An EMC survey of 106 business and IT professionals and practitioners who had registered to attend the EMC Forum in early September, had revealed interesting results about IT maturity in Malaysia, as well as IT decision makers’ views plans Big Data.
Malaysia is just one of 36 countries, whose country-level survey results are being collected till November 2013. The series will conclude with announcement of global results in December 2013.
Results that have been collected thus far, can be found here.
For Malaysia, specifically, key findings include the following:
•88% of Malaysian businesses surveyed reported that better use of Big Data will lead to better decision making
•69% of respondents believe that Big Data will be a key factor in determining winners and losers in their industry
•40% have already achieved a competitive advantage as a result of Big Data analytics technology
•69% believe that those industries that succeed will be the same ones using Big Data tools
•67% of respondents also agree that Big Data technology will prove vital in identifying and protecting against cyber-attacks
•89% agree that data center automation will be crucial to innovation and agility over the next three years
However, in Malaysia,
•41% of companies surveyed have no current plans for implementing Big Data technology
•While budget considerations was the most important factor for overall business decision making (38%), the most common reason cited as an inhibitor to Big Data adoption is a lack of clear business case or proven ROI (58%)
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| Part of the infographic derived from EMC’s survey in Malaysia |
As companies in Malaysia continue to look to I.T. innovation to compete locally and on the global stage:
•81% agree that their business sees technology investment as a strategic way of achieving its goals
•The top two drivers for the transformation of IT systems and infrastructure in Malaysia are: Enhancing customer experience/engagement/communications (90%), and improved governance and compliance (85%)
•81% of respondents from Malaysia report that their business believes technology investment is a strategic way to achieve its goals.
•82% of respondents report that they have the correct level of skills and knowledge in place to complete their business priorities successfully.
•68% of respondents in Malaysia report that ensuring skills keep pace with the rate of I.T. innovation will be a challenge for their organizations over the next three years.
•82% of respondents agree that I.T. is now equipped to handle the most essential business priorities – and that now, the biggest barrier is cultural.
Managing Director for EMC Malaysia Cheam Tat Inn said, “With conversations around building business competitiveness, Malaysian businesses are increasingly seeing transformative benefits of using analytics to enable better resource management, gain competitive and market insights and enable truly transformational business decisions.
“While there is consensus in the business community that data would enable better decision making, culture seems to be the biggest issue that businesses will need to overcome as Malaysia continues its journey as a progressive economy.”
Another interesting statistic shared during a media briefing together with Tom Zack, EMC’s Southeast Asia President, is that 58.5% of Malaysian organisations already have on-premise cloud. .
The survey had involved Malaysian businesses across a range of verticals, the respondents had also included data scientists, storage/infrastructure managers and even technical architects.
