Reliable and Secure Infrastructure Services Provided by Sprint CloudCompute

Earlier today, May 6, 2013, Sprint announced the launch of its Sprint CloudCompute. It is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) solution designed to integrate CSC’s virtualized, utility based cloud computing solution with Sprint’s cloud-aware Global MPLS network. Together they provide businesses with secure and reliable networking as well as IT efficiency.

CSC is a global IT services company. They develop technology enabled solutions to solve tough challenges and have been around for over 50 years. MPLS stands for Multiprotocol Label Switching. In high performance telecommunications networks, it directs data from one network node to the next. It does this based on short path labels rather than long network addresses.

In Ovum’s Business Trends Cloud Services Survey, respondents rated cutting costs as the most import factor influencing their decision to invest in cloud services. Also important was improving business agility.

Sprint’s cloud-aware Global MPLS network is designed to provide low latency and jitter needed for critical, real-time business applications. This makes it congestion-free. For no additional fee, Sprint also offers Class of Service (CoS). This eliminates bottlenecks in a customer’s network through prioritization. Application performance is optimized through network based Quality of Service (QoS).

According to Sprint, some of the benefits that a business will get with Sprint CloudCompute are:

• Secure, private network access and seamless connectivity from the subscriber’s business into the IaaS environment
• Scalable, flexible and reliable cloud-aware network
• On-demand provisioning and management capability via Web portal
• Simplicity with a single account team, one contract and one invoice for all services

John Madden, principle analyst for IT services at Ovum said “Sprint’s IaaS offering is coming to market at an opportune time. 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. Sprint’s offering through its CSC collaboration gives customers another strong and viable option as they move ahead with their cloud decisions.”

One of the secrets to Sprint’s cloud strategy is to team up with leaders in software and cloud computing. At the same time, they are enhancing their services with seamless integration of mobility access. We all know how everyone loves the “anytime, anywhere and anything” phrase. Businesses of any size can grab hold of a variety of hosted services, all going through Sprint’s networks. This includes 3G, 4G and all IP Global MPLS technologies.

“Sprint has a long history of providing comprehensive, integrated solutions. Companies can rely on Sprint as their single source for all their networking needs, which now includes cloud computing solutions. Investing in the network is critical to a company’s cloud strategy and success. Sprint’s all-IP network has the flexibility, scalability and reliability required to meet the performance demands of cloud applications.” said Mike Fritz, vice president of wireline and solutions engineering.