“Quite frankly, this was a breath of fresh air,” Chris Antlitz, telecom principal analyst at Technology Business Research, told SDxCentral in a phone interview. “They are being marginalized, they can’t stay competitive, the network is not comparable, the competition has been out-competing them for years, and something has to give here.” Full article
Offering a multi-cloud, portable hybrid integration solution is important for IBM in a few ways, said Cassandra Mooshian, a senior analyst with Technology Business Research. It greatly reduces the perception of vendor or platform lock-in, which in the world of hybrid IT is attractive, Mooshian said. “It underscores that IBM is willing to play in […]
“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next 10. Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction.” — Bill Gates I think about this statement from one of our industry titans often in the course of my work, and I am […]
“I don’t think the US is in danger of falling behind in the use and development of 5G if it continues to ban Huawei,” he says. “I think alternative vendors like Ericsson can deliver on 5G.” — Senior Analyst Ezra Gottheil
Commoditization mitigation strategies require business model shifts and an ever-watchful eye on exascale cloud entrants Volume or value? Toward the end of 2018 in the data center market, two distinct vendor strategies emerged: Vendors began either increasing sales volume or selling lower-volume but higher-value solutions. TBR believes that in 1H19, now that vendors have determined […]
No bigger stage: Have to get it right in New York City Opening the New York City Experience Center (EC) long after the first one in Hallandale, Fla., launched allowed PwC to learn lessons about design, operations, talent and culture that will help ensure the high-profile NYC location excels in every way that PwC measures […]
“If you had a new initiative — say if you wanted to do a new marketing campaign — with private cloud, you still have to go buy all the servers, hook them up and orchestrate it before you could even get to executing that. With public cloud, the IT resources are ready whenever the business […]
As we start into the second quarter, we will be examining companies’ 1Q19 earnings as they release. For this week, look for more benchmarks and special reports. Friday In our quarterly Healthcare IT Services Benchmark, we note that healthcare IT services vendors are finding it increasing difficult to scale revenues from existing provider clients […]
Over the past several months, TBR has seen increased activity and interest around the topic of channel and alliance strategy across our 12 ICT industry coverage domains. While channel and alliance strategy is a pervasive topic, the intensity and tenor of the questions posed recently signal an increased focus around deploying industry-leading partnering strategies to […]
We’re in a slower earnings period, which means fewer vendor-centric reports and more benchmarks and market landscapes. And at the end of the week, Accenture gets the early jump on 1Q19, as we analyze the company’s cloud-centric portfolio and overall performance. Thursday Accenture will kick off the 1Q19 earnings season for services companies. While we […]