Cloud computing rising in India

The adoption of cloud computing is surging in India, with nearly half of the respondents of a survey, which is a 25-per cent growth from a year ago, stating that they have already adopted cloud solutions or approaches.

An additional 30 per cent of respondents declared that they are currently planning to deploy cloud solutions within the next 18 months.

However, organisational resistance to change is hindering even faster adoption in India, a survey by VMware, a leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, said.

The commissioned survey, `VMware Cloud Index', was conducted in 11 Asia Pacific countries by Forrester Consulting and ITR (in Japan.)

However, 40 per cent of respondents state that there is internal resistance to change that is hindering the adoption of cloud, suggesting that faster cloud adoption is possible for Indian organizations if these hindrances can be overcome.

''The survey demonstrates the potential for cloud computing in the country and reflects a double digit rate of adoption,'' said T Srinivasan, managing director, VMware India and SAARC. ''With concerns around data privacy, integration and security limiting the adoption of cloud in India, we continue to work towards enabling organizations with knowledge and resources to raise adoption rates,'' Srinivasan added.