Flexiant: Service Providers Struggling with Cloud

Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: Chris Talbot.

Revenue generated from public cloud is estimated to grow to upwards of $107 billion by 2017, but according to the head honchos at Flexiant, there’s an apathy running through the services provider world. Although plenty of services providers have caught the cloud bug already, Flexiant’s leaders noted in a discussion with Talkin’ Cloud that many still don’t "get" the cloud and how they fit into the market.

Flexiant focuses on helping services providers with orchestration software they can use to run a public cloud and increase revenue, but George Knox, Flexiant’s CEO, said many firms don’t yet understand the mindset of deploying and selling cloud services. That lack of understanding crosses all types of services providers—from managed services providers to telcos…

"People aren’t going to have installed software. In a few years’ time, you’re not going to be able to buy on-premise software," Knox said. That’s an observation that is lost on some IT solutions providers, and it appears they are not making the switch to the newer cloud computing model of revenue generation fast enough…

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