CONCLUSIONS
Cloud technologies liberate service providers and enterprises from their dependency on
specific physical computing equipment. This creates an unprecedented level of agility,
allowing cloud users to quickly set up and subscribe to new services and adapt to
floating demand. With a good mix of high-priority and low-priority services, compute,
storage, and network resources can be utilized to a much higher degree than is possible
with dedicated resources — and this without sacrificing performance and security.
However, not all cloud applications and cloud solutions are created equal. Cloud users
should understand the different strategies of public and enterprise cloud providers.
Legacy applications can be moved into the cloud — into the enterprise cloud with a
certain amount of effort. Very rapidly, however, applications are developing the cloud
“genes” that make them able to run on public and carrier clouds. With that, the promise
of the cloud — high level of performance, flexibility, and security along with significant
cost reductions — can become reality for a wide majority of applications.
Based on their powerful networks, deep experience in large scale service delivery, and
extensive customer relationships, communication services providers have an excellent
opportunity to offer carrier clouds and bring value to this market that cannot easily be
matched by pure cloud providers. In several markets globally, CSPs have already gained
the status of the most trusted cloud provider.