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Until today, the security of the cloud is still a barrier that many entrepreneurs have not been able to circumvent. In fact, compared with the traditional way, the cloud is not only not "insecure", but precisely "more secure". In fact, the worry about the cloud is similar to alarmist worry, but in order to completely break and jump out of this worry, we need not only a deep understanding of the cloud, but also a little historical vision.

To put it simply, the cloud is to organize and centralize the storage and computing capabilities, and distribute them to customers in need through the network, just like public resources. After purchasing the cloud, customers no longer need to purchase, maintain and manage other software and hardware. In the most extreme case, customers can accomplish almost all computing tasks with a display. This process is the same as water supply in water pipes and transmission of power grids, except that the cloud transports data and computing power. In a word, the cloud is to host the data to the service provider, and when it is needed, the cloud service provider will send you both the data and computing power.

It is precisely because the data has to be stored in other people's homes, the problem of security immediately surfaced, but I think it is precisely because it has to be stored in other people's homes that the data is actually more secure. This is similar to the fact that tap water is safer than well water.

Once upon a time, every family, farm and village had to have its own well. The quality and safety of water, such as testing whether it is contaminated, deteriorated, and whether it has been poisoned, is entirely your own responsibility. So far, many countries in Africa do not have a complete public water supply system, water pollution, dysentery and other diseases are prevalent, posing a serious threat to public health. Today, in most countries, as long as the faucet is turned on, clean water flows continuously through public water supply pipes. This is because, in the water supply company, there is a group of professionals responsible for the quality, safety and 24-hour supply of water. Today's network, there are viruses, there are hackers, some important websites are received from all over the world every day, every laptop and mobile phone is no exception. Professional cloud service providers have a large number of security experts, and putting data on the cloud is entrusted to professional security companies.

In fact, human attitudes towards money have undergone a similar change. when banks were first invented, no one believed that money would be safer in the bank than under their pillows. But today, "banks are safer" has become common sense, and we also know that because of the collection of scattered deposits from the public, banks can transfer money to places where society needs through loans, thus creating new value for idle money. This is through large-scale capital can be "transported", the truth is the same. Cloud, to some extent, can also be understood as a data bank.

Coincidentally, there have been twists and turns in terms of safety in the history of the popularization and development of electric power. In 1882, Edison invented electricity and built the world's first power supply system on Pearl Street in New York. From then on, there were many lights in Manhattan, but Edison invented direct current, which could not be transmitted over long distances. Edison built a power station every one kilometer in order to ensure that the lighting system he designed could work properly. Not long ago, another American scientist, Tesla (Nikola Tesla), invented alternating current, which can be transmitted over long distances, which not only expands the scope of power supply, but also greatly reduces the cost of power generation. However, for the sake of commercial interests, Edison publicized in the whole society that electricity could not be transmitted over long distances, which was not safe, and that a power station must be built for each power supply system. In order to prove that electricity cannot be transmitted, he even made up all kinds of stories about people who were electrocuted, and AC electricity struggled in the next few years under the boycott he took the lead. Edison is a world-famous great inventor, but in the name of "safety", spreading rumors and resisting alternating current is a stain on his life.

History is always strikingly similar. Every time mankind is faced with major changes, there are always worries and doubts. But we will eventually embrace the cloud, just as humans finally embrace tap water and alternating current. Of course, water supply companies, power companies and banks are not absolutely safe. In fact, there is no absolute security in the world. Security is always a relative concept.

Cloud, like water, electricity, and gas, will become the infrastructure of enterprises and even the whole society. the direction of this development has become more and more clear. it will determine the competitiveness of a country, a region, and an enterprise in the era of information economy. It is estimated that Amazon of the United States will have more than $10 billion in cloud services revenue in 2015, compared with China. I hope that enterprises in Zhejiang Province will get rid of their doubts and worries about cloud as soon as possible, remove conceptual obstacles, and popularize cloud as soon as possible, which is an urgent task for our province to lead the construction of the information economy.

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