StateofCloudAdoptioninAPAC

AnthonyLimMarketStrategyDirectorAsiaPacific,CloudSecurityAlliance

CSAAPSUMMIT2017SingaporeApril10

Existingresearchonadoptionfocuson..• Readiness• Privacy• Governmentregulatory• Internationalconnectivity

• Take-uprate

𝐴𝑑𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝐴𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦

𝑜𝑓𝐶𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠

𝑜𝑓𝐼𝑛 − 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦𝐶𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑑𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒

𝐴𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦+=

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

AdoptionRanking

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.

ThankYouCSACloudAdoptionAsiaPacificReport– stillwork-in-progresscurrently.

AnthonyLimCloudSecurityAllianceAsiaPacificSingapore10April2017