IBM與石油工程技術(shù)服務(wù)巨頭斯倫貝謝(Schlumberger)開展了一項(xiàng)大型合作項(xiàng)目,涉及到了當(dāng)前流行的混合云計(jì)算技術(shù)。
兩家公司在9月8日宣布了合作關(guān)系,其中,IBM的Red Hat業(yè)務(wù)提供了基礎(chǔ)技術(shù),以幫助客戶更輕松地創(chuàng)建和運(yùn)行,可用于內(nèi)部數(shù)據(jù)中心和第三方云計(jì)算數(shù)據(jù)中心的應(yīng)用程序。
IBM和斯倫貝謝拒絕就該交易的財(cái)務(wù)細(xì)節(jié)置評(píng)。
斯倫貝謝的首席執(zhí)行官奧利維爾?勒?皮赫解釋說,此次合作將推出體現(xiàn)了石油行業(yè)正在進(jìn)行的數(shù)字化轉(zhuǎn)型的技術(shù)成果。盡管石油行業(yè)在傳統(tǒng)上依賴于深孔鉆機(jī)等重型設(shè)備,但這些設(shè)備通常不聯(lián)網(wǎng),也未配備更先進(jìn)的分析系統(tǒng)。
從理論上來講,石油設(shè)備連接到網(wǎng)絡(luò)和云數(shù)據(jù)中心后,工程師由此能夠整合所有石油設(shè)備的數(shù)據(jù),以幫助公司更準(zhǔn)確地掌握每臺(tái)設(shè)備的性能,并改善一些具體操作,如鉆探等。在能源和制造業(yè)等行業(yè),這種所謂的工業(yè)物聯(lián)網(wǎng)(或物聯(lián)網(wǎng))概念正越來越受歡迎。
但是,如果公司不進(jìn)行大量工作,就很難將設(shè)備連接到內(nèi)部數(shù)據(jù)中心和云計(jì)算服務(wù)。 由此,越來越多的公司使用了一種名為容器技術(shù)(container technology)的數(shù)據(jù)中心技術(shù),有了這種技術(shù),開發(fā)者可以創(chuàng)建能夠在多個(gè)數(shù)據(jù)中心(內(nèi)部和云端)運(yùn)行的應(yīng)用程序。
大約一年前,IBM和斯倫貝謝開始商討一項(xiàng)雄心勃勃的容器項(xiàng)目,并在過去的六個(gè)月里為石油公司開發(fā)了一個(gè)概念驗(yàn)證系統(tǒng)。勒?皮赫稱,這項(xiàng)新技術(shù)可以幫助地球物理學(xué)家收集地震數(shù)據(jù),這些數(shù)據(jù)能夠存儲(chǔ)在公司的內(nèi)部數(shù)據(jù)中心,然后使用不同的云機(jī)器學(xué)習(xí)工具來分析這些信息,以便進(jìn)行更精準(zhǔn)的“油井勘探”。
IBM的首席執(zhí)行官阿爾溫德?柯世納表示,這些石油行業(yè)的數(shù)據(jù)分析項(xiàng)目,可能比諸如天氣建?;蚱渌^的高性能計(jì)算工作更為復(fù)雜。
“這些方程式使它們看起來像是幼兒園作業(yè)?!笨率兰{說。
斯倫貝謝此前曾經(jīng)與谷歌(Google)和微軟(Microsoft)等云計(jì)算公司合作,為客戶提供一些機(jī)器學(xué)習(xí)服務(wù)。據(jù)推測(cè),與IBM合作開發(fā)的這項(xiàng)新技術(shù),將幫助斯倫貝謝的客戶繼續(xù)使用這些云數(shù)據(jù)分析服務(wù),而無需將其數(shù)據(jù)轉(zhuǎn)移至第三方云數(shù)據(jù)中心。
在那些擔(dān)憂用一個(gè)云計(jì)算服務(wù)存儲(chǔ)所有數(shù)據(jù),從而出現(xiàn)科技界所謂的供應(yīng)商鎖定的企業(yè)中,混合云或多云計(jì)算的概念已經(jīng)越來越受歡迎。此外,勒?皮赫表示,新的混合云計(jì)算技術(shù)將對(duì)那些因?yàn)檎ㄒ?guī)規(guī)定了數(shù)據(jù)存儲(chǔ)位置而受限的石油公司有所幫助。
“這將為我們帶來顛覆性改變,這將為石油行業(yè)帶來顛覆性改變。”勒?皮赫說道。
IBM的一位發(fā)言人表示,兩家公司尚未透露定價(jià)細(xì)節(jié),新服務(wù)“將在未來幾個(gè)月內(nèi)按地區(qū)供應(yīng)”。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者: Claire
IBM與石油工程技術(shù)服務(wù)巨頭斯倫貝謝(Schlumberger)開展了一項(xiàng)大型合作項(xiàng)目,涉及到了當(dāng)前流行的混合云計(jì)算技術(shù)。
兩家公司在9月8日宣布了合作關(guān)系,其中,IBM的Red Hat業(yè)務(wù)提供了基礎(chǔ)技術(shù),以幫助客戶更輕松地創(chuàng)建和運(yùn)行,可用于內(nèi)部數(shù)據(jù)中心和第三方云計(jì)算數(shù)據(jù)中心的應(yīng)用程序。
IBM和斯倫貝謝拒絕就該交易的財(cái)務(wù)細(xì)節(jié)置評(píng)。
斯倫貝謝的首席執(zhí)行官奧利維爾?勒?皮赫解釋說,此次合作將推出體現(xiàn)了石油行業(yè)正在進(jìn)行的數(shù)字化轉(zhuǎn)型的技術(shù)成果。盡管石油行業(yè)在傳統(tǒng)上依賴于深孔鉆機(jī)等重型設(shè)備,但這些設(shè)備通常不聯(lián)網(wǎng),也未配備更先進(jìn)的分析系統(tǒng)。
