A recently held conference in New Delhi, ‘Cloud Computing India 2012’, hailed cloud computing as a tool that can help India grow by providing its citizens with access to information. While the potential business impact of cloud computing has been a popular topic among information and technology experts, it also demands them to speculate the roadblocks on the Cloud route to success.
Cloud computing is described as a model that uses the internet to provide its end-users with access to servers, networking equipment, applications, and other elements related to a data center. In short, it provides various IT related resources as a service. Customization of this revolutionary technology is expected to propel the adoption of cloud computing in the next few years. The growth of the global cloud computing market is likely to be fueled by the increasing adoption of cloud-based solutions for financial services such as banking and insurance, and for online initiatives such as e-education, e-health, and e-governance.
Cloud-based e-initiatives can reduce overhead costs of the government and steer a nation like India along the road to progress. It can also help India realize goals like improving literacy rates and providing tele-medicine services across the country. The cloud computing market in India is expected to post a CAGR of over 54 percent over the period 2011-2015.
While much of the Indian growth puzzle seems to have been pieced together by the cloud, a few concerns are yet to be addressed. Major concerns pertain to data security and privacy. When it comes to data security, the cloud’s flexible architecture presents a formidable challenge. A thorough inspection and renewal of the existing security laws are required to sort out jurisdictional conflicts and provide clear regulations on security measures. Also, Multi-tenant cloud models in large data centers pose the risk of unauthorized access by co-tenants and raise privacy issues. However, recently introduced services such as Private Cloud can help mitigate some of these concerns.
Thus, with proper governance and guidelines in place, cloud computing may well be the tool India is looking for to transform itself into a nation where information is easily accessible to anyone at any time!
Technavio’s Cloud related reports
Cloud Computing Market in India 2011-2015
Global Public Cloud Services Market 2011-2015
Global Enterprise Mobile Cloud Computing Market 2011-2015
Cloud-based VDI Market in the UK 2011-2015
Enterprise Mobile Cloud Computing Market in North America 2011-2015
Cloud-based VDI Market in Europe 2011-2015
Global Cloud Equipment Market 2011-2015
Cloud-based VDI Market in France 2011-2015
North American Cloud Automation Services Market 2010-2014
Global Cloud Software Services Market 2010-2014
Global Private Cloud Server Market 2010-2014
North American Enterprise Mobile Cloud Computing Market 2010-2014
Global Cloud Security Software Market 2010-2014
Global Cloud Virtualization Software Market 2010-2014
Cloud Software Services Market in EMEA 2010-2014
Cloud Virtualization Software Market in North America 2011-2014
Global Mobile Cloud Applications Market 2011 – 2014
