#TheCloudShow – S2E1 – Carriers and Cloud

Telecom carriers and their role in cloud. For last 20 years, it is
fair to say that continuous technical transformation and
information waves have driven a high level of growth in the telecom
industry. However, where find ourselves in a situation where the
telecoms industry is facing a series of challenges. Connectivity is
capturing a smaller proportion of the information value chain while
content, service, and products capture more. I don’t think it is
that much of a bold prediction to see that that one or more major
telecom companies could be acquired by a content company within the
next 3 – 4 years. Further, trends such as IoT and mobile are adding
billions of new connected data sources globally every year – with
that comes an astronomical growth in data volumes. Telecoms
companies are also in the heart of the security challenge. As
custodians of the networks, carriers play a pivotal role in
fighting the new threats that are emerging.