從理論上來講,石油設(shè)備連接到網(wǎng)絡(luò)和云數(shù)據(jù)中心后,工程師由此能夠整合所有石油設(shè)備的數(shù)據(jù),以幫助公司更準(zhǔn)確地掌握每臺(tái)設(shè)備的性能,并改善一些具體操作,如鉆探等。在能源和制造業(yè)等行業(yè),這種所謂的工業(yè)物聯(lián)網(wǎng)(或物聯(lián)網(wǎng))概念正越來越受歡迎。
但是,如果公司不進(jìn)行大量工作,就很難將設(shè)備連接到內(nèi)部數(shù)據(jù)中心和云計(jì)算服務(wù)。 由此,越來越多的公司使用了一種名為容器技術(shù)(container technology)的數(shù)據(jù)中心技術(shù),有了這種技術(shù),開發(fā)者可以創(chuàng)建能夠在多個(gè)數(shù)據(jù)中心(內(nèi)部和云端)運(yùn)行的應(yīng)用程序。
大約一年前,IBM和斯倫貝謝開始商討一項(xiàng)雄心勃勃的容器項(xiàng)目,并在過去的六個(gè)月里為石油公司開發(fā)了一個(gè)概念驗(yàn)證系統(tǒng)。勒?皮赫稱,這項(xiàng)新技術(shù)可以幫助地球物理學(xué)家收集地震數(shù)據(jù),這些數(shù)據(jù)能夠存儲(chǔ)在公司的內(nèi)部數(shù)據(jù)中心,然后使用不同的云機(jī)器學(xué)習(xí)工具來分析這些信息,以便進(jìn)行更精準(zhǔn)的“油井勘探”。
IBM的首席執(zhí)行官阿爾溫德?柯世納表示,這些石油行業(yè)的數(shù)據(jù)分析項(xiàng)目,可能比諸如天氣建?;蚱渌^的高性能計(jì)算工作更為復(fù)雜。
“這些方程式使它們看起來像是幼兒園作業(yè)。”柯世納說。
斯倫貝謝此前曾經(jīng)與谷歌(Google)和微軟(Microsoft)等云計(jì)算公司合作,為客戶提供一些機(jī)器學(xué)習(xí)服務(wù)。據(jù)推測(cè),與IBM合作開發(fā)的這項(xiàng)新技術(shù),將幫助斯倫貝謝的客戶繼續(xù)使用這些云數(shù)據(jù)分析服務(wù),而無需將其數(shù)據(jù)轉(zhuǎn)移至第三方云數(shù)據(jù)中心。
在那些擔(dān)憂用一個(gè)云計(jì)算服務(wù)存儲(chǔ)所有數(shù)據(jù),從而出現(xiàn)科技界所謂的供應(yīng)商鎖定的企業(yè)中,混合云或多云計(jì)算的概念已經(jīng)越來越受歡迎。此外,勒?皮赫表示,新的混合云計(jì)算技術(shù)將對(duì)那些因?yàn)檎ㄒ?guī)規(guī)定了數(shù)據(jù)存儲(chǔ)位置而受限的石油公司有所幫助。
“這將為我們帶來顛覆性改變,這將為石油行業(yè)帶來顛覆性改變。”勒?皮赫說道。
IBM的一位發(fā)言人表示,兩家公司尚未透露定價(jià)細(xì)節(jié),新服務(wù)“將在未來幾個(gè)月內(nèi)按地區(qū)供應(yīng)”。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者: Claire
IBM and oil industry services giant Schlumberger have partnered on a major initiative involving the buzzy technology of hybrid cloud computing.
The two companies revealed the partnership on September 8, pointing to the role of IBM’s Red Hat business in supplying the underlying technology that helps customers more easily build and run applications that operate in internal data centers and third-party cloud-computing data centers.
IBM and Schlumberger declined to comment about the deal’s financial details.
Schlumberger CEO Olivier Le Peuch explained that the partnership would result in technology that embodies the ongoing digital transformation of the oil industry. Although the oil industry has traditionally relied on heavy-duty equipment like deep-hole drilling machines, these devices were typically not connected to the Internet or configured to work with more cutting-edge analytical systems.
