Cloud computing will be the main orientation of the country to focus on in the coming time. (Photo: vicloud.vn) Theministry has also defined cloud computing as the digital infrastructure for thedevelopment of a digital government, digital economy and digital society.
"Thisis one of the main orientations of the country to focus on in the comingtime," said Nguyen Khac Lich, Deputy Director of the Authority ofInformation Security, Ministry of Information and Communications, to localtechnology website ictnews.vn.
Itis forecast that the cloud computing market in Vietnam will reach 500million USD by 2025 with a growth rate of about 30-40 percent.
TheCOVID-19 pandemic has created a "push" to promote the development ofthe cloud computing market and the growth rate of the market hit 40 percentlast year.
Cloudcomputing is a relatively large "pie" for businesses to compete forand as for the nation, with the importance of new generationtelecommunications infrastructure, digital infrastructure, and the 'Make-in-Vietnam'policy, domestic businesses must master this infrastructure.
Lichsaid that to develop Vietnamese cloud computing platforms in the rightdirection, Vietnam was one of the few countries that have issued a set oftechnical criteria to evaluate and choose a cloud computing solution fore-government.
Theset of technical criteria consists of 153 standards, including 84 technicalcriteria and 69 information security criteria.
“Acloud computing platform that meets these benchmarks is considered to be amodern and secure platform,” said Lich.
LeHoai Nam, Deputy Director of Viettel IDC, said with cloud computing services,the market has grown quite rapidly in recent years.
Asfor Viettel, the growth rate was twice compared to normal from 60 to 80 percent.
However, Nam said that the story of informationsecurity for cloud computing was not only important for Vietnam but also theworld.
Thisfield in Vietnam was still new, so people were still worried.
However,in addition to financial investment, there was a need for a system of technicalstaff because the technology was changing and all certificates required bycustomers are constantly updated. With large service providers such as VNPT andViettel, the sustainability of service delivery infrastructure will be ensured,he added.
TongManh Cuong, product manager of VNPT IT, said there were two issues, which werewhether users paid to use safe services or not and the trust factor.
Enterprisesbelieve that to stimulate demand for cloud computing services, theGovernment should have activities to promote digital transformation.
TheGovernment, ministries and agencies besides enterprises, should boostnon-business public units like the departments of information andcommunications to deploy public cloud technology./.
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