend of cloud computing,various public cloud operators are investing more on hybrid cloud to seek the private deployment of cloud solutions,automated operations will greatly improve data center’s scale management ability,the hybrid cloud services of 21 Vianet Group will continue to support customers for multiple-cloud environment application.
IDC industry development supports to build up a digital China
At present,digitization is constantly penetrating into the production,consumption and other fields of all industries.In the wave of digital economy,what opportunities and challenges do IDC industry face?What are the new technologies and trends of IDC development in the future?
Huang Chao,CEO,China IDCQUAN and IDCNOVA
In view of the IDC development opportunities unde corporate digital transformation,Huang Chao,CEO of China IDCQUAN and IDCNOVA,pointed out in his speech that there is still a huge space for improvement in the overall digital transformation of Chinese enterprises.Key technologies like IDC/cloud computing are becoming mature,we should strengthen the ability to guarantee the digital transformation.Under the background of digital transformation,China IDC industry enterprises should seize the opportunity.Based on market conditions and the reality of own ability,the IDC service providers need focus on the most likely chance of success,we should forge the digital ecosystem together with partners,and conduct various cooperation with enterprises in the digital ecosystem.
Zhang Peng,director of management dept,Huawei cloud IDC
The process of digital transformation has boosted the development and evolution of data centers.Zhang peng,director of management dept,Huawei cloud IDC,proposed in his speech that Huawei's data centers have achieved"multiple,faster,better and economical"."Multiple"means that the data center should be able to support more deployment,computing,storage and network capacity,rather than just how many cabinets there are in the data center."Faster"refers to the limited delivery time of Huawei data center within only a few months,which requires innovative solutions.And"better"refers to the data center not only in safe and reliable operation,but also able for timely meeting business needs."economical",means the achievement of top-down intelligent scheduling in Huawei data center,so as to fully improve the utilization rate of data center resources to implement refined operation.
Li Gang,general manager for service channel and SMEs,overall channel BU,Microsoft
How does IDC drive the digital transformation of enterprises?Li Gang,general manager for service channel and SMEs,overall BU,Microsoft,delivered a speech with the theme of"digital transformation of modern data center".In his speech,he said that facing the world dominated by intelligent cloud and intelligent edge,AI has become the core of Microsoft intelligent cloud.As an online application store for cloud services,Azure application market allows users to choose pre-configured open source or commercial software,develop services and data,and use them in Azure or Azure Stack,so as to help enterprises for cloud application and accelerate digital transformation.
John Stevenson,UK director,Global Switch
Global Switch is the leading owner,operator and developer of large operator-neutral and cloud-neutral multiple-tenant data centers in Europe and Asia-Pacific region.John Stevenson,UK director,Global Switch brought advanced technology at the conference to share"VR in IDC".John pointed out that in terms of scale,flexibility and connection of data center,Global Switch has been set up the new industrial standard,is committed to Europe and the Asia-Pacific region to provide world-class operator-neutral and cloud-neutral data center.
Li Hongbo,chief R&D engineer,IDC,Gree
On the road of data center technology innovation,Gree data center has made an active attempt.At the conference,Li Hongbo,chief R&D engineer,IDC,Gree,pointed out that Gree is one of the drafters of industrial standard for data center water chilling unit.According to the features of data center,Gree invented the water chilling unit specific for data center,and connected with solar power to reduce the overall energy consumption of air conditioning room.Gree data center adopted low cooling water running,free cooling technology,utilized the quick start function,low harmonic wave frequency converter,realized high efficiency and low energy consumption.
5G is coming,which the wind blows
China's 5G process has been steadily and continuously promoted.At the beginning of December this year,the commercial use of 5G ushered in new progress,the 5G spectrum division scheme of three major telecom operators was finally determined.5G is coming,data centers are going to be different.
Qiu Xin,senior project manager,Tencent
At the conference,Qiu Xin,senior project manager,Tencent gave a speech with the theme of"The industry ecology regarding 5G edge computing".Edge computing,Qiu says,is helping new applications and has a huge market.Emerging applications require increasing data volume but decreasing time delay.Traditional centralized data center can no longer meet the demands of emerging applications for low time delay/high traffic flow/high bandwidth.5G connects everything to boost edge applications and breeds an emerging trillion market.5G is the cornerstone of the realization of various new applications and will become an indispensable and important part of all new applications.Qiu xin also said that the development of the internet is closely related to the evolution of mobile communication technology,and 5G will promote the strategic upgrading of the internet industry.
The award ceremony of China IDC Industry Annual Ceremony
During the conference,the organizing committee of China IDC Industry Annual Ceremony also presented anticipated awards of China IDC Industry in 2018,including:the most influential enterprise award,the best operation and service unit award,quality service award,the best third-party data center,innovation enterprise prize,innovation service provider award,quality service platform award,quality cloud platform award,quality green energy saving IDC award,quality cloud IDC innovation base award and the best service provider award.
The 3rd IDC engineering operation and maintenance contest
The contest medalist and award presenter
At the conference, as the featured activity of China IDC Industry Annual Ceremony,"The 3rd IDC engineering operation and maintenance contest"held an award ceremony.After three rounds of competition and the final determination of the judging panel,with solid basic knowledge,agile thinking and rapid answering the questions,Digital Fujian cloud computing operation Co.,Ltd.,from Fujian Province,got highest marks and became the champion of the the 3rd IDC engineering operation and maintenance contest,“the golden lion award”winner.At the same time,Enterprise business online(Beijing)network Co.,Ltd.won the runner-up,the"silver lion award"winner.The bronze lion was awarded to Eastern China(Wuxi)Cloud data center of Chine Unicom.And Yang Xiaobo won the"lion of Kings"award.
