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The digital transformation of an enterprise is a big topic, from the macro to the micro, involving goals, strategies, solutions, paths, plans, organizations, processes and other aspects. Today we are talking about a very practical and specific question - what kind of productivity tools are needed for the digital transformation of enterprises?
What types of productivity tools are needed?
Generally speaking, the digital transformation of enterprises requires the following types of productivity tools:
1. Data analysis tools
Data analysis tools are one of the key tools for digital transformation, which can help enterprises manage and utilize data effectively. Data analysis tools can help companies understand customer needs, market trends, product performance, etc., so as to make more informed decisions.
2. Collaboration tools
Digital transformation requires collaboration across all departments of a business. Therefore, collaboration tools are essential productivity tools. Collaboration tools can help enterprise employees communicate, collaborate and share information better.
3. Project management tools
Digital transformation requires enterprises to be able to quickly respond to market demands and launch new products. Therefore, project management tools are another key tool for digital transformation. Project management tools can help companies better manage project progress, resource allocation, and task tracking.
4. Automation tools
Automation tools can help businesses improve work efficiency and productivity. Digital transformation requires companies to respond quickly to market demands. Automation tools can help companies complete repetitive tasks faster and improve production efficiency.
5. Cloud native tools
Cloud native is the shortest path to digital transformation. Enterprises should have a series of cloud-native tools to help them efficiently develop, deliver, operate, and maintain digital applications of various cloud-native architectures, make full use of the cloud's service capabilities and elasticity, and accelerate the digital transformation of enterprises.
What tool is the best choice?
Cloud native involves many aspects. Enterprises can select and implement tools one by one, which is also the practice of many enterprises. However, it is more recommended that enterprises build a unified cloud-native technology base. This base should have the following characteristics or capabilities:
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The capabilities of the technology base should be complete, covering the full lifecycle management of digital applications, from application planning, architecture design, coding, deployment, testing, delivery to application operation and maintenance. All kinds of tools needed for digitalization should grow on this base.
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The various capabilities of the technology base should be organically combined to look like a simple, elegant and efficient production line. The best approach is application-centric. This is also the core concept of cloud native. Centered on the application, when architecture design is required, the architecture designer operation operation appears, and when coding is required, IDE support operation is provided.
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The technical base should be friendly to various characters, with each layer being transparent to the one above. An important component of cloud native is the container, and the container is very complicated. We can regard the container as a more flexible resource than the virtual machine. Therefore, containers should be transparent to developers, developers are not required to master container technology, and the technical foundation needs to isolate the complexity of containers from developers.
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The technology base generally needs to include an application development center, a delivery engine, and an application operation center. The application development center is used to support the rapid development of digital applications, and the application operation center is used to support the operation and maintenance of digital applications. The delivery engine is used to deliver the developed application to different application operation centers around the world, so that it can be developed in one place and delivered everywhere in the world.
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The technology base itself must be cloud-native. The technology base is also a digital system, so it also needs to be cloud-native.
Cloud Native Tools: CloudOS
CloudOS focuses on building a one-stop cloud-native development platform——CloudOS, which supports the full lifecycle management of software, and provides enterprises with cloud-based applications, micro-service transformation, implementation of cloud-native DevOps, multi-cloud business scheduling and management, and visualized micro-services Governance and other one-stop cloud-native solutions flexibly meet the needs of various scenarios in the digital construction of enterprises, accumulate business and data capabilities more efficiently and focus, quickly respond to the current fast-paced market demand, and accelerate the digital transformation of enterprises.
Features:
end-to-end solution
Provide unified support for development, testing, and operation and maintenance: it can assist enterprises to quickly build a PaaS cloud platform, realize one-click deployment of applications, quickly deliver development, testing, and production environments, improve R&D and innovation efficiency, and enhance corporate competitiveness; at the same time, the platform With good compatibility and openness, it can well support the production-level deployment and delivery of enterprise-level commercial applications and open source software applications. It runs through the end-to-end process inside and outside the enterprise, supporting the continuous interweaving and evolution of applications and processes.
- easy to use
It enables users to use the container cloud platform proficiently without knowing container technology, yaml files, or Kubernetes and other professional technologies: the innovative products of Xingyun innovatively use WYSIWYG modular application design, which can Use the "drag, pull, and drop" microservice arrangement method to carry out visual arrangement of reference applications; WYSIWYG front-end design mode; greatly reduces the threshold for using the platform, and greatly facilitates the promotion of container clouds in enterprises. Greatly improve innovation efficiency.
- Leading
Possesses an open-source strategy, carefully implements open-source technology, and guarantees the forward-looking and openness of the technology. It is the only product in China that provides multi-cluster unified scheduling functions across regions, clouds, and operating systems to meet the future needs of enterprises for remote active-active. In-depth docking with various IaaS platforms to meet the needs of enterprise business on the cloud.
It is the first in China to implement Windows containers in the production environment, and has realized commercial products that support Linux/Windows mixed operating system container platforms.
Summarize
This article focuses on what kind of cloud-native tools enterprises need. Our company has been focusing on providing cloud-native products and services for enterprises to help enterprises digitally transform. Our core product CloudOS is built based on the ideas mentioned in this article, and has also won the recognition and support of our customers. Welcome to consult and try~