VMware has announced survey results showing that the proportion of Asia-Pacific enterprises viewing cloud computing as relevant to their businesses doubled to 83 per cent over the last 18 months. According to the survey results, 76% in India want to virtualize and adopt cloud computing in the next 18 months, which is the highest percentage as compared to other cloud positive countries in the region like Japan and Australia. India scored higher than both Singapore and Malaysia in current Cloud understanding levels.
The September survey of 6,953 respondents, conducted by Springboard Research under VMware's sponsorship, also indicated that cloud adoption has accelerated across seven Asia-Pacific markets over the last 18 months, particularly among larger firms.
Today, 59 per cent of regional firms are either using or planning cloud computing initiatives compared to 45 per cent six months ago and 22 per cent in 2009. India and China lead the region in terms of adoption plans, with 43 per cent and 39 per cent of organizations, respectively planning to implement cloud computing. Organizations in Japan and Australia lead in cloud adoption, with 36 per cent and 31 per cent, respectively already running a cloud-related initiative.
India had 693 respondents across various sectors. Highest adoption is anticipated from the IT/ITeS infrastructure and manufacturing sectors. The survey reveals that India's understanding of virtualization and cloud computing has risen dramatically over the last couple of months and VMware has a 50 per cent perceived mindshare when it comes to cloud computing in India.
