VODAFONE

SCOTT PETTY CDIO ,

VODAFONE already running on AWS and pushes them to the edge of our network , into our computer nodes in our technology centres , which dramatically reduces the latency for those applications . We ' re seeing some great early examples in drone detection , systems , security systems and energy management systems leveraging those capabilities . 5G will be a key pillar in industry 4.0 initiatives around smart factories and smart buildings .”

Hyperscale partnerships Building strong partnerships with the leading hyperscalers such as Google Cloud , Microsoft and AWS is critical for Vodafone , through which they are jointly able to deliver innovative products and services .

As Petty explains , “ that ' s really allowed us to take a big leap forward in our capabilities . With AWS , we ' ve done a lot of work in building our digital platforms and scalability required to make digital a successful channel . It ' s already our largest channel , but continuing to have the greatest level of performance is really important . We use Microsoft in a number of areas as well .”

Partnerships with traditional vendors , particularly in BSS , are also important in terms of core transactional systems . Big investments have also been made in Google ’ s cloud-native technology suit as the whole ecosystem evolves to a cloud native world . technologymagazine . com 69