Cloud, privacy, big data and smart cities top HDS predictions

Grazed from ComputerWorld. Author: Hamish Barwick.

Cloud computing, privacy and big data will increase in priority for enterprises in 2015, while the smart cities trend will continue in Asia Pacific as countries such as China try to address urbanisation issues, according to Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) Asia Pacific CTO Adrian De Luca. Speaking at the vendor’s Innovation Forum 2014 in Singapore, De Luca outlined the company’s predictions for 2015.

Cloud computing

Citing a Cisco Global Cloud Index, De Luca said there is an “overwhelming desire” in Asia Pacific to deploy hybrid cloud – a mix of private and public cloud environments. Approximately 70 per cent of organisations in APAC are already using or evaluating hybrid clouds today, said De Luca…

“One of the big problems that still exists with cloud computing is being able to mobilise those workloads. This is where we are seeing technologies like [open source containerisation platform] Docker coming to the fore. Docker allows people to containerise workloads and shift the workloads in and out of hybrid clouds.”…

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