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The Rise of DevOps
The need for development and operations to work together to deliver solid business outcomes will be at the top of Asia-Pacific enterprises agendas in 2015. While North America and the UK have been early adopters in DevOps, next year it will pick up steam in Hong Kong and across Asia-Pacific.
Big Data for Advanced Analytics
With the continued rise of social media, mobile, and M2M, there is no stopping the growth of big data. This past year, Rackspace has seen decent investment from Asia-Pacific companies looking to manage and analyse their data. What we’ll see in 2015 is a greater emphasis on effectively analysing big data, using it to extract value and make more informed business decisions that boost the bottom line.
Support Dominates the Cloud Discussion
While IT support in relation to cloud computing bubbled-up in conversation in 2014, it will be the dominant discussion next year. Just as there was an IT outsourcing wave in the early 2000s in which hundreds of IT professional services functions and organizations were created around IT support, this will happen again in the coming year, as more cloud computing companies invest in creating support around the cloud.
Mobile-first strategies take hold
Asia-Pacific is driving the mobile sector globally, already accounting for nearly 55% of the global mobile phone ownership total – some 2.5 billion users. This trend for growth shows no sign of slowing. In 2016, Asia-Pacific is predicted to account for 57.7% of the world’s mobile phone users. On top of this, Rackspace’s recent mcommerce survey found that 84% of consumers in Asia-Pacific are using their smartphones to browse on a weekly basis.
Traditional industries turn to the cloud
Asia Pacific is the largest regional M2M market accounting for almost 40% of global M2M connections, and has recorded the largest gain since 2010, with 51 million net additions over the last three years. The continued rise of the Internet of Things and M2M will further enable the wearable revolution powered by the cloud. However, in the coming year, we will see more traditional industries leverage the cloud as a business priority.
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