The opportunity for, or value of, APIs that expose telecom service features to allow them to be used in composition of other perhaps-more-valuable services, has long been discussed. When Ericsson acquired Vonage, it was clear that the Vonage APIs were going to be a big part of any value redemption Ericsson could hope for. Well,…
The deal HPE has made to acquire Juniper Networks isn’t yet final, but the competition between the yet-to-be-combined entity and its natural rival, Cisco, is already starting. I’ve had 211 enterprises tell me that they’ve heard from both companies already, positioning for supremacy in a battle that will surely unfold. There’s also a battle over…
I had a chance to review a Wall Street research report citing CIO views on 2024 and 2025 IT spending, and while I think it’s not outlandish, I think there are points that it misses. CIOs tell me many of the same thing, but add in views and qualifications that I think are helpful in…
With the bulk of stories on cloud computing having taken a negative tone, we have one that talks about the top ten benefits of “cloud transformation”. The question is whether enterprises really accept some, or even any, of these. Here, I’ll look at them all and recount what I hear from the 314 companies that…
How’s this for a tagline? “The History of Telecoms is at an end.” What’s in this story is a pretty solid analysis of the issues that the telecom industry faces. The basic thesis of the story is presented in a book that says that telecom is now an irreversible commodity, that we already have what…
There’s no shortage of news about the changing attitudes of enterprises toward cloud computing. Five years ago, it was all about “cloud-first” planning of applications, but recently “repatriation” of applications from cloud to data center has dominated, but both extremes are still represented. What’s the truth? One possible source that came to light this month…
We’ve heard about, and I’ve talked about, the concept of a “digital twin”. Interest in the concept is growing, and with that growth we’re seeing an interesting division of mission appearing. It turns out that just as we have “identical” and “fraternal” twins in human biology, we have “control” and “simulate” twins in the world…
Spending on telco infrastructure is declining. Telcos don’t know how to find new revenue. Enterprise network spending is also under pressure, and in particular spending on new technologies or on new projects that could lead to higher spending down the line. Open technology is more and more an argument rather than a property, and many…
While the source of the quote (Albert Einstein) isn’t well known, many recognize the statement that “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” One would think that sentiment would discourage continued reliance on failed concepts, but that’s apparently not true in the telco world. There, it means that…
Sometimes you strike gold, and that’s particularly true when you’re talking about freely offered user commentary on a hot technical issue. I had such an experience last week, with an enterprise expert in the applications of IoT and telemetry to business automation overall. An email chat was great in itself, but the expert offered to…