Networking and Communications Services

FirstTakes

• M5 Buy Would Expand ShoreTel's UC Offerings and Delivery Capabilities
  7 February 2012

Featured Research

• Deutsche Telekom Delivers Intelligent City Services
  25 January 2012
• Agenda for Communications Service Provider Strategy and Business Performance, 2012
  23 January 2012
• Critical Capabilities for Managed Mobility Services
  22 December 2011
• Adding Microsoft Lync 2010 to Your Video Ecosystem
  19 December 2011
• Critical Capabilities for U.S. Telecom Services
  6 December 2011
• European Enterprises Should Exercise Caution When Adopting IaaS
  5 December 2011
• Innovation Insight: Mobile Robot Innovations Move New Business Opportunities
  22 November 2011
• The Disaggregation of the Enterprise Network
  22 November 2011
• Comprehensive Value-Added Services Offer a Long-Term Competitive Edge to Telecom Carriers
  21 November 2011

The Basics

Essential concepts and fundamental principles

• Key Issues for Communications Enterprise Strategies, 2011
  3 March 2011
• Key Issues for Communications Service Provider Operational and Business Infrastructure
  28 January 2011
• Key Issues for Communications Service Provider Infrastructure Solutions, 2011
  25 January 2011
• Key Issues for Communications Service Provider Strategy and Business Performance
  28 January 2011
• Key Issues for IT Providers Targeting the SMB Market in 2011
  6 January 2011
• Top 10 Tips to Prepare Your Network for Unified Communications and Collaboration
  6 July 2010
• Critical Capabilities for Corporate Telephony
  25 August 2010

Hype Cycles

The wave of the future or just hype? Gartner Hype Cycles show the difference

• Hype Cycle for Networking and Communications, 2011
  24 August 2011
• Hype Cycle for Wireless Networking Infrastructure, 2011
  27 July 2011
• Hype Cycle for Communications Service Provider Infrastructure, 2011
  27 July 2011

Magic Quadrants

Which vendors are leaders, visionaries, challengers or niche players

• Magic Quadrant for Communications Outsourcing and Professional Services
  15 December 2011
• Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service, North America
  7 December 2011
• Magic Quadrant for U.S. Telecommunications Service Providers
  5 December 2011
• Magic Quadrant for Web Conferencing
  5 December 2011
• Magic Quadrant for Operations Support Systems
  24 October 2011
• Magic Quadrant for Corporate Telephony
  15 September 2011
• Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications
  22 August 2011
• Magic Quadrant for Pan-European Network Service Providers
  31 March 2011
• Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers
  23 December 2010
• Magic Quadrant for Telecom Expense Management
  20 December 2010
• Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service, North America
  20 December 2010

Vendor Ratings

The products, strategies and viability of specific vendors

• Vendor Rating: Telefonica
  9 January 2012
• Vendor Rating: BT Group
  29 December 2011
• Vendor Rating: Avaya
  20 December 2011
• Vendor Rating: Alcatel-Lucent
  13 December 2011
• Vendor Rating: ZTE
  12 December 2011
• Vendor Rating: Deutsche Telekom
  29 November 2011
• Vendor Rating: France Telecom
  29 November 2011
• Who's Who in Communications-Enabled Business Process Application Developers and Consultants, 2011
  23 November 2011
• Vendor Rating: F5 Networks
  23 November 2011
• Vendor Rating: AT&T
  28 July 2011
• Vendor Rating: Verizon Communications
  1 July 2011
• Cool Vendors in Communications Service Provider Infrastructure, 2011
  20 April 2011
• Cool Vendors in Enterprise Communications and Network Services, 2011
  5 April 2011
• Vendor Focus for Cisco: Unified Communications and Collaboration
  3 February 2011
• Vendor Focus: Cisco's VXI Solution and Endpoint Device Strategy
  3 February 2011
• Vendor Rating: Ericsson
  20 December 2010