Carrier cloud
Carrier cloud is class of cloud computing service that merges the high-performance capabilities and reliability of a communications service provider's network with the lower costs and flexibility provided by traditional public cloud services. The carrier cloud attempts to remove the data bottleneck and security issues that often occur in and to the virtualized data center due to lack of control of data flow over the public Internet.[1][2]
History
By the beginning of the twenty-first century, the advent of virtualization technology and cost effective computing hardware, as well as ubiquitous Internet connectivity, enabled a first wave of cloud services, including Salesforce.com in 1999 and Amazon Web Services in 2002.[3] However, many businesses and organizations hesitated to move more demanding applications from on-premise dedicated hardware into public or private clouds. As a response, communications service providers started around 2009 to develop carrier clouds that address perceived weaknesses in existing cloud services.[4][5]
Weaknesses cited vary but often include performance, availability, security, and service level agreements (SLAs).[6][7]
References
- ↑ "Cloud Evolution: The Carrier Cloud" (PDF). Kontron. 2013. http://www.kontron.com/resources/collateral/white_papers/kontroncarriercloudwp.pdf.
- ↑ Narcisi, Gina (November 2013). "Carrier cloud services: Do customers care if you own the network?". SearchTelecom. TechTarget. http://searchtelecom.techtarget.com/feature/Carrier-cloud-services-Do-customers-care-if-you-own-the-network. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ↑ Mohamed, Arif (March 2009). "A history of cloud computing". ComputerWorld.com. TechTarget. http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/A-history-of-cloud-computing. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ↑ Scarpati, Jessica (8 October 2009). "Carriers poised to offer cloud computing services, but with some risks". SearchTelecom. TechTarget. http://searchtelecom.techtarget.com/news/1370739/Carriers-poised-to-offer-cloud-computing-services-but-with-some-risks. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ↑ Scarpati, Jessica (8 October 2009). "Telecom cloud services change hosting business model". SearchTelecom. TechTarget. http://searchtelecom.techtarget.com/news/1370759/Telecom-cloud-services-change-hosting-business-model. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ↑ Jansen, Wayne; Grance, Timothy (January 2011). "Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing" (PDF). National Institute of Standards and Technology. https://downloads.cloudsecurityalliance.org/initiatives/guidance/NIST-Draft-SP-800-144_cloud-computing.pdf. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ↑ Kim, Jeff (21 April 2011). "Performance issues cloud content delivery options". ECM Plus. http://ecmplus.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/feature-performance-issues-cloud-content-deliverey-options/. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
