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CenturyLink holds top spot in the 2018 IHS Markit “SIP Trunking Scorecard”August 29, 2018CenturyLink, which merged with Level 3 last year, led the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking market, with the largest installed base.
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Platforms that drive UCaaSJuly 24, 2018The adoption of UCaaS continue to expand worldwide, but the market remains highly fragmented with a wide range of offerings from a variety of providers. The market is composed of pure-plays, network operators, cable MSOs, ISPs, system integrators, and traditional premises-based vendors. With a wide range of service offerings and capabilities, things can be confusing for businesses trying to find the right provider and service to fit their needs. Clients, please log in to view the full content.Subscribers Only
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Cavium (now Marvell) is the next hope for ARM-based CPUs in the data centerJuly 17, 2018In 2017, Cavium, Qualcomm, and Applied Micro were all sampling ARM-based SoCs targeted at data center servers. With Applied Micro spinning off its server CPU business to newly founded Ampere Computing and Qualcomm demonstrating no tangible design wins after announcing commercial availability for its Centriq SoC in November 2017, hopes for success of an ARM-based CPU ecosystem moved to Cavium, and in 2017 Cavium kept the design wins and partnership announcements coming. In January, Atos announced Cavium’s ThunderX2 will power its HPC for the EU-funded Mont Blanc project. In March, Cavium announced a partnership with Microsoft and in November revealed designs for a Cavium-powered Project Olympus OCP server. In May, Gigabyte, Ingrasys, and Inventec announced and subsequently launched new servers based on ThunderX2. In June, Penguin announced its Open Compute server lineup will feature a ThunderX2 sku. Clients, please log in to view the full content.Subscribers Only
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It’s hard to get rid of those good old DMS switches!June 12, 2018That’s the key takeaway from Ribbon Perspectives 18’s Network Transformation panel held on June 5 in Los Angeles. With more than 600 attendees and loud L.A. style music blasting before, between, and after sessions, the event keeps growing. And of course, you don’t want to miss those perspectives. The panel had representatives from BT, Bell, and Verizon, all talking about their ongoing network transformation initiatives. All three are big on the role of software defined networks (SDN) as the key enabler of automation while preserving some of the legacy nodes that are fully depreciated and providing high reliability. Clients, please log in to view the full content.Subscribers Only
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Collaborative meeting services grew 10 percent in 2017April 17, 2018Worldwide revenue for collaborative meeting services (video and web conferencing) grew 10 percent in 2017, totaling $2.5 billion. Growth was driven by the need for better communication tools to bridge geographic divides between employees, partners and customers; the continuing adoption of unified communications; and the shift from in-house infrastructure deployments to a cloud delivery model.
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PBX market sinks 8 percent year over year in 2017March 16, 2018A decline in on-premises private branch exchange (PBX) licenses led the global market to decrease 8 percent in 2017 from 2016, to $5.7 billion. Total PBX lines were down 9 percent year over year in 2017, with every segment taking a hit.
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AMD partners with HPE and Dell EMC, turns up the heat on IntelFebruary 13, 2018In 2017, AMD changed the market dynamic for entry-level enterprise servers with its EPYC SoC, providing not just healthy competition but also opportunities for new designs utilizing the large number of memory channels and high I/O bandwidth available with EPYC. OEMs like Supermicro, Sugon, and Asus and white box server vendors like Wiwynn, Inventec, Gigabyte, and Tyan quickly backed EPYC, introducing over a dozen server models based on AMD’s SoC in 2H17. CSPs (cloud service providers) also embraced EPYC with Microsoft, Baidu, Tencent and JD.com all adopting EPYC-based servers. Baidu in particular boosted EPYC’s credibility in the market as it implemented a new 1-socket server design that utilizes EPYC’s memory channels and I/O bandwidth. Clients, please log in to view the full content.Subscribers Only
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Moore’s law still alive in the data center, but is it enough?January 09, 2018When Gordon Moore made the observation that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit doubles every two years, known as Moore’s law, he also predicted technological limitations would eventually lead to the end of this era, with successive generations either seeing less than 2x growth in transistor count or taking longer than two years. An argument that we have already reached these limitations is currently supported by the lag between Intel’s 14 nm and 10 nm PC CPU introduction. Additionally, silicon manufacturers have questioned the investment required to maintain Moore’s law, with Samsung reporting Moore’s law affordability challenges in 2016 and TSMC’s quarterly earnings showing wafer revenue from advanced process technology dropping between 2008 and 2016. Clients, please log in to view the full content.Subscribers Only
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Cisco to Acquire BroadSoft for $1.9BOctober 23, 2017This morning, Cisco announced its intent to acquire BroadSoft for $55 per share cash for a total valuation of approximately $1.9B. It’s a poorly held secret that BroadSoft was looking for an acquirer, and last week it became clearer that Cisco was at the top of the list. BroadSoft will become part of Cisco’s UC business under GM Tom Puorro, under the Applications Group led by Rowan Trollope. The deal is expected to close in calendar Q1 2018. Clients, please log in to view the full content.Subscribers Only
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SIP Trunks to Top 53 Million in 2021October 18, 2017Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunks increased 26 percent year-over-year in the first half of 2017, to 30 million seats, and by 2021 are forecast to reach 53 million.
