China Industrial Cloud and Industrial Internet Application Forum

On November 4th, the "China Industrial Cloud and Industrial Internet Application Forum," hosted by e-works, the most influential smart manufacturing online media in China, was held with great success in Hefei, Anhui Province. Experts in the field of industrial internet, well-known domestic and international industrial internet solution providers, and CIOs from renowned enterprises gathered to discuss the trends and practices of industrial internet applications in the era of smart manufacturing.

Futong Cloud made a prominent appearance at the conference, with Vice President Mr. Dai Sihong being invited to give a keynote speech titled "How Professional Cloud MSP Can Support the Construction of Industrial Cloud," offering an in-depth analysis of the path to digital transformation for industrial enterprises, and participating in the roundtable discussion on "Enterprise Industrial Cloud and Industrial Internet Applications."

Trends and Practices of Industrial Internet Applications in the Era of Smart Manufacturing

Currently, intelligent manufacturing has become an important development trend in the manufacturing industry and will have a profound impact on industrial development. Manufacturing enterprises are looking at how to apply industrial internet technology to build digital twin systems for manufacturing technology and production processes, how to achieve on-demand combination and dynamic optimization configuration between production mechanism models through industrial big data, thereby effectively addressing the collaboration and innovative development in the manufacturing industry, which has become a widely concerned issue among manufacturing enterprises.

In recent years, domestic and international internet giants, leading manufacturing enterprises, and mainstream industrial software vendors have been actively building industrial cloud platforms and industrial internet platforms; governments are also vigorously promoting cloud adoption for enterprises and encouraging the development of industrial apps; industrial software has shifted from selling software licenses to subscription services. However, Chinese manufacturing enterprises still face many practical issues in advancing the application of industrial internet and industrial clouds. These are mainly reflected in:

·       There is still a lack of a unified understanding of the concept, connotation, and value of industrial internet.

·       It remains challenging for manufacturing enterprises to network existing equipment and collect data.

·       Manufacturing enterprises still have concerns about the security of public cloud applications.

·       How can manufacturing enterprises avoid creating cloud silos in a multi-cloud environment?

·       How can manufacturing enterprises truly achieve the integration of IT and OT, and connect digital and automation systems?

·       How can China's industrial internet and industrial cloud applications build a healthy ecosystem?

To promote the application of industrial internet and industrial cloud, and to address the questions and doubts of manufacturing enterprises, this forum gathers experts, scholars, and corporate representatives to deeply exchange ideas on how manufacturing enterprises can carry out the application of industrial internet and industrial cloud, how to select the right industrial internet platform, and how to truly achieve full connectivity of the enterprise's equipment, products, services, information systems, automation systems, as well as employees, customers, and suppliers. This connectivity supports enterprises in advancing intelligent manufacturing, achieving digital transformation, truly improving product quality, reducing costs and increasing efficiency, ensuring on-time delivery, and meeting the ever-changing personalized demands of customers.

How Professional Cloud MSP Can Empower the Digital Transformation of Industrial Enterprises

Under the wave of new infrastructure construction, building a networked innovation system based on the industrial internet, achieving cross-enterprise and cross-industry collaboration and cooperation in manufacturing resources, knowledge, and capabilities, thereby significantly shortening the innovation cycle and accelerating the process of innovation and development, is of great significance in breaking through the current development bottlenecks of China's manufacturing industry.

Digital Transformation, Intelligent Upgrading, and Integrated Innovation Are Key

Mr. Sihong Dai said in his speech, "The 'new infrastructure' refers to an infrastructure system that is led by new development concepts, driven by technological innovation, centered on data, based on information networks, and aimed at the needs of high-quality development, providing services such as digital transformation, intelligent upgrading, and integrated innovation. For manufacturing enterprises, it is also necessary to undergo digital transformation, intelligent upgrading, and integrated innovation to better serve business innovation and upgrading."

As a product of the integration of emerging information technologies with manufacturing, "Industrial Internet +" is continuously disrupting traditional manufacturing models, production methods, and industrial forms, and together with 5G, the Internet of Things, and others, is driving new transformations and upgrades in the manufacturing industry. Mr. Sihong Dai pointed out that under the foundation of industrial internet, there needs to be a robust platform to support the processing of enterprise data and the interconnectivity of information, hence the cloud platform is the core foundational platform for the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry.

