| Date | Report |
|
|
Jasper Wireless improves already strong position in M2M service delivery with software “adapter” for improved device performance, management and diagnostics, as well as connectivity sustainability to help with rapid application development.
|
|
|
VMWare and a series of telecom and hosting partners made a splash with this week’s vCloud Data Center Service launch. The vCloud solution promises to make it easier to move workloads between public and private clouds.
|
|
|
Current Analysis has completed its Global Network Tracker, which assesses international IP/MPLS footprints and Ethernet/DSL access for major global carriers. This report summarizes key findings and identifies carrier competitiveness by region.
|
|
|
After more than a year in beta, Skype releases its SIP trunking service, Skype Connect 1.0. The service supports a broad range of CPE and could cater to a wide range of users; a key missing piece – due imminently in the U.S. – is channel support.
|
|
|
Carriers have stepped up their investments in Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines. However, with varying stages of economic development, investors have to consider the risks associated with the political stability of each country.
|
|
|
Intel jolted the IT and financial sectors with its planned purchase of security vendor McAfee. Still, even as the companies talked up the promise of embedding security into hardware, big questions remain about the wisdom of the deal.
|
|
|
Boeing wants to expand beyond its government and defence establishment roots, and to develop IP-network solutions for ‘near adjacencies’ like utility companies. Acquiring Narus gives Boeing a wider and deeper cybersecurity market presence.
|
|
|
The 2010 Data Breach Investigations Report from Verizon Business is uncomfortable reading for security professionals and IT departments alike. The vast amount of breaches could have been mitigated if they had only read their security log files.
|
|
|
Orange Business Services has recast its priorities in the light of the conquests2015 FT strategy with a focus on high-end, value-add services. With high customer satisfaction levels the real challenge will be to deliver true service convergence.
|
|
|
Global Crossing has teamed with Teliris to provide a range of telepresence and videoconferencing solutions. The partnership jumpstarts Global Crossing with many hundreds of reachable partner endpoints and global, on-the-ground support specialists.
|
|
|
This report analyses the enterprise services market in Japan, looking at how foreign carriers are planning to win more deals in Japan and how the domestic players are defending their turf through service innovation and acquisitions.
|
|
|
Cloud security is a top-enterprise concern. Viable security solutions are emerging piecemeal with the carrier focus on secure access to private and hosted solutions, and the SI focus on business processes, public clouds and application security.
|
|
|
NTT has offered $3.2 billion to acquire Dimension Data. The company will keep its brand and management team intact and report to the NTT group. The implications of the move are high for NTT, the ICT industry and every Dimension Data partner.
|
|
|
The cloud is getting a more real for enterprises as more providers introduce business-class IaaS offers. While most organizations are still in an experimental phase, there are signs of success that bode well for growth.
|
|
|
Orange Business Services is working on telepresence interconnection agreements, but it doesn't yet give names. The carrier is working toward a rental/usage-based model that should broaden customer acceptance of telepresence services.
|
|
|
M2M is getting a lot of attention, but can it actually provide profitable service opportunities for network operators? This advisory report looks at the issues involved in providing M2M services, and outlines current best practices.
|
|
|
Telefonica Multinational Solutions extends its mobile service footprint in the U.S. with white label service from Verizon Global Wholesale; a logical move to fortify its position in the Americas and serve its existing base of 800 MNCs.
|
|
|
With renewed management across most business units and a tradition of five-year strategic plans, France Telecom-Orange has now launched “conquests 2015,” focusing on employees, networks and customer acquisitions.
|
|
|
HP has a comprehensive approach to data center transformation. It differentiates through its holistic vision, playbook for evaluating the level of enterprise maturity and internal experiences which are well-documented.
|
|
|
Verizon Business is initiating field trials of a hosted UC&C solution based on Cisco’s Hosted Collaboration Solution platform. The platform delivers a broader application set compared to other UC offers, giving Verizon an edge in the market.
|
|
|
Global managed mobility services are heating up as operators court MNCs with management of telecoms expenses and devices across multiple carriers’ networks. This advisory describes the competitive landscape and rates the operators.
|
|
|
HP has increased its services revenue driven largely by the success of its ITO business. This report considers the first six months of HP and what lies ahead with regard to its overall services strategy.
|
|
|
IBM and T-Systems lead the Q2 2010 global MSSP assessment, in a market where IT-carrier convergence creates closer cooperation and fiercer competition. The focus is now on end-to-end solutions for borderless global corporate network.
