Bryan Arthur, a well-known economist and author of The Essence of Technology, has given a definition of business competition in the Internet age: 'Business networks are an ecologically diverse group, with participants not competing through' specific products' As it is through the establishment of a network. This well-accepted theory has also been translated into different versions by different entrepreneurs. For example, Lei Jun said: We should make a lot of our partners and make our enemy fewer. .
In the past few years, Lei Jun did the same, and in just a few years, rapid marching has made Xiaomi the largest commercial Internet of Things hardware platform in the world. The targets of millet '+' - those technology partners are far from " Rifle 'level, but the world's top technical resources, such as Microsoft.
After the Spring Festival, Xiaomi and Microsoft jointly made big news. The two companies signed a memorandum of strategic cooperation. On the basis of previous cooperation, they once again demonstrated their determination to 'work together' and deepened their strategic cooperative partnership.
Of course, any cooperation is a win-win situation in the hope of both sides, shipments of millet products and the huge imagination IoT market, allowing Microsoft to further expand the boundaries of their products and services; and Microsoft in the field of cloud computing and artificial intelligence Technology precipitation, can help Xiaomi improve product services, while allowing them to expand the pace of global faster.
From a technical perspective, the most important keyword in this memorandum of cooperation is undoubtedly artificial intelligence. Everyone knows that AI is the core technology path in the future IoT industry. The millet's 'smart' part (also known as the hardware manufacturer's Short board) needs partners to help - in particular, millet in the march to the global market march on the Microsoft AI technology blessing, perhaps the arrival of millet a 'technology shortcut.'
Artificial Intelligence: The Key to IoT
First to briefly describe the strategic cooperation memorandum, according to official disclosure, the scope of cooperation between the two sides involved in cloud computing, artificial intelligence and hardware devices.
For example, in the field of cloud services, the two parties are exploring ways to further utilize Microsoft's smart cloud Azure platform and services to provide user data storage, bandwidth and computing services for millet in the international market. In the cooperation of notebook devices, Microsoft is also trying to promote marketing channels Support and product development and other aspects, to promote millet products into more global markets.
Of course, the most eye-catching part of the entire strategic cooperation memorandum comes from artificial intelligence, for example, the two sides are exploring the possibility of integrating Microsoft's Cortana and Xiaomi smart speakers into the international market more, and in my opinion, AI speakers assume The role of millet 'smart home hub' in the Memo to the overseas cooperation between Xiaona and Xiaomi Speakers is only an oratory in the future for greater cooperation. In the eyes of many people in the industry, Xiaona is likely to be integrated into the Xiaomi IoT ecosystem Help Xiaomi to expand rapidly overseas.
In addition, Microsoft and Xiaomi will also develop broader cooperation around the development and application of AI. According to official sources, the cooperation will involve Microsoft's artificial intelligence such as computer vision, speech, natural language processing, text input, conversational artificial intelligence, knowledge base, and search Technology, and Microsoft products and services such as Bing Search, Edge Browser, Microsoft Gadget, Microsoft Ice, SwiftKey, Microsoft Translator, Pix Camera, Cognitive Services, Skype and more.
In fact, this is not the first time that the two companies have worked together to unravel the timeline. As early as 2015, Xiaomi will adopt cloud storage service that provides photo data to millet cloud service by Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet. In 2016 6 On January 1, both parties will further expand their global partnership. Xiaomi will pre-install Microsoft Office and Skype on mobile phones and tablet PCs, and at the same time, will reach an agreement on cross-licensing and transfer of patents so as to provide sustained support for Millet to enter the international market. About 4 Months ago, accompanied by the Lei Jun, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also visited a visit to the millet house, experiencing some millet products, it is said that the praise is quite good, Lei Jun gave Nadla a Millet Mix 2 as gift.
In the field of artificial intelligence, the latest product launches of both parties are Yeelight Voice Assistant of Microsoft Xiaobing's intelligent device for millet ecological chain.
In fact, as early as two or three years ago, there are many manufacturers to find a small ice team, and I hope she has some integration in the IoT, but almost all restrained small ice team declined politely; and two or three years later, Has matured into the field of IoT can be described as homeopathic.You must know that Xiaobing is the AI most like all the people in the 'one', regardless of language expression, many rounds of dialogue or emotional companionship, she grafted with hardware products can be described as perfect .
