Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2004
Zhou Buqi got in touch with Kurian, without any nonsense, straight to the point, "Are you leading the team to develop a cloud database?"

"Correct."

"Tell me about the specific situation."

"This may have to start from the beginning." Kurian has worked under Boss Zhou for a long time, and he knows how much this legendary boss is. "I'm afraid you don't understand."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Okay, you can tell, make a long story short."

Kurian said: "First of all, the database is very important. The database is the basic software, but it is the crown jewel of the basic software, and it is the most profitable basic software in the world."

Zhou Buqi said: "I know that there are countless shortcuts to intellectual property rights condensed in the database, with high fees and high profits."

Kurian went on to say: "The industry concentration of commercial databases is relatively high, mainly Oracle's Oracle and Microsoft's MSSQL. However, there are still many versions, and there are dozens of databases developed based on open source frameworks... In short, this market is very Prosperity. And on a massive scale, with a lot going for it.”

The business is different, but the business logic behind it is the same.

In this regard, Zhou Buqi has already made a self-summary, "That's right, we need 'third party + self-operated'."

"what?"

Kurian was slightly taken aback.

Zhou Buqi's theory is a summary of his personal experience and industry rules, and he didn't tell everyone. Kurian didn't know it well, so he said with a smile: "The model of the platform economy I summarized must be It is a combination of third-party products and self-operated products. Without the third party, the scale will not increase; without self-operated products, the potential hidden dangers are too great.”

Kurian admired: "Yes, it is indeed such an idea."

The cloud computing platform is actually a platform.

Customers can purchase many services on this platform, such as leasing servers and computing power, and can also purchase many software products and services here, such as databases, artificial intelligence, office, Weibo, financial management systems, and so on.

Since it is a platform, it is inseparable from the big logic of "self-operated + third-party".

The current database market is very mature, the industry leader is Oracle, and there are many other database products.For Ziweiyun, these are third-party databases.

These products are sold on Ziwei Cloud, and after earning money, the platform and merchants share proportionally, just like Amazon, JD.com, and Taobao Mall take a percentage of sales from third-party stores.

Therefore, a database that is self-operated by Ziwei Star and has sufficient competitiveness is just needed!

Not only for making money, but also an important part of Ziweixing's ecological stability.

Many small and small links can be completely handed over to a third party, and it doesn't matter if it is not self-operated.Even if something happens to the third party, it will have little impact on the platform.

But the database is different, this is the most important software service, indispensable!

Kurian went on to say: "Now there is an opportunity for the bonus of the times, and Ziweiyun must seize it."

"What bonus?"

"Not all databases can be connected to the cloud. Even for an excellent product like Oracle Database, if you want to switch from the past local database model to the cloud database model, you must go through a period of pain and transformation. At this stage, they The product failure rate will also be greatly increased."

"Well, that's right." Zhou Buqi immediately followed this line of thinking, "I used to be a cavalry soldier. If I want to switch to infantry, I may encounter discomfort for a period of time. After all, when riding a horse, it is affected by the horse, and only the front of the body It is difficult to look back, which will cause poor vision; the infantry has no horses and has a 360-degree full viewing angle, so the vision is better."

Kurian said with a smile: "If this is an example, then all databases at this stage are cavalry. There is no cloud database for native infantry in the market yet! Whoever can take this first step will become the industry leader !"

"So it is!"

Zhou Buqi suddenly realized.

This is the most important truth.

If domestic and foreign countries each develop a database, even if both sides succeed, it will take a few years... The product is made, but time is wasted.

The first-mover advantage of the industry's first advantage is lost.

If the database teams at home and abroad can work together to do this together, then we can gather all the technical resources to develop this cloud-native database of Ziweixing earlier!

It may really be the world's first commercial cloud-native database.

Ziweiyun is the real industry leader.

Obviously, Kurian is not an ordinary person.

This guy has great ambitions.

Just to develop Ziwei Cloud is not his goal. His goal is to build Ziwei Cloud into the world's largest cloud computing platform!
It can be seen from the continuous large-scale acquisitions in the market in the past two years.

In the past 12 months, Ziwei Cloud has initiated more than 22 mergers and acquisitions in the market, with a total cost of more than 37.5 billion US dollars, of which cash expenditures exceeded 20 billion US dollars.

Ordinary executives, who would dare to do this?

