Cloud Report: Managed Services for Visibility, Control, Security on the Rise

A new report on cloud computing trends from Allot Communications shows that communication services providers are more frequently providing their enterprise customers with managed services for greater control, visibility, quality of service (QoS) and security of the cloud applications they’re representing.

The “Allot CloudTrends Report H2 2014” provides some insight into the managed cloud services being offered to enterprises and small and medium businesses (SMBs) by communication services providers. According to the report, such services providers view software-as-a-service (SaaS) enterprise applications like unified communications, virtualized office suites, cloud storage and enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) as a substantial revenue opportunity.

“Workforce productivity and mobility needs are causing CIOs to re-evaluate their network infrastructure and operations,” said Yaniv Sulkes, associate vice president of marketing at Allot Communications, in a prepared statement. “At the same time, communication services providers are responding by evolving their SMB and enterprise cloud services to reach beyond classic connectivity and IT solutions traditionally provided.”

Some of the key findings from the report include:

“The market trends surfaced in our report reflect what we are seeing with our communication services provider and enterprise customers,” he said. “Communication services providers around the globe are increasingly delivering value-added digital services that can help enterprises overcome their toughest adoption challenges and achieve the cost and efficiency benefits promised by the cloud.”