Information Technology

Residential voice customers continue to migrate away from traditional landline services to less-expensive options offered by wireless and cable providers. The following charts detail current subscriber counts, revenue and market share, as well as our predictions for the future.

This weeks SPIE report analyzes another example of how regional and even local businesses, as well as national corporations, are finding a cost-effective way to access Big Data in support of day-to-day business needs and decision making. The report also analyzes the potential pitfalls of such an approach; and what businesses and providers alike ne...

This market analysis research provides market sizing and forecasts for premises-based contact centre systems at a global level. The product segments covered are: inbound contact routing, IVR and voice portal, outbound dialer, quality monitoring, workforce management, and contact center analytics. The study provides market forecasts by product segme...

In this years look forward, Stratecast provides a view of likely developments in the multiple dimensions in the communication space. The very complex interplay of the economy, consumer perceptions and technology ultimately make such an exercise more of an art than a science. Nevertheless, as the reader will discover, Stratecasts predictions for 2...

Organizations face the complexity of mitigating quickly evolving malware, maintaining productivity, and meeting compliance. Web and e-mail content security are security software platforms that address this need by serving serve the primary functions: (1) protect against Web-based malware and targeted cyber-attack, (2) prevent access to inappropri...

As the wireless market in North America approaches saturation, year-on-year subscriber growth rates continue to decline; yet, wireless service providers are still adding both prepaid and postpaid subscribers. The following charts detail current subscriber counts, revenue and market share, as well as our predictions for the future.

This report delivers an assessment and market profiles for more than 50 suppliers, provides a market share analysis based on recent financial information, and establishes a five-year forecast for the billing mediation market.

Payment fraud continued to increase across Europe in 2012. France and the United Kingdom were the most notable market regions targeted. The increase of smartphones and tablets has changed the way people use professional and personal communication devices. During the payment process, risks are high, especially during a card not present (CNP) payment...

Application vulnerabilities are a recognized, pervasive, and significant security concern. As discussed in this SPIE, involvement in secure software development by security professionals pales relative to their level of concern over application vulnerabilities. Additionally, form and function priorities for application developers keep secure softw...