Australia and New Zealand trail India and China in cloud adoption in APAC , and emerging markets such as Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand expect to increase onshore capacity soon. Credit: Getty China and India lead cloud adoption in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, followed by Australia and New Zealand, according to a Forrester report. The report—which surveyed decision-makers across all APAC countries including India, China, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand—showed that 92% of China-based respondents use cloud in some form. This is slightly higher than in India, where 91% of decision-makers said that they use some form of cloud technology, followed by Australia, where 87% of respondents said that they use cloud in some form. Forrester said it expects New Zealand cloud adoption trends to follow those in Australia, adding that although the New Zealand cloud landscape is changing, overall adoption is lower overall due to earlier, more restrictive regulations and fewer cloud data centres. China and India’s high cloud-uptake numbers are complemented by growth of data centers in the region. The APAC region boasts the largest share, around 37%, of data centers globally, Forrester noted. The market research company added that there are targeted investments to expand onshore capacity in emerging markets like Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. India leads in public cloud uptake In terms of public cloud usage or uptake, India has an edge over China, according to the report. Nearly 92% of all Indian decision-makers who said that they use cloud in some form claimed to use public cloud. In China, only 85% of all respondents who said that they use cloud in some form, also said that they use public cloud. Further, Indian enterprises are roughly at par with China when it comes to IT modernization, the report showed. While 67% of Indian decision-makers surveyed said that modernizing with cloud and new computing architectures was a top priority, approximately the same number—66.66%—of Chinese decision-makers said the same about modernization and new computing architectures. Applications move to the cloud In terms of application portfolio in the cloud, India remains somewhat ahead of China and Australia. While Indian decision-makers on an average said that 46% of their total application portfolio is in the cloud, Chinese respondents said that only 43% of their total applications are cloud native. Their Australian counterparts said that 41% of their application portfolio resided in the cloud, the report showed. However, Chinese decision-makers claimed that by the end of 2023, they will have moved at least 63% of their applications to the cloud. This is in contrast to Australian decision-makers, who said they will have moved 60% of their application load by the end of 2023. Indian decision-makers, on the other hand, said that they would probably be able to move only about 58% of their application load to the cloud. Further, nearly 72% of Indian decision-makers said that they already use containers on bare metal infrastructure—either on-premises or in the cloud. Meanwhile, at least 75% of Chinese respondents said they already use containers on bare metal infrastructure—either on-premises or in the cloud—followed by 72% of Indian decision-makers and 61% of Australian respondents. Related content news Boomi burnishes API management capabilities The launch version of the framework comes with four agents — Boomi Answers, Boomi DesignGen, Boomi DataDetective, and Boomi Scribe. By John Leyden May 10, 2024 4 mins APIs PaaS feature TIAA modernizes the customer journey with AI The financial services organization overhauled its customer service operations, weaving together machine learning models, generative AI, and customer journey mapping to improve customer experience and predict trouble points. By Paula Rooney May 10, 2024 6 mins CIO 100 Digital Transformation Artificial Intelligence feature 10 IT skills where expertise pays the most Data from Dice sheds light on 10 enterprise mainstay skills where IT pros who have honed their craft to expert level can earn five-figure salary premiums. By Sarah K. White May 10, 2024 8 mins Salaries IT Jobs IT Skills feature What is ERP? Enterprise resource planning systems explained Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems standardize, streamline, and integrate processes across a wide range of business functions. Here’s what to know about these critical IT systems. By CIO staff and bart_perkins May 10, 2024 12 mins ERP Systems Enterprise Applications PODCASTS VIDEOS RESOURCES EVENTS SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe