{"id":24568,"date":"2016-08-15T10:49:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T10:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/news\/2016\/aug\/15\/research-suggests-tactical-rather-strategic-cloud-adoption-asean\/"},"modified":"2016-08-15T10:49:34","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T10:49:34","slug":"research-suggests-tactical-rather-than-strategic-cloud-adoption-in-asean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/research-suggests-tactical-rather-than-strategic-cloud-adoption-in-asean\/","title":{"rendered":"Research suggests \u201ctactical rather than strategic\u201d cloud adoption in ASEAN"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Small to medium businesses in ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) are certainly on the cloud bandwagon – but it’s a stretch to say they are confident about its capabilities.<\/p>\n

That was the overall finding from research conducted by Data & Storage Asean and commissioned by Barracuda Networks. The survey, which polled 130 IT professionals from small businesses in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore, found 73% of respondents argued their data was safer under their own control rather than in the cloud. A similar percentage (71%) said they would not be likely to adopt a cloud-first strategy.<\/p>\n

Where there was near certainty in some aspects, there was indecision in others. 42%, a majority, said they believe cloud providers adequately protect and secure their data, compared to 26% for no and 36% for ‘don’t know’, while more than two thirds (68%) say they had no defined preference over the type of cloud they were looking to implement. For those who did know what they wanted, backup and DR (9%) was the most popular.<\/p>\n

Despite this, in terms of security backup and DR was perceived as the major concern, cited by 28% of respondents. Security in general (26%) had similar figures, while more than a quarter of respondents said they were unsure.<\/p>\n

The survey results may indicate a certain lack of cloud maturity in south east Asia, although the most recent figures<\/a> from the Asia Cloud Computing Association (ACCA) found Singapore to be the second most cloud-enabled major Asia Pacific nation, only behind Hong Kong. Indonesia (#11), Malaysia (#8), and the Philippines (#9) fared less well out of the 14 countries analysed.<\/p>\n

“Our key conclusion is that IT professionals from SME companies around ASEAN have made first steps into cloud, but are doing so in [a] tactical rather than [a] strategic manner,” the report notes. “There is still uncertainty about which cloud use case to adopt, and also a significant uncertainty around data security and protection as IT is moved to cloud.<\/p>\n

“We see a need for more education and guidance to help assist SMEs in this region truly harness the full potential of incorporating cloud into their IT strategy,” the researchers added.<\/p>\n

You can read the full report here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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