In theory, connecting oil equipment to the web and to cloud data centers lets engineers aggregate data across their entire fleet of devices, which can help companies more accurately track the performance of each device or improve specific operations like drilling. This so-called industrial IOT (or Internet of things) idea is becoming increasingly more popular among industries like energy and manufacturing.
But it’s difficult for companies to connect their machinery to both their internal data centers and cloud computing services without a lot of work. That’s why companies are increasingly using a type of data center technology, called container technology, which lets developers create apps that can run in multiple data centers—both internal and in the cloud.
IBM and Schlumberger began talking about an ambitious container project about a year ago and spent the past six months working on a proof-of-concept system for oil companies to use. Le Peuch described the new technology as helping geophysicists collect seismic data—which can be stored in a company’s internal data center, for instance—and then using different cloud machine-learning tools to analyze that information in order to perform a more precise “exploration of the well.”
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said these data analytics projects for the oil industry can be more complex than tasks like weather modeling or other so-called high-performance computing jobs.
“These equations make them look like kindergarten work,” Krishna said.
Schlumberger has previously partnered with cloud-computing companies like Google and Microsoft to help power some of the machine learning services it offers clients. The new technology created with IBM presumably would help Schlumberger’s customers continue to use those cloud data-analytics services without having to move their data into third-party cloud data centers.
The idea of hybrid, or multi-cloud computing has become more popular among businesses that may be worried about storing all of their data with one cloud computing service, a notion referred to in the tech world as vendor lock-in. Additionally, Le Peuch said the new hybrid-cloud tech would be helpful for oil companies that must comply with government regulations limiting where they can store their data.
“That’s a game changer for us; it’s a game changer for our industry,” Le Peuch said.
An IBM spokesperson said that the companies have not disclosed pricing details and that the new services “will be offered by region in the months to come.”