Special vs Custom vs Standard? Choosing the Building Blocks-13

Continuing from last week, let us now examine the role that telecom operators can play in the emerging architectures.

Operators have had love hate relationships with the webscale organizations (with more hate than love). The genesis lies in the fact that webscale has stolen their captive customers and have used the carrier’s infrastructure to build their own business. While many operators have come around and have started forging relationships, (I mentioned a few last week) others are still waiting for the right time. I believe with data processing  moving to the edge, the time is just right. Those who miss the bus now, may find themselves on the path to a slow death.

I believe that the biggest strength that the carriers have is the extensive access / aggregation network, the real estate they own or rent. They are the ones, who can scale up the edge cloud at a quick notice. Will they do it? and More importantly, how can they monetize this opportunity?

Stay tuned for more next week!