Vamsi Chemitiganti

AWS and IDC have published a research report on telco collaboration with hyperscalers and cloud service providers as they evolve into 5G and MEC edge applications.I thought it would be helpful to highlight this report. It also highlights Swisscom, an AWS customer and their 5G journey from a CSP to a “cloud first” Telco.

This week’s post features another customer story on AWS. This article is reproduced from the below and discusses how Snapchat relied on microservices and a multi-cloud strategy to overhaul its technology approach as it grew.

Small-scale enterprises and organizations have started evaluating and implementing edge architectures due to the need to support innovative use cases to increase efficiency and/or enhance their customer experience. But there is still a long way to go for enterprise edge deployments as there are more challenges in large-scale distributed computing

Those who pay attention and follow the 5G space have probably noticed the phenomenon of Operators moving their infrastructure over to the cloud providers.

We introduce Cilium, an open source community-driven project that aims to drive software-driven networking, network observability, and monitoring for cloud-native microservice-based deployments on Kubernetes and other container orchestration platforms.

Over the years, I have had the good fortune of working with some of the best engineering talent in the financial services industry on cutting edge, realtime platforms. A customer who led the way in the Capital markets space is FINRA.

At AWS, I lead the global container practice for two key verticals – Telcos and M&E (Media and Entertainment). My group spends a lot of our time being customer-focused and working with customers & partners on a daily basis to understand trends, use cases, and business goals.

Running Kubernetes on bare metal infrastructure is complex, requiring specialized expertise and significant customer investment in time and the tools needed to automate Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management.

As service providers begin to roll out 5G POCs and initial deployments, there is no question that these cloud native platforms will be huge Capex and Opex investments on their part. These platforms should be able to handle diverse workloads such as telco, edge and enterprise applications. They must be efficient as well as robust from an operational standpoint. They must also serve the operator well for years. While it is never my intention to be hyperbolic or combative, the question is if Openstack is a viable 5G platform – when compared with hyperscaler clouds.