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Report:The Future Of Telecommunications And Mobility Sourcing

Vision: The Telecommunications And Mobility Sourcing Playbook

This report outlines Forrester's vision for communications technology and services sourcing. To ensure effective sourcing of telecommunications and mobility (T&M) services, IT sourcing and vendor...

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Report:Most Firms Will Use Multiple WAN Technologies

The Mix Will Shift Over Time, But IP WANs Are Here To Stay

Organizations of all sizes are abandoning legacy telecommunications technologies in favor of all-IP wide-area networks (WANs) to support intersite connectivity. Laggards are being pushed off of older...

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Report:Market Overview: European Ethernet Services

VPLS Growth Drives Momentum As 40% Of European Firms Adopt Carrier Ethernet

Almost 40% of European enterprises are now deploying carrier Ethernet services, with particular interest in VPLS-based Ethernet LAN (E-LAN) services. However, don't assume all service providers are...

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Report:Market Overview: US Ethernet Services

VPLS Growth Drives Momentum As Half Of US Firms Adopt Carrier Ethernet

Half of all North American enterprises are now deploying carrier Ethernet services, with particular interest in VPLS-based Ethernet LAN (E-LAN) services. However, not all service providers are the...

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Report:Asia Pacific Managed Telecom Services Market, 2009 To 2013

Given the rapid development in business activity across the region, Asia Pacific has been recognized in terms of managed telecom services (MTS) adoption. As multinational organizations explore this...

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Report:London 2012: Athletes And New Services Will Push Boundaries, Not The Underlying Technologies

In the first of our series of reports on the information and communications technology (ICT) behind the London 2012 Olympic Games, we looked at the six lessons that vendor strategists can draw from...

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Report:The State Of WAN Services Adoption In North America 2009: CIOs Lead On Cost Reduction

The need to cut costs dominates North American enterprises' 2009 plans for wide-area networks (WANs). This is the top priority for almost three-quarters of enterprises as part of IT budget cuts...

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Report:The State Of WAN Services Adoption In Europe 2009: Cost-Cutting Dominates Enterprise Plans

Cost-cutting dominates European enterprise plans for wide area networks (WANs) for 2009. This is the top priority for almost three-quarters of enterprises as part of IT budget cuts mandated at board...

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Report:The Recession Will Accelerate European Ethernet Services Adoption

The European Outlook For Ethernet Services In 2009

The adoption of carrier Ethernet services in Europe will accelerate rapidly in 2009, driven by the low cost per bit, simplicity, and flexibility of these services. Service provider MPLS traffic and...

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Report:Deriving Value From Global Managed Network And Telecom Services

Outsourcing Helps MNCs Avoid Upfront Capital Spending And Enjoy Business Benefits From New Convergence Technologies Sooner

Most large multinational corporations (MNCs) will buy more provider-managed international network and telecommunication services during the next three years to help insulate their business from the...

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Report:Inquiry Spotlight: MPLS In The United States, Q1 2009

In the US, enterprises are steadily moving off legacy WAN services like frame relay (FR) and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and onto IP-based services like multiprotocol label switching (MPLS)....

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Report:The State Of WAN Services Adoption in Europe: 2008

Ethernet And Internet VPNs Outstrip MPLS In Popularity

The migration from legacy data services to IP-based wide-area network (WAN) services in Europe is now largely complete, led by the largest multinational firms. Over the past year we have seen a 20%...

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Report:Ethernet Services Take Europe By Storm

VPLS Grabs The Attention Of Both Service Providers And Users

Carrier Ethernet services have reached mass adoption in Europe and are challenging multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) virtual private networks (VPNs) as the first choice for enterprise WANs —...

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Report:Emerging WAN Services: Look Before You Leap

Recent Ethernet RFIs Show Chinks In Providers' Armor

As enterprises continue to migrate to emerging WAN services like Ethernet, it's easy to succumb to the path of least resistance by simply evaluating and migrating to the incumbent WAN provider's new...

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Report:North American And European Enterprise Landline Service Adoption

An overview of North American and European enterprise landline service adoption

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Report:North American And European SMB Access Technology Landscape

An overview of SMB adoption of ethernet, broadband satellite, T1/E1, and DSL.

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Report:Forrester's 2008 Outlook On US Enterprise-Class Landline Service Prices

In 2008, clients will find it possible to obtain lower prices on some services, such as Ethernet and multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), but only if they do their fair share of due diligence....

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Report:Shorthand For Evaluating WAN Technologies: IP VPNs Versus MPLS Versus Ethernet

To support intersite connectivity, enterprises are in the midst of migrating from legacy services like private line, Frame Relay (FR), or asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) to IP (Internet...

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Report:European Telecom Operator Managed Services Deals Survey: H2 2007

Forrester's fourth survey of managed services contracts signed by telecom service providers takes the lid off 177 European service deals sealed in the second half of 2007. The number of deals was up...

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Report:Indians Take Aim At The Global Telecom Market

Two Conglomerates Form Tata Communications And Reliance Globalcom

Two Indian conglomerates — Tata Group and Reliance Industries — recently announced rebranding and additional investments in their respective international telecom units in order to...

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Report:Recent Ethernet RFIs Show Chinks In Providers' Armor

Whenever making a major change to a critical network, it's important for enterprises to conduct both requests for information (RFIs) and requests for proposals (RFPs). Recent work Forrester undertook...

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Report:Guidelines For Building Versus Buying An Ethernet WAN

Organizations that have used traditional private line wide area networks (WANs) to support high-performance business-critical applications are migrating to Ethernet WANs in droves. Many of these...

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Report:The Worrisome State Of Canadian Business Telecoms Competition

If TELUS and Bell Canada had merged, Canadian enterprises and SMBs would have seen competitive choices for telecom services shrink dramatically. As new IP services mature during the next three years...

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Report:WAN Wars: Ethernet Versus MPLS

Which Technology Should European Enterprises Choose?

European enterprises are rapidly deploying both multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) and carrier Ethernet for their wide-area networks (WANs) — 40% of European enterprises have deployed MPLS...

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Report:Checklist For Evaluating US Ethernet Services

This is a checklist tool for the S&VM role site delineating first-order and second-order evaluation criteria as well as a list of important considerations when choosing a US Ethernet service provider.

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