Yankee Group perspective: More users, devices and transactions on the Anywhere Network result in more data and an opportunity to harness and monetize the information and efficiencies it can yield. Yankee Group believes service providers must accelerate and expand the deployment of specific technologies aimed at making the Anywhere Network smarter in order to meet and exceed revenue and profitability targets. Our research helps clients prioritize and manage the complex technical, economic, regulatory and security issues that will emerge.
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The Topline Data Forecast presents the global connectivity markets, technologies and competitive landscape at a regional level. This data module is updated quarterly for Link Research clients.
Aug. 13, 2010 | Data Module | by Declan Lonergan
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By replacing something of value (a credit card number) with something of no value (a random string of numbers), tokenization can bolster security and reduce compliance risk and expense. Though lack of standards and risk of vendor lock-in may hamper adoption, tokenization nonetheless shows promise not only for internal operations, but as a basis for revenue-generating services.
Aug. 2, 2010 | Report | by Ted Julian | CO-AUTHORS: Nick Holland
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Analyst Chris Nicoll discusses the creation of Lightsquared as the first 4G operator in the U.S.
July 23, 2010 | Blog | by Chris Nicoll
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OpenStack - an open source cloud computing stack announced by Rackspace, NASA, and 25 others - is tearing up the news, the blogsphere, and "the twitter" (as my friend Chris Hoff likes to say ;-))....
July 20, 2010 | Blog | by Ted Julian
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The Research Topic Billing & OSS presents forecasts at a regional level segmented by customer type, revenue category and 11 software categories.
Jul. 9, 2010 | Data Module | by Susan McNeice
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The Research Topic Access Technologies presents a technological breakdown of connections and equipment in the customer premises and at the edge, including cable, DSL, cellular and FTTx solutions, at the regional forecast level. It also includes monitors of radio network capex by bearer technology and by OEM.
Jul. 9, 2010 | Data Module | by Vince Vittore | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay
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The Global Network product contains all the data to analyze the market to carriers, including billing/OSS forecasts, wireline and wireless capex forecasts and monitors, U.S. wholesale services and DSL equipment, globally.
Jul. 9, 2010 | Data Module | by Andy Castonguay | CO-AUTHORS: Susan McNeice, Vince Vittore, Jennifer Pigg
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The Wall Street Journal revealed this morning that the US government is launching the "Perfect Citizen" program to help detect cyber attacks against critical infrastructure....
July 8, 2010 | Blog | by Ted Julian
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One day all telecom operators will have a native IP backbone. The big question is when and how to achieve this migration technically and commercially. Accelerating to a profitable IP future is the objective of the i3 Forum , whose inner workings I witnessed up close and personal in June....
June 29, 2010 | Blog | by Camille Mendler
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Wholesale network operations, or just 'wholesale' for short, has often been characterized as one of the least interesting components of a major telecommunications network....
June 25, 2010 | Blog | by Emily Green
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I've been travelling like a maniac lately. Maybe you know the ads that have been catching my eye as I trudge in and out of jetways around the world. A global bank s poster campaign pairs arresting images of objects with simple words to label them....
June 12, 2010 | Blog | by Emily Green
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With its purchases of Blueslice and Camiant, signaling system supplier Tekelec instantly gains credibility in the policy and subscriber data management world. It will need to navigate carefully, however, to fully exploit its new weapons in the Tier 1 space.
Jun. 7, 2010 | Report | by Brian Partridge
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Adoption of mobile broadband data services is driving traffic growth that today's mobile network operators (MNOs) can't sustain, leading to inconsistent service and customer churn. MNOs must tap into their network data traffic and use real-time subscriber intelligence to improve the customer experience and successfully monetize their network and data usage.
May. 27, 2010 | Report | by Sheryl Kingstone
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The Topline Data Forecast includes end-user and service provider activities in Anywhere markets at a regional level, and summarizes many of the Link Data modules. It is available to all Link Research clients.
Apr. 30, 2010 | Data Module | by Declan Lonergan
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The Global Network product contains retrospective and prospective data on fixed-line and mobile equipment and service sales into carriers and service providers, including network infrastructure, billing, BOSS, DSLAM and wholesale connectivity services.
Apr. 28, 2010 | Data Module | by Andy Castonguay | CO-AUTHORS: Vince Vittore, Jennifer Pigg, Brian Partridge
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Global telecom-related capital expenditures will be down approximately 2.5 percent for 2010, as the hangover from the global economic crisis reins in spending further and declines in capex spending by Chinese operators offset modest growth in U.S. spending. While telecom services revenue is remarkably resilient, decreasing revenue-to-capex ratios continue to drag aggregate spending down slightly.
Apr. 27, 2010 | Report | by Terry Cudmore | CO-AUTHORS: Brian Partridge
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Cloud vendors offer enterprises poor service guarantees and limited financial redress if their service fails. Get-out clauses are rife, and worryingly, robust privacy policies are rare, potentially exposing enterprises to litigation. Enterprises must take a close look at the small print before they proceed, and develop proactive strategies to get the best out of cloud services.
Apr. 15, 2010 | Report | by Camille Mendler
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When Yankee Group formulated its centralized dynamic catalog (CDC) vision two years ago, we saw CDCs as much larger than enterprise product catalogs, which were gaining steam in the market then. With time, CSPs' demands have matured, and their current wish list closely mirrors our CDC vision. Successful vendors will be those that include PLM and minimize integration costs.
Feb. 18, 2010 | Report | by Arindam Banerjee
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This quantitative high-level view of Yankee Group data presents the global connectivity markets, technologies and competitive landscape at a regional level. This data module is updated quarterly for Link Research clients.
Jan. 27, 2010 | Data Module | by Declan Lonergan
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This one Excel file contains retrospective and prospective data on fixed-line and mobile equipment and service sales into carriers and service providers, including network infrastructure, billing, BOSS, DSLAM and wholesale connectivity services.
Jan. 22, 2010 | Data Module | by Arindam Banerjee
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The question of "make vs. buy" in the CDN market is fundamentally a question more related to service and business-model goals than to technology architecture. Telcos choosing between building an internal CDN or using a third-party offering must first define their specific needs to determine their best option.
Jan. 12, 2010 | Report | by Terry Cudmore | CO-AUTHORS: Brian Partridge
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Farewell to the Noughties, a decade sandwiched between two crises: The dotcom bust and the current but sputtering - downturn. In that time, Europe accomplished much: The Euro was adopted, DSL went mainstream and telcos went NGN....
December 22, 2009 | Blog | by Camille Mendler
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In this webinar, a panel of Yankee Group analysts discuss their predictions for the 2010 communications industry.
December 15, 2009 | Blog | by Christopher Collins
Yankee Group 2010 Predictions
In this Yankee Group webinar, analysts Christopher Collins, Joshua Holbrook, Camille Mendler and Jon Paisner unveil our top predictions for the 2010 communications industry.
Dec. 15, 2009 | Live Webinar | by Christopher Collins
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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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Calling all marketers: How do you sell a network? While operators fear their offering being reduced to nothing more than dumb transfer of bits, the actual internal complexity of their infrastructure gets more impressive every day. But I'm a geek....
December 11, 2009 | Blog | by Emily Green
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Even in the face of massive demand growth, service providers cannot afford to implement usage caps. Because nearly 60 percent of a typical wireless broadband purchase decision is based on service price and monthly usage caps, it's better for service providers to offer unlimited usage and manage traffic via real-time, network intelligence-based solutions like DPI and policy enforcement.
Nov. 23, 2009 | Report | by Philip Marshall
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Given the opportunity to join IBM's Global Executive Forum again this year, I jumped. Past experience has proven that it's an intimate, powerful gathering where C-level execs from global communications and media firms convene to mull key questions in leadership....
November 19, 2009 | Blog | by Emily Green
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Anywhere Enterprise network infrastructure must become more application- and identity-aware in order to adapt to trends in enterprise computerization, employee mobility, interorganizational resource sharing and IT virtualization. While Cisco, HP, 3Com and Juniper all offer some pieces, none as yet have completed the context-aware network puzzle.
Nov. 3, 2009 | Report | by Phil Hochmuth
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The Topline Data Forecast includes end-user and service provider activities in Anywhere markets at a regional level, and summarizes many of the Link Data modules. It is available to all Link Research clients.
Oct. 23, 2009 | Data Module | by Declan Lonergan
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This Yankee Group Link Data product contains all the data to analyze the market to carriers, including billing/OSS forecasts, wireline and wireless capex forecasts and monitors, U.S. wholesale services and DSL equipment, globally.
Oct. 20, 2009 | Data Module | by Philip Marshall
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Although stand-alone deep packet inspection will continue to exist, operators, vendors and subscribers are best served by using DPI as an enabling technology whose capabilities are folded into broader portfolio solutions.
Oct. 1, 2009 | Report | by David Vorhaus
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While SaaS users are quick to adopt innovative technologies, such as social networking, mashups and mobility, non-SaaS users tend to stay on the sidelines. But they shouldn't. Non-SaaS users should embrace these innovative technologies so they don't miss out on the transformative effects they bring, including new functionality at lower cost, and improved marketing and CRM.
