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“Enterprises are now moving beyond cloud experimentation to broader-based implementations, Sixty-four percent of enterprises surveyed by Current Analysis use the cloud now; the remainder will deploy workloads to the cloud and/or consume apps via the cloud within the next 24 months.”
Bruce Page, Vice President of Custom Research at Current Analysis
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Taking Cloud to Both Ends of the Spectrum

IT Connection Blog by Amy Larsen DeCarloSummary Bullets: · As enterprises embrace the cloud for broader use, providers are responding in kind with improved functionality and more services options aimed at customers at either end of the market spectrum (i.e., large enterprises and entry-level users). · Is there a risk these solutions will leave out the bulk of customers in the middle? A new year means a new set of predictions for what is to come in the months ahead for IT.  Front and center in most prognostications are projections about 2013 being a big year for the cloud.  You

Software Defined Networks: Is the Technology Catching Up with the Hype?

IT Connection Blog by Mike SpanbauerSummary Bullets: · SDN may have begun academically focused on enterprise LAN needs, but carrier interest is intense and driving innovation as well. · More SDN solutions are materializing out of powerpoints and into reality today, with some creative and innovative answers to challenging problems in the past – but when will adoption begin to accelerate? SDN may be the most exciting networking technology since the advent of Internet Protocol (IP).  At its most fundamental, the concept of SDN provides a construct by which we can discuss the

What’s in a (Cloud, Hosted) Name?

IT Connection Blog by Cindy WhelanSummary Bullets · The last couple of years have brought increased visibility to “the cloud,” driven in part by the economic environment. · Cloud and hosted models have some similar elements; some marketers use the terms interchangeably, adding confusion to the market. Over the last several years, the communications marketplace has been inundated with news of “cloud” services, offering businesses the promise of cost savings in a challenging economic environment.  It has been difficult to find a news article or press release from a service provider

Current Analysis Introduces Integrated Technology and Services Competitive Intelligence: Cloud, Collaboration, Mobile IT, and Security

Leading research firm offers comprehensive research and analysis across technology, services, vendor, and market points of viewSterling, VA, USA, January 24, 2013 – Current Analysis, the market leader in continuous, tactical competitive intelligence for the telecommunications and information technology markets, announced today the introduction of its integrated technology and services market coverage in four industry-leading growth areas: Cloud, Collaboration, Mobile IT, and Security. “Enterprises are now looking for full lifecycle solutions from vendors that provide both technology and

For Future Consideration: 2013’s Most Important Themes

Complimentary Analyst Webinar ReplayJoin the Current Analysis leadership team for a lively discussion about the things that will matter most in the telecoms and IT market in 2013 and beyond. The roundtable format, moderated by Senior Vice President of Analysis Jerry Caron, will touch on the key, high-level drivers in the markets for consumer services, enterprise network and IT services, enterprise technology, and service provider infrastructure.The roundtable format will be highly interactive, with an emphasis not just on the important themes in each of the segments individually, but also

It’s E-mail, Jim, but Not as We Know It

IT Connection Blog by Brad ShimminSummary Bullets: ·Reports foretelling the death of e-mail are greatly exaggerated.  Thanks to its ubiquity and compatibility, e-mail communication is poised to outlive the Facebook generation. ·However, for e-mail to flourish within the enterprise, it must be seen in an entirely new light, as a medium capable of contextualizing, prioritizing, and thereby elevating the efficacy of this type of content. In season 1, episode 25 of Star Trek (the original series), Captain James T. Kirk and his indispensable science officer Mr. Spock come face

Consumer Telematics Show Focuses on Opportunities and Obstacles for Connected Car

IT Connection Blog by Kitty WeldonSummary Bullets: · Consumer telematics (aka the connected car) is an exciting market, as auto OEMs are associating new infotainment and safety applications with their brands and experimenting with different subscription models. · Mobile operators have a huge stake in this market as they have an opportunity not only to increase connections but to participate in the larger value chain that includes embedded modems and smartphone integration, along with sales, marketing, subscriptions/service enablement, support, content delivery, and consulting and

