Transformation strategy of telecom operators to cloud server providers

Currently, enterprises and organizations of all sectors of the economy are switching to the widespread use of information technologies based on cloud solutions. Telecom operators seek to win their share in the market of IT service providers.

The five main components of the success of the transformation of a telecom operator into a provider of managed services basing the expirience of Google cloud server include the following:

Virtualization of network functions. Traditionally, telecom operators connect user terminals using physical networks, in which each function is provided by a separate network element consisting of hardware and software. The desire to reduce capital expenditures on the introduction of new technologies and the rapid introduction to the market of new services dictates the need to virtualize network functions with their implementation in the form of virtual machines on a standard hardware platform;

Big Data Analytics. Business clients of communication services to increase production efficiency and monetize data consider the possibility of not only collecting and storing data, but also processing the accumulated information using artificial intelligence. To work with big data, service providers install on the network an appropriate digital platform that provides cloud data storage and data analytics using machine learning technology;

Security. One of the key aspects in introducing new cloud-based services is providing end-to-end protection against intrusion into network elements, unauthorized access to data, and penetration of software viruses. To ensure security, service providers like Windows cloud server are implementing a regularly updated protection system that supports the uninterrupted provision of services in the context of continuously improving cybernetic attacks;

Partnership. An important component of success in a competitive digital rally is partnership. For telecom operators, in many cases it is economically unreasonable and sometimes impossible to create all the solutions on their own in the process of network transformation. Therefore, for the supply of solutions, partners are selected among those developers who have proven commercial solutions and have established themselves as experts in the relevant field.