Author: tania
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What happened when a diverse group of analysts met Cisco’s EMEAR management?
January 13 and 14 saw the gathering of EMEAR-based analysts for their annual Cisco update. Many of us have been attending these for years, so are always looking for chinks in the armour alongside Cisco’s reading of, and reaction to, the key industry trends. Chris Dedicoat set the scene for the two days of plenary…
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It was a Great Telco Debate!
The idea for the Great Telco Debate www.telcodebate.com came from almost three decades of participating in and organising telecoms industry events all over the world. Presenting and discussing industry topics in real time, with a live audience, is always the best way to get to the root of an issue. However, there is nothing more…
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Kroes Goes out Blazing … “Telcos are their own worst enemy”
No-one expected her to go quietly and Neelie Kroes, the out-going European Commission’s vice president for the Digital Agenda, did not disappoint. Speaking to the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ETNO), last week in Brussels, she let the major European telcos have it – with both barrels … Like John Wayne in a bar-room disagreement,…
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Becoming more agile: What’s stopping you?
The recent webinar on becoming an agile business, run by Carl Piva, VP Strategic Programs, TM Forum and myself, revealed some interesting findings about what is holding organizations back the most when it comes to becoming more agile. The key finding from the research for the report which the webinar was based on was that…
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Becoming agile: Have the right building blocks, hide the technology
We’ve talked about virtual businesses since Ralph Ungermann had his First Virtual Corporation in 1990s. Ralph was ahead of his time, but the building blocks – well virtual blocks – are finally emerging that will allow companies to focus on the business instead of technological complexity. Looking at the different sorts of suppliers whose kit…
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The Customer is King: The inside-out model moves to outside-in
As we enter the digital, customer-centric era for business, a shift from the inside-out model to the outside-in is essential. Let me explain. Previously, businesses have typically done their own R&D, built products and eventually offered them to the outside world. Today and tomorrow’s ‘products’ (or should we say services or perhaps ‘apps’?) will come…