Are Webscale App Providers Shaping Core Telecom Platform Trends
Are Webscale App Providers Shaping Core Telecom Platform Trends Webscale Internet companies (Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon) now are exerting a �markedly increased influence� on markets for communications service. Analysts at Heavy Reading now think the webscale players also increasingly are shaping the market for networking hardware, software and services. That will be a contentious point of view, even if many telecom industry execs and others think that is true, to some extent. Google and Facebook are developing new backhaul and access platforms. Google Fiber does buy industry-standard optical access networks as well. But Facebook mostly is looking at open source platforms that can be manufactured by supplied by industry suppliers. Clearly, there is impact in terms of buying behavior in the case of Google Fiber, and development potential in the open source efforts by Facebook. At least some telecom industry professionals believe the webscale providers are "leading...
