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Business Telecom Services - Europe The Current Analysis Business Telecom Services - Europe module provides analysis on the dynamic and highly competitive European data and IP services markets. The analysis focuses on new developments in technology and service rollouts to enterprises, NGN and new service provider business model strategies and the impact of communications and IT convergence on both incumbent operators and challengers in this space. ► Full coverage description
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The European Data Center Services market is growing significantly. Enterprises are putting more of their IT infrastructures in the data center to host a growing list of business-critical applications and are also moving to new utility computing models through the virtualization of computing resources to scale up or down to match IT capacity with changing demands. Virtualization is also used for increasing computing power with less physical infrastructure. IT managers are using a number of solutions to reduce server sprawl while controlling the proliferating costs on maintenance, administration, power, and cooling. Data centers are also becoming the last resort vehicle for securing, backing-up, storing and retrieving sensitive data – sometimes in strict accordance with regulations (e.g., SOX and Basel II). Customers are also relying on the secure data center for improving business continuity and disaster recovery in the event of an outage caused by human or natural events.
The new Current Analysis Data Center Services – Europe Product Assessments provide an overview of services and strategies for leading carriers and integrators. Coverage includes topics such as virtualization, business continuity, disaster recovery, application management and utility computing. The Product Assessments also consider each provider’s capabilities to to offer professional services to support their customers IT lifecycle requirements. NEW PRODUCT INTELLIGENCE
The UK Carrier Ethernet market is advanced and continues to move forward quickly as more and more end-users seek the benefits of carrier-class end-to-end Ethernet circuits. Customers are eager to reduce network complexity, lower data WAN expenditures, and be able to conveniently scale bandwidth. Typical applications might be financial customers looking for ultra low-latency point-to-point circuits, or education and government institutions looking for simple and cheaper Ethernet interfaces for a plug-and-play solution. However, the marketplace is both crowded and intensively competitive featuring large established players and innovative and flexible new entrants. Furthermore, standards are still being defined to solve the requirements for more long-haul resilient and flexible any-to-any platforms and multiple technology types are being used, including for example Ethernet-over-SDH, Ethernet frames encapsulated over IP/MPLS, and Ethernet wavelengths over DWDM, causing potential confusion among prospects.
In order to succeed, service providers need to keep track of the competing offers in the market including an understanding of the key performance metrics, pricing structures, service content any value-added features, such as online monitoring and support for IP multicast and/or mobile backhaul. Gaining this insight prepares the serious UK Ethernet service provider with the information needed for a stronger go-to-market message and for identifying potential points of differentiation and future service trends. The new Current Analysis UK Ethernet Services Product Assessments offer providers an important perspective and true view of this quickly evolving market. The Product Assessments offer detailed analysis of the key offerings in the space and Current Analysis’ online platform allows users to create side-by-side comparisons of any of the offerings. COMPLIMENTARY COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE
Follow the links below to read free newsletters, highlights, analyst news flashes, telebriefing replays, and samples of recent Current Analysis Competitive Intelligence from the Business Telecom Services - Europe module. Orange Business Services Improves Global Ethernet Offering by Expanding Reach and Adding VPLS - 11/17/2009 BT Eases Sales Pain with Hybrid VPN Launch - 10/27/2009 Global Crossing’s EtherSphere Strikes another Blow to the Ethernet Market Laggers - 10/6/2009 O2 UK Deep Dives into the UK Fixed Market with a Five-Year Deal with BT Wholesale - 9/16/2009 Cable & Wireless’ International EPL Launch Advances the Carrier’s Global Data Network Service Strategy - 8/12/2009 Orange Business Services Taking Video-Conferencing to the Next Level - 7/2/2009 Cable & Wireless Puts NGN in Play in Europe - 6/30/2009 COLT Completes NGN Rollout with Brand New Long-Haul Network - 6/22/2009 BT Hits the Cloud with the Virtual Data Centre - 6/18/2009 AT&T and IBM’s Strategic Outsourcing Partnership Is Becoming an Industry Success! - 5/19/2009 The ‘New’ T-Systems Builds Momentum with Major Wins in 2009 - 5/7/2009 Telecom Italia Comes Out with Total ICT Packages for SMEs to Challenge Alternative Operators - 4/21/2009 NGN Tracker: Incumbents Play Defense Whilst Challengers Agitate with IMS, SIP and Carrier Ethernet - 4/1/2009 BT iVPN Improves Local Support and Standard Processes - 3/6/2009 Cable & Wireless Hits the Ground Running with THUS Integration - 2/12/2009 Orange Business Services Inaugurates Much Improved IP Capabilities for European MNCs in LatAm - 2/5/2009 Telefónica Wins MNC Deal with Deutsche Post, Its New MNC Strategy Starts to Kick In! - 1/7/2009 COVERAGE DESCRIPTION
The Current Analysis Business Telecom Services - Europe module provides analysis on the dynamic and highly competitive European data and IP services markets. The analysis focuses on new developments in technology and service rollouts to enterprises, NGN and new service provider business model strategies and the impact of communications and IT convergence on both incumbent operators and challengers in this space. Specifically the analysis covers service providers across six geographic regions: Pan-European, BeNeLux, Central Europe, Nordics, Southern Europe, and the UK. Coverage focuses on the following sectors and includes regularly updated Market Assessments and an ongoing supply of Intelligence Reports on related market events: Ethernet – Carrier Ethernet is a key focus area as service providers turn to native Ethernet as the next-generation solution for both access and backbone transport. Services covered include E-Line and E-LAN services including VPLS. FMC – Fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) covers next generation network (NGN) plans across Europe, as operators align fixed and mobile, voice and data services onto a single all-IP infrastructure. Data Center Services – Hosting and application management, virtualization, cloud computing, business continuity and disaster recovery services. IP VPN – Managed CPE-based and MPLS IP VPN services and the emergence of Application Aware VPN services. IP Telephony – Managed IP PBX, IP Centrex, Integrated Access to IP, VoDSL, SIP Trunking and Unified Communications strategies around desktop integration, collaboration, IM and presence. Security – Managed outsourced services, such as security assessment, intrusion detection/prevention services (IDS/IPS), authentication, hosted application security and other security service offerings that are managed for clients. The module also includes Company Assessments on operators such as BT, Belgacom, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, KPN, Telefonica, TeliaSonera, etc. as well as a host of other challengers and detailed Product Assessments on IP VPN, IP Telephony, Ethernet, Data Center and Security services. | Client Access | Module Description | |
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