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SINGAPORE: The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) is pushing for greater adoption of cloud computing.
Cloud computing refers to network-based computing where IT services such as software and processing power are available on-demand.
Speaking at an industry conference, IDA says it is inviting proposals from both the public and private sector to develop innovative projects based on cloud computing.
The IDA is also considering creating an institutional platform to help commercialise ideas from the research & development stage.
Making use of computer resources over a shared-network can cut processing costs by a-third.
Storing files through cloud computing platform can also be 10 times cheaper than storing it on-premise.
That's one reason why companies are turning increasingly to cloud computing.
Industry figures showed that its global market is set to grow, doubling to some US$44 billion by 2013 from last year, according to research firm IDC.
And Singapore is eyeing a share of the market.
RADM(NS) Ronnie Tay CEO, IDA Singapore says: "As part of IDA's efforts on promoting the adoption of cloud computing, IDA will be calling for proposals to undertake innovative cloud based projects. We would like to support projects that will help to enable infocomm infrastructure development."
On its part, IDA says it will support the development of these ideas by providing the use of computing and storage resources at no charge.
IDA does not expect to offer cash funding for these projects.
A public briefing will be held Friday, with the deadline for submission on June 11 this year. More details are available here .
The IDA is also looking to set up an institutional platform to bridge the gap between R&D and real-world industry usage. This may potentially take the form of a government agency or industry association. Discussions are still at a preliminary stage.
In another push to drive cloud computing, IBM is setting up a laboratory in Singapore to help clients develop custom-designed solutions for businesses.
This is its 11th cloud computing lab world wide. Other labs in the region include those in Vietnam, China, Japan, South Korea and India.
Alan Ganek, CTO and vice president of strategy and technology software group at IBM, says: "This will be an opportunity to work with businesses. So it's not so much of us delivering pre-defined services, but as an opportunity for businesses and academia to make proposals to work with us.
"We and the IDA look forward to engagements with these different entities - academic and business - to see how we can work together, leverage our expertise, leverage the infrastructure here in order to advance new ideas."
IBM's new lab comes on the heels of other cloud computing labs that have been launched in Singapore recently.
They include facilities set up by Hewlett Packard and Amazon Web Services.
- CNA/jy
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