Charles Carr
Senior Analyst
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Enterprise Connectivity and Collaboration, Fixed Broadband, Service Provider Strategies
Charles Carr is a senior analyst in Yankee Group's Enterprise Research group with expertise in data networks market research and forecasting. He has 15 years in the industry and is responsible for tracking, analyzing and forecasting the retail and wholesale data networking services markets for the business community (SOHO/small, medium and large enterprises). Market coverage spans all packet and non-switched WAN/MAN services, including ATM, Frame Relay, Carrier Ethernet (EPL, EVPL, E-LAN, VPLS), IP VPN (CPE/premise-based, MPLS), private line/SONET, managed and next-generation networking solutions, and femtocell/picocell (backhaul/core mobile network) markets.
Carr joined Yankee Group from Open Automation Strategies (OAS), where he was the principal analyst responsible for North American broadband consumer and enterprise network services market research. Prior to OAS, he was a principal analyst for Gartner responsible for analyzing and forecasting the North American consumer and business data services markets, including all legacy and next-generation WAN/MAN networking services, managed solutions, broadband services (cable modem, xDSL, FTTH/FTTx, fixed wireless/WiMAX, satellite) and VoIP services. Carr joined Gartner with its 1997 acquisition of Northern Business Information (NBI)/DataPro. During his tenure at NBI, he was a senior analyst covering the North American public broadband services and equipment markets. In addition, Carr has over 20 years' experience in project management and consulting in engineering, facilities infrastructure planning, private network planning and regulatory affairs.
Carr holds a B.S. in Engineering from Michigan Technological University and a Master of Telecommunications from the University of Denver, in addition to graduate study in economics at the University of Arizona and law at the University of Denver.
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4G service can be an ideal solution for enterprise access connectivity, but its newness to the business market and enterprises' previous experience with 3G trigger concern about the network's reliability and performance. Service providers can address network reliability issues head-on with solutions like Sprint's 4G Enterprise WAN offering, which incorporates 3G as backup over its IP/MPLS network.
Oct. 26, 2011 | Report | by Eugene Signorini | CO-AUTHORS: Charles Carr
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4G represents an opportunity for true business-level mobile broadband, picking up where 3G left off--or more accurately, fell down. Its greater bandwidth, lower latency, IP support and promise of class-of-service capabilities make 4G today a viable business connectivity solution across applications operating in mobile, portable and even fixed wireless enterprise environments.
Aug. 18, 2011 | Report | by Eugene Signorini | CO-AUTHORS: Charles Carr
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3G service has limited business applicability in future business models, but it provides an excellent perspective on the diverse upside of 4G-based services. 4G has the potential to remake the access market in virtually every business category and enable entirely new business models based on high-performance and multi-modal operation.
Aug. 9, 2011 | Report | by Eugene Signorini | CO-AUTHORS: Charles Carr
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The 2011 US FastView: Enterprise Connectivity survey is an online survey of 250 networking/connectivity managers responsible for managing and purchasing networking/connectivity solutions. It covers WAN/MAN services, remote/small office access services, remote worker/telecommuter connectivity services, 4G connectivity service trends and managed connectivity services. The type of questions asked include: What is your deployment status? What are your purchase plans? What factors impact your decision to deploy a technology and to select a supplier? How do you expect your data operations and capex spending to change in the next fiscal year?
Jul. 18, 2011 | Survey | by Charles Carr
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The role of connectivity in health care is undergoing a profound change in real time. Legislative initiatives and the wide availability of affordable, high-capacity connectivity are enabling a new health care delivery paradigm, creating large long-term opportunities for providers that plan, partner and invest now.
May. 25, 2011 | Report | by Charles Carr
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Once lacking network solution and service provider options, the midsize business market is becoming crowded with alternatives, now including Comcast with its new Metro Ethernet solution set. Any provider that is not on the Ethernet train soon will be left behind by the exploding mid-market.
May. 16, 2011 | Report | by Charles Carr | CO-AUTHORS: Sandra Palumbo
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Carrier Ethernet WAN services have been a solid presence in the networking background for decades, albeit with limited market share and growth. But we forecast North American Carrier Ethernet services will explode from U.S.$4.3 billion this year to U.S.$11.5 billion by 2015, spurred on by new network interconnection standards and application demands.
Apr. 26, 2011 | Report | by Charles Carr
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Today's businesses focus on the basics when selecting connectivity services and providers: availability, performance and cost-getting more for less. But Yankee Group's 2010 U.S. Enterprise Connectivity FastView Survey shows there is a new differentiator in the mix: strong client-provider relationship and superior client experience that build partnerships to help businesses achieve their bottom line.
Feb. 14, 2011 | Report | by Charles Carr
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3G mobile and satellite services are inadequate in an enterprise market that is increasingly focused on supporting converged applications and cloud computing. 4G uses end-to-end IP and is specifically designed to handle these demands. 4G's mobile, portable and fixed wireless "hat trick" will make it a principal broadband service for the mobilized enterprise of the future.
Jan. 24, 2011 | Report | by Charles Carr
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The Anywhere Enterprise: 2010 U.S. Enterprise Connectivity FastView survey is an online survey of 400 networking/connectivity managers responsible for managing and purchasing networking/connectivity solutions. It covers WAN/MAN services (Private/leased line, frame relay, ATM, IP VPN, Ethernet), access services (DSL, cable modem, VSAT, satellite broadband, fixed wireless, fiber to the home/office, dedicated Internet access) and managed connectivity services. The type of questions asked include: What is your deployment status? What are your purchase plans? What factors impact your decision to deploy a technology and to select a supplier? How do you expect your data operations and CAPEX spending to change in the next fiscal year?
Dec. 27, 2010 | Survey | by Charles Carr
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The luster has been off frame relay (FR) and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networking services for years now. Still, Yankee Group expects FR and ATM to be around past 2015 in significant amounts while the providers' strategic customers are transitioned in an orderly fashion. Finding the best-fit migration strategy for your specific client base will be critical to preserving it.
Nov. 5, 2010 | Report | by Charles Carr
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Ethernet has languished for years as a simple LAN or MAN technology, but a raft of new standards is quickly turning Ethernet into the next hot global WAN service. Carriers and enterprises--especially SMBs--should take note of this new, cost-effective option in the WAN marketplace.
Oct. 20, 2010 | Report | by Charles Carr | CO-AUTHORS: Sandra Palumbo
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The EMEA ConnectedView Forecast contains all forecasts for consumers and enterprises across mobile and fixed-line segments in one file, structured in an Activity view and a Technology view. Look for the associated monitors in separate Excel files.
Sep. 29, 2010 | Data Module | by Charles Carr | CO-AUTHORS: Vince Vittore, Andy Castonguay, Declan Lonergan, Eugene Signorini, George Hamilton, Nick Holland
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The North America Enterprise Forecast identifies how demand for broadband, Internet access and IP VPN services will drive most of the growth. We expect enterprise convergence, VoIP and the adoption of carrier-based IP VPNs to drive the market.
Sep. 29, 2010 | Data Module | by Charles Carr | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay, Eugene Signorini, George Hamilton
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I was watching a cable business network recently, actually all of them, and the subject de jour was the impact of the new healthcare legislation on the industry in the face of tightening resources....
July 26, 2010 | Blog | by Charles Carr