The cloud revolution has been widely adopted within IT, and most businesses are taking a “cloud-first” approach when deploying new applications. Gartner states that 85% of organizations will be “cloud first” by 2025. However, when it comes to adoption in telecom, the pace can...
IBM has acquired more than 20 companies since 2020, all with the intention of bolstering its hybrid cloud and AI capabilities
IBM has acquired telco consulting services and solutions provider Sentaca to bolster its hybrid cloud consulting business, so that it can better support communications...
Azure for Operators is a carrier-grade hybrid cloud solution, says Microsoft
Microsoft said it’s “improving the cloud for telcos” almost seven months after it announced it had acquired AT&T’s Network Cloud. Shawn Hakl, VP of 5G strategy, Azure for operators, broke out the company’s news in a...
On this episode, Marisa Viveros, vice president of Strategy & Offerings for the Telecom, Media and Entertainment Industry at IBM defines the IBM telco cloud network ecosystem, delves into the specifics of the company's recent cloud partnerships with Verizon and Telefonica and explains how...
In a blog post, mobile cloud provider now.gg referenced a 2020 IDC report to claim that 60-70% of phones worldwide aren’t suited for gaming. The company uses this to support the idea that if a gamer uses the hybrid cloud to run a game,...
The pandemic gave us a glimpse at how cloud platforms and connectivity can come together to deliver ingenuity in how we connect — and we’re all eager to see how 5G and Edge computing will supercharge this opportunity. Imagine going from telehealth visits to...
IBM has said it is undecided, as yet, about whether to offer 5G network management services to enterprises, despite commentators repeatedly suggesting the New York firm might yet shape up as a prime candidate to handle the ‘run’ phase of new private cellular deployments.
The...
Lumen Technologies and IBM have integrated IMB's Cloud Satellite with Lumen's edge platform across 180,000 global Lumen enterprise locations, in an effort to address a growing need for deployment flexibility, low-latency and data sovereignty within enterprises.
With this integration, IBM says its hybrid cloud services...
New IBM hybrid cloud offering geared toward enterprise adoption of 5G and edge computing
For operators investing billions in building 5G networks, the real revenue opportunity is not in selling enhanced services to consumers but, rather, in standing up differentiated service offerings geared toward the...
LAS VEGAS--This week during Dell Technologies World the family of companies made clear how its hybrid, multi-cloud strategy spanning edge, core and cloud is an imperative for enterprise digital transformation. And, while the digital transformation of telcos will serve as a catalyst for operators'...
