Tuesday 2 April 2013

IDC: Private cloud adoption will remain slow in 2013 | Asia Cloud Forum

By Asia Cloud Forum editors 12-Dec-2012
Drive slow sign against blue sky
Drive slow sign against blue sky
Although cloud developments are taking place, they need a stronger focus on inter-agency collaboration to truly deliver services from a citizen-centric perspective, said Frank Levering, research manager, IDC Government Insights, the government arm of research company IDC Asia/Pacific.

According to Levering in an upcoming IDC Government Insights report, "Asia/Pacific Government Insights 2013 Top 10 Predictions," key government agencies will continue to set the standard for IT security in 2013, by expanding into identity and access management (IAM) and advanced premises solutions.

"The expertise of governments in handling big data will allow them to benefit from a significant increase in commercial analytics tools that will enter the marketplace," Levering said. In addition, Asia Pacific will continue to embrace smart city initiatives and enhance data capture to achieve greater insights and manageability.

Levering explains that although consumerization of IT and transformational cloud development offer ample opportunities, governments are more concerned about the challenges. "Defining citizen-centric scenarios will be crucial when delivering new collaborative government services to all devices", Levering said.

IDC Government Insights has identified the top 10 predictions below for 2013:
  1. Consumerization of IT and transformational cloud developments will continue to create more challenges than opportunities;
  2. Private cloud adoption continues to be slow (and may not always be the best choice for inter-agency collaboration);
  3. Cloud solution providers will only see success if they start to deliver government-specific propositions (with the right mix of private, hybrid and public cloud components);
  4. Some governments will start re-classifying data to unlock the value of open data, mobility and cloud solutions;
  5. Inter-agency collaboration and citizen inclusion will still not be given the priority they deserve;
  6. Governments will look to leverage their big data experience and benefit from commercial analytics offerings in the market;
  7. The quality of new mobile services and mobile applications will depend heavily on governments' ability to rethink their e-services;
  8. The European and American piracy versus privacy battles will find their way to Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) in 2013 ;
  9. Asia/Pacific cities will evaluate and supplement their existing data collection and expand its usage in order to prepare for becoming smarter cities;
  10. Governments will take a leading role in IAM and advanced premises solutions to set the highest IT security standards; and
  11. Bonus. Students rather than educational institutes will be the driver of transformation in the education sector.

"2013 will be a year of precarious management of the government-citizen relationships. The desire to protect intellectual property may well threaten the privacy of citizens and new government services and (mobile) applications are likely not to be citizen-centric enough to gain the traction and appreciation government departments will look for. The education sector will face the exact same challenges for its student relationships," Levering added.

Source: http://www.asiacloudforum.com/content/idc-private-cloud-adoption-will-remain-slow-2013

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