UKCloud Leverages Azure Stack to Create UK Sovereign Hybrid Cloud Solution
UKCloud’s credentials for delivering a secure cloud portfolio to the UK public sector that meets strict compliance was already established. The new offering means its customers can leverage the Azure...
View ArticleMWC18: Vodafone Allies with China Mobile for IoT Expansion
Vodafone and China Mobile have entered a reciprocal reseller agreement to provide mobile connectivity for global IoT engagements. The deal expands market opportunities for two of the largest providers...
View ArticleMWC18: Deutsche Telekom and SAP Expand Relationship for IoT Services and...
Deutsche Telekom and SAP are partnering to create IoT service packages, interfaces between platforms, and packaged applications. The alliance combines their skills and technology sets, including SAP’s...
View ArticleMWC18: Telefónica Puts Blockchain in the Driver’s Seat with SEAT Industry 4.0...
Carriers want to be end-to-end IoT providers, as connectivity is only a small part of the value chain. By using blockchain to integrate a carmaker’s supply chain sensor data, is Telefónica proving...
View ArticleTelekom Security Congress: T-Systems Asserts MSSP Leadership (in Germany, at...
T-Systems’ annual security conference was larger than ever in 2018, elevating its platform in the German market as the leader in cybersecurity services for business. Taking its position to the next...
View ArticleExoscale to Take its Developer Cloud Mainstream with A1 Digital Across...
Exoscale plans to take its public cloud offerings beyond its developer-centric market to reach new user audiences via the A1 Digital brand. Differentiating against global rivals with its EU sovereignty...
View ArticleSD-WAN: Hype and a Reality That Cannot Be Ignored
SD-WAN is not a panacea, but the growing use of the internet within the network services market means that it is an important technology. SD-WAN remains nascent, but the market is taking shape and a...
View ArticleProximus Makes its Second Security Acquisition in Less than a Year
Proximus has acquired ION-IP, a Netherlands-based security technology integrator and managed service provider. It complements last year’s acquisition of Davinsi Labs and should strengthen Promixus’s...
View ArticleColt DCS Hypes Hyperscaler Focus at Analyst Open Day
Colt DCS provided a breakdown on its current strategy and business performance, highlighting rapid growth driven by colocation demand from cloud providers. It has its sights on other segments, too, but...
View ArticleWipro Addresses its Cloud Opportunities and Risks in Analyst Day
Wipro communicated its strategy and portfolio in cloud-related integration, application delivery, and managed services at a recent analyst day. With a new dedicated cloud unit, it recognizes it must...
View ArticleUK Public Sector Services Market Review: Q1 2018
Competition continues to grow in the UK public sector space with both Daisy and Exponential-e picking up wins with national agencies. Capita has received some negative headlines recently but can point...
View ArticleTelefonica Partners with Microsoft for Azure IoT Integration, Providing...
Telefonica and Microsoft are allying to improve the IoT customer experience, using network authentication and identity for zero-touch device provisioning. Azure integration will relieve many Telefonica...
View ArticleIoT Watch Q1 2018 – Industrial IoT Services and Solutions: Technology...
Q1 2018 announcements from the IIoT services ecosystem included news from mobile operators on topics from technology to new partnerships, services and customers. MWC18 brought out the ecosystem in...
View ArticleOrange Business Services Partners with Siemens to Add the Vendor’s MindSphere...
Orange Business Services and Siemens partner for industrial IoT, adding the unique features of Siemen’s MindSphere platform to the operator’s services. The alliance focuses on asset tracking and will...
View ArticleTelefónica Strengthens IoT Offerings with Cumulocity Partnership
Telefónica has secured a collaborative agreement with Software AG and its robust Cumulocity platform. The partnership will provide the telco with a market-leading platform to offer end-to-end IoT...
View ArticleCityFibre’s Proposed Takeover Will Secure Investment in Its UK FTTP Ambitions
Bidco’s proposed takeover of CityFibre provides new funding for the FTTP provider, and the involved investment companies have experience raising money for similar projects. However, a significant...
