InterCloud Systems Inc. (ICLD)

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Some DD for the less tech savvy... ICLD Loooooooooong! :)

I left all of the other tickers out, but you can look these companies up to see that ICLD plays with the big boys, whether as a technology partner or consultant (except for Riot/Tencent - that's just an example)

Intercloud has invested the time into architecting a system, and now it's time to apply this to customers. Many service providers (e.g. Sprint, AT&T, Verizon, L3, etc.) and cloud computing (Rackspace, Amazon, etc.) have thousands of employees, but always need help implementing SDN and NFV on some level. Network automation is something that most carrier employees don't understand - they're network engineers, not programmers, developers, or automation experts. This is where InterCloud comes in.

For the simple truth of the matter, look at how networking companies like Cisco and Juniper put SDN + NFV all over their websites, presentations, and marketing. Every carrier, cloud computing company, or large dotcom is all over trying to do this themselves. Let's take a look at Riot (owned by Tencent / makes League of Legends). Running Online Services at Riot. The gist of this article (part of a series) is that the largest cloud-based companies live and die by being able massively microsegment and scale to tens or hundreds of thousands of hosts. League of Legends is the number one free-to-play online game in the world, with more online viewers than the NBA Finals had TV viewers. The point isn't to talk about them, but ensure you realize the massive scale requires the types of services InterCloud offers.

In the 90s, a website might be run on one or two servers. That has shifted to thousands of VMs running across thousands of servers, and SDN/NFV is the modernized scalable solution for automating the exponential scale and dynamic nature of modern cloud networking needs. This is what Intercloud does!

Intercloud offers on-demand demo Juniper Contrail labs on their website. Some overstated or fly-by-night "cable pulling" company (as idiots on here have claimed) does not have the aptitude to automate a Contrail lab.



As for ICLD: In the 10K, they tell all:


I repeat, the 10K tells all



Our Competitive Strengths

During 2016, we began delivering DPoD, a hyper-converged private/hybrid cloud solution. Our DPoD product offering provides all of the attributes of a public cloud offering, including reduced capital expenditures for our customers and greater elasticity and scalability in a dedicated private cloud environment. DPoD can be deployed within our data centers or on customer premises. In addition to compute and storage resources, DPoD is fully-enabled with SDN and NFV to leverage software-based network appliances. DPoD is a ‘cloud in a box,’ that brings everything together, including a full multi-vendor professional services experience. The DPoD provides the client with a completely secure, private cloud solution that can be leveraged for nearly any business application.

We believe our market advantages center around our IOT platform NFVGrid and services portfolio. Our software allows enterprise and carrier accounts to take advantage of deploying virtual network functions with service chaining for multi-vendor deployments, VNF monitoring, VNF and full network analytics, the ability to turn up a VNF or turn them off if necessary. SDN and NFV have just begun to be adopted in carrier and enterprise networks after years of planning and testing. InterCloud has a competitive advantage because our NFVGrid platform has the next-generation automation necessary to lead clients through this latest technology transformation.

? Service Provider Relationships . We have established relationships with many leading wireless and wireline telecommunications providers, cable broadband MSOs, OEMs and others. Our current customers include Ericsson Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Century Link, Inc., AT&T Inc. and Hotwire Communications.

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? Long-Term Master Service Agreements . We have over 30 master service agreements with service providers and OEMs. Our relationships with our customers and existing master service agreements position us to continue to capture existing and emerging opportunities, both domestically and internationally. We believe the barriers are extremely high for new entrants to obtain master service agreements with service providers and OEMs unless there are established relationships and a proven ability to execute.

? Professional Services

? Engineering talents . Our geographical reach and vast engineering talents enable our customers to take advantage of our end-to-end solutions and one-stop shopping.

? Proven Ability to Recruit, Manage and Retain High-Quality Personnel. Our ability to recruit, manage and retain skilled labor is a critical advantage in an industry in which a shortage of skilled labor is often a key limitation for our customers and competitors alike. We own and operate an actively-maintained database of more than 70,000 telecom and IT personnel. We also employ highly-skilled recruiters and utilize an electronic hiring process that we believe expedites deployment of personnel and reduces costs. We believe this access to a skilled labor pool gives us a competitive edge over our competitors as we continue to expand.

? Strong Senior Management Team with Proven Ability to Execute. Our highly-experienced management team has deep industry knowledge and brings an average of over 25 years of individual experience across a broad range of disciplines. We believe our senior management team is a key driver of our success and is well-positioned to execute our strategy.