Sep. 15, 2009 | Report | by Sheryl Kingstone
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Although challenging market economics, the introduction of new services, fierce competition and the encroachment of communications service providers have created tumult in the content delivery network (CDN) space during the past year, Akamai remains at the top of the heap . . . for now. This report introduces the Anywhere Scorecard for the content delivery network market, rating the 10 most compelling players in the market and providing a prism through which customers can evaluate them.
Aug. 3, 2009 | Report | by David Vorhaus
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In December 2008, Yankee Group outlined a set of 10 predictions for the communications industry that were largely influenced by the ever-worsening economic crisis. With six months of troubling economic conditions behind us and a potential recovery on the horizon, spending and consumption patterns on all fronts are defined by cautious optimism.
Jul. 28, 2009 | Report | by David Vorhaus | CO-AUTHORS: Christopher Collins
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This quantitative high-level view of Yankee Group data presents the global connectivity markets, technologies and the competitive landscape at a regional level. This data module is updated quarterly for Link Research clients.
Jul. 23, 2009 | Data Module | by Declan Lonergan
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Containing retrospective and prospective data on fixed-line and mobile equipment and service sales into carriers and service providers, including network infrastructure, billing, BOSS, DSLAM and wholesale connectivity services in one Excel file.
Jul. 22, 2009 | Data Module | by Philip Marshall
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Yankee Group presents a technological breakdown of connections and equipment in the customer premises and at the edge, including cable, DSL, cellular and FTTx solutions, at the regional forecast level. This also includes monitors of radio network capex by bearer technology and by OEMs.
Jul. 22, 2009 | Data Module | by Vince Vittore
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The press and public have pointed fingers at deep packet inspection as a culprit in Iran's censorship and control of protests in the country. These protestations are misdirected though, as the real culprits are those that would use the technology with malicious intent.
June 23, 2009 | Blog | by David Vorhaus
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The Topline Data Forecast includes end-user and service provider activities in Anywhere markets at a regional level, and summarizes many of the Link Data modules. It is available to all Link Research clients.
Apr. 27, 2009 | Data Module | by Declan Lonergan
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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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This Yankee Group Link Data product contains all the data to analyze the market to carriers, including billing/OSS forecasts, wireline and wireless capex forecasts and monitors, U.S. wholesale services and DSL equipment, globally.
Apr. 22, 2009 | Data Module | by Philip Marshall | CO-AUTHORS: Vince Vittore, David Vorhaus, Jennifer Pigg, Jon Paisner, Andy Castonguay, Arindam Banerjee
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In this Link Data product, Yankee Group presents a technological breakdown of connections and equipment in the customer premises and at the edge, including cable, DSL, cellular and FTTx solutions, at the regional forecast level. This also includes monitors of radio network capex by bearer technology and OEMs.
Apr. 22, 2009 | Data Module | by Vince Vittore | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay, Philip Marshall
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This Yankee Group Link Data product presents billing and OSS forecasts at a regional level segmented by customer type, revenue category and 11 software categories.
Apr. 22, 2009 | Data Module | by Arindam Banerjee | CO-AUTHORS: David Vorhaus, Jon Paisner
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During the last two years, Yankee Group has written about the value that can be derived from operators introducing new service models that move beyond flat-rate pricing and create greater subscriber value. Yet progress has remained frustratingly slow due to unproven business models, technology integration challenges and slow operator evolution. The vendor community must provide an integrated approach to inspection, policy management, enforcement and real-time charging to get these initiatives off the ground.
Apr. 8, 2009 | Report | by David Vorhaus
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Remember that scene in the The Graduate , where the older guy whispers in Dustin Hoffman s ear? He s reveali ng where future riches lie. What he says is: "Plastics." Not a bad steer in 1967. Today, the word in your ear is - wait for it - interconnect ....
April 3, 2009 | Blog | by Camille Mendler
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The downturn is forcing tough decisions about what remains core....
March 24, 2009 | Blog | by Camille Mendler
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Untapped opportunity lies in selling productivity services to small enterprises, but profitability lies in delivering and managing these services from the network cloud.
Mar. 11, 2009 | Report | by Camille Mendler
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There was a wolfish grin on the man s face, and I swear he licked his chops. Oh yes, there s going be a lot of money, really quite a lot, in presence brokering, he said. It was a conversation that I had at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. I've been mulling it over ever since....
March 2, 2009 | Blog | by Camille Mendler
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Telecommunications carriers are increasingly entertaining the content delivery network market. On one hand, CDNs provide a revenue generating opportunity for carriers looking to deliver high-volume content. More importantly though, CDNs provide an opportunity to reduce traffic and bandwidth strain on their own networks. This Focus Report analyzes the current state of market development and future opportunities for these providers.
Jan. 28, 2009 | Note | by David Vorhaus