Parallels Summit 2013: 5 Cloud Computing Trends to Watch
February 5, 2013
Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: Joe Panettieri.
At Parallels Summit 2013, watch for trends involving telco cloud services, as well as new companies integrating their email security, open source, storage and eDiscovery solutions with Parallels’ technology. Parallels Summit, a major cloud computing conference, kicks off today in Las Vegas. CEO Birger Steen says SMB cloud computing has gone mainstream. So what’s next for VARs, MSPs and aspiring cloud services providers (CSPs)? Talkin’ Cloud offers these five trends and news tips, which are worth tracking at the conference this week.
1. Telcos Become CSPs: It sounds like about 15 of the top 30 top telcos are leveraging Parallels’ automation software to build out their cloud services. I need to double-check those figures, but the overall trend is clear. Classic telecommunications companies, ILECs and other phone service specialists see Parallels as a path to offering cloud services…
2. Cloud Marketplaces: A prime example here is LuxCloud — which operates a global, channel-centric marketplace for cloud services. Sales partners can use the marketplace to launch and deliver cloud services, by private labeling and/or syndicating all or parts of the marketplace, LuxCloud claims. In some ways, LuxCloud sounds like a cloud services aggregator — potentially competing with Ingram Micro Cloud and Tech Data TDCloud, among other emerging players in that market…
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