Telecommunications in The News (Cloud Computing) – May 2012

A lot of recent news in the Telecommunications field lately is focused on Cloud Computing. It’s such an interesting topic because everybody in the telecom field is learning to adapt to this new trend, wondering where they fit in. Do they love it or hate it? What benefits does it offer the telecom provider and the customer.

Some articles reflecting the buzz about cloud computing are centered around how businesses are embracing cloud technology, how it benefits certain types of businesses, it’s advantages and disadvantages, and especially it’s customizable features:

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-cloud-sla-259615.html

A general guide and reasonable definition of this technology as it pertains to the telecommunications field:

http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/defining-cloud-computing-services-benefits-and-caveats/2012-03-12

If you want to understand cloud computing from various angles, this is another excellent guide that pertains to IT professionals and businesses in particular:

http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/what-cloud-computing-really-means-031

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Telecom in the News: April 2012

NWMAP likes to review the top Telecom news stories for each month. This is what was happening in March and April.

March wrapped up the Channel Partners Conference and Expo in Las Vegas. For a complete review: https://nwmap.com/2012-channel-partners-vegas-telecom-conference-and-expo-review

Other news:

Communications network provider MegaPath Corp.’s aggressive Ethernet over Copper buildout has put the carrier among the nation’s largest providers of EoC service.

In the past year, MegaPath has aggressively expanded its EoC footprint. In September, it announced it would provide service nationwide.

 Read more: MegaPath among largest Ethernet over Copper players – FierceTelecom http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/megapath-among-largest-ethernet-over-copper-players/2012-04-17#ixzz1soNqkrlT

Windstream is offering new disastor recovery service. The drive here is about unburdening a business from having to build their own disaster recovery capabilities themselves. By handing these processes to Windstream, they can replicate and recover critical servers and data center infrastructure in the cloud at a lower cost.

Integra Telecom is adding another page to its growing medium-to-large business service cookbook by launching a new set of optical wavelength services. Targeted at large enterprises, health care, and financial service companies, the new service provides metro-area and long-haul private networking for a set of customers that want high-bandwidth, dedicated network transport between their locations. Delivered over Integra’s DWDM-based fiber network, the focus is on providing customers flexibility and choice. They get the service with either a TDM or Ethernet interface in increments of 1 Gbps, 2.5 Gbps, or 10 Gbps.

 
In April, EarthLink Business will unveil IT services for smaller, single locations. The provider has offered an enterprise version but wanted to target other organization sizes as well.
 
Cloud computing and services is all the buzz. Cloud computing service delivery has a strong business case that includes cost reduction, service acceleration, and improved service delivery quality and reliability. Before developing the business case, however, it is necessary to define cloud services because the term cloud has been overused.