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Publication date: 2007-02-21
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Review Redback (Company Advisor):

Redback's success over the past several years, particularly in the BRAS market, prompted Ericsson to pay a premium ($2. 1 billion) to acquire Redback outright, expanding Ericsson's market reach and bolstering its full-service broadband proposition. This report contains in-depth analysis of the company, including strengths and weaknesess, objective analyst perspective, market and sales strategy, and recommended actions for competitors and customers of the company with respect to the Broadband Infrastructure market.

Publication date: 2006-11-02
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Review DSL CPE (Market Advisor):

While growth in the DSL CPE market looks to be flat from 2005 to 2006 (with over 37 million unit shipments projected for CY 2006), increasing functionality and upgrades to ADSL2+ and VDSL2 units will help protect and maintain revenues and margins. This report contains a market overview, analyst review, near and long term drivers, and ratings for all competitors within the Broadband Infrastructure - Global market.

Publication date: 2006-12-11
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Review Orange Business Services - BTSE (Pan-European) - IP VPN (Product Advisor):

Orange Business Services' IP VPN product is widely available and supported by solid SLAs and a variety of access options, but Orange has yet to capitalise on its mobile assets and competitors will claim that it is too rigid on price. This report contains insight and analysis of the product or service strengths and weaknesses, list of buying criteria and how the product or service fares in each category, and a comprehensive table of product or service metrics and specifications. This report is useful for purchasers who need to evaluate products, or as a source of competitive intelligence for vendors.

Publication date: 2007-05-21
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Review Ciena - CoreDirector (Product Advisor):

While the CoreDirector offers much of what carriers expect from an optical switch, Ciena's optical switching solution lacks graceful scalability from 160 Gbps to 640 Gbps within a single platform. This report contains insight and analysis of the product or service strengths and weaknesses, list of buying criteria and how the product or service fares in each category, and a comprehensive table of product or service metrics and specifications. This report is useful for purchasers who need to evaluate products, or as a source of competitive intelligence for vendors.

Publication date: 2007-06-29
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Review Sybase (Company Advisor):

Sybase provides a comprehensive set of mature DBMS, DW, OLAP, BI, and DI products, but it is not substantially innovating in any of its core DM product segments and is seen as an also-ran in most segments except for data mobility. This report contains in-depth analysis of the company, including strengths and weaknesess, objective analyst perspective, market and sales strategy, and recommended actions for competitors and customers of the company with respect to the Data Management market.

Publication date: 2007-06-29
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Review MicroStrategy (Company Advisor):

MicroStrategy remains a best-of-breed BI vendor, but its differentiators continue to erode in a very competitive market and its lackluster product roadmap offers little hope for substantial new growth. This report contains in-depth analysis of the company, including strengths and weaknesess, objective analyst perspective, market and sales strategy, and recommended actions for competitors and customers of the company with respect to the Data Management market.

Publication date: 2007-06-11
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Review Avaya (Company Advisor):

Avaya has shown leadership in enterprise FMC, peer-to-peer VoIP, hosted services, UC and integration with business apps for wider adoption of its telephony solutions, but the competition is hot on its heels in these immature markets. This report contains in-depth analysis of the company, including strengths and weaknesess, objective analyst perspective, market and sales strategy, and recommended actions for competitors and customers of the company with respect to the Enterprise Communications market.

Publication date: 2006-09-01
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Review Alcatel - OmniPCX Enterprise (Product Advisor):

A distributed architecture improves the networking and branch office story of Alcatel's OmniPCX and Linux support reduces its dependence on proprietary software. Still, Alcatel's low North American profile impedes its ability to sell this system. This report contains insight and analysis of the product or service strengths and weaknesses, list of buying criteria and how the product or service fares in each category, and a comprehensive table of product or service metrics and specifications. This report is useful for purchasers who need to evaluate products, or as a source of competitive intelligence for vendors.

Publication date: 2007-05-16
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Review EMC Documentum (Company Advisor):

EMC continues to improve its ECM product, Documentum, adding an OEM edition and bolstering its ILM/IRM capabilities, but the firm will need to improve its professional services, middleware integration, and portal solution. This report contains in-depth analysis of the company, including strengths and weaknesess, objective analyst perspective, market and sales strategy, and recommended actions for competitors and customers of the company with respect to the Application Infrastructure market.

Publication date: 2006-07-13
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Review Lucent - DMX Access Multiplexer (Product Advisor):

The Lucent DMX boasts Ethernet support at 9 Gbps per four-port GbE card or 45 Gbps per shelf, SFP optics, and a four-port SAN card using GFP and VCAT. In addition, it has strong traction among RBOCs, but it still trails in overall port density. This report contains insight and analysis of the product or service strengths and weaknesses, list of buying criteria and how the product or service fares in each category, and a comprehensive table of product or service metrics and specifications. This report is useful for purchasers who need to evaluate products, or as a source of competitive intelligence for vendors.

Publication date: 2006-09-07
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Review Cisco - PIX Security Appliance (Product Advisor):

As Cisco evolves its security architecture toward blended security threat defense, the venerable PIX starts to show its age, and Cisco is clearly moving customers towards its next generation ASA platform. This report contains insight and analysis of the product or service strengths and weaknesses, list of buying criteria and how the product or service fares in each category, and a comprehensive table of product or service metrics and specifications. This report is useful for purchasers who need to evaluate products, or as a source of competitive intelligence for vendors.

