Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
The enterprise sector has always proved a challenging market for
telecommunications operators, with the attraction of high revenue, long
term contracts, high volumes of users and healthy margins increasingly
offset by demands for greater value for money, security and technology
innovation. Nowhere has this been more evident than in the erosion of
fixed line revenues and profitability in the enterprise market. Over the
past two to three years, both large enterprises and Small and Medium
Enterprises (SMEs) have slowly leaked fixed line margin and volume away
from fixed line providers in many markets, with fixed line replacement
occurring on both a piecemeal and wholesale basis.
This report examines the key trends influencing the pace and nature of
enterprise fixed line replacement, and looks at how both fixed and
mobile operators are positioning themselves to deal with the challenges
of enterprise fixed line replacement. Key fixed line replacement
solutions for enterprises such as mobile broadband are discussed in
depth, together with four examples of operators who have grasped the
challenge of enterprise fixed line replacement wholeheartedly. Finally,
the report offers strategic conclusions and appropriate recommendations
to assist operators to deal effectively with the changes taking place in
fixed line replacement in the enterprise sector.