AT&T Expands on Wireless Plans for Project Velocity IP Rollout

IT Connection Blog by Brian WashburnSummary Bullets: · AT&T expects to add 10,000+ macro cells, 1,000+ DAS and 40,000+ small cells: These and other providers' plans will keep installers busy. · AT&T has timetables for VoLTE (2014) and QoS (2015); LTE Advanced features are on the roadmap without target dates. AT&T's Project Velocity IP plans made a big splash when the company in November 2012 announced it expected to invest $14 billion in its networks. To recap what we covered at the time, AT&T plans to cover 300 million people – 96% of the U.S. population – with its 4G LTE and

Game-changing Alliances such as AT&T and IBM Dramatically Impact Cloud Market

Leading research firm, Current Analysis, releases results of its enterprise cloud adoption studySterling, VA, USA, January 10, 2013 – Current Analysis, the market leader in continuous, tactical competitive intelligence for the telecommunications and information technology markets, announced today the release of its Enterprise Cloud Adoption study. Based on its recent primary research of 550 companies in the U.S. and Europe, Current Analysis is compiling a five-part report providing in-depth analysis on what cloud services solutions are being bought, on what basis, and by whom, looking at

2013 to Be the Year of BYOD and MDM

IT Connection Blog by Gary BartonSummary Bullets: · BYOD should be seen as an opportunity to boost worker efficiency. · BYOD creates security challenges, but there are effective MDM solutions available. 2013 should be the year when the cloud stops being a buzz word and starts to gain real traction, particularly for IP voice and unified communications (UC) services.  The ‘cloud’ is an amorphous and much abused term, but despite its presence on the homepage of every telecoms provider in Europe, take-up of fully hosted voice and UC solutions has been slower than the hype would

Cloud and Mobility: A Match Made in Heaven?

IT Connection Blog by Kitty WeldonSummary Bullets: · The convergence of the ‘cloud’ and mobility is a trend that vendors, service providers, and analysts have been predicting for years (and 2013 is no exception). · However, ‘cloud’ means so many things in so many markets that some of this convergence has already happened under other names. The promise of mobility has long included ‘anywhere, anytime’ access to public and corporate information and collaboration resources.  Adding cloud-based delivery (to smartphones and tablets) of the applications to leverage these resources

Cloud-Based or Premises-Based Contact Center: Which Makes Sense for Your Company?

IT Connection Blog by Ken LandolineSummary Bullets: · Performing total cost of ownership (TCO) and return on investment (ROI) calculations is usually essential to assessing whether or not a cloud contact center is right for your company.  However, there are a couple of basic questions to be answered beforehand that may make the decision a lot simpler. · Many cloud-based contact center offerings have reached technical and reliability parity with premises-based offerings, removing major factors that were initially delaying the growth of the cloud-based customer service market.

Yuletide Blog: 2012 in Review and Can We Expect More of the Same in 2013?

IT Connection Blog by Joel StradlingSummary Bullets: ·Making the Internet and private data networks faster is still going to be a top priority in 2013 ·Security remains of paramount importance for any data service ·Data centre and computing infrastructure become more tightly integrated and embedded with network infrastructure in 2013 Looking back at what happened in 2012, the highlights of the year within the enterprise network and IT service industry include consolidation such as the acquisition of Cable&Wireless Worldwide by Vodafone, the march towards fatter pipes

My New Year’s Resolution Suggestions for CISO/CSOs

IT Connection Blog by Paula MusichWith 2012 drawing to a close in a year punctuated by a continuous stream of security breach headlines in mainstream business media, it’s an appropriate time to contemplate what New Year’s resolutions might look like for the CISO/CSO and others charged with securing IT infrastructure and the valuable business assets they carry. I’d like to offer up a couple of suggestions for those individuals to consider.  Those follow, in no particular order. Read more of this post at http://bit.ly/YRjWBI

Premise, Hosted or Both? What UC Model Will Prevail in the Future?

IT Connection by Cindy WhelanSummary Bullets: · As the unified communications (UC) market develops, enterprises have access to a wide range of solutions from equipment vendors and service providers that offer hosted and on-premise UC solutions. · Enterprises that want to deploy hosted and managed UC solutions must consider which entire service wrap has the best model for their needs. Carriers have long supported premises-based managed IP PBX solutions, typically based on platforms from Avaya, Cisco and Siemens.  In 2011, as interest in unified communications services began to

End of Year Thoughts on BYOD: Fad or Here to Stay?

