by Henry Acland
BEIJING, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Cloud computing is capturing the imagination of business executives worldwide as being a less expensive and more effective way of managing data, and China is investing big in the technology as the government transforms the economy from relying heavily on manufacturing to delivering quality services.
"How do you get a nation absolutely virtualized, and quickly, user paid now, the thing is the government has to be involved and then there is a fragmentation which everyone will talk about and there's competition," said Egidio Zarrella, KPMG partner, IT advisor, when interviewed by Xinhua about cloud computing in China.
Faster computer processing speeds, advances in data storage, and greater Internet bandwidth has taken cloud computing from the lofty realm of ideas and cemented it as one of the most exciting technologies for commercial use. It connects computer applications and information resources through the Internet so users can access, share, manage and use them at any time.
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