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NEWSFlash November 2019

NEWSFlash November 2019

In this NEWSFlash: 
  • MEF Guest Blog by Rosemary Cochran: Why Are Global Ethernet Providers Ready for MEF LSO Sonata?
  • Carrier Managed SD-WAN: New Research
  • NetEvents Global IT Summit Debate: Wide Area Networking: As the Technology & Players Mature, What's Happening with SD-WAN & MPLS?
  • Live Events: MEF19 Global Event
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Debate: Wide Area Networking: As the Technology and Players Mature, What's Happening with SD-WAN and MPLS?

Debate: Wide Area Networking: As the Technology and Players Mature, What’s Happening with SD-WAN and MPLS?

NetEvents 2019 Global IT Summit San Jose, CA. October 4, 2019 Transcript from Debate Session V – Wide Area Networking: As the Technology and Players Mature, What’s Happening with SD-WAN & MPLS?  Erin Dunne, Director of Research Services, Vertical Systems Group Good morning. All right, day 2 of NetEvents, here we go. I'm Erin Dunne, ...
STATFlash: Ethernet Bandwidth Surges on Migration to Gigabit Services

STATFlash: Ethernet Bandwidth Surges on Migration to Gigabit Services

Latest research analyzes the dynamics of Ethernet bandwidth, ports, revenue and pricing BOSTON, MA, SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 – Vertical Systems Group’s latest ENS (Emerging Networks Service) research for the U.S. retail Carrier Ethernet market shows solid growth through 2023, driven by customer migration to higher bandwidth services that ensure reliable, dedicated network connectivity. Gigabit speed ...
STATFlash: U.S. Carrier Managed SD-WAN Services Surge to $4.5 Billion by 2023

STATFlash: U.S. Carrier Managed SD-WAN Services Surge to $4.5 Billion by 2023

New research covers revenue and site projections, customer site configurations, WAN Access connectivity, and service provider market shares.  BOSTON, MA, JULY 10, 2019 – The U.S. market for Carrier Managed SD-WAN Services is projected to surge to $4.5 billion by 2023, according to new research from Vertical Systems Group. Projected revenue is based on billable SD-WAN customer sites ...
Managed SD-WAN Services Reality Check

Managed SD-WAN Services Reality Check

By Rosemary Cochran May 16, 2019 More than one hundred SD-WAN products and services are available now – with more planned for launch this year. The term SD-WAN is being applied to nearly everything, including remodeled routers, WAN optimization and security equipment, appliance-based solutions, OTT service software, cloud-based offerings and integrated network-based services. The focus ...
STATFlash: U.S. Business Fiber Availability: 59.6% vs. 9.9%

STATFlash: U.S. Business Fiber Availability: 59.6% vs. 9.9%

New deployments of optical fiber to commercial buildings and data centers continue to steadily climb. However, a minority of the 5+ million commercial buildings and data centers in the U.S. have active lit fiber connectivity to business network services. Also, a substantial disparity in fiber availability based on building size exists ...
Outlook: IoT, Smart Cities & Infrastructure

Outlook: IoT, Smart Cities & Infrastructure

Posted by Rosemary Cochran How will tech-driven cities get smarter and more connected? Look to Los Angeles - a city preparing to host the 2028 Olympics, an event that will ultimately impact every aspect of life across the SoCal region. With high-profile global attention, the LA Olympics presents an exceptional opportunity to test the most ...
STATFlash: Managed SD-WAN Services Market Tops $282 Million in the U.S.

STATFlash: Managed SD-WAN Services Market Tops $282 Million in the U.S.

Vertical Systems Group has initiated coverage of the carrier-based Managed SD-WAN Services market with a focus on service migration, network connectivity and market sizing. Research content available now includes Managed SD-WAN purchase drivers, customers, WAN access connections, site configuration profiles, pricing and revenue ...
Video: SD-WAN Not Profitable Yet

Video: SD-WAN Not Profitable Yet

In this video interview with Alan Breznick at Light Reading's Future of Cable Business Services conference, Vertical Systems Group's Erin Dunne dissects the emerging SD-WAN market and explains why service providers aren't making much money from it yet. Erin Dunne is the Director of Research Services at Vertical Systems Group ...
Video: SD-WAN and Zero-Touch

Video: SD-WAN and Zero-Touch

Zero-touch provisioning and plug-and-play are still buzzwords where SD-WAN is concerned, but not reality, says Erin Dunne, director of research services for Vertical Systems Group in a Light Reading video with Carol Wilson shot at MEF18. Getting there today requires weeks or months of network engineering upfront, and many network operators might not have staff ...