Next Year, Market Cloud Computing in Indonesia Reaches Rp. 2.1 T

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Next Year, Market Cloud Computing in Indonesia Reaches Rp. 2.1 T - PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (Telkom) has estimated the market value of cloud computing in Indonesia reached Rp 2.1 trillion next year. Director of Sales and Enterprise Whole Telkom Arief Yahya explained, of the three types of services they can provide cloud computing technology that is Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), the SaaS service at most used.

"From a market value of Rp 2.1 trillion, SaaS accounted for 40 percent. We ourselves will strive to be able to dominate the market by 70 percent," said Arief, Monday (10/18/2010). Arief added, the market absorbs most cloud computing technology comes from government agencies. For example, the National Single Windows (NWS), which managed to make all the racing business support program.

This is supported also by the local government IT spending and the central government is quite large, particularly for education and health. "In the education sector alone, there is the allocation of Rp 200 trillion, of which 20 per cent for IT spending," said Arief.

To that end, Ariel said, local governments should not hesitate to take advantage of cloud computing because it can reduce investment costs and create efficiencies.

"In order for cloud computing to thrive, governments must publish rules that can encourage cooperation. Starting from marketing to joint ownership. In the software business just so many foreign players. Though cloud computing creative capital," he said.

Director of Technology Research Global Investama (TRG Investama) Gatot Tetuko acknowledges, his company began to be interested to taste the food on cloud computing services business. "Once active in the provision of the tower and WiMAX devices, we will expand into cloud computing because of good chances in the future," said Billy.

TRG Investama is the majority shareholder of Indonesian Tower and TRG. In the cloud computing business, TRG Investama will issue Cloud Indonesian trademark. The first step is prepared by these companies to work on cloud computing business is holding Bandung Institute of Technology to conduct research about specific content related to the cloud.

TRG Investama growing USD 10 billion to do the research until a period of three years.

Previously, the research institute Gartner estimates that within the next two years as much as 80 percent of large companies in the world will use cloud computing to boost its competitiveness. International Data Corporation estimates that last year the income of public cloud reached 16 billion U.S. dollars and is expected in 2014 will reach 55.5 billion U.S. dollars.