The inquiry into telecom enterprises' cloud computing strategy: A case study of China telecom

Business transformation is a now common action of global telecom enterprises, and cloud computing technology in this moment provides a direction and opportunity for the transformation. As one of three major Chinese telecom operators, China Telecom has also seized this opportunity. Aiming to become the leading supplier of intelligent communication pipeline, a provider of integrated platform as well as a participant of offering content services and applications, China Telecom has formulated specific cloud strategy and implementing guarantees, and put forward corresponding cloud computing strategy framework under the guidance of its transformation strategy.

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