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More telecom operators are offering managed public cloud solutions for enterprises. Here we profile five key offerings and determine how well they stack up to current--and future--enterprise needs.
Apr. 26, 2010 | Report | by Phil Hochmuth | CO-AUTHORS: Agatha Poon
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About half of all enterprises say they prefer private cloud computing deployments, according to Yankee Group data. Open source options like Eucalyptus--which offers a private cloud platform that also supports public cloud APIs--provide enterprises with low-risk, cost-effective ways to get started.
Mar. 15, 2010 | Report | by Agatha Poon
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In this webinar, Zeus Kerravala and Agatha Poon are joined by executives from Arista, Microsoft and Sybase to explore the opportunities for cloud computing in 2010.
Feb. 26, 2010 | Live Webinar | by Zeus Kerravala | CO-AUTHORS: Agatha Poon
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In this webinar, Zeus Kerravala and Agatha Poon are joined by executives from Arista, Microsoft and Sybase to explore the opportunities for cloud computing in 2010.
February 24, 2010 | Blog | by Agatha Poon
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After months of collaborative works with a team of seasoned analysts, our special report on cloud computing entitled Clouds in 2010: Vendor Optimism Meets Enterprise Realities finally came to a completion....
February 8, 2010 | Blog | by Agatha Poon
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Over a quarter of Yankee Group survey respondents say they expect at least a third of their infrastructure to move to cloud computing in the next year, but company-wide adoption remains low. This executive-level research report features interviews with cloud computing pioneers and reveals their unique perspectives and metrics for success in 2010.
Jan. 28, 2010 | Report | by Agatha Poon | CO-AUTHORS: Phil Hochmuth, Zeus Kerravala, Jennifer Pigg, Camille Mendler, Sheryl Kingstone, Emily Green
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Nearly half of all enterprises identify application performance and availability as one of the top three barriers preventing them from adopting cloud computing and desktop virtualization. This application delivery controller (ADC) overview shows that advances in acceleration technology will mitigate those issues and kick-start the enterprise move to the cloud.
Jan. 25, 2010 | Report | by Agatha Poon
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Financial companies tend to be in the vanguard of enterprise technology adoption, and virtualization is no different. ISVs should learn from the experiences of these early users and realize that if they don't have a strong virtualization story to tell, they probably won't have a place in the enterprise--today or tomorrow.
Jan. 11, 2010 | Report | by Phil Hochmuth | CO-AUTHORS: Agatha Poon
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The Yankee Group Link Data: Asia-Pacific Enterprise Forecast provides an aggregate Asia-Pacific rollup, as well as country-specific forecasts for a number of key markets such as Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, the Philippines and South Korea.
Dec. 23, 2009 | Data Module | by Agatha Poon
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Earlier this week, IBM revealed its financial commitment to invest further in cloud-enabled facilities; building the 80 million ( New Zealand dollar) worth of data center in Auckland, which is scheduled to be completed in 2010, and adding a new research laboratory in Hong Kong for the development of...
December 16, 2009 | Blog | by Agatha Poon
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The economic crisis permanently changed how consumers, enterprises and network builders approach everything. But those changes will create new opportunities in the Anywhere ecosystem, especially in the areas of cord-cutting, devices, cloud computing and network innovation. Here's our take on 2010's winners and losers.
Dec. 15, 2009 | Report | by Christopher Collins | CO-AUTHORS: Carl Howe, Dianne Northfield, Jennifer Pigg, Joshua Holbrook, Camille Mendler, Jon Paisner, Andy Castonguay, Declan Lonergan, Eugene Signorini, Agatha Poon
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The topic of cloud computing sparks many good questions, especially in terms of its economics, its most notable players and its near- and long-term implications for enterprises and service providers. Yankee Group provides some key answers.
Nov. 18, 2009 | Report | by Agatha Poon | CO-AUTHORS: Camille Mendler
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The deployment of an internal/private cloud has quickly become part of the enterprise transformation strategy across the board. Our user examples suggest that although each business case might start off with a different set of challenges, all can benefit from cloud computing in one way or another.
Oct. 14, 2009 | Report | by Agatha Poon
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Social network analysis lets CSPs focus on not only preventing customer churn, but also personalizing their marketing messages for greater cross-selling and up-selling opportunities. While its pitfalls?especially around privacy and opt-in/opt-out policies--create large uncertainties that need to be monitored closely, its revenue-generating potential makes it a necessary part of any CSP's toolbox.
