Next generation applications are the next big cloud revenue generating opportunity for managed service providers and telcos. To service these apps, born in the cloud and for the cloud, service providers need to make the lives of next generation app developers easier by saving them time and allowing them to focus on their core business logic. Here is our latest infographic featuring five steps to becoming a next gen service provider.

1. SERVICE PROVIDERS!
It is Time to Serve Next Generation Application Developers
Horizontal Scalability
50 billion3
2020
Target in Revenue
Horizontal Scalability
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5 billion1
14 million7
Vertical Scalability
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The Lift and Shift Model That Doesn’t Work
Legacy apps struggle to scale in line with
of the same app using API calls.
increasing demand because they are
typically monolithic.
Service providers want to
profit from the cloud today.
Two strategies up for
consideration are:
Next Generation Apps - Designed for the Cloud
Next generation apps scale independently
and communicate with other components
Next Generation Apps: Born In The Cloud, For The Cloud
GEOGRAPHICAL
REACH
PERFORMANCE
PRICE AS-A-SERVICE TOOLS
ECO-SYSTEM COMMUNITY
DNS
Load Balancer
Storage
CDN
Database
Queuing
Notification
Autoscaling
Deal with
Unpredictable Demand
Designed to Scale
Loosely Coupled
Developed in the
Cloud, for the Cloud
Now Focus on Value-Added Services
By focusing on hosting next generation app stacks
designed for the cloud rather than just raw
infrastructure, services providers can truly
differentiate themselves from the competition.
Aknowledge that you cannot compete
head-to-head with the cloud giants
Become the best friend of software
developers
Stop just selling raw infrastructure
but add value on top of it
Understand use cases
Employ multi-cloud management
technology
1
2
3
4
5
3 billion4
2014
Salesforce
IoT Everywhere
7
Internet Users Smartphone Adoption
3.5 billion2
2019
1.7 billion5
2014
Connected Devices
10 billion6
2015
We Live In a Very Special Time
An impressive and growing number of users are interacting daily though applications hosted in
the cloud. Hosting these applications is now a tremendous opportunity for service providers.
The Cloud Giants Supremacy
Google
Compute
Engine
$100
million8
Softlayer
$400-$500
million9
OpenStack
$600 million10
Microsoft
Azure
$1 billion11
Oracle Recurring
Cloud Services
$1 billion12
Rackspace
$1.535 billion13
SAP’s Cloud
Subscription
€1.2 billion14
$3 billion15
AWS
$3.8 billion16
It’s time to make use of the very technology that once threatened your business.
So What Are Next Generation Apps?
New Business Opportunity to Serve Next Generation App Developers
Focus on migrating
existing workloads
(legacy applications)
Attract new
workloads (next
generation
applications)
The Key Attributes For Hosting Next Generation Apps
5 Steps To Becoming a Next Generation Cloud Provider
Introducing Flexiant Concerto
Flexiant Concerto is the simple solution to multi-cloud workload
management and portability. With Flexiant Concerto, service
providers can add value on top of cloud technology - whatever
the cloud.
Sources:
Learn How Flexiant Concerto
Can Benet You
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1 http://www.networworld.com/article/2238913/wireless/10-fool-proof-predictions-for-the-internet-in-2020.html?page=1
2 http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Smartphone-Users-Worldwide-Will-Total-175-Billion-2014/1010536
3 http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303640604579296580892973264
4 http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users/
5 https://www.forrester.com/Forrester+Research+World+Mobile+And+Smartphone+Adoption+Forecast+2014+To+2019+Global/fulltext/-/E-RES118252
6 http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303640604579296580892973264
7 http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users/
8 http://news.investors.com/technology-click/041414-697163-goog-msft-only-companies-likely-to-threaten-amazon-in-cloud.htm
9 http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324563004578525001921101148
10 https://451research.com/report-short?entityId=79113referrer=marketing
11 http://www.cnet.com/news/microsofts-azure-gets-competitive-with-1b-in-revenue/
12 http://talkincloud.com/talkin039-cloud-top-100-cloud-services-providers/top-100-cloud-services-providers-list-2013-ranked-
13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rackspace
14 http://www.pcworld.com/article/2089700/sap-expects-revenue-of-30-billion-by-2017-driven-by-cloud.html
15 http://talkincloud.com/talkin039-cloud-top-100-cloud-services-providers/top-100-cloud-services-providers-list-2013-ranked-
16 http://www.zdnet.com/amazons-aws-3-8-billion-revenue-in-2013-says-analyst-7000009461/