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VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 2009 ANNUAL REPORT
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Moving Up to the Cloud
Verizon is already helping its customers realize the promise of
cloud computing. Our “Computing as a Service” solution enables
companies to employ only the resources they need, rather than incur
the expense of building and managing their own networks. We also offer
customers expert consulting services to help them make the transition
to this new way of managing the global enterprise.
Cloud computing is transforming the way businesses operate,
and the future holds even greater promise. Verizon will deliver a
full range of converged IP communications and IT solutions tailored to
key industries. This compelling cloud-based “everything-as-a-service”
model will be backed by our leading managed and professional services.
In this new era of computing, secure total solutions will be available
on-demand, giving our business customers increased flexibility
and efficiency. Verizon’s leadership will help drive growth in this evolving
industry for years to come.
As more commerce takes place on the global Web, enterprise custom-
ers need to connect their mobile workforces, secure their data, manage
network traffic, deliver services worldwide and innovate quickly. But they
don’t necessarily want to become a network company to do it. The solu-
tion is to tap into computing capacity and other resources only when
their businesses need them. Cloud computing is one way for businesses
to become more flexible, achieve greater efficiencies and control costs.
Cloud computing puts business applications, data and storage
capacity in the network where they can be accessed on-demand at any
time, by anyone in the enterprise, anywhere around the world. Remote
computers host and run applications such as e-mail, word processing
and data analysis programs, while virtual servers provide additional data
storage when needed. These Internet-based services allow companies
to be more efficient by reducing their investments in network hardware,
business software and employee training.
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 2009 ANNUAL REPORT
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