Sky’s the limit for cloud computing in Hong Kong as China looms large, says tech consulting arm of France’s Orange
Spending on public cloud services in the Asia-Pacific tipped to hit US$12.9 billion by 2019, up from an estimated US$7.3 billion this year
Orange Business Services, the technology consulting arm of French multinational communications firm Orange, predicts a robust cloud computing market in Hong Kong as more mainland Chinese companies expand their business overseas.
“Hong Kong is the springboard for many Chinese companies going international, and we believe that our activity here is critical to supporting their expansion plans,” said Helmut Reisinger, the executive vice-president for international operations at Orange Business Services.
The company recently extended the delivery of its Flexible Computing Advanced cloud service for large multinational corporate customers in Hong Kong, where it has set up a new data centre operation.
Cloud computing enables companies to buy, sell, lease or distribute online a range of software and other digital resources for subscription as an on-demand service, just like electricity from a power grid. These resources are kept and managed inside data centres.
According to Orange, its Flexible Computing Advanced represents a cloud offering known in the industry as infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS).