The document discusses the evolution and impact of cloud computing, highlighting its transition from infancy to maturity and prosperity stages, with major industry players such as Apple, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft driving the change. It emphasizes the technological advancements and democratization of information facilitated by cloud services, alongside the emergence of container data center technology in China. The author, Charles Mok, portrays cloud computing as pivotal for the future economy, particularly in the context of China's growth in this sector.

1. November 30, 2011 Cloud Computing World Forum Asia 2011 Charles Mok Cloud Valley Networks (HK) Limited Cloudscape The China Cloud Challenge

2. Cloud – The Next Economy

3. Software Revolution Broadband Revolution Big Data Revolution Dailup: 14.4k  28.8k  56 k ADSL ： 512k  2M  4M FTTH ： >1G Network computing and distributed storage CPU / server virtualization Storage virtualization Apps explosion driving demand Applications/content driving data growth: Data transmission: Bytes Docs: Megabytes Video: Gigabytes Broadcast: Terabytes Toward Petabytes  Exabytes  Zetabytes Cloud Transforamations

4. Cloud infancy stage E.g. webmails such as Yahoo Mail, Hotmail Cloud maturity stage E.g. Gmail, to Amazon AWS for compute and storage, etc. Cloud prosperity E.g. Apple AppStore and iCloud, VMware, Dropbox, etc. Cloud Evolution

5. Industry Media Newcomers Cloud computing adopted by industry giants such as Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, IBM etc. Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are going up against traditional infrastructure makers like IBM and HP as businesses move their most important work to cloud computing, profoundly changing how companies buy computer technology —— “The Cloud: Battle of Tech Titans” March 3, 2011, Business Week Information is being democratized like never before thanks to cloud computing, and the advantages for businesses and consumers alike of accessing it through their phones are seemingly endless. —— “One Cloud Fits All”, Feb. 15, 2011, WSJ, Cloud Gathering Shape

6. App 1 App 2 App 3 Mainframe Era PC/Client-Server Era Traditional IT Infrastructure... App 2 App 3 App 1 A S PORTAL

7. ...To Cloud Infrastructure Hardware Resource Pool Virtualized Resource Pool Apps / Services Avamar VM OS Avamar VM OS Avamar VM OS Avamar VM OS Avamar VM OS Avamar VM OS Avamar VM OS Avamar VM OS Avamar VM OS Avamar VM OS Avamar VM OS Avamar VM OS

8. Faster Cheaper More convenient Better control Green Cloud Changes Everything!

9. Cloud – In Practice

10. Google's state-of-the-art water-cooling data center, of the size of a football field, with 15 year tax breaks from the government.

11. Must Datacenters Be Bigger?

12. Steve Ballmer demonstrating container datacenters on the campus of the University of Washington (2010) Cloud Frame 天地雲箱 , China's first container data center technology/product, also using green water-cooling technology Toward Modular Datacenters

13. Tomorrow's Datacenter Hub? In Inner Mongolia?

14. Cloud – In China

15. Cloud – In Practice >3 倍 >4 倍 Broadband growth Huge Internet and mobile population Successful technology enterprises First Industrial Revolution Watt's steam engine Second Industrial Revolution Edison's light bulb and power generator Cloud Revolution China on the same starting line with the world China has the critical mass... China on the World Stage

16. Beijing Cloud Valley 北京云基地

17. Our Portfolio 云计算解决方案服务商 云计算基础软件 云计算基础硬件 云计算应用及服务 Skycloud – cloud solutions and system integration Cloud Frrame – container data center technology and products Yoyo Systems – high performance cloud computing Tcloud – open-source based cloud computing platform ; joint venture with Trend Micro Supercloud – highly scalable and custom- izable server technology and products; joint venture with US-based Supermicro CNC -- video cloud and network integration solutions Cloud Valley – Beijing's cloud cluster T&I – cloud-based call center solutions

18. HK Cloud Valley@Cyberport

19. The Man Behind... '...The power of a supercomputer... at the price of a book...' Edward Tian former CEO and Founder of China Netcom and AsiaInfo, former Vice Chairman of PCCW - Chairman of China Broadband Capital *MIT Technology Review, Oct 24 2011

20. Together, we write the book on Cloud for China... Charles Mok, Director Cloud Valley Network (HK) Ltd [email_address]