innovation and business opportunities in cloud computing
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Presentation by Software Park Thailand's Director at APEC Workshop on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Cloud Computing, 13 Dec 2011, Bangkok, ThailandTRANSCRIPT
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Innovation and Business Opportunities in Cloud Computing
Dr. Thanachart NumnondaDirectorSoftware Park Thailand13 December 2011
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Agenda
Thailand ICT Positioning
Cloud Computing Situation in Thailand
Cloud Opportunity after the Crisis
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Thailand Positioning
Rank 27: World Competitiveness Index (IMD)
Rank 10: Economic Competitiveness (IMD)
Rank 50: IT Industry Competitiveness Index 2011 (EIU)
Rank 76:E-Government Development 2010 (UN)
Rank 7: Global Services Location Index 2011 ( AT Kearney)
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ICT Situation inThailand
17.486 Million Internet Users; 26.3% Penetration [ITU, 2009]
International Internet Bandwidth 818 bps [World Bank, 2008]
Broadband Subscription 994,000 users [ITU, 2009]
Mobile Cellular Subscription 65.9 M users [ITU, 2009]
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Emerging Technology Market
Broadband market is growing– 2.6 Million Homes has broadband
– Software Market 84,233 Million Baht in 2010
Mobile App & Technology is growing– Tablets & Smartphone explosion
– Local Mobile Apps 530 Apps in 2010 [1,300 Apps 495 Million Baht in 2011]
– Demand on mobile contents, m-commerce, m-payment
Cloud Computing is coming & large opportunities for Thai Enterprises
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Four Converging Trends That Will Change the Face of IT and Business
Cloud
Business impact of social computing
Context Aware Computing
Pattern Based Strategy
Source : Gartner
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“Cloud computing will transform the IT industry as it will alter the financial model upon
which investors look at technology providers, and it will change vertical industries, making the impact of the Internet on
the music industry look like a minor bleep,”.
Peter Sondergaard, senior vice president at Gartner
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Cloud Computing
No Capital Expenditure
Pay as you go
Pay only for what you need
Application Programming Interface (API)
Scalability and Elastic Capacity
Reliability
Device and location independence
Source : Architecting for the cloud : Amazon Web Services
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Cloud Computing Opportunity for SME
Use ICT for their business with low investment (no CAPEX; pay as you go)
Buy ICT as Services (subscription model) such as SaaS
Can focus on their business
Business Continuity
New Business Opportunity
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Issues of Cloud Services for SMEs
Lack of awareness // Misunderstanding about Cloud Computing
Security issue
Low Broadband/Internet Access
Data Protection
Limited Cloud Service Providers; both SaaS (Application) and IaaS (Data Center)
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Cloud Readiness Index 2011
Source : Asia Cloud Computing Association: September 2011
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Thailand Flood Crisis
Worst floods in half a century
$45 Billion Damage (World Bank)
Central Bank slashed its 2011 GDP forecast from 4.1% to 2.6%
Seven big industrial parks north of Bangkok were effected; 9,859 factories and about 660,000 jobs.
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Opportunity after the Crisis
More investment in IT infrastructure, software solutions.
Long-term growth opportunities for the IT industry, especially technologies associated with cloud computing, data backup centres, data recovery and business continuity services.
Broadband and 3G is growing // Cloud Computing for SMEs
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Cloud Thailand
CloudThailandGroup
LocalCloud Data
Center
TrainingCloud
Developerswith ATPAC
Cloud Outsourcing
Center
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Business Continuity with Cloud Solutions
