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India leading the way for Grid Computing
Oracle Open World, Oracle’s global technology and business
conference, started with a report on India results in Oracle Grid Index III.
The meet saw participation by 1,800 customers and partners. India’s growing
importance can be gauged from the fact that it is one of only two countries
in the Asia-Pacific region to host the conference in Oracle’s current financial
year, June 2005 to May 2006.
According to the report, the Oracle Grid Index for business
across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific is 5.2 on a scale of zero to
10.
The grid index maps the world’s journey to grid computing
based on three underlying indices: Foundation Readiness,
Knowledge & Interest and Adoption Lifecycle. India’s
Oracle Grid Index moved from 2.9 to 4.4, registering
the fastest Grid Index growth (52 percent) worldwide.
The research by Quocirca, an independent research organisation,
based on 1,466 interviews with senior IT influencers
and decision-makers, was completed by September 2005.
India’s growth has been uniform in all the indices with
India’s grid computing adoption higher than the APAC average. The adoption
level of APAC is 2.0 whereas India’s is 2.6. “The reason for this
is India’s acceleration through the learning curve. And the realisation
among the organisations about the importance of grid computing and the interest
generated is getting converted to the adoption,” says Sundar Ram, Senior
Director, Technology Sales, Oracle Asia-Pacific.
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India leads Asia-Pacific in
key underlying technologies
Service
Oriented Architecture. The number of organisations
currently using or considering the adoption of
SOA has risen by 18.4 percent in North America,
17 percent in Europe and 43.6 percent in Asia
Pacific. India leads the Asia Pacific region in
SOA deployment with almost 50 percent active or
planned deployment within the next 12 months.
Blade Servers. The number of organisations
currently using or considering the adoption of
blade servers has shot dramatically. It has grown
by 91 percent in North America, 68.7 percent in
Europe and 207.9 percent in Asia-Pacific. Again,
India leads the Asia-Pacific region in usage of
blade server technology with almost 40 percent
of organisations with active or planned deployment.
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The report reveals that India leads the world in moving towards
a grid IT environment with 60 percent of the organisations polled stating that
a grid-based IT infrastructure was inevitable. Moreover, nearly half (48 percent)
of organisations polled have embraced or are in the process of embracing grid
technology.
According to the research, more than 30 percent of enterprises
are using blade servers. “Blade servers are an important component of grid
computing. One reason for this is that they reduce barriers for the adoption
of grid computing,” says Ram. Besides this, India is leading in the adoption
of virtualisation.
Though India leads the world in perceptions of a grid environment,
the move towards this is fraught with challenges. Ram believes that the progress
towards a competitive IT infrastructure will depend on the involvement of senior
business managers in their company’s IT strategy. Currently, as much as
20 percent of business management does not appreciate the need for a sound infrastructure—this
is likely to affect the overall capabilities of Indian businesses for the future.
While enterprises may have starting glitches, SMEs would benefit
faster. “SMEs have an edge as they do not have legacy systems to work on.
Hence, they can build immediately,” says Roger Scott, Vice-president, Technology
Consulting, Oracle Asia-Pacific.
— SS
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