Telesat picks CloudOps for LEO cloud infrastructure

OTTAWA — Canadian satellite operator Telesat today announced it has selected CloudOps, a Montreal-based cloud consulting, managed services and software company, to build a cloud infrastructure for its Telesat Lightspeed LEO (low Earth orbit) network. This agreement will see CloudOps design and develop Telesat Lightspeed Cloud, leveraging best-in-class technologies available across multiple cloud vendors, which will allow Telesat to deliver highly flexible and scalable services to customers over its LEO satellite network, says Telesat’s press release. In addition to building the cloud infrastructure, CloudOps will develop cloud-native data platforms and system operations optimized for Telesat Lightspeed. “As the first enterprise-grade...