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Client IP protection: need central control over developer access to client owned code
Agility: pace of innovation and competition rewards products brought to market quickly
Telecommunications
IaaS/PaaS solutions offer advantages but must work with tightly integrated application stack
Industry priorities driving cloud adoption
Fierce competition in telecom market with local and international firms vying for customers with low cost offerings Changing regulation (e.g. MNP) Push to increase service in rural areas Growing congestion concerns and need to increase quality of services IT systems need to handle significant data growth, while cutting cost due to low / declining ARPU; 3G networks rolling out now Telecoms looking to develop and nurture applications that drive data usage Entertainment (gaming, music, etc) Messaging Banking and payments
Many telecom firms already outsource IT infrastructure, looking for approaches that allow tight integration with current systems High infrastructure and application complexity Interconnected systems Customer facing applications
Manufacturing
Vertical specific apps and hybrid public/private clouds can help firms grow while reducing costs
Industry priorities driving cloud adoption
The Indian manufacturing sector is poised to grow significantly due to low labor costs and the large domestic market IT a likely lever to increase sector productivity Customer / market facing applications: the internet is becoming a stronger distribution channel with firms looking to build their brands and increase reach Internal collaboration: large, vertically integrated firms can leverage IT to connect employees and increase productivity Supply chain optimization: improved systems necessary for integrating with global partners as outsourcing increases Predicting demand: firms looking to leverage data and better understand changes in customer demand Global slow down tightened access to capital, causing firms to look for ways to do more with less IaaS/PaaS reduces capital investment and paves way for increased process and system digitization
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Pharmaceuticals
Workloads in R&D ripe for IaaS/PaaS adoption, however, regulatory and security issues remain
Industry priorities driving cloud adoption
As the discovery of new compounds becomes more expensive and time consuming; firms looking for ways to increase R&D productivity Cost reduction: Global firms outsourcing clinical trials and R&D to India IaaS/PaaS allows scaling of infrastructure to quickly serve R&D needs while minimizing CapEx Improved targeting: using patient info and bio data along with large-scale computing power to improve targeting of research for drug creation Advanced algorithms to search and analyze multivariable effects on real patient scenarios vs. small samples Cloud data warehouse of patient data (e.g. genomics, pathology, historical treatments) Streamlining management and collection of data: IaaS/PaaS based applications ease the burden of collecting research and clinical trial data
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Examples of firms adopting IaaS/PaaS: Global pharma firm using cloud for collaboration with internal and external users Biotechnology firm using PaaS platform to analyze enzymes and store large amounts of research data Global pharma firm using cloud based CRM for gathering clinical information in a hospital setting