David Molony, Principal Analyst, Enterprise

Telcos have launched a series of credible cloud services offers, and there is a perception in the market that they can now compete with global systems integrators in the converged ICT space. But telco noise levels are set low. There’s a tentativeness in their marketing (which may be deliberate) but, more importantly, they are not getting the direct advocacy they deserve from their global MNC customers.

Tier-2 telcos ramp up cloud services

Telco cloud service providers were heavily outnumbered by cloud technology vendors at the recent Cloud World Forum in London. That’s normal at trade exhibitions, but still we wanted to hear more from the network and data center operators in the shadow of the Google megabooth.

The event was well attended; it featured mostly vendors, but also some network operators who seem to be setting themselves up as European cloud service providers …