Tata Comm to provide cloud tech across 100 nations by 2016

Global internet solution provider Tata Communications today launched large IT network and cloud computing enablement platform IZO in 34 countries, including India, and plans to expand it to 100 nations in next 18 months.

"Our initial coverage (of IZO) is 34 countries and you will see us expanding that very rapidly. I would aim at getting to over a 100 countries in the next 18 months," Tata Communications Managing Director and CEO Vinod Kumar told PTI.

Cloud platform offers access to computing facility like storage or software on pay as per use model instead of buying the full product at one go.

Most of the companies are now accessing software and storage through cloud business model to reduce their expenses as per business need.

Large corporates generally make their own private network due to their requirement of high speed access and delivery of data as well as to keep their data secure.

However, they also require to access internet network open for public for general public where security and transmission speed is unpredictable.

The IZO platform provides large business houses to jointly use their private IT network along with public network.

"Instead of traffic just bouncing around the internet and not having the guarantee of how long it takes (for data) to go across from point A to point B, or how secure it will be, IZO will bring about both security but also reliability," Kumar said.

For IZO platform, Tata Communications has partnered with over 20 cloud service providers reaching to 85 per cent of the world's GDP, two of the largest cloud platforms - Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure and over 50 data centres across the globe.

"IZO will bring 25 to 30 per cent savings compared to traditional private technology based Wide Area Network (an IT network connecting offices at various locations)," Kumar said.