Networking Companies in the News: Cisco, Juniper, CienaJul 15, 2011 By: Ray MotaStudy shows Juniper regains place as second largest switching and routing vendor, Cisco remains the leader.
Yesterday market research firm ACG Research released its quarterly Worldwide Carrier...
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Analyst's Viewpoint: More of Everything Please… (1)Jul 15, 2011 By: Eve GrilichesAs the global economic funk grinds on, consumers remain hunkered down with the things that mean the most to them, such as their iPhones and broadband. At the 2010 Tellabs analyst conference, 6...
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Q1 videoJul 15, 2011 By: Ray Motasee details
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Analyst's Viewpoint: More of Everything Please…Jul 15, 2011 By: Ray MotaAs the global economic funk grinds on, consumers
remain hunkered down with the things that mean the
most to them, such as their iPhones and broadband.
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Ray Mota Interviews Mike Marcellin VP of Strategy and Marketing from Juniper Networks on announcement of the new SuperCore Router - PTX ...Jul 15, 2011 By: Ray Motasee details
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ACG Research Study: Carriers Prefer Mainline Packet-Optical Transport SystemsJul 14, 2011 By: Eve GrilichesMarket research and analysis firm ACG Research has conducted a network traffic study that indicates that more than 85% of network traffic will be IP-based by 2016 -- and that a majority of carrier...
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Core router spending to rise with demand for next-gen platformsJul 14, 2011 By: Ray MotaCarriers are investing heavily in edge network equipment and services because that's where the profit is, but they have neglected their aging core routers. However, the growing volume and complexity...
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ACG Research Buys Networking Industry Specialist NSPJul 14, 2011 By: Ray MotaIn the US, market research consultancy ACG Research has acquired business modeling firm Network Strategy Partners (NSP). Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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MSOs or telcos: Which has the SMB market advantage?Jul 14, 2011 By: David DinesFor several years MSOs have been experiencing a steady decline in their video subscribers. The competition is primarily from telcos and, more recently, from the popularity of online/over the top...
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Cisco ASR 9000 edge router upgrades introduce network virtualizationJul 14, 2011 By: Ray MotaCisco set the stage to announce the expansion of its ASR 9000 router line a week in advance by releasing its new Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast, which predicts fourfold IP traffic growth...
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Cisco Fights Back at the EdgeJul 14, 2011 By: Ray MotaA new addition to the family, the 9000v, is an innocuous-looking pizza box for Ethernet aggregation. The trick is that 1,920 of them can be managed as if it were a single device; Cisco's name for...
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Worldwide Carrier Routing and Switching Market Witnesses Seasonal DeclineJul 14, 2011 By: Ray MotaThe research finds that the total worldwide carrier routing and switching market grew $2.7 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2011. Core routing revenues declined 11.2 percent quarter over...
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Q1 POTJul 14, 2011 By: Ray MotaCisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) bumped Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) out of the top spot in Q1 2011 for packet optical transport providers in terms of market share, ACG Research reports in its latest study, which...
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e-bookJul 14, 2011 By: Ray MotaThe FierceWireless eBook library contains in-depth analysis of pressing issues and challenges in the wireless industry. Our expert editors provide their opinions and interview other industry leaders...
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Verizon and SAP partner on cloud-based mobile enterprise applicationsJul 14, 2011 By: Lauren RobinetteIn a move to increase its rep as a cloud provider while providing enterprises with options that suit their cloud-computing comfort level, Verizon announced enhancements to its Managed Mobility...
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Verizon and SAP partner for cloud-enabled enterprise managed mobilityJul 14, 2011 By: Lauren RobinetteVerizon is sending a message that the cloud, mobile applications and the enterprise can all be friends, and that it's the cloud provider to make it happen.
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Cyan Aiming High With Management PlayJul 14, 2011 By: Eve GrilichesCyan Optics Inc. hopes so. The two-year-old packet-optical equipment vendor, which now prefers the name Cyan Inc., has been moving more deeply into network management software and services lately. On...
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ACG Research names top seven cloud service providersJul 14, 2011 By: Ray MotaA multitude of acquisitions have taken place at every level of the cloud computing ecosystem recently, including cloud service providers, hardware and software vendors, and systems integrators. And...
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Force10 Networks Introduces Open Automation 2.0 as Part of Open Cloud Networking InitiativeJul 14, 2011 By: Ray MotaSAN JOSE, Calif., April 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Force10 Networks, Inc., the leader in high-performance data center networking, today announced Open Automation 2.0, a major expansion of its Open...
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ChannelPro Success Series: Aligning with Customers' IT DriversJul 14, 2011 By: Lauren RobinetteThis first webinar in our Success Series focuses on aligning with customers' IT drivers and understanding the IT spending priorities of customers. ACG Research analyst Lauren Robinette addresses how...
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Juniper’s Converged Supercore Solution: What It Means for Service ProvidersJul 14, 2011 By: Ray MotaYesterday at Juniper's Financial Analyst Meeting in San Francisco, our founder and CTO, Pradeep Sindhu, and Stefan Dyckerhoff, the Executive Vice President of our Platform Systems Group, announced...
