AI must be native to cloud to deliver intelligent, cost-effective infrastructure

NEELAKANTAN VENKATARAMAN
VP & GLOBAL HEAD – CLOUD, AI AND EDGE COMPUTING BUSINESS, TATA COMMUNICATIONS

“As enterprises advance in 2026, cloud platforms must operate with intelligence, autonomy, and built- in optimisation, helping organisations extract sustained business value rather than manage infrastructure complexity. At Tata Communications, AI is native to our cloud, integrated across infrastructure and processes via Vayu Cloud. Combining FinOps, AIOps, and automated workflows, it continuously optimises resources, right-sizes workloads, and prevents incidents proactively. Together with IZO+ Multi Cloud Network, Edge Distribution Platform, and ThreadSpan, our AI-ready digital fabric unifies networks, cloud, and security, enabling enterprises to scale AI workloads efficiently. Using general- purpose and NVIDIA GPU-accelerated compute across bare metal, virtual machines, and Kubernetes, and through AI Studio, we help customers move from proof-of-concept to production in days with governance, explainability, and security built in.

Security is integral. Zero-trust starts with full-stack, sovereign architecture. Vayu Cloud ensures customer data stays within India using layered controls, WAF, key management, and continuous monitoring. ThreadSpan enables role-based provisioning and micro-segmentation across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, supported by 24x7 NOC, SOC, and DevSecOps, allowing enterprises to adopt zero-trust progressively without disrupting operations or compliance. Our hybrid-by-design approach modernises enterprises at their own pace. Vayu Cloud orchestrates multi-tenant public clouds, private clouds, and edge infrastructure through a single interface, allowing workloads to shift, scale, or burst seamlessly between on-premises, Tata services, and hyperscalers. Cloud enables continuity and incremental innovation, while unified control and workload mobility define the next phase of enterprise cloud strategy.”