How Cloud Computing Can Increase Telecom Business

By Leslie Guth, SCOPE Alliance

SCOPE Alliance hosted its “Cloud Computing in Telecom” member workshop May 5-6 at the IEEE Operations Center in Piscataway, New Jersey. The workshop, featuring twelve presentations and two panel discussions, attracted many delegates from SCOPE member companies, as well as participants who joined remotely.

Presenters from both SCOPE member companies and guest companies offered industry expert perspectives on the emergence of the network cloud. They examined the usefulness of virtualization in cloud computing, cloud computing in security, and more, with the goal of helping service providers increase their business. The strategies discussed ranged from offering SaaS to developing a network that utilizes the cloud to improve content and services at lower cost.

Workshop attendees discussed several key attributes of carrier grade cloud computing, including service level agreements (SLAs), performance, and security. Virtualization was a focal point of all discussions.

Panel session attendees concluded that use case scenarios for cloud computing must be identified before addressing the key issues in implementing it in telecom.

This workshop helped define cloud computing in telecom, setting the stage for ongoing discussion. SCOPE Alliance plans to continue exploring the opportunities that cloud computing can offer service providers.

SCOPE Alliance members can review the presentations at www.scope-alliance.org.

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For more information about the SCOPE Alliance, please visit www.scope-alliance.org.

Leslie Guth (Alcatel-Lucent) is the 2010 Chair of the SCOPE Alliance. You can reach her via the Alliance’s press representative, Karen Riley of Nereus, at kriley@nereus-worldwide.com.