Business Services
Enterprise services are big business today – including next-generation voice services (such as IP PBX and SIP trunking); high-speed data services (including carrier Ethernet and MPLS); and emerging managed services (including a full range of cloud-delivered applications).
Verizon advises gradual approach to IPv6 adoptionA tunneling approach can minimize initial risk, the carrier says.... Cisco, Itron partner on smart grid reference modelThe bad news for service providers: Partners’ initial plans focus on wireless mesh networks... Cavalier Telephone SIP trunking part of ‘a la carte’ approachThe company aims to differentiate its offering through enhanced flexibility.... Storage as a service growing among Tier 1sAs cloud providers continue to commoditize the market, they eat at revenues telcos typically have enjoyed through hosting and managed services, but disaster recovery and business continuity may change that. ... Verizon teams with VMware on computing-as-a-serviceThe new offering aims to facilitate a hybrid hosted/premises-based approach.... Citrix to acquire VMLogix, enhance open cloud platformExecutive blogs reveal a strategy aimed at displacing dominant cloud computing provider VMware.... AMI: SMB SaaS users do not rely purely on SaaSTwo-thirds continue to use some premises-based software.... InterCall offering looks to replace live trainingInterCall Streaming leverages technology gained through the Stream57 acquisition.... Green data centers could be telco opportunityEfforts to reduce power requirements and consolidate platform could generate new product ideas and real-world performance data.... |
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