Verizon CaaS: On-Demand Resources for Enterprise Customers

Table of Contents

• Executive summary
• The Ovum view
• Key messages
• What is CaaS?
• Infrastructure on demand
• Key features
• Customer management portal
• Virtual farms
• Types of server resources
• Support options
• Security
• Optional features
• Target markets
• Typical customers
• Use cases
• Pay per use
• Matching operating costs to resource usage
• First impressions
• Slick interface
• More service-level granularity required
• Software partners will be key
• Physical server provisioning is a differentiator
• Impact on the market
• Making money on a market in its infancy

List of Tables

• Table 1: CaaS use cases

List of Figures

• Figure 1: CaaS virtual farm architecture