George Malim
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
Read moreCenturyLink 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
Read moreShock as survey shows customers see operators as digital service providers
Reports of telecoms operators enduring a lingering decline to become commoditised infrastructure providers may have been exaggerated if the results of a new survey of mobile operators’ customers can be
Read moreInside Swisscom’s mainframe replacement project
Mainframe replacement is a phrase that turns the blood to ice in the veins of most telecoms IT professionals but these ambitious projects are starting to happen with greater regularity
Read more5G gives mobile operators a sporting chance to monetise networks
With 5G starting to become available, VanillaPlus managing editor George Malim, interviewed Bhavesh Upadhyay, the vice president of online operations at sports media technology specialist Deltatre, to understand how 5G
Read moreSatellite broadband can compete with fibre and enable EU targets to be met, says Viasat chief
Evan Dixon, the managing director of Viasat Europe, tells George Malim that as European governments mandate broadband access for all and IoT applications demand pervasive connectivity, the costs and performance
Read moreEfficient infrastructure means we can provide value and still differentiate on quality, says Plusnet Business chief
Enterprises are seen as a market under-served by communications service providers (CSPs) who could reap greater revenues by providing IT services in addition to connectivity. However, Nick Silverwood, the head
Read moreProduct 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
Read moreDelivery 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
Read moreExecutives and IT must collaborate to define 5G business cases, says Deutsche Telekom’s Meijer
With 5G at the centre of mobile operators’ strategies, the challenge is to avoid another cycle of intense infrastructure investment which enables the business cases of other organisations. Instead, operators
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