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Telecom carriers spent $62 billion on outsourced services in 2008

Market research firm Infonetics Research is reporting that telecom carriers spent US$62 billion on outsourced services in 2008, and have plans to increase that spending. The report noted that the top revenue-generating tasks outsourced by service providers in 2008 include network maintenance, application service delivery, network build, and network planning and design.  more

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Industry Big Guns with no Bullets to Fire

After a devastating end to 2008, the future is looking bleak. At the start of 2009 the mobile industry is starting to implement strategic job cuts and closing of overseas offices. This is just the beginning. The New Year started with nortel Networks filing for Chapter 11. Many companies are not far behind. The question remains: how will some of the largest blue chip companies fare this year? Based on recent findings, Frost & Sullivan expects several firms to have a tough time fighting this year's projected internal and external challenges.  more

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Telephony Market to Crimp Unified Communications Market Growth

While Unified Communications (UC) has become a high tech marketing buzzword and the focus of major enterprise vendors including Avaya, Cisco, IBM Lotus, Microsoft, and nortel, a new study released by Wainhouse Research concludes that UC product revenues will actually decrease by over $1 billion over the next two years before the market rebounds.  more

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Majority of IT Buyers Interesting in Going "Green" - if the Price is Right

Do "green" products and marketing matter in the enterprise technology industry? According to GreenFactor, - a global "green" enterprise IT study released by Strategic Oxygen, GCI Group and Cohn & Wolfe, "green" products are not only highly important for the environment, they are potentially profitable: More than 70 percent of the global respondents said they "probably" or "definitely" would increase their preference for a brand's "green" products if they were convinced of the positive impact on the environment and business. Almost 60 percent said they would expect to pay a premium for "green" products.  more

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