Market Analysis

Service providers must embrace cloud services, says report

Stuart — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:29:45 +0100

Service providers must embrace cloud services and bundle them into their enterprise solutions, says Analysys Mason

Service providers must embrace cloud services and bundle them into their solutions for small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as large enterprises, according to the latest report from Analysys Mason.

Telcos tap into Machine-to-Machine communications services

Stuart — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:11:43 +0100

Intent on boosting revenue growth potential, telecommunication companies are tapping into Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications services, according to Yiru Zhong, Frost & Sullivan Analyst for ICT in Europe.

Conference calls – benefit to the bottom line or a waste of time?

Stuart — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:13:07 +0100

Research of 1,006 UK office workers, by Opinion Matters on behalf of Plantronics, has found that 84% are more reliant on conference calls to do business than ever before - spending on average three hours more a week on the phone than they did 12 months ago.

A champion of change

Stuart — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:18:13 +0100

You might think that the systematic changes now churning the mobile industry are making it an uncertain place to be. But you'd be wrong. For example, HSC's ability to sideline doubt and champion change has assured its future growth and stability, says Business Manager Bob Sweetlove.

Gartner says worldwide wireless email users to reach 1bn by 2014

Stuart — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:43:57 +0100

Standardisation, interoperability and growing competition from email servers and services are accelerating the commoditisation of wireless email, according to Gartner. Vendors are responding by pursuing differentiation in the areas of collaboration, applications and the cloud.

Channel opportunity as information protection moves up the SMB agenda

Stuart — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:39:09 +0100

Independent research conducted by Applied Research on behalf of Symantec has discovered that Small to Medium sized Businesses (SMBs) are finally taking steps to make protecting information their highest priority.

Annual mobile VoIP minutes to double year-on-year

Stuart — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:36:33 +0100

The number of mobile VoIP minutes carried annually on 3G and 4G networks will rise from 15 billion minutes in 2010 to 470.6 billion by 2015, finds a new report from Juniper Research.

Mobile VoIP traffic will see steady rises in all regions over the forecast period, but particularly in developed markets, due to the increasing ubiquity of 3G networks.

Evolution of value add in distribution

Stuart — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:59:00 +0100

Emerging technologies and pressures to improve profitability are forcing distributors to refocus and evolve, ushering in a new business model based on value add at distribution level.

Consumer broadband value-added services market grows 30%

Stuart — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:29:14 +0100

The market for consumer broadband value-added services (BVAS) grew by 30% during 2009 in revenue terms, and by 13% in terms of subscribers. These are the top level findings of the latest edition of Point Topic's Consumer Broadband Value Added Services report, covering 2009.

Rapid adoption of videoconferencing drives the European endpoints market growth

Stuart — Wed, 12 May 2010 11:44:45 +0100

Companies across the world have significantly changed their way of undertaking business on a day-to-day basis since the beginning of the economic crisis, according to new research, with limited travel budgets forcing companies to seek new means of communication and collaboration.