Public cloud provider and CSP partnerships: trends and analysis 1H 2023
31 August 2023 | Research
Report | PPTX and PDF (7 slides) | Cloud and AI Infrastructure| AI and Data Platforms
Communications service providers (CSPs) continued to partner with public cloud providers (PCPs) in 1H 2023. These partnerships involve transforming CSPs’ IT estates, hosting CSPs’ 5G networks in the public cloud and CSPs reselling PCP’s B2B services.
Other topics covered
- Insights into PCP–CSP partnerships associated with IT transformation, network transformation and B2B cloud services
- Insights into which IT transformation use cases are being targeted through PCP–CSP partnerships
- Insights into the emergence of multi-domain deals in which a PCP contributes to simultaneously transforming multiple aspects of CSPs’ operations
- Information about the partnerships involving direct connections between CSPs and PCPs
This report is based on our Public cloud provider and CSP partnership tracker.
Authors

Joseph Attwood
Analyst
Matt Small
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