“Cloud computing is very important for India,” Krish Gopalakrishnan, Executive Vice-Chairman, Infosys said during his inaugural address at the IEEE Cloud Computing for Emerging Markets summit today in Bangalore.
“It (cloud computing) empowers individuals with computing at low cost as well as cloud technology can be leveraged for health, education and other services. Cloud technology also offers opportunities for innovation, startups, careers in tomorrow’s technology and for existing IT services companies to stay relevant,” Gopalkrishnan explained on the importance of cloud in India.
According to Gopalkrishnan, Indian government must support cloud computing and promote by using cloud technology in various e-Governance projects. “Government must come up with regulation that promote cloud technology and encourage startups to use cloud. Leadership in cloud related policies must come up with consistent and predictable regulations by joining standard bodies..,” he stated.
Further,“Cloud must be made part of academic and institutions. Government must take initiatives to encourage organizations to use cloud and also need to enable investments in cloud infrastructure,” he added.
During his address, Infosyo co-founder called ‘cloud computing’ technology as a revolution as it offers many benefits such as unlimited computing and storage at very low costs, affordable mobile based accessibility and offering services by leveraging cloud technology.
“The combination of cloud, mobile and internet makes a disruptive technology today. Cloud is a disruptive technology for enterprises as it creates new business models for outsourcing, significantly lower cost and vertically integrate service providers. It changes the build versus buy equation for IT systems and allows enterprises to focus on their business,” observed Gopalkrishnan, who is also the President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2013-14.
Moreover, he emphasized that every organization should develop a cloud strategy, they should look at cloud based solutions and avoid vendor lock-in, which demands standards and interoperability. “That’s where bodies like IEEE play significant role.”
Earlier this month, IEEE announced Cloud Computing Innovation Council of India (CCICI) to push cloud standardization initiatives in India. Gopalkrishnan also released a comprehensive white paper- “A Roadmap for Cloud Computing Innovation in Indian”at the conference today. The three day cloud computing conference is in its second year.