The first part of cloud computing is virtualized infrastructure

Mota: The term "cloud" could be more of a marketing term for carriers than an actual product offering. It's the marketing buzz word of the day. We might not end up calling it cloud computing but managed infrastructure or something. Whatever the services are called, I think they'll do well.

 

Also, there are so many cloud definitions out there, no one agrees on what it is. Basically, the first part of cloud computing is virtualized infrastructure. Lots of people don't understand that. After that, carriers could move on to offer virtualized video and virtualized voice, then bandwidth on demand.

 

Mota: Carriers could really address the large enterprise better with service descriptions like virtualized infrastructure rather than cloud. Vendors like Cisco, Juniper and Brocade are starting to virtualize the network and the data center, so they can prepare the service provider more effectively without compromising network reliability. There's a big race to prove how effective virtual switches, networks and data center can be.