South Korean telco's "Cloud K" service will be offered through SoftBank's telecom unit to meet growing demand for reliable Internet storage systems to protect data during natural disasters and power outages in Japan.
Japanese IT vendor will be in charge of the apps deployed on the Interior Ministry's data centers, and will help integrate the different disaster information systems into a centralized one.
Digital rights management will continue to thrive with consumers looking to access content on the go and on demand, but this means vendors will need to customize their offerings to meet clients' needs.
Country slips one place to fourth in Cloud Readiness Index 2012, despite topping scores for data sovereignty, e-government and ICT prioritization, and IP protection.
Due to its population, Asia-Pacific is projected to generate the most cloud traffic at 1.5 zettabytes annually, process the majority of workloads at 40.6 million, and house the largest number of fixed and mobile broadband subscribers.
Companies need to grasp implications of moving to cloud and develop roadmap to holistically secure IT systems instead of deploying security products for individual stacks.
Suppliers offering more standard contracts to provide benefits of scalability, and focus increasingly shifting to customer relationship to understand business needs, industry watchers note.