IDC forecasts that by 2025, 50% of enterprises will form strategic ties with cloud providers for GenAI platforms, developer tools, and infrastructure based on IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Cloud 2024 Predictions — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) (APEJ) Implications.
Organisations seek to leverage internal and external data with the speed, agility, and scalability built on a cloud foundation.
AI-infused cloud predictions in APEJ
By 2025, IDC predicts that 23% of organisations to implement cloud-native application protection platforms with AI. By 2027, two-thirds of cloud applications will leverage AI, and 80% of Asia organisations will struggle to manage the skills gap.
"With the rise of AI, cloud foundation is core to the ability to create even more possibilities for organizations to increase productivity and explore new business models. APEJ Organizations and their leaders will need to grasp both the broad long-term impact of AI as well as the immediate impact of GenAI investments across their entire technology landscape to ensure they capitalize on opportunities and manage costs and risks," says Daphne Chung, research director, Cloud Services and Software at IDC Asia/Pacific
IDC Predictions
IDC also predicts that by 2026, 50% of enterprises will primarily deploy High-Performance Computing on-premises, at a managed services provider, or a colocation provider.
Around 70% of the A2000 will rely on cloud providers and connectivity partners for zero-touch provisioning and zero-trust security at the edge by 2027.
By 2025, 65% of the A2000 will engage in multi-cloud through partner ecosystems that provide valued services, application development, and integration from the distributed cloud to the edge.