|
|
|
CSC has enjoyed a solid financial year with a balanced and diversified spread on revenue generation. It also reports a $19.2 billion sales pipeline. Still, with cutbacks in the public sector, there will be bumps in the road as well as opportunity.
|
|
|
Unified communications and collaboration (UCC) services are still not big-ticket items in the ITSP lineup. However, the category is gaining momentum and presents interesting opportunities to win new logos and shift business model.
|
|
|
Data center transformation is the moving from a static, costly and inefficient infrastructure to one that is green, agile and maps to business requirements. This advisory considers the journey, and what makes an effort a success.
|
|
|
Continued economic instability is driving global IT solution providers to look outside their traditional borders to regions like Latin America where growth is strong. But to thrive in a dynamic market requires careful planning – and some luck.
|
|
|
The two carriers have not yet reached commercial rollout, but Tata and Telefónica announced that they will cooperate for telepresence video exchange interconnectivity, indicating the shape of carrier cooperation to come.
|
|
|
Verizon Business enhances its IP services portfolio with features that let enterprises manage communications costs by reducing calls terminated to the PSTN. The concept is good, but savings from these features rely on communities of VoIP users.
|
|
|
iPass adds free WiFi and 3G visibility and control to its Open Mobile platform, enhancing cost management, manageability and support options. As access commoditizes further, it seeks differentiation with its “enterprise-defined” value proposition.
|
|
|
IBM opened a new R&D lab in Massachusetts and educated analysts on its significant (but often overlooked) role in enterprise mobility. The company provided a deep dive into IBM software, with insights into its diverse capabilities in this space.
|
|
|
Tata has released a flurry of telepresence deals capped by the first public Cisco TPS inter-exchange trials, held with BT. Cisco telepresence exchange interconnection seems ripe for many more such announcements in the near future.
|
|
|
CSC made its on-demand ambitions clear this week, expanding its virtualized data center infrastructure and launching new collaborative and testing cloud solutions. The company is a strong position, but CSC still has to fight the crowd noise.
|
|
|
Cisco TelePresence System (TPS) has been capable of standard third-party platform support, but not necessarily in a totally integrated and seamless way. New AT&T Business Exchange functionality can incorporate SD/HD endpoints more seamlessly.
|
|
|
ITSPs are increasingly focused on enterprise mobility as a growth area. How do they compare to each other and to global carriers that are all looking to draw MNCs with managed and professional services? Who is leading the pack?
|
|
|
HP is taking a page from its own playbook, spending big to automate customer data centers. The modernization effort will allow HP to cut its headcount by 9,000 while improving operational efficiencies to reduce expenses further.
|
|
|
AT&T is making it clearer than ever that enterprise mobility is a very key focus area, with three separate announcements last week. It also took advantage of its recent analyst event to highlight its activities in this segment.
|
|
|
Colt gave a positive impression during its analyst event, the first in a while, informing the analyst community of its fresh image and its progress in moving from a traditional telco to an integrated IT, service and network provider.
|
|
|
AT&T will combine McAfee’s global threat intelligence technology with its own Secure E-mail Gateway Service for customers of all sizes and worldwide, and provide full BusinessDirect portal integration. This is good news for its MNC customers.
|
|
|
Verizon Business continues to impress and its recent analyst days in Asia and Europe confirmed its global intentions and commitment to cloud services, security and business solutions with an investment in people with long-term industry expertise.
|
|
|
Verizon Business made a splash this week with the introduction of its clean pipes security solution, which it will offer to its customers for free. This, along with other upcoming cloud security services, will appeal to a diverse customer set.
|
|
|
Verizon Business changes RAS directions by uncoupling access from laptop security, offering a cloud-based network-agnostic service with per user per month pricing. Mobility as a service fits strategically with its other cloud initiatives.
|
|
|
T-Systems considers enterprise mobility a “core belief,” with a focus on developing standardized services for device management and mobile applications. While working with T-Mobile on some bids, it also offers carrier-agnostic mobility services.
|
|
|
Verizon Business adds Riverbed to its list of of-the-shelf WAN optimization solutions, and is upgrading its WAN optimization professional services. U.S.-based global competitors are catching up to their European counterparts in the field.
|
|
|
The Telefónica Leadership Conference was a forum for industry leaders, Telefónica executives, customers and partners to engage the analyst community with insights as it focuses on the evolving communication requirements of global enterprises.
