Managing Cloud Services

Cloud services represent a significant evolution in the use and provision of digital information services for business effectiveness. Yet as buyers start to look at using these services, it is clear there are a number of barriers to adoption.

The primary objective of TM Forum’s Cloud Services Initiative is help the industry overcome these barriers and assist the growth of a vibrant commercial marketplace for cloud based services. The centerpiece of this initiative is an ecosystem of major buyers and sellers who will collaborate to define a range of common approaches, processes, metrics and other key service enablers.

An Enterprise Cloud Buyers Council will serve as the anchor for this ecosystem.


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Low utilization Levels
Inefficient workload density
Insufficient automation
Long provision times
High TCO
Cost allocation challenges

“Pay as you go” transparent cost structure
Right placed workloads
Self-service, on-demand provisioning model
Flexible and elastic scale up and down model
Decreased support costs due to automation
Foundation for Enterprise as a Platform


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