Cloud services are on the verge of strong growth in more ‘traditional’ industries, such as manufacturing and processing, as the benefits become harder to ignore for such firms.
Richard Martin, executive vice president for engineer and operations solutions at Rolta, told V3 ahead of our Cloud & Infrastructure Live summit on 20-21 April, that cloud had not been a top priority for traditional industries in the past.
“Process industries have not progressed like some industries in the cloud because a lot of what they do is very driven by intellectual property and they are protective of that and not keen on putting this sort of information in the cloud,” he said.
However, Martin explained that major business software suppliers like SAP and Oracle have started offering services in the cloud which has helped firms realise that they could benefit from the cloud across their business.
“We are starting to see the first uptick on the hockey stick [for cloud uptake in process industries]. CIOs have to have an answer when shareholders say: 'What is your strategy [for cloud]?',” he added.
Martin said that manufacturing firms are ripe for embracing the cloud owing to the huge number of applications they have in use, not just from big box vendors like SAP and Oracle but from more niche, industry-specific providers.
“Most people don’t realise that a typical processing and manufacturing company can have as many as 800 applications, of which maybe 50 are back-office related, so there’s an amazing amount of knowledge that is hidden,” he said.
Making this information easier to access and deriving insights from it becomes much easier when everything is hosted in a central environment, according to Martin.
Read More: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2454061/cloud-use-in-manufacturing-and-process-sectors-on-cusp-of-huge-growth
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