STERLING, Va., Aug. 19, 2008 — A new Current Analysis report featuring competitive analysis of Global Service Providers’ managed IP solutions for Europe-based multinational companies shows offerings from BT and Orange Business Services lead the pack. However, the report also shows solutions from T-Systems, AT&T and Verizon Business are very close behind, and that all are quickly rising to meet increased demand for outsourced network-based IT services.
The report also looks at the market dynamics between Global Service Providers and System Integrators in a converged communications and IT market and the growing importance of who makes the best choices when it comes to systems integrator (SI) partnerships.
Managed IP Service solutions are made up of a range of enterprise services provided by network operators, managed service providers and system integrators that manage network-centric applications that run over enterprise customers’ networks. These solutions are emerging to address the requirements of multinational corporations for more outsourcing of communications and IT services as corporations reduce their IT staff levels and outsource more and more of their network and IT operations. This redefining of what is strategic and should be kept in-house, and what is merely a utility function that can be handed over to external service providers, is accompanied by an increased focus on end-to-end application performance management between any fixed or mobile terminal and any application server.
“IP convergence has blurred the lines of engagement between network-centric telcos and application-centric system integrators,” said Sandra O’Boyle, Current Analysis Research Director, Business Telecom Services Europe. “Outsourcing deals involving the management of a global IP network that runs business-critical applications require telcos to have further skills in both IT and networking. The carrier-SI engagement model will become increasingly important and carriers and SIs need to know when and how to partner effectively.”
The Current Analysis Advisory Report includes a comparison of the strengths and weaknesses of current Managed IP Service solutions from BT, Orange Business Services, T-Systems, AT&T and Verizon Business. In addition, the report includes an assessment of the relative strengths of carriers versus SIs when delivering various managed solutions.
Current Analysis covers the topic of Business Communications Services and Managed IP Solutions in market-leading depth, including all aspects of competition. Current Analysis has twelve analysts and researchers in all that contribute to daily coverage of the dynamic business telecom markets in Europe and the US. For more information on Current Analysis Managed IP Services coverage – including the recently published analytical solutions assessments – go to http://www.currentanalysis.com/f/ManagedIPServices/
For a free copy of the full report: “Managed IP Solutions: Global Service Providers Rise to the Challenge,” go to http://www.currentanalysis.com/markets/r/ManagedIPServices/
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