US, China to see highest cloud uptake, says KPMG

By Storage Asia Editors | Jul 9, 2012

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Consumers in China and the US will see the largest uptake of cloud computing and mobile technologies and lead global technology innovations, according to KPMG's latest survey findings.

KPMG's survey, titled "Global Technology Innovation," was conducted in March - May 2012 on 668 business executives worldwide, including 283 in Asia Pacific.

About 30% of respondents said China is likely to produce the most disruptive breakthroughs with a global impact; 29% of respondents highlighted the US, while 13% cited India.
 
Chinese government-led tech projects
KPMG's findings are in line with current objectives of the Chinese government, which is promoting technology and innovation-led projects across the seven strategic emerging industries, as part of aims to move up the value chain. These include clean energy technology, next-generation IT, biotechnology, high-end equipment manufacturing, alternative energy, new materials and clean energy vehicles.

Egidio Zarrella, partner, clients and innovation consulting, KPMG China, said: "The broader high tech environment in China is emerging at speed and scale, and is seen as one of the game changing enablers for the country's economic transformation. The survey findings demonstrate that China's innovation investment has fostered an environment for the development of disruptive technologies that is growing by leaps and bounds."
 
"The Chinese government is encouraging significant investment in three key areas -- shared services and outsourcing, as well as payments and cloud computing. The 12th Five-Year Plan is also driving innovation in these critical areas, in order to create a nationwide virtual environment."
 
China currently has five designated Cloud Computing Service Innovation Pilot Cities -- Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Wuxi and Hangzhou. And most respondents expect cloud to drive business transformation and become an indispensable consumer technology over the next three years.

When asked to consider what technology will have a major impact by 2015, 31% globally said cloud software-as-a-service (SaaS) will enable the next indispensable consumer technology. In terms of driving enterprise business transformation, 22% said cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), followed closely by SaaS (21%), will have the greatest impact.

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