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Few organizations recognize that they could be addressing data governance head-on, initiating lasting improvements in their data quality as part of their efforts to gather and prepare data for BDA projects. In this weeks SPIE, Stratecast summarizes the data quality issue, makes the case for elevating data governance alongside other BDA objectives,...

This weeks SPIE looks primarily at the benefits realized from CSP data analysis, and examines how CSPs, globally, are using data analysis to address a myriad of business needs tied to use cases for improving operations and generating new revenue. However, there are times when data analysis is important for reasons outside of the CSP; when the need...

This weeks SPIE explains how customer data analysisunderstanding the continuous generation of network usage data from customer interaction with apps and contentis used by CSPs globally for improving their internal processes. The report explains how data analysis suppliers such as Guavus address a growing wave of strategic CSP business needs tied...

In this SPIE, Stratecast examines the RackspaceAWS managed services agreement. We look at the benefits for both customers and providers, competition in the marketplace, and the likelihood of the ventures success.

Managing network operations as it transitions to a cloud-like environment presents many challenges. Most major OSS suppliers have revealed or launched their cloud strategies; but these strategies have yet to be put to the test. The strategies vary from models in which suppliers host their traditional OSS solutions in the cloud as either fully licen...

This SPIE report briefly discusses the patchwork of remedies that have been devised by governments and industries with the stated intent of protecting data privacy. It then presents approaches that may get to the heart of the matter through privacy solutions based not on industry action or government legislation, but on technology.

In this study, Frost & Sullivan examines the customer needs that drive storage, and the different models that providers are adopting to solve these enterprise needs. We discuss the hyperscale storage versus market niche storage approaches, and the markets best served by each.

This paper is an adjunct to a concurrent report on the telecommunication regulatory scene in the United States. It will be of interest to public policy departments of the telecommunication network operator community.

This weeks SPIE discusses why mobile broadband is a concern, and how it has the potential to increase revenue for CSPs if customers are approached differently than through traditional volume-based price plans. The report explains, through implemented examples, how time-based mobile data is delivering customer value, especially in regions with hi...