1. Assessing Vendors, Services, Governments and Countries MIGRATING TO THE CLOUD IN ASIA Jerry Wertelecky Asia Cloud Computing Association HKU Discussion Decemeber 4, 2012

2. 2 All Stats Est. 2012 various sources

3. The Cloud 3 2 EXABYTES 2 EXABYTES Of Data per Day

4. Opportunity for Asia

5. …..and challenges ASIA multiple markets and regulatory regimes, market confusion about what is cloud computing, cloud readiness discrepancies among APAC countries security, privacy, integration, service level, licensing concerns.

6. 6 Combine forces…

7. 7 ACCA – a dedicated industry voice A ccelerate Asia’s cloud adoption; through thought leadership, innovation, engagement and collaboration

8. 8 Asia focus & global impact Asia focus

9. Thought Leadership Public Policy & Regulatory Security - Data Sovereignty Cloud Services Assessment & Certification Cloud for SME

10. CLOUD READINESS INDEX Assess governments and nations Cloud Service Capabilities: 10

11. Cloud Computing... Data Center IT Services and Business Processes Security and Governance … How does a country get ready? Power Broadband International Connectivity Risk Data Sovereignty Freedom of Access IP Protection Data Privacy Government Incentives Ease of Business

12. Why is this Index important? Cloud computing is potentially one of the biggest drivers of economic growth over the next decade The world’s economic center of gravity continues to shift towards the Asia Pacific region Creates visibility for all stakeholders Provides recommendations to policy makers Measures progress 11

13. Cloud Readiness…. How does a country get ready? Infrastructure Public Policy Data Values PowerBroadband International Connectivity Global Risk Government ICT Priority Business Sophistication PrivacySovereignty Freedom of Access IP Protection

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15. Attributes-Information & Regulation Intellectual Property Protection: Measures a governments IP protection regulations and enforcement Metric is taken from the sixth parameter of the 1 st pillar of the WEF2012 NRI http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-information-technology/the-great-transformation/network-readiness-index Freedom of Access to Information: A measure of a country’s policy to have freedom of press/speech and accessibility to digital information Two parameters from the WEF2012 are aggregated: [ Freedom of the Press Index, accessibility of Digital Context Index] Data Sovereignty: Based on primary research from the ACCA, this attribute is meant to be an aggregate score of the data being collected by Security WG Current scores are based on the initial research completed in May 2012; the ACCA will have final in early 2013 Data Privacy: Based on the status of privacy laws and regulations data from the BSA cloud computing scorecard and the APEC Cross-Border Privacy Enforcement Agreement, the score for the metric reflects the current state of implementation

16. Attributes-Information Infrastructure: Information Infrastructure Broadband Speed and Coverage: Broadband access is one of five essential elements of cloud computing Based on data from the Akamai State of the Internet report, the average bandwidth to a local server combined with the percentage of users with more than 2 Mbps Data Center Risk: Service availability is a major inhibitor for cloud adopters. This attribute measures the various risks to up-time of Data Centers in a particular country Cost, political stability, natural disasters, water availability are the main parameters http://www.hurleypalmerflatt.com/blog_detail_30_data_centre_risk_index_launched http://www.hurleypalmerflatt.com/blog_detail_30_data_centre_risk_index_launched Power Grid and Green Policy: As electricity plays an increasingly critical role in cloud computing, this attribute includes three parameters: sustainability, resilience and renewable energy The metric is based on data from the 2012 WEF Energy Architecture Performance Index http://www.weforum.org/reports/new-energy-architecture-enabling-effective-transition http://www.weforum.org/reports/new-energy-architecture-enabling-effective-transition International Connectivity: International connectivity is important for cloud computing services that are being provided to or sourced from outside the country Using public information on bandwidth from the country into Asia and the rest of the world, the metric is calculated as a weighted average of these two figures

17. Attributes-Government Regulation Business Sophistication: This is a new attribute of the index and it measures the business environment for a cloud provider to set-up new services Maps the quality of a country’s overall business networks and the operations of individual firms This attribute also reflects the potential of the market as it is a proxy to the availability and sophistication of the knowledge-based environment The metric is taken from data in the 2012 WEF Global Competitiveness Index http://www.weforum.org/reports/global-competitiveness-report-2011-2012 http://www.weforum.org/reports/global-competitiveness-report-2011-2012 Government On-line Services and ICT Prioritisation: The government’s use of on-line services and commitment to ICT is a good measure of how it views the importance of cloud to its future growth The metric is based on two equally weighted scores from two studies: UN e-government 2012 survey that measures a country’s progress on four phases The first parameter of the eight pillar of 2012 WEF NRI

18. Country Highlights 14 Japan #1 - Maintained its leadership - Above average in all attributes Recc: Need to improve clarity on data sovereignty and reduce data center risk South Korea - Moved up one position - Impressive government priority and incentives for all attributes Recc: Consider regulatory & tax regimes to attract foreign players #2 Hong Kong #3 - Strong in most attributes - Government is supportive of cloud computing initiatives Recc: Increase renewable energy and push for low PUE DCs

19. Country Highlights 15 Singapore #4 - Retains position in top tier - Scores well in ICT priority and government incentives as well as overall connectivity Recc: Execute on its recent data privacy legislation Taiwan #5 - Maintains its index placing - Scores well in ICT priority and broadband connectivity Recc: Need to reduce political risk to encourage foreign players China #10 - Increase in # of cloud–ready regions - Cloud computing is part of 5 year growth plan Recc: Increase its use of stanrds and clarity on digital rules

20. 31 new Lets look to the Clouds Where Global Warming is getting hotter!! Go to www.asiacloud.org for the most recent weather report

21. 32 Questions?