Oct. 8, 2009 | Report | by Jon Paisner | CO-AUTHORS: Agatha Poon
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This forecast is updated quarterly to deliver the most relevant data available. It provides an interactive currency tool that enables clients to select and apply exchange rates used in the product.
Sep. 29, 2009 | Data Module | by Agatha Poon
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To set the tone for cloud discussion, Yankee Group published a report last August to share our definition of cloud computing. As we proceed the discussion with our enterprise clients, service providers, and technology vendors, a few observations surface....
September 24, 2009 | Blog | by Agatha Poon
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As enterprises tighten their belts, they're still relying on unified communications (UC) to help their organizations. But with so many
UC vendors out there, enterprises aren't sure where to place their UC dollar. This report analyzes the vendor landscape for UC and
how it's changing.
Sep. 3, 2009 | Report | by Agatha Poon | CO-AUTHORS: Zeus Kerravala
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Yankee Group defines cloud computing
August 25, 2009 | Blog | by Agatha Poon
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Yankee Group defines cloud computing today as scalable, virtualized information services provided on demand over the Internet with multitenant capability, service-level agreements (SLAs) and usage-based pricing. The objective of cloud computing is to save the enterprise cost and complexity and improve service to the end-user or client.
Aug. 24, 2009 | Report | by Jennifer Pigg | CO-AUTHORS: Phil Hochmuth, Eugene Signorini, Sheryl Kingstone, Agatha Poon
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Although the complexity of service integration presents a daunting challenge for large corporations to make a great leap forward, the hosted unified communications approach can serve as a simple migration path for corporate businesses to add new unified communication applications over time.
Jul. 20, 2009 | Report | by Agatha Poon
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The Yankee Group Link Data: Asia-Pacific Enterprise Forecast provides an aggregate Asia-Pacific rollup as well as country-specific forecasts for a number of key markets such as Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, the Philippines and South Korea.
Jun. 22, 2009 | Data Module | by Agatha Poon
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The Yankee Group Anywhere Enterprise--SMB: 2009 U.S. Transforming Infrastructure and Transforming Applications Survey is an online survey of 300 SMBs in the U.S. The type of questions asked include: What is your deployment status? What is your purchase plans?
What barriers/challenges to adoption? What motivates you to deploy?
What factors impact your decision to deploy a technology and select a supplier?
Apr. 29, 2009 | Survey | by Steve Hilton | CO-AUTHORS: Phil Hochmuth, Joshua Holbrook, Sheryl Kingstone, Agatha Poon
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As the corporate WAN becomes increasingly diverse and distributed, it could have a profound impact on network performance and resiliency. Agility, not cost savings, is the magic bullet to entice today's increasingly distributed enterprises to adopt WAN optimization?a service that can ensure the application availability and performance required to achieve productivity and efficiency.
Apr. 22, 2009 | Report | by Agatha Poon
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Although a network is merely a means for enterprises to perform business functions, its growing role in achieving productivity gains and business agility is undeniable. As enterprises continue to incorporate innovative technologies such as mobile computing, virtualization and automation into their IT environment, corporate WANs will need to be reengineered to align business goals with operational and technical requirements.
Mar. 31, 2009 | Report | by Agatha Poon
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This forecast is updated quarterly to deliver the most relevant data available. It provides an interactive currency tool that enables clients to select and apply exchange rates used in the product.
Mar. 26, 2009 | Data Module | by Agatha Poon | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay
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Although the implementation of cloud computing is far from mature, its inherent benefits are hard to ignore. Just as U.S. Department of Energy scientists are exploiting the value of cloud computing, enterprise IT should take a more proactive role in determining the suitability of cloud computing within the organization.
Feb. 10, 2009 | Note | by Agatha Poon
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The dynamic interplay of cloud service providers across the service continuum will the drive the solutions that support today's Anywhere Enterprise. We provide insight into the impact cloud-based service has on business transformation.
Dec. 22, 2008 | Report | by Agatha Poon
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The Yankee Group Link Data: Asia-Pacific Enterprise Forecast provides an aggregate Asia-Pacific rollup as well as country-specific forecasts for a number of key markets such as Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, the Philippines and South Korea.
Dec. 18, 2008 | Data Module | by Agatha Poon | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay
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The emergence of network as a platform will unlock the potential of new players and redesign the competitive landscape in the supply chain.
Dec. 2, 2008 | Note | by Agatha Poon
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The integration of unified communications applications is a logical move to drive the next wave of IP convergence, but service providers must first identify user preferences and adoption behaviors for service sustainability.
