Thu. Nov 28th, 2024

SMAC, a combination of the elements of social, mobility, analytics and
cloud, offers a good opportunity for Vietnam to catch up with developed
nations in the digital era.

Hoang Le Minh, Director of the
Vietnam National Institute of Software and Digital Content Industry
under the Ministry of Information and Communications, made this
declaration during a conference on SMAC on August 22: The Platform for
Smart Development.

Minh said that among the four elements, all
users could understand social and mobility but would find it difficult
to understand and have knowledge of analytics and cloud.

“The
Government and enterprises must understand clearly about analytics and
cloud because they are the foundation and tools for development.
However, in order to apply SMAC successfully in Vietnam, the Government,
companies and scientists need to cooperate closely and more effectively
and have to build a long-term development process,” Minh added.

For
the period of 2014-15, the Government has formulated a strategy to
develop science and technology. Minh said that this was a crucial time
for the Government to develop SMAC to increase the country’s capability
to compete. He also suggested that the Government build national-scale
infrastructure for analysing data.

The ministry has assigned the
institute to develop models for applying cloud and analytics for
Vietnam. According to Minh, his office has checked out development
models from international partners, mostly in the US, and have prepared
infrastructure for the coming three years.

Gartner’s executive
partner, Jonathan Krause, said the internet was effectively connecting
the real world with the virtual world, and this had changed the nature
of business by enabling customers to get involved.

In 2009,
things connected to the internet were smaller than people connected to
the internet by personal devices. However, this trend was expected to be
reversed in 2020.

According to the results of a survey by
Gartner, technology has branched out into two sides: new things such as
analytics, mobility and digitalisation on one hand, and renovation of
existence, including data systems and security, on the other. Krause
said that the chief information officers (CIOs) of enterprises have to
operate both at the same time, but not with the same team.

In
2014, the expenditure for information technology worldwide is projected
to reach 3.8 trillion USD. Its cost in the Asia-Pacific region is
expected to be 767 billion USD, a 5.5 percent increase compared with
that of 2013. SMAC is believed to be one of the main factors that is
sparking this rapid development.

Nguyen Minh Hong, Deputy
Minister of Information and Communications, said the rapid development
of information technology had contributed to the renovation of the model
of growth.

“Mobility, big data, cloud, and social have brought
the smart development trend to all areas. This is an opportunity and a
challenge for each country to increase its capacity for competitiveness
and gain a position in the digital world,” Hong said.

The
conference was organised to mark the first Information Technology Day
2014, which attracted 400 participants. Sponsored by the Ministries of
Information and Communications, and Science and Technology, the event
will be held annually to create a high-quality forum on science and
technology and raise public awareness of IT application and development
for Government offices, organisations, enterprises and people.-VNA

By vivian