Managed Services

Infrastructure as a Service is definitely going to become a commodity offering and with economies of scale, virtual network services will be a high volume, low margin product.  Cloud Services providers are already offering Hosted Virtual Server, Storage Area Network Solutions, Off Site Data Backup Services, and even Storage as a Service combined with Server Collocation for pennies on the dollar compared to legacy physical network and server infrastructures.  That being said, the leading contributor to competitive advantage in the Virtualization Services and Cloud Services market is going to be how the service is differentiated from the "commodities".  What are those differentiators?  Depends on the customers your targeting, including their size and type of business, their vertical, and other numerous variables.  In my next blog I'll talk more about how LightBound is setting itself apart with added value beyond the base Infrastructure offering.

Go Cloud!

Sam Newberry