View ArticleHANNOVER MESSE 2018: Telefónica’s NB-IoT Is Taking Off (at a German Airport)
Telefónica has found a new customer for smart metering. It’s not the first operator to install NB-IoT smart meters with partner Huawei, but Telefónica has a new strategy to sell to the problematic...
View ArticleHANNOVER MESSE 2018: Deutsche Telekom and SAP Showcase Comprehensive Solution...
Deutsche Telekom and SAP are showcasing solutions for logistics and asset tracking at HANNOVER MESSE, fleshing out an alliance announced at MWC. These are not just point solutions, as they add insights...
View ArticleVodafone Makes EUR 18 Billion Play to Strengthen its Fibre Internet Access...
Vodafone’s proposed deal to acquire Liberty Global’s operations in four markets would give it an imposing European footprint. Vodafone’s new local access network assets are not necessarily enterprise...
View ArticleBT’s Enterprise and Wholesale Troubles are Highlighted by Its FY 2017/18 Results
BT has posted reduced revenues for all its B2B and Wholesale units reflecting both strategic change and, more significantly, tough market conditions. However, BT is responding to these challenges and...
View ArticleBT Targets Agility and GBP 1.5 Billion of Savings as It Adjusts to the Age of...
BT has announced that it is beginning a major program of reorganization and cost savings. As well as overall staff reductions, BT is shifting its workforce profile towards provisioning and customer...
View ArticleVodafone Returns to Profitability and Announces New CEO as Focus on Europe...
Vodafone’s FY 2017/18 results suggest a pivot from AMAP towards Europe. Incoming CEO Nick Read will have to deliver growth in markets where Vodafone has not enjoyed consistent success and mindful that...
View ArticleTieto Is Using Blockchain to Bring Digital Business Incorporation to the Nordics
Tieto, along with industry partners, has launched a blockchain-based digital company registration platform. By providing a digital business identity, the platform supports real-time changes to official...
View ArticleTelefónica’s AWS Solutions Reflect Growing Enterprise Demand for Public Cloud
Telefónica has a new strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services to provide its business customers with AWS professional services. Perhaps just another AWS partnership, but it reflects growth in...
View ArticleLPWAN Progress: Are We There Yet?
LPWA rollouts were a big topic in 2017 as mobile operators rolled out NB-IoT and LTE-M networks, hoping for massive numbers of new IoT connections. LPWA World, held this week, may provide a reality...
View ArticleExponential-e Cyber SOC Brings Predictable Pricing to Security and Compliance...
Exponential-e’s CSOC offering features real-time visibility of compliance status along with incident and event monitoring backed by analysts. Claims of differentiated pricing would be more compelling...
View ArticleDaisy Turbocharges Its Direct Sales Operations with the Acquisition of...
Daisy’s acquisition of TTB’s 80,000 B2B customers is good business, although the nature of the deal means that it may take a while for Daisy to deliver organic growth from its latest example of...
View ArticleTelstra International Analyst Day 2018: Telstra Unveils Plans to Be a Digital...
Telstra set out an ambitious but realistic strategy for growth beyond APAC at its International Analyst Day. Connectivity into Far Eastern markets remains a star asset for European and US MNCs, but...
View ArticleT-Systems’ Transformation Strategy: Reduce, Relocate, Invest
T-Systems revealed details of a three-year plan to reduce its workforce by 16% while relocating a significant portion from Germany to India. It sees EUR 600 million in savings, half of which will be...
View ArticleTelefónica Industry Analyst Day: Enterprise Services Strategies and Progress
Telefónica’s analyst event in Madrid covered its progress in the transformation of its operations and portfolio. Increased coherence of its ‘Fourth Platform’ vision was apparent, although more specific...
View ArticleClaranet Returns to Inorganic Growth with Two Acquisitions in Security and Cloud
Claranet’s two acquisitions in two days will not shock followers of its inorganic growth strategy, which has been successful in recent years. This time, it has added security consultancy and...
View ArticleTalkTalk and Daisy’s Decision to Call Off the Transfer of TTB’s B2B Assets...
TalkTalk and Daisy have abandoned their proposed deal to transfer TalkTalk Businesses B2B customers to Daisy, a decision that raises doubts and questions about both providers. Deals fall through, but...
