"SMBS HAVE NOW STARTED TO EMBRACE CLOUD SERVICES"

India, like the rest of the world, is seeing a massive uptake of various flavours of Cloud. How disruptive is the trend for variants like vertical, custom, and sovereign Cloud?

- NITIN SINGHAL

India's uptake of various Cloud flavours like vertical, custom, and sovereign Cloud is highly disruptive. These trends are driven by the demand for data localisation and industry-specific solutions.

The success of these variants depends on how well Cloud providers can address the specific needs and demands of different industry verticals. Enterprises are realising that focusing on core competencies and adopting advanced Cloud solutions is preferable to developing or buying costly technologies. As technology rapidly evolves, service providers investing in R&D can offer new-age Cloud solutions, benefiting enterprises through a commercial Cloud service model. The future of Cloud computing is likely to be shaped by these disruptive trends, impacting various sectors and business models.

What about 5G, Private LTE, Edge, and decentralised Clouds? Will these forces also bring about significant change?

Technologies like 5G, Private LTE, Edge, and decentralised Clouds are expected to bring about significant changes in the industry. Decentralised Cloud and blockchain are becoming essential for enterprises to secure their applications, data, privacy, security, and accessibility controls.

LTE technologies make it possible for service providers to offer low-latency private cellular networks low-latency private cellular networks. Edge computing allows data processing and storage to be closer to the end user, reducing the need to transfer large amounts of data to central Cloud servers. This facilitates real-time processing and response, enabling time-sensitive Cloud applications like loT and autonomous vehicles.

While these technologies are already showing promise, the industry is still in its early stages, and widespread use case adoption may take some time.