July 20186 The expression "Being in the cloud" brings a sense of superiority--enabling businesses to streamline their operations today, while acting as an essential tool for the future of the IoT-connected world. Cloud technology has become an economizer and equalizer, helping companies to streamline their operations and achieve success. The technology plays a vital role in assisting organizations with sewing, enhancing, modernizing, and updating their infrastructure without disrupting their ongoing business processes. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), Asia/Pacific and Western Europe are expected to be the third largest regions that will experience the fastest cloud services spending growth by 2021 with CAGR of 26.7 percent. IDC also predicts that by 2020, more than 90 percent of enterprises will use multi-cloud architectures driven by digital transformation and rising user expectations. Cloud computing in the APAC region is pivoting to the next stage of multi-and hybrid-cloud development models, which is expected to extensively accelerate the progress of change in sourcing and deployment models as CIOs look to augment IT operations. Meanwhile there is an added focus on services like security information and event management (SIEM) tools and malware detection systems that can perform fundamental defense mechanisms on the cloud. As cloud computing experiences a whopping growth, many companies are excited to utilize its advantages for pursuing new business and product opportunities. However, with a large number of cloud technology providers in the market, it is often challenging for the CIOs to zero in on the right solution for their enterprises. At this juncture, APAC CIO Outlook brings to you a list of leading vendors in the cloud arena along with insightful articles from thought leaders in the industry. We believe this edition will help you in effectively evaluating and formalizing cloud strategies that will ultimately enhance your organization's productivity.Let us know your thoughts.Annie JohnsonManaging Editoreditor@apacciooutlook.comAnnie Johnson To subscribe to APACCIOOutlookVisit www.apacciooutlook.comArt & GraphicsAmelia StewartFlynn SmythToby LangtonAR RamjithManaging EditorAnnie JohnsonEditorialCloud: Underpinning the Enterprise TransformationSenior WritersLane Adams Clara MathewRoyce D'SouzaEditorialAlfred MardinLouis BeckerRachael ClarkRoy ChowSandeepa MajumdarCopyright © 2018 ValleyMedia Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.JULY - 15 - 2018, Volume 04 SE 19 Published by ValleyMedia Inc.*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staffEmailsales@apacciooutlook.comeditor@apacciooutlook.commarketing@apacciooutlook.comContact usPhone: +1 510.996.5168Fax: 510-894-8405
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