StateofCloudAdoptioninAPAC
AnthonyLimMarketStrategyDirectorAsiaPacific,CloudSecurityAlliance
CSAAPSUMMIT2017SingaporeApril10
Existingresearchonadoptionfocuson..• Readiness• Privacy• Governmentregulatory• Internationalconnectivity
• Take-uprate
Availability• In-countrycloudinfrastructuresupport• Highregulatedindustries• Datasovereignty• Dataresidency• Connectionquality• Over75%respondentsfromdifferentindustriesindicatedin-countrycloudinfrastructureis
important
• Cross-bordercloudcomputing• Complicationandconfusionfromregulationssurroundingcloudusage
Affordability• WillyoupurchasecloudserviceifitcostsmorethantraditionalIT?• Cloudservicecostshouldbealignedwitheachcountry’scost-of-
living• Basicutilitiescost• Singapore:~$150• India:~$45
Availability• Reputablecloudserviceproviders• AmazonWebServices• MicrosoftAzure• GoogleCloud• IBMCloudServices
• In-countrycloudinfrastructure• Cloudinfrastructureislocatedwithinthecountry• Majorcloudservicesaredeliveredbythesein-countryinfrastructures
Availability#1• Japan• AmazonWebServices• MicrosoftAzure• GoogleCloud• IBMCloudServices
• TokyoandOsaka• Servinglimitedregions
Availability#2• Australia• China• Singapore• SouthKorea• India• AmazonWebServices• MicrosoftAzure• IBMCloudServices
Affordability• Cloudservicespricedroppedsignificantlyinthepastyear• Stillunaffordable forsomeAPACcountriesbecausepriceofcloudservicesishigh
consideringthesecountries’costofliving
• Normalise cloudservicecostwitheconomicenvironmentfactors• Internet• BasicUtilities• Rental
𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕 + 𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕 + 𝑹𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕
Affordability#1• HongKong• Highestrentalcost• Highestutilitiescost• Cloudserviceisrelativelycheap
comparedtoimplementingonpremiseinfrastructure
Affordability#2• Singapore• Rentalcostismorethandoublethe
averagecostinAPAC• Cloudservicescostmaybedrivendown
becauseSingaporeservesasacloudhubforASEANcountries
Appendix*understandthatReputationisthe3rdmostimportantthingthataffectcloudcustomersonchoosingCSPs.Askedtherespondentstoname5CSPs–1. AmazonWebServices(58%)2. MicrosoftAzure(53%)3. GoogleCloud(30%)4. IBMCloudServices(25%)arenamedbecauseoftheirreputation.Soweusethese4CSPstoevaluatecloudavailabilityinourreport.Weaskedtherespondentsifin-countrycloudinfrastructureisimportantforthem:75%saidyes.
Thingsthatweusedfromthesurvey:
AppendixSomethingthatarenotconsideredinthisreport.• WhyCSPsarenotenteringthecountry?
• Regulation?Politics?Rentalcost?Infra/Power/Internetconnectivity?etc.
• Somecountriesdoeshaveregulationstoaddresscross-borderissues.Butreallyconfusing.e.g.forhealthcare,NZcanuseAWSinAUSbutnotforsomeothergovt agencies.
• Humanresourcesisnotfactoredinintheaffordabilityduetocomplicationsoncostallocation.