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Web-based applications to grow in India over the next 12 months
By siliconindia
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Wednesday, 01 December 2010, 14:18 IST
Bangalore: According to a survey, web applications delivered over the cloud will surge by 40 percent in India over the next 12 months and drive IT managers to further improve the performance of their web infrastructures. The IDC Asia-Pacific Web Application Survey 2010 titled, "Prepare to Scale Your Web Infrastructure to Meet Imminent Growth in Cloud and Mobility", has been unveiled by Akamai Technologies, a provider of cloud optimization services, in partnership with IDC.
The survey also outlines the challenges IT departments face as they strive to improve application performance and the end-user experience. 26 percent of the 423 organizations polled have experienced productivity issues due to poor access to web applications.
"Organizations in the Asia Pacific region are increasingly turning to the Web to support their employees, customers and entire ecosystem of partners and suppliers. Indian businesses are rapidly migrating more applications to the Web, and we can expect dramatic growth in Web application adoption over the coming year", said David Kenny, President of Akamai.
Initial findings of the survey show incredible growth in the Asia-Pacific region, about 32 percent of the organizations polled across Asia-Pacific plan to set up branch offices over the next 12 months, with India leading with aggressive business expansion plans.
With over 50 percent of organizations currently conducting online transactions, the big growth areas over the next 12 months will be mobile access and streaming video. For mobile access, organizations in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia are leading the region, with up to 86 percent of those in Malaysia expected to have mobile access to Web applications over the next 12 months. In view of this, 20 percent of organizations across the region plan to give employees mobile access and support bandwidth-heavy streaming video applications over the same period.
Cloud services have been one of the most-discussed technologies over the last 12 to 24 months. The number of applications that will be delivered via the cloud is expected to increase by 40 percent over the next 12 months. India is expected to experience a doubling in cloud adoption, with the proportion of applications being delivered over the cloud expected to surge by 100 percent over the next 12 months.
