Sequential and year-over-year declines in revenue point to a potential and sustained slowdown in the hosted multimedia application server market. If this trend continues, the number of viable competitors in ...

Unified communications solutions are moving away from point product focus to encompass a greater range of applications. Applications integration continues to improve, but interoperability issues remain. This report ...

The carrier Ethernet access and aggregation market continues to evolve and expand with new offers from multiple vendors designed to address the capacity, cost and manageability needs of service providers ...

Carrier Ethernet routers are rising to meet the deployment requirements for advanced Ethernet services such as triple play, video and IPTV. The drivers are performance, MPLS, non-stop delivery, end-to-end management ...

With Microsoft pushing forward a managed apps strategy aimed at businesses and Google in hot pursuit of the enterprise through cloud-based services, SaaS is clearly not just for SMBs any ...

The carrier network edge is set to experience a greater degree of integration of L2 and L3 technologies on IP service platforms, including support of broadband aggregation capabilities, due in ...

IPTV middleware competitive market share battles loom on the horizon, as operator demands for increased scalability, manageability, and service differentiation force middleware vendors to pit their marketing gains vs. rival ...

The CMTS market segment shrunk in 2007, and is expected to shrink further through 2008, as DOCSIS 3.0 upgrades will take at least a year to really kick in and ...

IPTV is making steady progress in Europe, with new services launched regularly and established players polishing their products. Providers stand to gain ARPU and stickiness from IPTV, but standards ...

FMC is an attractive concept for both fixed and mobile operators, but in practice, it has been difficult to implement and sell to consumers. However, a few successful rollouts ...

The need for speed and QoS is driven by cool video content that needs to be available when the consumer wants it. Carriers, content providers, broadcasters and vendors are all ...

Forging links between the PC and mobile screens is an easy first step for mobile and 'integrated' operators. Executing on true service convergence, however, is still a best practice ...

Service provider channels to market are becoming more complicated and tenuous as the market moves to 'any content to any device.' These changes remove barriers to market entry and ...

IP core routers are receiving significant attention with the launch of high-capacity routers, fatter trunks, more optical integration, and more multi-chassis solutions. Video and seemingly un-suppressible growth in mobile ...

The consolidation of Web and WAN application acceleration markets continues, as well as defining an expanded role for WAN edge services. This report contains a market overview, analyst review, near ...

Branch office consolidation continues to be a main market driver for the installation of modular branch office routers in the market today. This report contains a market overview, analyst review, ...

The fanciest consumer electronics are only as good as the quantity and variety of content they can play. Content creators want their digital property protected, but also accessible on popular ...

Growth in the services market continues, with major vendors experiencing increases in revenues between 1% and 15% in 2007. Professional and managed services remain the focus in terms of ...

Service attached devices are directly supported by a service provider with content including cable set-top boxes and a new category of broadband connected boxes like Apple TV that push online ...

Switching companies need a plethora of products and services outside of just traditional switches to compete. Customers need security, integration, and application acceleration from vendors. This report contains a ...