|
|
|
NTT Com has taken a 70% stake in Emerio. This essentially doubles the resources of its APAC organization (outside Japan), and it will allow the company to expand its network-centric IT services capabilities and back-end support across the region.
|
|
|
This report analyses the enterprise services market in Greater China and highlights the opportunities and challenges in offering network services within the region.
|
|
|
The Fujitsu cloud strategy applies a dynamic delivery model to the infrastructure, applications, activities, and content. The focus on business value will appeal to enterprise users, but the long lead-time gives competitors plenty of time to react.
|
|
|
T-Systems and SEN signed a global partnership. T-Systems can offer better capabilities around UCC consulting, integration and more feet on the street. SEN gets a great channel and business partner that knows its products.
|
|
|
Verizon Business keeps adding new features and certifications to increase the flexibility and reassure customers of the stability of its Computing as a Service offer. What really distinguishes the offer is the security and agility of the network.
|
|
|
Cable&Wireless Worldwide added Ethernet Wireline and E-VPN to its global data WAN offerings and expanded reach in Asia-Pacific. The company’s MSP investments are bringing concrete benefits, including greater service choice and coverage.
|
|
|
With its 4.0 update, Apple is finally addressing the biggest gripe against the iPhone (i.e., multitasking, a key feature for both consumer and enterprise applications) while potentially opening up an enormous new revenue stream with in-app ads.
|
|
|
The market for managed telepresence services continues to gel, as global competitors have rolled out video exchanges, with more to come. Though underway, most public telepresence room projects were off to a slightly later start than anticipated.
|
|
|
IBM and Verizon are teaming on a remote data backup service combining connectivity with a data vault. The pay-per-use service gives enterprises an intriguing alternative to truck-and-transport offers, but initially is only available in New York.
|
|
|
Tata Communications held its global analyst and media summit in London. The carrier is an established power house in global wholesale, and is now looking to ramp up momentum in the MNC segment which represents a challenge, given the competition.
|
|
|
Verizon Business leads this first assessment of cloud security services with both breadth and depth of service ahead of the competition, but Symantec is also putting in a good performance. Generally, North America leads the cloud market.
|
|
|
CTIA 2010 showcased enterprise solutions ranging from M2M to smartphones to mobile applications, with excitement about the rise of mobile broadband, but there is concern for the effect unbridled growth will have on constrained wireless networks.
|
|
|
At its annual analyst conference, Verizon Business promoted a brand identity attached to delivering strategic solutions. While the company has the necessary resources, Verizon needs to craft partnerships to build a broader ecosystem of solutions.
|
|
|
AT&T has added to its MEAP mobile app service with its new WorkBench solution, boosting the ease of deployment and management of enterprise applications on the iPhone. WorkBench also circumvents the device’s multi-tasking and security limitations.
|
|
|
Disruption is the name of the game in the collaboration space, with Google and Microsoft reshaping the way businesses access and use productivity applications. Though issues remain, the cloud is becoming business reality.
|
|
|
Verizon Business took part in Cisco's 2006 telepresence debut, but competitors led the subsequent full-court press. The carrier now overhauled its telepresence strategy to focus on Cisco, and separately certified SIP trunking for Microsoft OCS.
|
|
|
2009 was a tough year for security and 2010 is not going to be any easier. The outlook from the corporate CISO’s desk is pretty grim. Companies need to claw back some of the money saved by virtualization and cloud computing to enhance security.
|
|
|
Despite the economic downturn, the demand for IT services across APAC is relatively strong. This report examines the regional dynamics and argues the main growth engines will be in virtualization, cloud computing and IT transformation.
|
|
|
With UCC technology steadily maturing, attention is now turning to UCC-related managed and professional services as a critical sales differentiator. In many ways, services are the “glue” that binds UCC piece parts into a coherent solution.
|
|
|
The Smart Business Development and Test solution on the IBM Cloud emerges from beta, positioned as a secure and high-functioning alternative to internal efforts. However, IBM faces a crowded field of rival IaaS offers.
|
|
|
At RSA 2010, it was apparent that security has moved from the shadows to the forefront of enabling innovative new services. MSSPs and cloud providers have a clear role to play in ensuring security architectures and practices adapt to new models.
|
|
|
IT providers are transforming the workspace by embracing and embedding new mobility and productivity into existing capabilities. Virtual desktop is clearly one of the hottest areas, while green asset disposal is becoming more prevalent.
|