" Information management tools

" Data center servers, storage, networking

" Data center infrastructure and facilities in multiple locations

This type of provider is only beginning to emerge as cloud applications evolve from the first steps of moving applications to the cloud under (SaaS), to using the cloud for (IaaS). Connecting to many SaaS applications can be accomplished with no more than a standard Internet service delivered by an ISP, or through a companywide shared Layer 3 VPN network.

But as organizations begin to use the cloud for IaaS, the network can potentially break down because standard Internet connections are not built to handle the substantial amounts of information in storage nor the virtual machines now being transferred between data centers. The New Service Provider will need to deploy and packet optical systems to provide the scalability and low latency required by IaaS workloads. And network hypervisor software are essential to virtualize network capacity, which will provide more efficient multi-tenant provisioning, automation and workload orchestration.