The summit forum for IDC industrial park
In the afternoon of Dec 12,the summit forum for IDC industrial park was held.Yu Haiyu,the vice mayor of Ulanqab City introduced this city’s development situation on big data industrial park,in terms of traffic,weather conditions,preferential electricity price,two point-to-point large capacity optical cable connecting Beijing and a comprehensive service policy in Ulanqab,Yu explained their distinctive advantages in constructing data center and developing the assorting and applied industry.Huawei,Apple,Alibaba and other enterprises have set up data centers there,laying a solid foundation for the development of big data-related industries.In the next step,Ulanqab will focus on data application and service,improve the upstream and downstream industrial chain of big data,conduct investment attraction and expand economic and trade cooperation.Jin Heping,the Party working committee member and deputy director the management committee of Gui’an New Area,Guizhou Province,summarized the IDC development condition there,introduced the IDC investment update in Guizhou on internet giants like Tencent,Huawei,Apple,and illustrated the advantages of Gui’an on IDC construction from the aspects of national strategy,business environment,transportation and intelligence.Zhou Tao,deputy director of the cloud computing and big data development service bureau of Zhongwei city,promoted the cloud computing industry of Zhongwei city with the title of"Cloud gathering in Zhongwei for ambitious development".Taking Zhongwei formula of cloud industry as the core,Zhou explained"the six most"cloud computing development mode of Zhongwei City in details,which has the lowest investment cost,the lowest operation cost,the fastest construction speed,the best network conditions,the safest network information and the most perfect industrial ecology,which has aroused strong responses from entrepreneurs at the conference.
To build the communication bridge and the link between the IDC industrial park(governmental mode)and the IDC service provider,interpret the investment promotion policies and relevant laws and regulations of IDC industrial parks around the country,to provide good resources and policy support for IDC service provider and IDC industry development,the resources promotion association for IDC industrial park was prepared to set up and the inaugural ceremony to unveil the nameplate was held.esources promotion association for IDC industrial park will focus on the communication and cooperation between IDC center industrial park and IDC service providers.
The IDC International Cooperation Forum(IDCICF) and the Association of International Cooperation in Data Centres(AICDC)establishment
The 2018 IDC International Cooperation Forum(hereinafter referred to as IDCICF)was held on Dec 13,2018.Representatives from Equinix,Singtel,Daily Tech,Aofei Data and other well-known IDC enterprises and guests from home and abroad gathered together to deliver wonderful keynote speeches,talking about IDC industry updates,pulsing the industrial trends,focusing on investment hotspot,conducting in-depth exchange and discussion,sharing opportunities for cooperation and development.
In order to promote exchanges and cooperation in IDC industry at home and abroad,set up international cooperation of resource sharing and mutual trust mechanism,initiated by 20 well-known IDC enterprises home and abroad including IDCNOVA,21Vianet Group,Aofei Data,Singtel,Telin,Colt,Far Eastone and others,the Association of International Cooperation in Data Centres(aka AICDC)was inaugurated in preparation action for establishment,to promote the normalization and standardization of international exchanges and cooperation in data centers.
Security forum on intelligent operation and maintenance
In the morning of Dec 13,at the security forum on intelligent operation and maintenance,guests including Guo Feng,deputy secretary-general of the cloud security alliance PCSA and general manager,security BU,Tai Chi Co.,Ltd.;Huang Wei,consultant of hybrid cloud,IBM;ZangYunfeng,CTO,Youfu Network;Bi Yongjun,IT tech dept.China Minsheng Bank;Hao Liping,Section chief,Beijing IDC,China Construction Bank;Xia Tianze,CSO,Kaiyuan Network Security respectively conducted in-depth analysis on hot spots including network security,intelligent operation and maintenance,etc.
The summit forum on IDC for corporate digital transformation
In the afternoon of Dec 13,the summit forum on IDC for corporate digital transformation was held.Cao Feng from CAICT;Hu Haishan,Beijing Futong Siwei Sci-tech;Zhou Yihua,CEO of Juran Wuyou;Zhong Jianbo,the deputy general manager,North China region,Tencent Cloud conducted wonderful themed sharing,they respectively presented in-depth analysis and explanation of digital transformation cases in view of the government affairs,agricultural,household and other industries,parsing how to use innovative technologies such as AI,IDC and others to booster traditional enterprises’achievement of digital transformation.
IDC technology innovation forum
On Dec 13,the IDC technology innovation forum was held.Wang Jian,senior cloud architect of Microsoft;Yang Cheng,general manager of Jinfu Qiyun;Li Kun,senior technical expert of China IDC,3M;Wang Haifeng,vice President of Shanghai data port and chief IDC architect,Lin Dechang,DCIM marketing director of Gongji technology;Yang Zhiguo,ODCC financial expert,the former vice general manager of IDC,Bank of China;Xie Lina,CAICT;;Li Wenbin,director for enterprise technology supporting,Mingqitong;Ni Yuhong,vice general manager,IDC BU,Yunduan Network;Zhou Shen,senior software architect,cloud computing infrastructure,Intel;Lu Xin,assistant executive,ChinaCache;Edward Lee,CEO,Greater China Region,GRC made brilliant speeches,they delivered detailed argumentation on the implementation and application of innovative technologies like 5G,AI,liquid cooling and so on in recent years,and provided certain reference values for IDC technology innovation,energy conservation and consumption reduction,etc.
Thus,the 13th China IDC Industry Annual Ceremony has come to a perfect conclusion,but the development of IDC industry will take the express train of digital economy,endless.Please look forward to IDCC2019.See you next year!
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