Fixed-mobile convergence offers carriers unique opportunities to sell solutions to enterprises. Although there are basic requirements for market entry, the real test is how to offer differentiated value-added services ...

With the release of BPEL 2.0 into draft, there is evidence that the industry is coalescing around this standard. Vendors and users must address its deficiencies now in order to ...

Ethernet Switch Routers have arrived to deliver cost effective, non-stop Ethernet services carrying triple play and broadband data, while supporting staggering numbers of GbE and 10 GbE interfaces; their performance ...

Initial WiMAX products haven't yet been released, yet major wireless vendors are already beginning to tout their work on mobile WiMAX. Does a focus on 802.16e and mobility (or ...

The deadline for complying with HIPAA is right around the corner. Surprisingly, many organizations may not be compliant by the deadline. Still, instead of viewing HIPAA as a ...

Equipment vendors, application developers, and integrators are all looking to garner a piece of the enterprise mobility pie. All play key roles, but the big winner will tie it ...

Nokia's I-HSPA debut left many at CTIA scratching their heads. Now that more details have become available, the vision of a flat IP core network appears intriguing. But ...

The optical hardware markets surpassed $9 billion in Q4 2004, according to Infonetics, and look to be headed for a 20% increase over their lows in 2003. The worst ...

PON FTTP costs remain high, but carriers anxious to gain new revenues that favor the PON OpEx model accept high initial cost - contingent upon a roadmap to future cost ...

The mobile middleware market is starting to shake out as vendors select niches and align themselves with dominant carriers and device manufacturers; those that are still going it alone may ...

ZTE gains funding for international expansion and Huawei penetrates more of EMEA. What market impact will they really have, how can these competitors accelerate their market penetration, and how ...

While they try to squeeze the costs of production, telecom vendors are also looking to add significant revenues from customer services. Margins remain a question as legacy gear manufacturers ...

The SEC changed the deadline for small companies to comply with section 404 of SOX. While the change offers relief for small businesses, it is temporary. Furthermore, vendors ...

There's been no shortage of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) offers in the past. Driven by IMS and the near-ubiquity of high-speed data networks, it's back again. But there's always more than ...

With VGA cameraphones, no option for printing is good enough - the pictures are terrible. But as resolution increases, carriers and vendors face a choice: open up the devices ...

Enterprise IT infrastructure investment funds are very closely guarded these days. Prying them loose requires using cautionary tales but not scare tactics, as well as a lot of careful, phased ...

Wireless carriers need to learn from the experiences of the wireline world, not clone them when selling to enterprises; there are important lessons to be learned about what to do ...

Commodity coding systems such as UNSPSC continue to gain interest. Data quality vendors with non-name-and-address capabilities should capitalize on this interest by touting their ability to standardize proprietary codes ...

Collaboration needs to be treated as more of a business process that streamlines employee productivity than an application that is just bought and sold. ...

The MFA announces ten vendors will demonstrate interoperability, scalability of Layer 2 MPLS VPN, and OAM capabilities with a test event organized by EANTC and endorsed by the Alliance at ...