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SIP trunking penetrationOctober 03, 2017For the seventh year in a row, we are publishing our estimates on SIP trunking penetration in North America. This continues to be one of the most frequently requested metrics as we look to understand how quickly SIP adoption is happening and how much more upside opportunity is there to displace TDM. As SIP continues to progress, there is less of a need to understand when SIP trunking becomes mainstream but rather how quickly it fully displaces TDM. SIP trunking has become mainstream in North America, but that isn’t the case in most parts of the world. Clients, please log in to view the full content.Subscribers Only
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Mitel Acquires ShoreTelJuly 27, 2017Today Mitel announced its intent to acquire ShoreTel, which does not come as a big surprise. Over the past several years this combination has been rumored multiple times, and ShoreTel’s board has publicly been looking at strategic options for the company. The enterprise communications market is extremely tough with premises-based sales in decline and the majority of sales in the hands of only a few dominant vendors. Meanwhile businesses are shifting to cloud services, which is a very crowded market with a number of providers and no dominant company. Mitel and ShoreTel are among the few that have a position in the legacy PBX market while working on pivoting to cloud services. Clients, please log in to access the full content.Subscribers Only
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Sonus and GENBAND MergerMay 23, 2017Today Sonus and GENBAND announced its intention to merge the two companies. This is not a surprise because it’s been rumored that the two companies have been in discussions over the past year. Additionally, both companies stand out as pure-plays in the service provider VoIP market facing increasing pressure from the three large telecom equipment manufacturers (TEMs): Ericsson, Huawei, and Nokia. As the market begins its contraction with an increasing amount of business driven from mobile operators, vendors such as Sonus and GENBAND have been affected. At the close of the merger, it is expected that Sonus and GENBAND shareholders will each own 50% of the combined company. The value of the transaction is approximately $745M. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2017. Clients, log in to read the complete insight.Subscribers Only
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Windstream Extends Buying Streak to Broadview NetworksApril 13, 2017Today Windstream announced it will acquire UCaaS provider Broadview Networks in an all-cash transaction valued at $227.5M. This follows its $1.1B merger with EarthLink that closed in February. The value is less than current 12-month revenues of $289M, but it is almost 2.7X of Broadview Networks’ UCaaS revenue making it one of the most important acquisitions in the market to date. Windstream is making the acquisition not for Broadview Networks’ legacy product suite but for its UCaaS platform, customer base, and channel work, and for the opportunity to shake up the market. The acquisition is expected to close in 3Q17. Clients, log in to read the complete insight.Subscribers Only
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RESEARCH NOTE - 86 Percent of Businesses Surveyed to Use Video Conferencing as Part of Their UC Environment by 2018March 01, 2017Following is information and insight from IHS Markit about our Unified Communication (UC) Strategies and Vendor Leadership North American Enterprise Survey.
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ALE Focuses on Verticals and RainbowFebruary 14, 2017OLast week I had the opportunity to spend a few days with the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) management team in New Orleans. Jack Chen, ALE’s CEO laid out the company’s strategy and plans for 2017 while making it clear it needs to return shareholder value, which requires it to be highly focused. In 2016, the company worked on making sure it had the components and plans in place for executing on a vertical focus, cloud components, and a CPaaS platform (communication platform as a service) in 2017. ALE has set a course for 2017 in which it can be differentiated and grow, but it won’t be trying to be all things to all companies nor will it chase every new trend that bubbles up. Clients, log in to read the complete insight.Subscribers Only
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Mitel Divests Mobile DivisionDecember 20, 2016On 2 March 2015, Mitel announced its intent to acquire Mavenir for $560M as a means of entering the mobile infrastructure space and creating revenue diversity. Not even 2 years later Mitel has decided to divest the mobile division to Siris Capital for $350M cash and a $35M non-interest bearing note. This is significantly less than Mitel originally paid for the business despite revenue in the business growing over the past few years. The move to sell the business doesn’t surprise me. I always found the mix a hard one, and at an analyst event with Mitel in November that was very apparent. Clients, log in to read the complete insight.Subscribers Only
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SIP Trunking PenetrationOctober 28, 2016For the sixth year in a row, we are publishing our estimates on SIP trunking penetration in North America. This continues to be one of the most frequently requested metrics from vendors, service providers, and the financial community. With data provided from the FCC on multiline business switched access lines, we have been able to develop as close to an apples-to-apples comparison as possible to understand SIP trunking penetration.Subscribers Only
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VoLTE Gaining GroundOctober 25, 2016Earlier this month, I attended and chaired the first day of the LTE Voice Summit in London. Similar to the last 2 years, there was plenty of evidence of VoLTE progressing across multiple regions. There weren’t any new big topics—items like VoWiFi and NFV are well understood and underway—and for the most part, discussions centered around progress being made on adoption. Roaming was the only area that still elicited healthy debate on which approach to take and why. As of 30 September 2016, 86 operators have launched commercial VoLTE services across 49 countries.Subscribers Only
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Platforms That Drive UCaaSOctober 19, 2016Though cloud UC services (UCaaS) continue to expand worldwide, the market is highly fragmented with a wide range of offerings from a variety of different providers. The market is comprised of pure-plays, network operators, cable MSOs, ISPs, system integrators, and traditional premises-based vendors. With a wide range of service offerings and capabilities, things can be confusing for businesses trying to find the right provider and service to fit their needs.Subscribers Only
