Operators lacking a public cloud strategy could lose millions, Optiva warns

TORONTO — Communication service providers who fail to move core, cloud-native applications to the public cloud risk losing competitive market position and millions of dollars from their bottom line, according to cloud software provider Optiva, which issued the warning in a news release ahead of next week’s Mobile World Congress Barcelona conference.In its news release, Optiva cited information from Ovum’s February 2019 report Understanding the Business Value of Re-architecting Core Applications on the Public Cloud to support Optiva's position.Ovum analyst Roy Illsley is quoted as saying: “To meet and exceed customers’ expectations, CSPs need to quickly introduce new services and...