Research house Ovum, said that the success of the new Association "will depend on its capacity to attract a significant number of regulators and regional enterprises to the discussion".

The new organization's founding members include a number of heavyweight global vendors and service providers, but, Ovum says that "all the leading regional cloud computing telcos are noticeably missing".

Asia Cloud's founding members are Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, EMC, Microsoft, NetApp, Nokia Siemens Networks, The Philippines' PLDT/Smart, Rackspace, REACH, Telenor Group, and Verizon.

In a statement reacting to the announcement of the Association's formation, Ovum said

the non-profit and vendor-neutral organization has been formed "to promote collaboration among cloud computing stakeholders to accelerate market growth in Asia, which is expected to evolve faster than other regions as a result of the expected stronger economic growth".