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PTX Series Packet Transport Switch starts Juniper ...Jul 14, 2011 By: Eve GrilichesBy Stephen Hardy -- Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) has taken its first steps towards offering an integrated approach to IP/optical convergence in core network applications. The company has unveiled...
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2010 Optical MarketJul 14, 2011 By: Eve GrilichesGriliches pegged 2010 optical network equipment sales at approximately $12.3 billion, a 2.1% decrease from 2009. She cited price pressures, supply chain issues early in the year, and carriers running...
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Beyond point solutionsJul 14, 2011 By: Lauren RobinetteMore than ever, carriers need to differentiate their managed services programs by offering not only world-class customer service, 7/24 support, proactive IT service delivery and the latest...
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Cloud BootcampJul 14, 2011 By: Ray MotaWith 25 years experience in the telecommunications industry, Dr. Ray Mota brings a talent for complex technical and critical thinking and provides strategic direction, sharp analysis, and expert...
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How telecom providers and vendors can combat Huawei and China Inc.Jul 14, 2011 By: Ray MotaThe rise of Huawei and China Inc. -- Chinese telecom equipment vendors with government backing -- is a growing challenge for European and North American telecom vendors. At the same time, telecom...
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2011 top telecom trends: ACG Research high on mobility, cloud and 4GJul 14, 2011 By: Ray MotaFor telecom service providers, a new year always brings new challenges and new opportunities. With demand for new services, hot products and innovative solutions ever increasing, which emerging...
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Juniper Poaches Top Marketing Execs from Cisco and MicrosoftJul 14, 2011 By: Ray MotaJuniper Networks' hiring of a top marketing executive from larger rival Cisco Systems is meant to help boost sales made through distributors and is part of a broader effort to revamp its marketing...
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Webinar with Cyan Optics and Overture NetworksJul 14, 2011 By: Eve GrilichesCarrier Ethernet with Advanced SLA's...
The Emerging Service Provider Dierentiator!
Join ACG Research, Cyan and Overture Networks in this webinar exploring
key industry trends regarding:
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Gazzetabyte MagazineJul 14, 2011 By: Eve GrilichesCisco claims the CPT is its second-generation packet optical transport system (P-OTS), complementing the ONS 15454. But some analysts view the CPT as the vendor's first true packet optical transport...
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Fierce Telecom InterviewJul 14, 2011 By: Eve GrilichesWhile there are many definitions to just what a Packet Optical Transport System (P-OTS) is since the concept began to bubble up on the scene just a few short years ago, carriers are clearly...
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Ray Mota and Eve Griliches, Manafging Partners, ACG ResearchJul 14, 2011 By: Ray MotaACG is focused on understanding and addressing not just the technology innovation in the service provider sector but also the entire value chain and economics, which includes not just tactical but...
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ACG Research tackles services strategy for managed services providersJul 14, 2011 By: Lauren RobinetteManaged and cloud services is one market that got an unexpected boost from the recession over the last couple of years, as enterprise willingness to try managed or outsourced...
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100G DWDM Optical Networking TransportJul 14, 2011 By: Eve GrilichesWith the telecom industry giving a resounding "yes" to 100 gigabits per second (100G) dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) optical network transport, the race is on to develop and deliver...
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Open Source in GSM Could Breed Mobile MayhemJul 14, 2011 By: Ray MotaThe open source code for GSM base station programming could allow malicious hackers to set up rogue base stations and grab control of peoples' cellphones, according to security researcher...
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Verizon iPhone: Careful What You Wish ForJul 14, 2011 By: Ray MotaA planned announcement from Verizon on Tuesday will almost certainly usher the iPhone onto the cellphone carrier's network. But will we see an all-new device with enhancements over Apple's and AT&T's...
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Channel Chat: Offering managed services as a networking solution providerJul 14, 2011 By: Lauren RobinetteBusinesses from SMBs and enterprises are increasing efficiency and slashing costs by transitioning to managed cloud services for their usual IT needs. A networking solution provider could stand to...
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Huawei Interview 3: How telecom providers and vendors can combat Huawei and China Inc.Apr 21, 2011 By: Ray MotaThe rise of Huawei and China Inc. -- Chinese telecom equipment vendors with government backing -- is a growing challenge for European and North American telecom vendors. At the same time, telecom...
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Huawei Interview 2: ACG Research on Huawei vs. network equipment vendorsApr 21, 2011 By: Ray MotaManaging Partner Ray Mota talked to SearchTelecom.com Executive Editor Kate Gerwig about Huawei, the Chinese telecom equipment vendor with a long-term global domination strategy and under-the-radar...
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Huawei Interview 1: ACG Research on Huawei, Chinese business culture and the Art of WarApr 21, 2011 By: adminIt wasn't long ago that the telecom industry stumbled over how to pronounce Huawei (yes, that'shua weyin English), while dismissing it as the low-priced Chinese telecom equipment provider. Now the...
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