Eastone, offered Internet Data Center IaaS as well as innovative mobile SaaS application
services. The digital convergence services via the “multi-screen in one cloud” running on
digital TV contributed to a complete ecosystem of cloud media industry alliance moving
towards providing information services for leisure, entertainment, reading, and living. The
market size of cloud services in Taiwan was about NT$3,325 billion, which triggered NT$220
billion related investment, creating the infrastructure solution for export with an estimated
value of NT$3145 billion.
In mainland China, cloud computing was considered to be one of the key development areas
for the next generation IT industry. Series of planning and policies were put in place to
support its development, including the faster industrialization of cloud computing technology
development, carrying out pilot demonstration of cloud computing, and improving industrial
development environment. With the active promotion by the government and the maturity of
the industry, many enterprises released their cloud strategy, introduced cloud products &
services, and started to deploy cloud related applications. It was estimated that during
China’s “Twelfth five-year plan” period, the size of the cloud services industry would exceed
1
trillion Chinese Yuan. (The 15th China Beijing High-tech Expo – China Cloud Computing
International Forum).
The formation of the cloud industry environment attracted the not only more cloud market
participants but also more mature business models. The main players in cloud computing in
China included internet companies such as Baidu, Alibaba, Snda, and Sina; IT enterprises
such as Huawei, Digital China Management Systems (DCMS), Inspur, and Dawning; the
three major operators, and the internet data center enterprises.
Alibaba, Shanda and Tencent mainly offer IaaS services such as cloud hosting, cloud
storage, and open database. Baidu, Sina, and 360 develop PaaS platforms for enterprises
and developers. Internet data center vendors such as Huawei, DCMS, Inspur, and Dawning
gain remarkable market success in cloud servers, storage devices, and private cloud
solutions. Internet data center companies are transforming toward becoming IaaS service
providers. Operators are also transitioning from offering IaaS to offering PaaS services. All
enterprises are leveraging cloud technologies for efforts in innovation and integration. They
are committed to service capability enhancement, active promotion of business, and service
model transformation.
In cloud applications, at this stage, mainland China is making great efforts to promote the
construction of smart city, which benefit the construction of administrative cloud, education
cloud, traffic cloud, and medical cloud. With the development of mobile Internet, and the
popularity of smart terminals, users’ demand more and higher quality data storage and
