Cloud computing adoption to grow in Japan, China, India life sciences industries

By EgovAsia Editors | Apr 29, 2010

According to a new report from Ovum, adoption of cloud computing is set to grow within the life sciences industries of Japan, China, and India. Based on 50 interviews across the three countries, the report titled “Cloud Computing Adoption In The Asia-Pacific (APAC) Life Sciences Industry” presents a break down of the key characteristics of those companies planning to invest in cloud computing.

The report provides a propensity analysis that identifies and discusses the key attributes such as company size, IT budget size, and IT strategy priorities, that influence the decision to invest in cloud computing.

One of the interesting results from this piece of analysis was that life sciences companies within Japan, China, and India had on average more intent to invest in cloud computing than those companies spoken to in the rest of the world. “66% of the companies surveyed had plans to invest, 8% said that they were already leveraging cloud computing, while 26% had no current plans. This surpasses the result from speaking to 100 companies outside of APAC who responded with 63%, 4%, and 33% respectively," said Adam Jura, Senior Analyst based in Sydney.

Clearly, the financial aspects of cloud computing are a great driver for adoption. Those organizations which had final IT project sign-off in the hands of the CEO or CFO were more likely to adopt cloud computing, while those who had the CIO with greater responsibility were less so.

“The financial focus of the CEO and CFO is an obvious driver for investing in cloud computing which can often provide considerable benefits for organizations, but we’re also seeing some reticence amongst CIOs that are perhaps concerned about a loss of control within their IT departments,” Jura continued.