We've talked to customers and while it is a nice checkbox option to have, it's not the primary criteria they use when selecting an on-demand solution. SAP also touted its hybrid model, which is designed to allow users to migrate from an on-demand...
Three more companies have - separately - signed contracts which will see them upgrading to IP-based network technologies to allow them to use services including VoIP and videoconferencing. Law firm Irwin Mitchell is spending £2m on a new converged...
Most heads of IT around the world expect the convergence of data and voice networks to have a big impact on their businesses over the next five years - but most are going down this route mainly just to cut costs.
Yoram Holtz, VP of marketing at Rad Data, said: "Alternative carriers will learn that networks with DSL access offer great customer potential, which can, above all, be realised through the convergence possibilities of voice-over DSL [VoDSL].
The company's European WAN is used to transport data related to its just-in-time logistics operations as well as its financial processes. YKK has extended its relationship with Equant, signing a $1.2m contract for managed firewall and other...
Global network operators such as AT&T, BT/Infonet, C&W, Equant, MCI, NTT and Sprint - all regularly in the news with IP VPN contract wins - will see strong demand as organisations typically migrate their private networks from Frame Relay and ATM.