IT Connection Blog by Kitty WeldonSummary Bullets: · BYOD remains ‘the big issue’ according to suppliers of enterprise mobility technology and services, with consulting and professional services, MDM/MAM platforms, containerization, and dual persona solutions promoted as ways to ‘solve’ the problem or deal more effectively with an issue that has both pluses and minuses for enterprises. · Now that 2012 is nearly over, can we say conclusively that BYOD is here to stay?  Might it still go away and be seen as a fad that came and went, ultimately more trouble than it was worth for both

Advances in Campus LAN Products Continue Rapid Growth

IT Connection Blog by Mike FrattoSummary Bullets: · Campus LAN networking has been evolving for years without receiving as much of the limelight as other technologies.  That is going to change. · Technologies such as SDN and multi-path Ethernet are making their way into the campus LAN and offer similar benefits. While data center networking has been getting the lion’s share of press and analyst love in the last few years, campus networking has been undergoing a rather quiet and steady revolution that is just as compelling as data center networking, and it’s getting more so.  The

Edging Toward the Cloud Future

IT Connection by Amy Larsen DeCarloSummary Bullets: · While the majority of public and private sector organizations are employing cloud services to support at least a percentage of their IT needs, more conventional approaches to technology still dominate. · Although questions about service stability, security, and compliance remain, maturing delivery models and some promising partnerships could signify the start of a more productive phase in cloud computing. It is the season to take stock of the year gone by and look forward to the one ahead, trying to anticipate what is on the

Don’t Fall for Ransomware Scams, Even If They Do Speak to You without an Accent

IT Connection by Paula MusichSummary Bullets: • Ask your anti-malware vendor what protections they provide against latest ransomware Trojans and what they can do to restore encrypted data. • Make automated, frequent backups of critical data to offsite servers part of your defense in depth strategy. There’s been a rise in the use of a particularly virulent form of ransomware attacks on the part of cybercriminals throughout 2012, and it’s likely that we’ll only see more and more of this in 2013. Even though threat researchers at Trend Micro claim that this is the work of a single

Google Finally Gets Serious with Private Channel for Play Store

IT Connection by Brad ShimminSummary Bullets: • Enterprise customers serious about supporting a BYOD policy no longer have to sideload corporate apps in order to support Android devices, now that Google has established a private channel in the Google Play store. • This move is only one of many coming out of Google and other vendors that point toward a complex blending of personal and professional personas, the ramifications of which won’t be understood or more importantly “managed” for some time. As is customary, one of the last things I do each day, aside from pour myself a nice

Logitech Is Using R&D to Expand Its Strong Consumer Brand into Business Markets

IT Connection Post by Ken LandolineSummary Bullets: · The BYOD phenomenon has resulted in a variety of consumer devices and services becoming standard components of business IT solutions in the SMB and enterprise marketplaces. · Consumer product developers now have an opportunity to broaden product market scope and expand revenues by evolving their offerings into business solutions through strong R&D and marketing efforts. A few days ago, I was invited to attend a lab tour at Logitech, a market leader in the consumer web camera market, headquartered in Newark, California.  I

Current Analysis: PaaS to Play a Critical Role in Enterprise Development

IBM and Oracle PaaS releases signal industry readiness for platform servicesSterling, VA, USA, December 12, 2012 – Current Analysis, the market leader in continuous, tactical competitive intelligence for the telecommunications and information technology markets, announced today that Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) will be a key component of enterprises’ application platform deployments in 2013, especially now that the industry’s leading middleware vendors, IBM and Oracle, have entered the space. Businesses are anxious to build on today’s social, mobile, and cloud-borne applications, and they

Monitoring OTT Disruption

Leading research firm, Current Analysis, to deliver real-time analysis of Over-the-Top (OTT) innovationsSterling, VA, USA, December 11, 2012 – Current Analysis, the market leader in continuous, tactical competitive intelligence for the telecommunications and information technology markets, announced today the release of their latest monthly OTT Watch report. The reports offer a roundup of the most interesting OTT innovations across the U.S. and Europe from a variety of players, ranging from pure-play OTT service providers to broadcasters, pay-TV operators, device manufacturers, retailers

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