Ruijie appeared at GITC: Internet companies please give me a thumbs up!

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[51CTO.com original article] The GITC Global Internet Technology Conference has been successfully held for four sessions. This year's conference site is still crowded with spectators. Focusing on hot Internet technologies, people gathered in small circles based on different topics such as cloud, big data, security, operation and maintenance, and infrastructure to carry out in-depth exchanges.

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Ruijie's booth was located inside the main venue. There were no fancy bunny girls inviting visitors to scan the code, nor was the booth decorated as a petty bourgeoisie coffee corner. However, there were many people who came to consult, and they talked in twos and threes. The reporter took the opportunity to interview Wu Jipeng, general manager of Ruijie Networks Internet System Department. As a loyal participant in GITC, he has a better say on the evolution of Internet technology and the deep meaning behind the evolution.

Focus on core switches and wireless applications

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Wu Jipeng said that this year Ruijie's main exhibition content consists of two parts: one is the core switch and the other is the wireless network.

He explained that the reason for displaying the core switches is that some Internet users have been using Ruijie's core switches in data centers this year. In the future, Ruijie will focus on promoting the entire network solution and expects the core switches to be used in more and larger data centers.

The demonstration of wireless networks is more based on the needs of application scenarios in the project. Ruijie's Wi-Fi products have been silently supporting the wireless applications of the Yunqi Conference and the earlier GITC. In this process, more and more users have been exposed to Ruijie's Wi-Fi products. In addition, Internet companies themselves also do commercial Wi-Fi projects, such as shopping malls, shopping centers, and transportation industries such as railway stations and bus stations. Therefore, Ruijie focused on displaying more wireless application scenarios this time.

Pursuing the ultimate in equipment application

In Wu Jipeng's view, the changing trajectory of Internet customers can actually be traced, among which automated operation and maintenance, virtualized applications, and visualized operation and maintenance are three relatively clear directions. Of course, he also admitted that in terms of operation and maintenance, everyone is still in an early stage and there is still a lot of room for growth in the future.

He told reporters that the biggest difference between Internet companies and traditional companies is their understanding and positioning of technology. Traditional industries tend to use information construction as an auxiliary means, while Internet companies use Internet technology to build new business models and subvert traditional cognition. Especially for medium and large Internet companies, their technical teams are very knowledgeable and have clear requirements and deployment plans for network architecture and performance realization. Small Internet companies tend to choose to go directly to the cloud.

In recent years, the most obvious impression that Internet companies have left on Wu Jipeng is the ultimate pursuit of equipment performance. He gave an example, if an Internet customer wants to upgrade the access bandwidth to 25G, it must mean that his 10G access cannot meet the business needs, which also means that the company's existing access bandwidth has been used to 100%. "In addition, large data center customers have a high demand for data visualization. They want to see how data flows in the equipment, where and when there will be congestion, and once a problem occurs, they can locate it immediately, all at a glance."

Not only that, Wu Jipeng pointed out that Internet enterprise customers have another characteristic, that is, the network architecture is very robust, and the upper-level software architecture and network architecture have multiple layers of redundancy, thus ensuring the continuity of the business.

Usefulness is the greatest reward

Wu Jipeng believes that in the current competitive network equipment market, Ruijie's biggest advantage is flexibility. He said that Ruijie is more skilled in innovation close to user scenarios, and can customize according to customer needs, do more personalized development, and then be closer to user needs. He gave an example to reporters, for example, in the office network of an Internet company, tens of thousands of people use one machine, Ruijie can simplify network operation and maintenance and realize unified operation and maintenance management. "When users use Ruijie products, the word they often say is that it is easy to use, comfortable to use, and easy to manage. This is the best user experience."

When talking about user experience, we have to mention word of mouth. Wu Jipeng said that among Internet customers, word of mouth is very important because everyone has similar needs for technology. Many times when some well-known Internet companies use Ruijie's products, they will also attract many customers to come for consultation and negotiation. "Ruijie attaches great importance to user experience. We hope to have a good reputation among Internet companies. This is not only for selling products, but also proves that Ruijie has accumulated enough understanding of customers."

There is only one month left until 2017. Wu Jipeng also has his own ideas about the development of the network industry. He told reporters that Ruijie is very optimistic about the direction of SDN and NFV. "When everyone goes to the cloud, they all hope that the network will be more controllable and everything will be under control. It must also be more flexible and convenient."

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