View ArticleExponential-e High Performance WAN
Exponential-e’s L2 portfolio and UK fibre network assets provide strong differentiation. It also offers an attractive cloud transition and hybrid cloud message that sets it apart from many...
View Article8x8 Makes X Series Generally Available, Consolidating UC, Contact Center,...
8x8 makes X Series available in the U.S. and UK, delivering a consolidated UCaaS-contact center solution with attractive features to improve productivity, plus data collection and analytics tools for a...
View ArticleSAP Leonardo IoT
Unlike many IoT platform players, SAP goes to market with a solution that begins with the end in mind, bringing together a substantial partner ecosystem, a formidable cloud platform, and numerous...
View ArticleEnterprise IoT Platforms: Competitive Landscape Assessment
The enterprise IoT platform space is crowded but the leaders stand out, with full-featured data collection, manipulation, management, and analysis capabilities that feed into IoT applications that may...
View ArticlePTC ThingWorx – Enterprise IoT Platforms
PTC continues to evolve its ThingWorx platform with AR enhancements, role-based asset management for service managers, new customers, and new partnerships with Microsoft, Ansys, and Rockwell...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure – Enterprise IoT Platforms
Offering a wide range of IoT specific services on its Azure cloud platform, complemented by advanced capabilities, Microsoft provides a tool box to support IoT solutions. Whilst fantastic for...
View ArticleIBM Watson IoT - Enterprise IoT Platforms
IBM Watson’s cognitive processing capability is a significant differentiator of its IoT platform, services, and software portfolio. Increasing use of AI in IoT for predictive maintenance and other...
View ArticleGoogle Cloud IoT - Enterprise IoT Platforms
Google Cloud IoT is a newcomer to the IoT platform space but is rapidly being recognized as an easy to use, scalable, full-featured solution targeted at Google cloud services customers.
View ArticleGE Predix – Enterprise IoT Platforms
GE Predix's IoT platform is a leading solution for industrial apps combining strong data management and security, predictive analytics, and development tools. However, wider group fortunes risk...
View ArticleAmazon Web Services (AWS) – Enterprise IoT Platforms
Amazon Web Services has a very strong IoT offering for the developer community with ease of development and device integration as key features. However, AWS relies heavily on its ecosystem to bring all...
View ArticleMulti-Cloud Services: Fujitsu’s Take
As multi-cloud consumption becomes the reality for transforming enterprises, solutions are now appearing from service providers as well as platform vendors. Each player has its own take; Fujitsu...
View ArticleAtos to Expand Global Presence with Acquisition of Syntel
With its purchase of Syntel, Atos will add sizeable resources in the U.S. and India, and bolster its position in the finance, banking, and insurance, as well as healthcare industries. It will also gain...
View ArticleEuropean Cloud Challengers - UpCloud
Europe has a number of IaaS challengers, starting small but building innovative platforms and winning early-adopting enterprises. UKCloud, CloudSigma, UpCloud and Aruba Cloud offer compelling...
View ArticleEuropean Cloud Challengers - UKCloud
Europe has a number of IaaS challengers, starting small but building innovative platforms and winning early-adopting enterprises. UKCloud, CloudSigma, UpCloud and Aruba Cloud offer compelling...
View ArticleEuropean Cloud Challengers - CloudSigma
Europe has a number of IaaS challengers, starting small but building innovative platforms and winning early-adopting enterprises. UKCloud, CloudSigma, UpCloud and Aruba Cloud offer compelling...
View ArticleEuropean Cloud Challengers - Aruba Cloud
Europe has a number of IaaS challengers, starting small but building innovative platforms and winning early-adopting enterprises. UKCloud, CloudSigma, UpCloud and Aruba Cloud offer compelling...
View ArticleGE Looks to Shift Predix and Its Digital Team to a New Owner; Will It Be...
When Predix and the GE Digital team's biggest strength is access to its parent client base, can the platform owner attract buyers without compromising its customer relationships?
View ArticleVodafone Aims to Take Cloud Partnership with Alibaba Beyond Germany
Vodafone’s partnership with Alibaba has given it new relevance in its business customers’ IT strategies. Having successfully positioned their joint offerings as an alternative to U.S. cloud providers,...
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