TAIPEI, Jan. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Trend Micro Chairman
and Founder Steve Chang attended the 2011 CommonWealth Economic
Forum's "Era of Digital Convergence" panel discussion yesterday,
during which he stressed the importance of Cloud Computing in Asia.
Chang said that Asian countries missed the opportunity to play a
crucial role in the birth of the Internet during the last
Industrial Revolution, which makes this wave of popularity in Cloud
Computing important to Asian countries for two reasons. First, it
will give Asian countries to "control their own destinations;" and
second, it will allow Asian countries to truly join global society.
That is to say, involvement in Cloud Computing will not only
contribute innovation to global society to become a global citizen,
but will also be the first time Asian countries have the chance to
jointly formulate industry rules.
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Chang said, "Up till now, some Asian countries, such as those in
the Greater China area, have only played a supporting role in the
business process, resulting in limited profits; many Asian
countries were only mere marketplaces for the high-tech industry,
but through Cloud Computing, we can, for the first time, have a
complete Value Chain."
In addition, Cloud Computing will present the best solution in the
face of urbanization in emerging Asian countries. According to a
report by management consulting firm McKinsey & Co., China's
urban population will be approaching 350 million in 2025. "At this
time, an extremely large amount of information management will rely
on Cloud Computing," says Chang. "The Beijing government agrees
with this view, which is why it is actively grasping at IT
independence."
Chang also stressed the importance of professional talent in the
development of Cloud Computing; training Cloud talent cannot rely
on past successful experiences, but must surpass the previous
limitations in the framework used by IT technical staff. At
present, Trend Micro supports two Taiwan universities in Cloud
Computing studies. Using this as an example, one of the
universities is required to have at least half of its Cloud
computing students studying non-computer science majors, in hopes
of using insight from different fields to contribute to a more
diverse Cloud Computing application development. At the same time,
talent training will no longer emphasize the "do more, do better"
mantra; rather, "do different, do unique." The most important
aspect will be the ability to see user insight, to grasp the
critical thinking of Cloud development. As such, the other of the
two supported universities requires professors lead students in the
use of Cloud Computing technology to help SMEs improve their
performance, relying on this experience to train a group of
professionals who have insight into user needs, discover problems,
and search for multiple solutions for the same problem.
Finally, Chang used "If not now, when? If not you, who?" to
actively call on Asian countries, and not miss out on the "Lifetime
Chance" of this Cloud wave.
SOURCE﹛Trend Micro Incorporated