Publication date: 2007-06-06
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Review Innovative Systems (Company Advisor):

Innovative Systems is a mature data quality vendor. The company has a wide range of capabilities, which it continues to augment, particularly regulatory compliance. Innovative boasts a stable installed base and a high customer retention rate. This report contains in-depth analysis of the company, including strengths and weaknesess, objective analyst perspective, market and sales strategy, and recommended actions for competitors and customers of the company with respect to the Data Management market.

Publication date: 2007-06-25
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Review Cisco - 2801 ISR (Product Advisor):

The Cisco 2801 ISR is the company's entry-level voice-enabled branch office router, but it is lacking in expansion slots, making its deployment at more than the smallest of sites problematic. This report contains insight and analysis of the product or service strengths and weaknesses, list of buying criteria and how the product or service fares in each category, and a comprehensive table of product or service metrics and specifications. This report is useful for purchasers who need to evaluate products, or as a source of competitive intelligence for vendors.

Publication date: 2007-06-14
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Review Zhone - Raptor 50/100 (Product Advisor):

Zhone's Raptor 50 and 100 Compact DSLAM products extend the requisite remote DSLAM capabilities, such as line-power and flexible uplink options, as well as integrated IP and VLAN support, but they do not fit neatly within non-Zhone solutions. This report contains insight and analysis of the product or service strengths and weaknesses, list of buying criteria and how the product or service fares in each category, and a comprehensive table of product or service metrics and specifications. This report is useful for purchasers who need to evaluate products, or as a source of competitive intelligence for vendors.

Publication date: 2007-05-03
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Review Fujitsu - FLASHWAVE 4100 (Product Advisor):

The FLASHWAVE 4100 has built an enviable list of customer wins. However, a relatively small STS-1 switching matrix and backplane, together with a lack of 10G support, question the platform's ability to meet increasing capacity requirements. This report contains insight and analysis of the product or service strengths and weaknesses, list of buying criteria and how the product or service fares in each category, and a comprehensive table of product or service metrics and specifications. This report is useful for purchasers who need to evaluate products, or as a source of competitive intelligence for vendors.

Review   / 2007 Middle East - Telecoms Mobile & Broadband in The Gulf Countries Publication date: 2007-07-05
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Review 2007 Middle East - Telecoms Mobile & Broadband in The Gulf Countries:

The Gulf countries are Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Yemen, many of which are small countries, yet leaders in technology use. This annual report offers a wealth of information on trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, Internet, broadband and converging media. Subjects include: Market and industry analyses, trends and developments Facts, figures and statistics Industry and regulatory issues Research, Marketing, Benchmarking Major Players, Revenues, Subscribers.

Publication date: 2006-10-24
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Review Lucent (Company Advisor):

A combination of Lucent and Alcatel will result in the only wireless vendor with offers covering all 3G technologies. Still, Lucent will do little to grow Alcatel's UMTS position and until then customers may worry about portfolio rationalization. This report contains in-depth analysis of the company, including strengths and weaknesess, objective analyst perspective, market and sales strategy, and recommended actions for competitors and customers of the company with respect to the Wireless Infrastructure - Global market.

Publication date: 2007-06-20
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Review Level 3 (Company Advisor):

With a number of acquisitions under its belt, Level 3 has doubled its revenues since 2005, and the carrier was recently awarded the federal government's Networx Enterprise contract. Now the company needs to focus on achieving positive cash flows. This report contains in-depth analysis of the company, including strengths and weaknesess, objective analyst perspective, market and sales strategy, and recommended actions for competitors and customers of the company with respect to the Business Network Services - U. S. market.

Publication date: 2007-03-07
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Review RSA (Company Advisor):

EMC continues to build out its security capabilities through acquisition and broad partnering, but it is not clear how far EMC can leverage the RSA authentication technology as a component of encryption solutions. This report contains in-depth analysis of the company, including strengths and weaknesess, objective analyst perspective, market and sales strategy, and recommended actions for competitors and customers of the company with respect to the Enterprise Security market.

Publication date: 2006-11-30
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Review Lucent - LambdaUnite MSS (Product Advisor):

The LambdaUnite supports a range of interfaces, protection options, and grooming functionality, and it offers flexible, in-service scalability. However, the product has been slow in gaining new functionality, such as OTN and Ethernet switching. This report contains insight and analysis of the product or service strengths and weaknesses, list of buying criteria and how the product or service fares in each category, and a comprehensive table of product or service metrics and specifications. This report is useful for purchasers who need to evaluate products, or as a source of competitive intelligence for vendors.

Models & Brands:
Redback (Company Advisor), DSL CPE (Market Advisor), Orange Business Services - BTSE (Pan-European) - IP VPN (Product Advisor), Ciena - CoreDirector (Product Advisor), Sybase (Company Advisor), MicroStrategy (Company Advisor), Avaya (Company Advisor), Alcatel - OmniPCX Enterprise (Product Advisor), EMC Documentum (Company Advisor), Lucent - DMX Access Multiplexer (Product Advisor), Cisco - PIX Security Appliance (Product Advisor), Innovative Systems (Company Advisor), Cisco - 2801 ISR (Product Advisor), Zhone - Raptor 50/100 (Product Advisor), Fujitsu - FLASHWAVE 4100 (Product Advisor), 2007 Middle East - Telecoms Mobile & Broadband in The Gulf Countries, Lucent (Company Advisor), Level 3 (Company Advisor), RSA (Company Advisor), Lucent - LambdaUnite MSS (Product Advisor)

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