Nov. 10, 2008 | Note | by Agatha Poon
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This forecast is updated quarterly to deliver the most relevant data available. It provides an interactive currency tool that enables clients to select and apply exchange rates used in the product.
Oct. 29, 2008 | Data Module | by Agatha Poon | CO-AUTHORS: John Jackson
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As the enterprise network continues to evolve in terms of reach and capabilities, enterprises must fundamentally change the ways they manage their employees, partners and customers.
Sep. 18, 2008 | Report | by Agatha Poon
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Because the goal of minimizing business downtime is paramount, working with data center professionals and consultants can help mitigate risks while bringing the data center consolidation project to fruition.
Aug. 5, 2008 | Note | by Agatha Poon
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The Asia-Pacific Enterprise Forecast provides an aggregate Asia-Pacific rollup as well as country-specific forecasts for a number of key markets such as Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Philippines and South Korea.
Jul. 14, 2008 | Data Module | by Agatha Poon | CO-AUTHORS: John Jackson
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We review the cloud computing approach of selected telecom providers and examine a number of key aspects associated with their business focus and service road map as they move forward with the new technology model.
Jun. 19, 2008 | Report | by Agatha Poon | CO-AUTHORS: Gary Chen
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For Anywhere Enterprises, the debate over outsourcing location would become irrelevant if their outsourcing partners could demonstrate a standards-based skill set and industry-recognized credentials for project management and business process improvement.
Jun. 16, 2008 | Note | by Agatha Poon
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Canadian mobile operators/carriers can capture SMB market share with FMC solutions tailored to smart phones--but the industry needs to stop calling it "FMC."
Apr. 1, 2008 | Note | by Steve Hilton | CO-AUTHORS: Agatha Poon
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By regional standards, Vietnam's data networking revenue is just the tip of the iceberg. But if we take a closer look at the development imperatives in the country, Vietnam is a train on the fast-growth track.
Apr. 1, 2008 | Note | by Agatha Poon
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Asia-Pacific forecasts of enterprise services structured by Activity and by Technology across mobile and fixed-line segments. Before 2008, this file included a monitor of wireless companies in the space, but now you should look out for separate files.
Mar. 31, 2008 | Data Module | by Agatha Poon | CO-AUTHORS: John Jackson
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We examine a number of key aspects associated with the providers business focus and market approach and evaluate their business viability based on three key metrics: vendor viability, servicing capability, and product/service usability.
Mar. 14, 2008 | Report | by Agatha Poon
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The new forecast for January 2008 contains the technology and activity views of enterprise data.
Jan. 18, 2008 | Data Module | by Agatha Poon | CO-AUTHORS: John Jackson, Charles Moon, Eugene Signorini
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As enterprises continue to proceed with the all-IP transformation for telephony services, IP communications business models and their underlying value will shape the converged IP communications market.
Jan. 10, 2008 | Report | by Agatha Poon
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This survey is comprised of 209 Asia-Pacific respondents at companies with 500+ employees. Topics include IT and network- or communications-based service delivery strategies; software as a service vs. premises-based; adoption drivers/barriers.
Dec. 31, 2007 | Survey Executive Summary | by Agatha Poon
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The Asia-Pacific Enterprise Forecast provides an aggregate Asia-Pacific rollup as well as country-specific forecasts for a number of key markets such as Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan and South Korea.
Dec. 28, 2007 | Data Module | by Agatha Poon | CO-AUTHORS: John Jackson, Charles Moon, Eugene Signorini
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The Yankee Group Anywhere Enterprise-Large: 2007 Asia-Pacific IP Communications Services Survey provides an in-depth view of how large enterprises in China, Hong Kong, India and South Korea deploy various IP communications solutions.
Dec. 28, 2007 | Survey Executive Summary | by Agatha Poon | CO-AUTHORS: Sandra Palumbo
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The willingness of IT executives to incorporate wireless components into their corporate IT domains and empower employees to achieve a blended personal and work lifestyle is conducive to the formation of the Anywhere Enterprise.
Nov. 12, 2007 | Report | by Agatha Poon
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This survey is comprised of 211 Asia-Pacific respondents at companies with 500+ employees. Topics include adoption of business applications; mobile applications; business and IT market drivers/challenges; perceptions and future use of Web 2.0.
Oct. 31, 2007 | Note | by Agatha Poon
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SMBs in China have made a splash with their enthusiasm toward SaaS usage, but large corporations in China are quietly storming the SaaS market with interest.
Oct. 23, 2007 | Note | by Agatha Poon