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Up in the air: The journey to the cloud in ASEAN

December 16, 2020

Asia

Up in the air: The journey to the cloud in ASEAN

December 16, 2020

Asia
Charles Ross

Asia editorial director

Charles Ross is Principal of Policy and Insights in Asia-Pacific and leads the region's technology and society practice. Prior to this role, he was editorial director for The Economist Intelligence Unit overseeing all thought leadership research in Asia. Charles combines a deep understanding of how technology trends are reshaping business and society with excellent research and editorial skills, to create impactful and award-winning research programmes for clients. Charles is currently based in Australia and has led many projects analysing the implications for business of new technology trends such as blockchain, fintech, smart cities, cloud computing, sustainability and the internet of things, for Google, Stripe, SAP, Telstra, Microsoft, Prudential, Westpac and the Singapore government. He is a contributing industry expert to the UN Science Policy and Business Forum on the Environment and a frequent speaker at finance and technology events across the region. Charles holds a master of business administration, focusing on strategy and organisational change, from the University of Oxford and a certificate in public policy analysis from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Up in the air: The journey to the cloud in ASEAN

Up in the air: The journey to the cloud in ASEAN is a report from The Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by VMware, examining the opportunities and challenges presented by cloud services adoption in the public sector in ASEAN countries with a focus on Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. 

Kim Andreasson was the author of the report and Charles Ross was the editor. To better understand the opportunities and challenges presented by cloud computing adoption in the public sector in ASEAN markets, The Economist Intelligence Unit conducted wide-ranging desk research supplemented by six in-depth interviews with senior experts in October 2019. Two additional in-depth interviews and follow-ups were then conducted in June and July 2020 to account for changing circumstances due to the pandemic disruption of covid-19. Our thanks are due to the following interviewees for their time and insights:

  • Maciej F Boni, associate professor, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University 
  • Chan Cheow Hoe, government chief digital technology officer, Singapore
  • Nigel Cory, associate director, trade policy, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
  • Deborah Elms, executive director, Asian Trade Centre 
  • Ashish Lall, former associate professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
  • Gwanhoo Lee, professor and chair, Department of Information Technology and Analytics, Kogod School of Business, American University
  • Lim May-Ann, executive director, Asia Cloud Computing Association
  • Don Ta, assistant professor, information systems, Singapore Management University

The Economist Intelligence Unit bears sole responsibility for the editorial content of this report. The findings do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsor.

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