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Robust ICT infrastructure has been key in supporting the growth of the cloud market in Hong Kong, while continuous support from the Hong Kong government has been instrumental in stimulating market growth under its "Digital 21" plan. Some notable trends include the growing adoption of cloud services to support the banking and finance sector for non-...

As Internet access, eCommerce, and mobile usage continue to increase in adoption among enterprises; social, mobility, analytics, and cloud (SMAC) offer immense opportunities for cloud vendors. India’s small and medium-sized business (SMB) sector has also been a primary vertical of the cloud computing market.

In light of the spate of natural disasters in Japan, businesses are increasingly re-assessing their preparedness for disaster recovery and business continuity planning (DR/BCP). In recent years, Japan has witnessed a wave of migration from UNIX to x86 servers, with many Japanese companies re-configuring their IT infrastructure, focusing on cloud-ba...

Disaster recovery and backup continue to drive the rapid uptake of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud solutions in the Philippines The complete migration of contact center infrastructure to the cloud is also expected to take place in the next 3–5 years. Enterprises will be adopting a hybrid form of deployment, deploying on-premise core routin...

The Cloud Computing Act came into effect in September 2015. It encourages cloud adoption in the public sector, and provides support for SMBs that provide cloud services. There has been a flurry of activity by global cloud computing companies seeking to expand their presence in South Korea, which is, in turn, serving as a catalyst to attract other c...

Indonesia is expected to witness the fastest growth among the ASEAN countries. The growth in mobile consumption and increasing demand for disaster recovery services have been key to driving the cloud market in Indonesia. Government Regulation No. 82, which mandates Indonesian businesses conducting electronic transactions to store personal data in d...

Complexities in migration journeys form the key challenge for many end users in Australia, driven mainly by difficulties in migrating complex Big Data applications to the cloud. In addition, many enterprises now have heterogeneous environments consisting of legacy IT infrastructure and cloud-based applications, creating integration challenges in ma...

Growth in online media consumption has been key in driving demand for cloud storage and compute. The government has also been a major vertical stimulating the growth of the cloud computing industry under the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016–2020). The strategic importance of cloud services for the Chinese government is further reaffirmed by Premier Li Keq...

The Asia-Pacific cloud computing market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 28.4% during 2016–2022. Revenue grew 30.7% from 2015 to reach $11.34 billion in 2016. Cloud spending was dominated by Japan, Australia, and China in 2016. The key underlying theme across the markets is the increase in demand for managed cloud services. This arises due to Big D...