Information Technology

In this insight, we look at the market conditions and customer demands that led to this partnership. We discuss specifics of the AWS-VMware partnership, and consider the responsibility that each company holds for various aspects of the customer relationship. We also look at how the partnership may impact the IaaS landscape.

The XaaS monetization model is considered by many as a first step in realizing the power of digital services and the improvements these services bring to the customer experience. XaaS also provides an alternative channel to revenue for the selling organization, because this approach can work side-by-side with traditional models. Most importantly, t...

Accepting the limitations of detection-based cybersecurity does not need to be status quo. There are alternative detection-less approaches that purge malicious code from the inbound web and email channels. One of the detection-less approaches is remote browser isolation (RBI), which we analyzed a few months ago. Another, which we introduce in this ...

The urgency of the bot problem is mounting—particularly when viewed through the lens of credential stuffing and account takeover. Billions of unique credentials have been stolen in recent years, evidenced by the massive breach of 1.5 billion accounts at Yahoo alone. Overall, this exploit trend demonstrates that the pattern of escalation has follo...

In this report, we look at enterprises’ current and planned adoption strategies for SD-WAN; perceived enterprise benefits of SD-WAN; and the criteria that network/IT decision-makers use while evaluating an SD-WAN vendor.

As Communications Service Providers (CSPs) open their networks to ecosystem partners for digital services delivery, they are also opening their operations to application partners. These partners can help address the growing complexity of assuring services, through innovations in analytics. Ciena, for example, an early adopter of the microservices a...

The Asia-Pacific enterprise telephony market was worth $992.4 million in H1 2016. This study analyzes trends, vendor market performance, vertical and horizontal market splits, go-to-market strategies, and key customer wins. The market is segmented into private branch exchange (PBX), key telephone system (KTS), wireless private branch exchange (WPBX...

This report discusses how Supply Chain Management (SCM) optimizes not only the supply chain but also two closely related areas: inventory and omnichannel. Omnichannel integration ensures consistency of campaigns, messaging, offers, and, perhaps most importantly, having the right inventory in the right location at the right time.

In this insight, we provide an overview of AWS Shield, and present our perspective on its near-term competitive impact on the DDoS protection market. In addition, we assess the influence of AWS Shield on the future of this market. But first, a summary on the nature of DDoS attacks is valuable in providing perspective on the type of DDoS protection ...