DataOne Asia President and CEO Cyril Rocke said he expects remarkable developments in cloud services in the Philippines this year. In the Philippines, cloud computing’s acceptance from enterprises is increasing faster than anticipated since last year. This 2014, Rocke expects cloud computing to gain an even wider re
DataOne Asia President and CEO Cyril Rocke said he expects remarkable developments in cloud services in the Philippines this year.
In the Philippines, cloud computing's acceptance from enterprises is increasing faster than anticipated since last year. This 2014, Rocke expects cloud computing to gain an even wider recognition.
“I'm not saying that all the companies will go for it, but we see from a lot of different industries the demand and acceptance for Cloud,” he said.
Rocke cites industries that need to adopt cloud technology are those that involve large amount of transactions such as companies in retail, logistics, and banking.
“If you're a logistics company, there's a lot of movement of goods to be delivered quickly, frequently, and precisely. Due to the nature of this industry, network security and speed of computing infrastructure are key because you need to scale or increase your capacity quickly on demand,” he explains.
According to Rocke, the Cloud's impact in the Philippines was already felt in 2013. Last year saw a drop in sales in large hardware manufacturing as enterprises slowly migrated to the Cloud.
Although he expects a higher demand for data center services and cloud infrastructures in 2014, Rocke clarified that it doesn't mean needing larger data centers because a lot more computing power can now be delivered through the Cloud.