Verizon Offers Cloud-based 'Computing as a Service'
Introduced today (June 3), the on-demand solution promises to meet the
stringent security and performance requirements of enterprise customers.
It’ll enable mid-market and larger companies to use a Web-based portal
to employ computing resources in the quantities and duration dictated by
their business needs.
Today, vendors are increasingly offering
cloud-based solutions to enterprise buyers. Of late, AT&T announced AT&T
Synaptic Storage as a Service, a storage-on-demand offer. It aims to
provide enterprise customers with control over the storage,
distribution, and retrieval of their data from any location, anytime,
using any Web-enabled device. (Read:
AT&T Offering Cloud-based 'Storage
as a Service')
Also, EDS, an HP
Company, and Microsoft have agreed to jointly sell and deliver
enterprise-class cloud communications and collaboration services. (Read:
Cloud Attracts EDS, Microsoft)
And IBM has introduced an appliance to deliver enterprise cloud
services. It’s claimed to be the first of its kind hardware plus new
software to accelerate application deployment. (Read:
Now an Appliance will Deliver Cloud Services)
While cloud computing is gaining momentum, IBM has gone a step further
to introduce “stream
computing.” The new “stream computing" software aims to enable massive
amounts of data to be analyzed in real time, delivering fast, accurate
insights to enable smarter business decision-making. The new software is
called IBM System S. (Read:
IBM Enjoying Clouds and Streams)
To promote cloud technologies, the National
Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded nearly five million dollars in
grants to 14 universities through its Cluster Exploratory (CluE) program
to participate in the IBM-Google Cloud Computing University Initiative.
The aim is to provide computing infrastructure for research projects.
(Read:
Cloud Research: NSF Awards $5 Million to 14 Universities)
The
"cloud-based" Computing as a Service (CaaS) solution, according to
Verizon, will help businesses and government agencies take advantage of
cloud (IP-based) computing to more efficiently and securely manage IT
resources – server, network and storage – to meet day-to-day business
demands.
The
service leverages Verizon's global IP infrastructure and data centers.
It’ll allow businesses pay for the resources used and avoid having to
build out for peak capacity requirements by buying new equipment and
adding staff, says the company.
CaaS is
now available in the U.S. and Europe and will be rolled out to the
Asia-Pacific region in August. The service, according to the company, is
supported by service level agreements to ensure performance.
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