Month: September 2024

BT Seeks to Stand Out in the NaaS Space Through Global Fabric’s Reach and Sustainability Story

by Malcolm Rogers, posted in Network
M. Rogers

Summary Bullets:

• BT is establishing how its Global Fabric Platform stands out in the NaaS marketplace with its extensive reach, focus on managed services and tooling and automation around routing and security.

• BT also has a very unusual proposition to stand out with its sustainability features, including its Carbon Network Dashboard

BT recently held an event in Sydney showcasing the latest updates to its Global Fabric Platform. Almost a year since the company announced its answer to the emerging network as a service market, BT’s positioning and differentiation in an increasingly crowded landscape is starting to crystalize.

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New Cisco Research Shows OT Security is a High Priority for Industrial Organizations

by Amy Larsen DeCarlo, posted in Secure
Amy Larsen DeCarlo – Principal Analyst, Security and Data Center Services

Summary Bullets:

• In a survey of more than 1,000 large industrial organizations, Cisco finds that 89% of all organizations label OT cybersecurity as either very or extremely important.

• Eighty-seven percent (87%) say that they will have a unified cybersecurity approach by 2026 for information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) networks.

A rash of high-profile cyberattacks on industrial organizations is driving a renewed understanding of the criticality of having an effective security strategy. In its survey of decision makers from 1,000 large organizations, Cisco notes that the overwhelming majority label cybersecurity as a top priority. Many – 37% – see cybersecurity risks as a barrier to growth. Forty percent (40%) worry about the scarcity of skilled workers stalling expansion plans.

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Small Businesses Buy Differently to Corporates

by Rob Pritchard, posted in Cloud Enable, Communicate, Network, Secure
R. Pritchard

Summary Bullets:

• With 47% of small businesses using WhatsApp, telecoms service providers can become disintermediated from their customers as anything other than a connectivity provider.

• Service providers must understand the complex nature of the market and target value-added solutions selectively to meet changing needs of small businesses as they evolve.

Small businesses are the focus of many telecoms service providers for growth as the corporate, MNC, and public sector markets suffer from hyper-competition and as solutions providers keep winning managed services contracts. The problem is that the dynamics, needs, and go-to-market strategies are not the same for small businesses as for corporates. Most importantly, small businesses are tending less and less to see the traditional portfolios of carriers as relevant to their needs.

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