Managed services

21 January, 2020

Cloud will catch up the promise of simplicity in 2020, says Virgin Media Business

Cloud is nothing new and it has been embraced by organisations of all types. However, managing cloud solutions has become complex to the extent that it is creating problems for organisations rather than delivering on the cloud promise of simplicity. Andrew Halliwell, the product director at Virgin Media Business, tells George Malim, the managing editor of VanillaPlus, that its recent research uncovered that enterprises typically use about 18 different cloud providers across infrastructure and software-as-a-service (SaaS) and this is creating a substantial management burden.

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18 November, 2019

Orange Business Services says enterprises are expanding globally from cloud to edge

As enterprise customers focus on multi-cloud and edge environments as the next step of their digital transformations, George Malim reports from Huawei’s Eco-Connect Europe 2019 event in Paris, France, where Orange Business Services executives detailed how the business consumption of network and IT is changing. With presence in more than 200 countries and revenues of […]

29 October, 2019

Don’t leave the network as an afterthought, says Telia Carrier’s Miskulin

Matthew Miskulin, the head of Ecosystem and Network Development at Telia Carrier, tells George Malim, the managing editor of VanillaPlus, that connectivity providers are carving out a larger footprint in the enterprise market by providing network and IT options that fit with enterprises’ specific requirements and integrate smoothly with their chosen cloud providers’ architectures.

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08 October, 2019

SD-WAN is a lever in the door for the new world of software-defined telecoms says Verizon’s Cantor

Oliver Cantor is associate director of product strategy at Verizon and is focused on communicating the company’s software defined and virtualisation strategy to enterprise customers. The emergence of these technologies is enabling the telecoms industry’s transformation into a provider of digital infrastructure for enterprises. At the same time, enterprises are transforming through digitalisation and Verizon has developed products and services to support them in this agile, new world he tells VanillaPlus managing editor George Malim

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19 September, 2019

CenturyLink brings together adaptive networking, agile IT and security to fuel customers’ digital transformations

With enterprises digital transformation initiatives starting to bear fruit, George Malim, caught up with Julia Fraser, the vice president of sales, UK and Ireland at CenturyLink, to find out her view of the transformation of the company and its portfolio of offerings and how it is helping customers to achieve their digital business goals.

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19 July, 2019

Volaris acquires MDS Global to add to telecoms software portfolio

BSS provider MDS Global has been acquired by Volaris Group, the operating group of Constellation Software, in a twelfth acquisition by the company in the Communications and Media vertical.

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11 June, 2019

Product not network is the experience CSPs are selling, says TCS CMI president

Enterprises no longer see the network in the same light as their air conditioning; something necessary but a cost to be minimised. Instead, the network is now seen as a critical enabler of their business with connectivity vital for new applications, processes, business models and, ultimately, their future success. Communications service providers (CSPs) are therefore targeting the enterprise market with IT services. VanillaPlus managing editor George Malim asks Kamal Bhadada, the president of Communications, Media and Information (CMI) services at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), whether CSPs can succeed here or whether enterprise IT will be the telecoms industry’s next big miss.

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05 June, 2019

Delivery of digital infrastructure is the differentiator, says HGC chief digital officer

Jacqueline Teo is the chief digital officer of HGC Global Communications, the fixed line and ICT service provider that is extending from its roots serving the Hong Kong market to address international markets via its pan-Asian network capacity, including cable into China. Speaking at the TM Forum’s Digital Transformation World event in Nice, France, last month she tells George Malim how the company is innovating on all fronts to compete in the mature Hong Kong market, to develop further its newly acquired operations in Myanmar and to harness software defined network (SDN) technology to enable a more agile mode of operation.

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09 May, 2019

CenturyLink’s Dalvi explains expanded Google Cloud partnership benefits for enterprises

As the lines between IT and telecoms services provision continue to blur, Mahesh Dalvi, the vice president of global IT solutions at managed services at CenturyLink, tells George Malim how service providers are moving way beyond connectivity to provide IT services and consulting that support customers’ digital transformations. Partnerships with specialists are a vital enabler of this.

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