Heads of SMBs want cloud services from their main provider
Globally, almost all Small and Medium Sized businesses (SMBs) are either using Cloud services (57 percent) or are actively considering it (44 percent). Not surprisingly, perhaps, almost three quarters...
View ArticleTeaming up on cloud services
A new survey commissioned by Amdocs has thrown some interesting light on the subject of cloud services. As previously mentioned here, the vast majority of the 1,300 decision makers at small and medium...
View ArticleDo you know where your billing data is?
No matter what kind of billing system you’re using or how it’s deployed, the real value in the system is the data. Customer information, usage details and anything else captured and stored are precious...
View ArticleWill Ericsson make Metratech tick?
Metratech was always an annoying company. Watching Metratech was like watching a brilliant young tennis player. There were passing shots that made you gasp and made you believe for a moment you were...
View ArticleMove to cloud biggest security threat
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Security professionals are unable to keep pace with cybersecurity threats against companies as external and internal threats mushroom from both known and emerging technologies, a...
View ArticleAmazon Web Services dominate cloud infrastructure market
New Q1 data from Synergy Research Group shows that Amazon Web Services (AWS) remains larger than its four main competitors combined in the cloud infrastructure service market. Microsoft can once again...
View ArticleFuture GM cars will run on cloud
Detroit (Reuters) – General Motors Co is developing technology to allow new features to be downloaded wirelessly, the automaker’s head of vehicle development said on Wednesday. GM global product...
View ArticleGE serious about industrial IoT – very serious
(Reuters) – General Electric Co said on Wednesday it is developing a cloud-based service tailored for industrial customers, the latest step in the U.S. conglomerate’s effort to gain business from data...
View ArticleTelco innovation – the Cloud and DT
Let’s face it, “Cloud” means lots of different things to different people, but I guess that’s the idea. Just about anyone that has ever had to sketch out a network diagram for non-technical folks has...
View ArticleFinancial services spend up big on mobility, cloud and big data
According to a new IDC Financial Insights Perspective, Worldwide Financial Services 3rd Platform IT Spend 2014-2019 – Opportunities Abound, the financial services industry spent $114 billion worldwide...
View ArticleCloudshock: is the cloud hiding costs from you?
Cloudshock: a look at why so many businesses make the case for Cloud on cost savings, only to discover a plethora of unexpected costs. We’re not longer in the phase of ‘why cloud’ or even ‘when cloud’...
View ArticleInvestors give cloud stock valuations a reality check
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Global economic uncertainty and worries about weak spending on information technology are forcing investors in cloud computing stocks and related enterprise companies to take...
View ArticleIs cloud based BSS ready for primetime?
In a bold move, AsiaInfo has announced that their complete BSS offering is available in the cloud, via Amazon Web Services. It is bold, in the sense that – ultimately – this is where the market is...
View ArticleUS enterprises plan to increase cloud spending by 50% in 2016
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The majority of enterprises in the US plan to increase their spending on cloud computing by as much as 50 percent in 2016, according to a new study conducted by...
View ArticleBSS from the cloud? The time is right – survey
London, UK, 17th February 2016 – A global survey of telecoms operators’ approach to the cloud found majority agreement that in future ALL telco business IT systems will be cloud-based. The top reasons...
View ArticleSalesforce results calm cloud market fears
(Reuters) – Salesforce.com Inc reported higher-than-expected quarterly revenue and raised its full-year revenue forecast, saying customers were stepping up purchases of its web-based sales and...
View ArticleHPE leads in cloud infrastructure but Cisco narrows gap
New Q4 data from Synergy Research Group shows that Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) maintained its leadership of the burgeoning cloud infrastructure equipment market, though Cisco narrowed the gap in...
View ArticleSmart IoT and Cloud: Interview with Dr Natasha Tamaskar
At the recent Smart IoT show in London, I caught up with Dr Natasha Tamaskar (NT), head of cloud strategy at Genband. Amongst a huge number of presentations and demonstrations, that, frankly, did not...
View ArticleShift to cloud creates different challenges for Microsoft, Intel
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Financial results from Microsoft Corp and Intel Corp this week brought into sharp relief the challenges the onetime PC partners face as they shift more of their emphasis to...
View ArticleWhich countries are ahead in broadband, cloud and the IoT?
The US, Singapore and Sweden lead the way in digitising their economies. So says Huawei’s newly released 2016 Global Connectivity Index (GCI). However, as I reported, there have been global...
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