2012, many companies Towards Cloud-Computing

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JAKARTA-Firm analysts Gartner said that 76 percent of companies will be toward private cloud-computing strategy in 2012.

Brian Prentice, Research Vice-President of Gartner, in the event of ' Microsoft Cloud Summit 2011 ', Jakarta (20/1/2011), says that it is important for the chief information officer (CIO) in Asia are looking at virtualization and cloud-computing as a top priority in 2011.

Cloud-computing technology in Indonesia itself is still not so popular. Arya Sanjaya, World Ahead of Intel's Business Development Manager Indonesia, said that in the Indonesiacloud-computing is still in the early stages of development.

"Local business trends currently also being towards cloud-computing. Would increase the number of companies that will use technology the cloud, "added Arya.

Sutanto Hartono, President Director of PT.Microsoft Indonesia says to Private Cloud technology in Indonesia, Microsoft has had 17 companies that consumers use technology to Hyper-V and System Center.

"Most companies in Indonesia who are already using cloud-computing technology is still the majority of large companies. This is because the new little know technology will cloud-computing, "explains Sutanto.

Then, Chris Sharp, General Manager of Regional Cloud Strategist for Microsoft Asia Pacific and Japan, add that in the future, Microsoft will also focus on small medium business (SMB) in Indonesia.

While John Galligan, Director for Internet Policy for Microsoft Asia Pacific, predicts that the growth of the cloud will reach 60 per cent in the span of 3-4 years into the future.
(srn)