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IoT Profitability: Only 23% of IT Companies Make Money at It, Says CompTIA
Just 8 percent of IT companies made money from their Internet of Things (IoT) offerings in 2015. That rose to 23 percent of these IoT channel companies in 2016, according to results of a new…
Verizon Virtual Network Services Quite Similar to AT&T Network Functions on Demand
Verizon Virtual Network Services, launched today, will give customers “around the globe” the ability to download a range of network functions to generic premises-based hardware, Verizon said. The news came just days after AT&T announced…
AT&T Network Functions on Demand Lets Enterprises Download Routers in 76 Countries
AT&T remains very active on the software defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) fronts. And as an announcement Sunday about AT&T Network Functions on Demand illustrates, the company sees strong potential for the…
Ethernet over HFC Definition Will Be Critical to Business Data Services Debate
With the FCC poised to regulate business data services, opponents are arguing vociferously about the extent of competition in the business data services (BDS) market – and a critical issue is whether Ethernet over HFC…
U.S. IT Job Growth 43,900 So Far This Year, Says CompTIA
U.S. IT job growth is 43,900 as of mid-year 2016. according to an estimate from CompTIA based on an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data. June’s net IT sector job creation more than…
SD-WAN Revenues Forecast to Reach $6 Billion by 2020
Consistent security (36%), price (35%) and reduced complexity (31%) are the three main attributes enterprise businesses are looking for when it comes to SD-WANs (software-defined wide area networks), according to results of an IDC SD-WAN…
State Broadband Policies: New York Tops in Survey
New York has the most favorable conditions for broadband deployment and adoption of 48 U.S. states, according to a new survey. The survey about state broadband policies was conducted by Strategic Networks Group (SNG) and…
Verizon, Incompas Business Data Services Filing Reveals Wide Rift with AT&T, Other ILECs
Updated later on June 28 with new information from USTelecom Some stakeholders may have been surprised several weeks ago when Verizon acted independently of AT&T and other major telecom providers with regard to business data…
Enterprise IoT Spending Forecast: $232 Billion in 2016
Organizations across the U.S. are finding more ways and means to leverage IoT technologies for their benefit, according to an enterprise IoT spending forecast from IDC. In an update to its Worldwide Semiannual Internet of…
Cloud Spending by Manufacturers Expected to Increase
Cloud spending by manufacturers is expected to increase dramatically by 2017, according to a manufacturer survey conducted at the Manufacturing ISV Cloud Summit earlier this year. Spending will see particularly strong growth within manufacturing, engineering…
Carriers Seek Reversal of Business Data Services Regulation, Citing Flawed Analysis
Six of the nation’s largest telecom service providers are seeking big changes to the current plans for FCC business data services regulation. At issue is the huge volume of data on which the FCC based…
CFO: Windstream Broadband Set for Big Speed Boosts This Year
Windstream has set some aggressive targets for increasing broadband speeds available to consumers and small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs). While 69% of Windstream broadband customers can get service at speeds of 10 Mbps today, the…