In the digital transformation of industrial enterprises, there are often six major challenges encountered:

• Balancing resource efficiency and cost: How to effectively apply limited IT resources to the development of core businesses? How to better manage IT operational costs?

• Rapid growth in the user base: How to improve user efficiency and increase end-user satisfaction?

• Innovative transformation of applications: How to quickly transform applications and release iterations? How to quickly integrate third-party applications?

• Technology updates: How to keep up with the development of IT technology and update relevant technologies in a timely manner?

• Data governance: How to achieve comprehensive management of data and improve its security, reliability, and availability?

• Data acquisition: How to enhance the ability to acquire data?

Traditional IT operations and management capabilities cannot meet the needs of "new" business forms. Mr. Dai Sihong stated that the application of professional cloud management services is an inevitable trend in the digital transformation of industrial enterprises.

Professional Cloud MSP: A Powerful Catalyst for Digital Transformation

In response to the business innovation and transformation needs of industrial enterprises, Futong Cloud focuses on "full-stack cloud management services" and provides professional Cloud Management Services (MSP). It has independently developed a multi-cloud management platform (CMP2020 and MSP Public Cloud Management Service Platform), Cloudoor Desktop Security Desktop Cloud Platform, CloudoorSphere Server Virtualization Cloud Platform, ITGo Operations and Maintenance Management Platform (virtualization operations and maintenance and automated operations and maintenance), and Enterprise Cloud Disk, among other platform products, to empower the digital transformation of industrial enterprises.

In promoting the development of industrial internet, Futong Cloud possesses an "Industrial Internet + Targeted Construction of Efficient and Reliable Data Service System" that spans from the bottom layer of data collection to the infrastructure and application layer of the platform. This includes the development of applications, data management, resource scheduling, as well as the operation and maintenance management of infrastructure, and the incubation of encapsulated services.

Futong Cloud aims to provide enterprises with a full lifecycle, end-to-end technical service system through its full-stack cloud management services and platform ecosystem, enhancing the availability of cloud platforms and helping enterprises simplify billing, optimize costs, and achieve precise cost control for increased efficiency and reduced expenses.

Currently, Futong Cloud has assisted clients across various industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, retail, transportation, finance, media, and education, with cloud deployment and operations and maintenance. This has helped to reduce the cost of enterprise IT services, enhance core competitiveness, and achieve innovation-driven and high-quality transformation and upgrading.

For example, by providing a large manufacturing group with process approval, service catalog, unified resource management and scheduling, reporting, and other functions, service efficiency and levels have been improved, enhancing user satisfaction. For an automotive company, they have created an innovative platform for new digital services based on a hybrid cloud infrastructure, enabling rapid response to the development and deployment of various digital application scenarios. For the construction of a cloud in the petrochemical industry, they have provided professional planning, setup, and implementation, aiding in the sharing of resources and data.

Hybrid Cloud Architecture: The Trendy Choice For Industrial Enterprises

During the roundtable discussion, in response to questions about which applications are suitable for cloud deployment, which type of cloud is appropriate, and how to avoid cloud silos, Mr. Dai Sihong pointed out that in the process of enterprises adopting the cloud, due to security considerations, companies are more willing to store data in private clouds, but at the same time they hope to gain access to the computational resources of public clouds. Under such circumstances, hybrid clouds are being adopted more and more frequently. Hybrid cloud provides businesses with the flexibility to deploy private clouds internally and to use public cloud services, as well as to deploy workloads, allowing them to share resources between cloud platforms for the best possible outcomes.

In response to the question about the value of industrial internet applications for industrial enterprises, Mr. Sihong Dai stated that the industrial internet is still focused on objects; it is a process of extending and adding value from products to services. Therefore, the application of the industrial internet revolves around the management of data related to objects and how to improve processes and quality.

Exhibition Booth Exchange: Addressing Doubts and Questions

At this forum, Futong Cloud was also invited to participate in the on-site exhibition, showcasing its high-quality products and services comprehensively. During the exhibition, attendees frequently visited the Futong Cloud booth to inquire about issues related to enterprise cloud adoption, multi-cloud management, and efficient operations and maintenance. Professional engineers from Futong Cloud provided detailed answers to all questions and actively discussed the path of digital transformation for industrial enterprises with the participants.

In the future, Futong Cloud will continue to leverage its technological and product advantages to contribute to the digital transformation and high-quality development of more industrial enterprises.