Separation of datacentre and network limits Cloud adoption

Certain limitations of cloud computing could be remedied by telcos that have their own network infrastructures, according to Bell Labs computer networks researcher, Moritz Steiner.

Some companies run business applications that cannot afford to experience any kind of latency, which is can caused by a number of factors, including distance between the hosting datacentre and customer.

Lot of enterprises don't use cloud today

"In other words why a lot of enterprises don't use cloud today, because they don't get guarantee they can do business," Steiner said. "So the network providers owning all the network infrastructure; if they as well run computer resources they can offer a combined package and give guarantees about the complete offering including network connectivity and the datacentres."

Telstra and Optus have been pushing towards offering cloud applications. In June, Telstra committed $800 million over the at once five years to its Cloud computing business.

"You see, the network is very much at the heart of what the Cloud is because you have computer resources, datacentres and clients using this service on some kind of [network] infrastructure," Steiner said. "So separating artificially the Cloud, datacentre and network is what is limiting us today."

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