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Network Operators Turn to the Cloud to Cut Testing Costs


Cloud-based testing and monitoring can offer cost savings for service providers, says Heavy Reading Insider

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 22 — Service providers are taking a close look at cloud-based test and monitoring services as a way to pare down their testing costs as they roll out a greater number of new products, according to the latest report published by Heavy Reading Insider (www.heavyreading.com/insider), a subscription research service from Heavy Reading (www.heavyreading.com).

Cloud Adds a Silver Lining to Testing & Monitoring Solutions examines the cloud testing and monitoring market, analyzing the most lucrative verticals of cloud testing and monitoring, and discussing drivers and challenges in the industry. It includes a comparative analysis of solutions available, examines the geographic landscape of the market and details trends that will likely occur in the industry over the next 18-24 months.

For a list of companies covered in this report, http://img.lightreading.com/lri/pdf/hri0612_companies.pdf

"Cloud testing and monitoring gives many of the same benefits that cloud services provide across the board, especially in terms of reduced costs and improved flexibility," says Denise Culver, research analyst with Heavy Reading Insider and author of the report. "Cloud testing and monitoring services all but eliminate the need for costly capex outlays, one of the biggest reasons that so many service providers and enterprises failed to adequately test and maintain their networks in the past."

Key findings of Cloud Adds a Silver Lining to Testing & Monitoring Solutions include the following:

  • Cloud-delivered services will drive the need for new, differentiated services offerings that are based on advanced application-aware networks and SLAs.
  • A lack of standards could adversely impact adoption of cloud test and measurement solutions, with inconsistency between the various offers from service providers.
  • Many test and monitoring vendors are providing cloud services on a pay-as-you-go basis, making an even stronger value-proposition case for using cloud-based testing.
  • IP, MPLS and IMS have well-developed network architectures that are driving the delivery of distributed applications in key regions.

Cloud Adds a Silver Lining to Testing & Monitoring Solutions is available as part of an annual single-user subscription (12 monthly issues) to Heavy Reading Insider , priced at $1,995. Individual reports are available for $900 (single-user license).

To subscribe, or for more information, please visit: www.heavyreading.com/insider. For more information about other Heavy Reading Insider research services, visit: www.heavyreading.com/research.

To request a free executive summary of the report, or for details on multi-user licensing options, please contact:

Jeff Claudino
Director of Sales
Insider Research Services
619-229-9940
claudino@lightreading.com

Press/analyst contact:
Jennifer Baker
Marketing Director, Light Reading Communications Network
617-871-1910
jbaker@lightreading.com

About Heavy Reading (www.heavyreading.com)

Heavy Reading is an independent research organization offering deep analysis of emerging telecom trends to network operators, technology suppliers, and investors. Its product portfolio includes in-depth reports that address critical next-generation technology and service issues, market trackers that focus on the telecom industry's most critical technology sectors, exclusive worldwide surveys of network operator decision-makers that identify future purchasing and deployment plans, and a rich array of custom and consulting services that give clients the market intelligence needed to compete successfully in the global telecom industry. As a telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lrcn.com), Heavy Reading contributes to the only integrated business information platform serving the global communications industry.

About Light Reading Communications Network (www.lrcn.com)

The Light Reading Communications Network combines the most trusted telecom research brands with award-winning online communities and a rich events portfolio to deliver the only integrated business information platform serving the global communications industry. With the power of this platform, leaders who build, deploy, finance, and regulate next-generation telecom networks are able to make more informed decisions on emerging market and service opportunities. Light Reading Communications Network is a division of UBM TechWeb (www.ubmtechweb.com), the global leader in technology media and business information.

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Source: Heavy Reading

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