Even if Boss Zhou agreed to give money, not many people have such courage.How much money is spent, how much responsibility must be assumed, and how much goal must be achieved.

This matter of cloud database is a demonstration of Kurian's belief.

He wants to be number one in the world!

Kurian said in a deep voice: "I have heard that Amazon developed its own cloud database using the open source framework of MySQL two years ago, and applied and verified it on a large scale in internal business last year. .They made efforts earlier. If we can't integrate resources, it will be difficult to catch up and surpass Amazon. After a few years, Amazon will launch the world's first cloud-native database, who will remember what the second one is?"

Hearing what he said, Zhou Buqi sighed quite a bit.

Amazon earlier?
How can it!
In fact, as early as five years ago, he had already laid out the layout in the field of distributed databases, and invested a lot of human and financial resources, almost sending all the best technical experts in the company to develop Feitian database.

Unfortunately, this was the wrong choice.

Yang Zhenkun has feelings and beliefs, and his technical level is also very high. He claims to create an indomitable product.However, he has worked in China for many years and has no experience of studying or working abroad. He is a bit like a frog in a well, and he is not very clear about the industry situation and world trends outside.

Including Dr. Wang Jian, who is also a local scientist, he was obsessed with independent research and development in the early days... The domestic first bonus, quickly dominate the market)

Self-study is a good thing, and it should be.

For Ziwei Star's strategic level, it has missed the opportunity of the war!

Almost delayed Zhou Buqi's important event!
In contrast, Amazon is very self-aware, and didn't think about self-development at all, and went directly to the open source framework.Even if the open source system has various shortcomings, there is one advantage that those purely self-developed products cannot compete with, and that is high efficiency.

Many open source frameworks are already very mature.

It's like building a house.

When one person builds a house, he starts from scratch by digging the soil and laying the foundation; when another person builds a house, the main building of the building already exists, and the reinforcement of the walls and interior decoration are enough in the past.

After the former is built, the house may be stronger and more stable.

The latter can be implemented faster, can be commercialized faster, and can be pushed to the market faster to grab land.

When the self-developed product is finally developed, and it is about to be introduced to the market... you will find that the market has long been settled, and there is no chance. User habits have already formed, and the product is useless no matter how good it is.

Fortunately, Zhou Buqi later adjusted the main person in charge of the cloud computing business.

The domestic president of Ziweiyun is Dr. Zhou Feng, a talented student who returned from studying in the United States; the overseas president of Ziweiyun is Dr. Kurian.

The perspectives of these two people are very clear, and they hit it off.

Only then has the new plan of Ziwei cloud database been vigorously and comprehensively promoted, the Feitian database has been downgraded, and the priority has been given to the cloud database.

And this is already slower than the Amazon cloud database in terms of time.

Kurian saw that the big boss was silent for a long time, so he said in a relaxed tone: "It's okay, as long as we follow my thinking, our cloud database will definitely surpass Amazon and become the world's first commercial cloud-native database. database."

"Really?"

The haze in Zhou Buqi's heart dissipated a lot.

Kurian was very confident, even a little arrogant, and said brazenly: "Amazon, how can there be anyone who understands databases? They are all a bunch of trash. Although we are a bit slower here, as long as we walk in the right direction On the way, we will definitely surpass them.”

Zhou Buqi was very cautious, "Amazon cannot be underestimated."

"The person in charge of Amazon's cloud database is Tony. I know that guy. He's a second-rate guy." Kurian was very disdainful, and then began to boast, "Our team is much better than them. Johnny is very good." , I have had several exchanges with him. The Chinese team led by Johnny is hard-working and able to work overtime for a long time. And they have one of the biggest advantages, that is, they are good at solving complex problems. In terms of problem-solving ability, Strong Nee's team is stronger than this one I have."

Kurian then takes it a step further.

Domestic technical fields are particularly good at solving problems rather than asking them.

Using the MySQL open source framework to develop a cloud database of our own is the process of asking questions... There are many failures in the process of product development, operation and maintenance, which is to solve the problem.

The US team is good at asking questions, and the domestic team is good at solving problems.

This is the main reason for Kurian's proposal, to give full play to their respective advantages, keep the version of the cloud database developed by his team, and let his team ask questions.

Ni Qiang leads the domestic team to solve the many technical failures that will occur in the future on the basis of the problems he raised, to solve the problems.

Learn from each other and integrate resources.

Thus surpassing Amazon!
(End of this chapter)