VMware Survey shows cloud computing is optimistic about China's penetration rate

News and Information November 20, VMware in Beijing, held in Vforum 2012 released the third VMware annual Cloud Maturity survey. The results showed that 50% companies claimed to have completed the deployment of cloud computing in the past year, and 29% said they would start using cloud-based solutions within 12 months.

The survey found that China's cloud computing adoption rate has risen sharply in the past 12 months and one-third of its organizations have adopted and used cloud computing technology. A total of 1124 it people have been interviewed in China, from local companies, regional companies, multinationals and the public sector. 31% per cent said their institutions were currently using cloud solutions, a figure that was only 20% in 2011 and 16% in 2010. The survey also found that the organizations that have deployed cloud computing are mostly large enterprises.

The adoption rate of cloud computing has increased dramatically over the past 12 months. Of those companies that claim to have deployed cloud computing, 50% claims to have been deployed over the past year.

The survey also shows that 2013 years of cloud computing will have greater potential for landing. 28% of respondents said they are not currently deploying cloud computing, but are planning to adopt them. For those companies that say they plan to use cloud computing, 29% said they would start using cloud-based solutions within 12 months.

81% of China's respondents believe their business in the 2012 and 2013 will grow, or at least some expansion, ranked second in the Asia-Pacific and Japan-surveyed countries. 69% of respondents said the cloud was very important or highly relevant to their institutions, and 66% said that if their company did not implement the cloud plan, they would face the risk of lagging behind rivals, which proved that the cloud is a key factor in promoting business growth. Respondents considered that the three main drivers of cloud deployment were: optimizing existing IT Management and automation (87%), increasing productivity and security (83%), and reducing IT costs (81%).

In the decision-making aspect of cloud investment, CEO (54%) is still key decision-makers, CIO (44%) Second, IT Manager (35%) ranked third. IT Managers (52%) ranked first in terms of influence on decision-making. This is a positive development, and the increased impact of CIOs and IT managers suggests that organizations increasingly need it to collaborate with business development and to drive cloud integration into the company's business development strategy.

Although cloud popularity is increasing, there is still a technical concern in the industry. The survey shows that the three major barriers to cloud adoption in China are data privacy, cloud application and data loss control (70%), integration with existing data center internal systems (67%), and regulatory and compliance issues (67%). In terms of regulation and compliance, China's figures are only below Thailand's (69% per cent), but above or equal to all other markets in the Asia-Pacific and Japan regions.