The New York Times recently published an article about the rapid adoption of Cloud computing services in APAC. The article cites that while security and regulatory concerns are present, that cloud computing is estimated to grow 40% per year in APAC and particularly amongst small businesses who are more readily willing to adopt Cloud computing than their larger counterparts.
This article is quite timely as we recently hosted the Parallels APAC Summit 2010 in Singapore with over 280 of the top hosters and Coud services providers representing the APAC region. We witnessed similar sentiments at the Parallels APAC Summit with our own spot poll of this audience.
Key takeaways include:
- Over eight in ten delegates (84%) expect to see widespread adoption of Cloud computing services amongst small businesses in Asia in the next three years.
- Almost three quarters of those surveyed (68%) agreed that Cloud computing will be an influential factor in driving efficiency and profitability amongst small businesses in Asia in the next 12 months.
- 69% agreed that scalable flexibility is the biggest advantage that Cloud computing brings to the world of small business IT, while 60% cite cost reduction as a key factor in the uptake of Cloud computing services.
For the rest of the key takeaways and some examples of key service providers in APAC with Cloud strategies in progress, visit http://smbiz.co/apac2.
- @joshbeil
About Joshua Beil
Joshua Beil (@joshbeil) is the Director of Market Strategy and Research for Parallels, the leading provider of automation and virtualization software to the web hosting community. Previously, Josh was the Director of Social Media & Technology at a Level 3 Communications [Nasdaq: LVLT] where he provided strategic and tactical sales support. Before that, Josh was CEO and cofounder of Skywave Broadband, Inc, the largest commercial WiFi service provider in Hawaii. He was named one of Pacific Business News' Forty Under 40 for 2006, and in 2005, he was named a High Tech Leader by the Pacific Technology Foundation. Before co-founding Skywave, Mr. Beil was VP of Research and Development for the market research boutique, Tier 1 Research, where he covered the Internet infrastructure sector as an analyst, and negotiated and sold subscriptions to Tier 1's research services. Josh has also previously served as the Senior Analyst for Exodus Communications as well as the internationally known market research firm, IDC. He holds a Certificate in E-Business from UCSC Extension, and he graduated with honors from the University of California at Santa Cruz with a major in Psychology.
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