Internet 2010

Silicon Valley.

"Qom, how is the connection between the computing resources in Dream Valley?"

Combe pulled himself out of the computer.

"I said, your pronunciation should be more standard. It sounds like 'Mongolian'."

Acton smiled, "I'm sorry, I really can't read Chinese pinyin well."

Koum said, "The previous application for Dream Valley Cloud has come down, and I'm already debugging the machine, but I'm not sure if there are some problems with the machine room in their area. I encountered some difficulties when setting it up."

Since WeChat acquired whatsapp, whatsapp generally chooses Menggu Cloud as their computing service provider when entering new areas. The reason is simple, the discount given by Mengguyun for its own enterprise is large enough.

Previously, whatsapp basically set up their own servers, and they placed orders in other countries through the Internet, usually in important countries where they want to conduct business next. some deployments. It is convenient to say it, but there are no people in the local area and it is easy to encounter slow feedback sometimes.

In the end, whatsapp is a small team of dozens of people. With this number of people, we can only say that every ability is outstanding.

However, since Menggu Cloud can now provide cheap services, and the team does not have to worry about hardware, the feedback is also timely, and the operation and maintenance burden of several back-end personnel has been reduced, so Qom and Acton have no reason to refuse. . At any rate, this was considered an important condition for agreeing to the acquisition at that time, and it was unnecessary.

Acton said, "The node in South Africa is indeed. They only started official operation at the end of February, and they are not as stable as other nodes for the time being. Now that we are migrating, other nodes have no problem, right?"

Koum smiled and shrugged slightly, "The US East can only say that it is optional, and the computing performance that can be supplied is too little. But Brazil's is not bad, Tucker and the others have made a diversion, sometimes the US When the service is tense, it will also give some points in the past.

Southeast Asia and Europe are not much of a problem. It works normally, and the feedback is very timely when there is a problem. "

Acton pulled out his chair and sat down, "That's good, the effect is beyond expectations. But I hope they can be faster, such as the Middle East, Japan, South Korea, and Australia, and rely on the current nodes to serve there. It is indeed a bit reluctant.”

Koum said, "That's not something we can decide. I have an idea about Japan and South Korea. I don't think WeChat may deliberately compete for this market."

Acton looked puzzled, "Oh? Why do you say that?"

Koum said, "I think it's the cost of time and the cost of switching. Our Whatsapp entered Western Europe relatively early and developed well, and you can see that Menggu Cloud prioritized Eastern Europe when deploying nodes. Then, like the Eastern United States Nodes, in my opinion, the reason for the small supply is that the investment itself is less. You just look at how many similar new IMs there are in the United States.”

Acton, "Countless homes."

Acton pondered, "This is very clever. Go directly to grab the blank market, and it will not hit the land occupied by others, because it is a waste of time and cost, it is better to honestly seek growth in other areas."

Qom nodded slightly, "The reason is logical, but there is a small problem."

Acton glanced at Combe, "Oh?"

Koum said, "Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe. Looking at this region, it is true that there is a large population, and there will not be much competitive pressure for WeChat or Whatsapp to enter, because such Internet products have not been developed locally.

The problem is that the economic development of these regions is also there. Network conditions are poor, and smartphone market share is low. The number of users that can be mined in a short period of time is really limited. "

Acton fell into a moment of thought after listening to Qom's words.

After a while, he said, "No Qom. It can't be seen that way."

Qom smiled, "You said."

Acton said, "The mobile phone market may be growing faster than we thought. I understand that China already has a large number of mobile phone manufacturers making cheap smartphones..."

Combe, "That's really..."

Acton smiled and said, "You have to believe in the fact that there is high-intensity competition in any market in this country. In particular, Taiwan's MTK scheme has stimulated the entire mobile phone manufacturing market. These mobile phones will not only be sold in their own country, but also Will flock to other countries, madeinchina, we are no strangers.

So, I really can't say what will happen next year. "

Qom smiled helplessly, "ok. I understand what you mean. Even if you don't say anything, whatsapp will still enter these areas."

Acton nodded, "How does it compare to WeChat recently?"

Koum thought for a while, "Compared? I'm not sure. The downloads of WeChat in some areas are much higher than ours, but in some areas, WeChat is not as good as us. The overall data has probably been calculated. The overall growth is basically the same. It should be on the order of 100 million next month.

But for one thing, you may not believe that their services in Eastern Europe actually integrate advertisements for users on the sub-page. Guess it's something made by some third-party advertising service providers in Eastern Europe. "

In whatsapp, I am more disgusted with advertising. Acton listened to Qom's words in a disgusting tone, but Acton did not intend to tangle on this issue. How WeChat does it is WeChat's business, and the parent company doesn't ask them to do the same.

Acton then asked, "What is their current situation in China?"

Qom stroked his beard and said, "1.4 or 1.5? It happened at the end of last month. I heard that some months directly increased by more than 20 million. It's scary."

That sounds a little scary~www.readwn.com~ It's a good deal. Isn't this a behemoth of the order of 300 million global users? The history of WeChat is less than two years old.

Still 20 million monthly new additions, two months to 200 million? 300 million by the end of the year?

Acton said, "You said, can WhatsApp achieve something in China?"

Qom smiled, "I really can't say this, you know, even Brother Gu and Facebook can't handle this market. But it doesn't cost much to try, at most I will apply to Mengguyun later. A batch of Huaxia servers."

Acton also laughed, "How can we say that we are also subsidiaries, right? It's not too difficult. Free competition, although I also think it's a bit difficult to develop to their level."

Koum added, "WeChat is playing very hard in China. Penguin, I think you know, the communication app giants before China, they are making an app that is the same as WeChat. WeChat burned a lot of money, but , I didn't see why, there is too little information to know."

When Acton heard it, go in and stir a hammer?

He waved his hand, "Forget it. Why don't you spend your money elsewhere."

When Qom heard it, he smiled, and if he should be cowardly, he is reasonable.

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