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Please contact:
Jeff Claudino
Director of Sales, Insider Research Services
619-229-9940
or via email at:
claudino@lightreading.com |
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| Cloud Computing & Telco Data Centers: Coping With XaaS |
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End-user demand for new technology rarely matches the hype surrounding its introduction, but cloud computing appears to buck this trend. This represents a huge market opportunity for network operators, telcos, and others seeking to provide value-added services to enterprise customers actively looking at ways to improve their IT cost base and utilization rates by sourcing applications and services differently.
In many cases, network operators will already have much of the network and data center infrastructure needed to support cloud computing service delivery already in place within their data centers. In others, network operators can upgrade and optimize that infrastructure with additional components and processes to make efficient, secure cloud application and service delivery a reality.
Given the complexities involved in building and optimizing cloud architectures, though, few IT suppliers, if any, can claim to provide every piece of the puzzle and all rely on partnerships with other vendors to a greater or lesser degree. But that has not stopped industry heavyweights from placing considerable marketing muscle into convincing interested parties that they can design, implement, and manage data center infrastructure to support cloud computing initiatives on their customers' behalf.
Consultancy plays a big part here. As well as physical infrastructure resources around hardware and software, network operators need expert advice on where cloud computing fits within the wider spheres of IT and telecommunications, the type of services that are in demand, and how they can migrate to cloud computing architecture with minimum disruption to existing operations.
Cloud Computing & Telco Data Centers: Coping With XaaS examines the extent to which the leading data infrastructure vendors have the hardware, software, skills, and knowledge to support network operator cloud computing initiatives. It maps the end-user services that different cloud computing models can support, highlights where demand for those services is coming from, and provides real-world examples of how providers are using optimized data center infrastructure as a foundation for cloud service provision. The report also looks at what's next in cloud computing technology innovation and competition, and profiles the five leading data center infrastructure vendors looking to support network operators' cloud computing ambitions.
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| Sample research data from the report is shown in the excerpts below: |
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 Table of Contents (lri1209toc.pdf) |
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| The applications and services that have so far proved successful for delivery via public, private, and hybrid clouds can generally be grouped into five categories: software as a service (SaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), communications as a service (CaaS), and everything as a service (EaaS). The one common characteristic of these categories is that users of these services do not own the hardware or software they use, and pay on a usage or on-demand basis, using only the components they need. Most were originally intended for delivery over public cloud infrastructure, but can also be adapted for private cloud distribution. The following excerpt shows IaaS provision using virtualization. |
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 Companies profiled in this report include: Dell Inc. (Nasdaq: DELL); EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC); Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ); IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM); and Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq: JAVA). |
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| To view reports you will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader. If you do not have it, it can be obtained for free at the Adobe web site. |
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