Tags: Hardware Solutions, Internet, Software Solutions, Telecommunications
By Alexander Villafania
MAKATI CITY, METRO MANILA – Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) is looking to take advantage of demand for data storage from local telecommunications firms as these continue to expand their network infrastructure.
Due to the possible explosion of data usage, telecommunications firms have to look at more efficient ways to build, expand, and manage their core data infrastructure.
Already, local telecom firms, such as Globe Telecom and the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), are investing heavily on their mobile networks in an effort to capture a growing segment of users who are tapping into mobile services.
Globe is investing approximately P21 billion while PLDT is putting in P67 billion.
Hubert Yoshida, vice president and chief technology officer of HDS, predicts that Internet usage on mobile devices in the Philippines would continue to grow.
More than on consumer usage, business-related data services running on a cloud computing environment may draw just as much potential revenues for the telecom firms.
Cloud computing, by definition, is a system of delivery of services using shared resources. In many cases, corporate information technology infrastructure is used to run applications all at once instead of having them installed in each device.
For “public cloud” services, there are basically applications that run on Web browsers instead of being run from a machine. An example of this is the Google Documents online desktop productivity software that can be an alternative to PC-based applications such as Microsoft Office.
The main advantages of cloud computing services is lower cost as customers only need to pay for pay-per-use, as well as savings in maintenance.
“There will be an exponential growth in data use. Cloud computing aims to solve some of the problems of small-to-medium scale businesses, which do not have the investment capacity to build their own IT infrastructure,” Yoshida said.
For the Philippines, Yoshida said that over 90 percent of businesses are in the small and medium business space, which provides telecommunications firms a lucrative market to target.
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