Sprint add IaaS to its growing cloud services repetoire
May 6, 2013
Grazed from FierceTelecom. Author: Sean Buckley.
Sprint (NYSE: S) is taking its partnership with CSC to another level with the introduction of its new infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) service called CloudCompute. The new service, which couples CSC’s utility-based cloud computing solution with Sprint’s Global MPLS network, has been designed to provide its mid-sized domestic customers a path to cloud services.
A key point of Sprint’s new service is focused on helping its mid-sized customers that are considering a move to cloud reduce costs. According to a recent Ovum Business Trends Cloud Services Survey, reducing IT and business-related costs while improving business agility are the top priorities that businesses consider in adopting cloud services…
"Customers are searching for the best options for cloud deployments including IaaS, and want to work with proven providers of IT services that are secure, reliable and well managed. Sprint’s relationship with CSC brings together high-profile skills of two trusted providers for IaaS: one with expertise in secure network services and management with ‘ownership’ of the cloud, the other with extensive experience in cloud and data center management," said John Madden, principal analyst-IT Services, Ovum…
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