To Yeelight, different from similar products repeat wake-up words redundant, Microsoft developed full-duplex voice technology allows users to wake up after a small ice can be a continuous dialogue, during which no longer need to wake-up words; In addition, to benefit from Microsoft's deep Of the depth of learning ability, has a 'body' of ice is like a 'development of girls', the longer you use, the more predictable her ability to you; more value is more and more powerful emotional companionship EQ ability to make Xiaobing have a more human emotion and empathy, to determine the emotions of human beings, these features also enhance Yeelight voice assistant product experience.
Microsoft and millet past cooperation, so that people are much anticipated for their future cooperation.
An essential chart
In the eyes of many people, millet hardware manufacturing + Microsoft product services, will be born to adapt to the needs of different users of global products.
The long board of different strengths between the giants, once again proved that: the commercial old textbook 'barrel theory' (how much water a bucket can be loaded depends on the shortest piece of wood) gradually failure, the longest different enterprises polished plate , And then grafted with the longest board of other enterprises, forming an instant force, the rapid occupation of the market, is the most efficient play.
Perhaps this is also the biggest reason why Microsoft, Microsoft's millet, is hand in hand.As you know, millet is one of the few companies in the world to implement IoT-based product systems and large-scale commercial applications, and they have very comprehensive smart applications - more than 80,000 The new device access to the millet IoT platform.When these scenarios and smart devices and Microsoft's 'AI Long board' combination, may be able to increase the user experience of the product a high degree.
More importantly, hand in hand Microsoft will speed up the global expansion of millet millet annual meeting this year, replaced by Hugo Barra millet international operations Xiaomi Wang Xiang, senior vice president, said that the current millet international business has entered the world 73 Countries and regions, Lei Jun also shouted out 'domestic counterattack, ready for decisive battle, the global market, to open up the territory' slogan.
This is a long process.Micro now MIUI number of Internet users exceeded 300000000, the domestic user is undoubtedly the main force in 2018 if you want to open up the territory of millet, enter the mobile Internet era of great vanguard, with Microsoft and other international giants in the global market The huge appeal and the strong technological advantage will become crucial - in my opinion, an essential nautical chart.
Democratization of science and technology
It is worth mentioning that, not only millet, in the field of artificial intelligence, Microsoft's technological superiority is valued by many companies.At the end of last year, TipRanks, made up of top Wall Street securities analysts, screened the top of the AI stock market in the United States Company list, Microsoft topped the list.
This technological advantage builds on Microsoft's vision: Microsoft's first mission statement was to provide one computer per desk and every home, but in fact, as early as 1991 when Microsoft Research was founded, Bill Gates proposed a grand vision of allowing future computers to see, hear, learn and communicate with humans in natural language - and it is this faith in 'AI mass' that made Microsoft the earliest preaching of artificial intelligence Who have been involved in the basic research of AI for more than 26 years.
Today, Bill Gates has made great strides in the fading vision of the future, and with the efforts of companies such as Microsoft, artificial intelligence is becoming the infrastructure of this era with unprecedented breadth, depth and speed, Combined with the three algorithms of the algorithm, penetrate into all walks of life as a hundred years ago as the power system to create value for the public.
For example, Microsoft's Xiao Na and Xiao Bing, the "AI Sisters Flowers," are deeply embedded in the life processes of hundreds of millions of people. In a sense, they solve two core problems of AI: IQ and EQ, Kana fully solves the real needs of humankind, while Ice makes AI more temperature, and they are part of Microsoft's "Democratizing AI." Among Microsoft's expectations, artificial intelligence should be as soon as possible Into everyone's hands-on tools, platforms and services, so we see that, in addition to the basic human-computer interaction through Hana and Xiaobing, Microsoft has fully integrated the AI into its product portfolio.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has repeatedly mentioned the concept of AI 'democratization': 'Artificial intelligence should not be a piece of paper talk, it benefits everyone and lets everyone build their own AI, which is what AI Real democratization. '
What's more remarkable is that democratization of science and technology is also an important tag to the birth of millet. With a good user experience, they make more people use more beautiful things. From this perspective, millet hardware Manufacturing + Microsoft Product Services' strategic cooperation, it touches rather warmth.