Asian firms more likely to embrace public cloud: survey

CLOUD computing is the top spending priority in technology for companies in Asia, and businesses are keen on moving backend needs to third-party cloud providers, Gartner found in a recent survey.

The global study surveyed 2,339 chief innovation officers (CIOs) from firms that make over US$250 million annually, and found that the cloud was nominated as the top area for new technology spending by CIOs from the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan.

About 31 per cent of businesses in the region were enthusiastic adopters of the public cloud, having made "significant investments" in it. By comparison, 25 per cent of companies elsewhere had cloud investments.