With Technology At Helm, South Korea Ready To Contribute To Global Innovation

With AWS’s Seoul Data Centre region going live in January 2016 and Microsoft announcing plans in May 2016, all eyes were set on IBM and Google.

While the latter is yet to make any announcement on this topic, the former announced its new Data Centre in Pangyo, South Korea on 25 August 2016. Per IBM’s official statement, this is the company’s 9th Data Centre in theAsia Pacific including Japan (APJ) region (part of its Global network of 47) and an outcome of its collaboration with SK Holdings C&C.

These announcements concur with the outcomes of a recent Greyhound Research Global, Independent study titled, Cloud Adoption Index 2016.

Per the study, 95% respondents in the Asia Pacific including Japan (APJ) region confirmed their plans to use Public Cloud in some manner between 2016 and 2017.

For reference, as part of this study, we reached out to over 2,500 respondents including Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), System Integrators (SIs), Startups, Enterprises and Government. Of these, 1,000 were from the APJ region.

While Cloud’s role in delivering IT is evident, CEOs of Korea-based orgs (and Globally) expect Digital Transformation to be a frontrunner in their agenda over next 36 months.

Per another recent Independent Greyhound Research study titled, Global CEO Priorities 2016, …

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