The Philippines moves 4 notches up in the 2014 Cloud Readiness Index, landing on the 10th spot.
Cloud – whether public, private, or hybrid – involves deploying groups of remote servers and software networks to allow centralized data storage and online access to computer services or resources.
The country’s ranking in cloud readiness improved from 14th in the 2011 release of the report, thanks to the continuously booming business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, one of the cloud-friendly industries.
"BPOs played a big part in this improvement, as cloud use is essential to accelerate the industry and give it an even higher competitive edge", said Bernie Trudel, chairman of the Asia Cloud Computing Association (ACCA).
The Philippines also ranked ahead of most Asian countries in terms of freedom of information, one of the parameters that make up the cloud index, Trudel, also the Cisco Asia Pacific chief technology officer, pointed out.
The country has improved with every subsequent release of the index, Trudel added.
The Philippines is now the middle band, what the ACCA calls “dedicated improvers,” alongside Taiwan, Malaysia, and Thailand.
This improvement has come despite the Philippines consistently scoring low on government regulations and telecommunication infrastructure parameters of the index.
Japan maintained its lead at the top of the index for the 3rd year, while New Zealand, Australia, and Thailand all moved up 4 places.
Now on its 3rd installment, the index assesses 14 countries against 10 indicators that their infrastructure and regulatory systems are prepared for cloud computing adoption in the region.
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