Fred Donovan
What's in store for enterprise communications in 2013?
If some interpreters of the Mayan calendar are correct, then predictions about 2013 are superfluous. However, assuming the world will not end on Dec. 21, let's take a look at what some experts consulted by FierceEnterpriseCommunications have to say about likely developments in the enterprise communications market next year.
Juniper bests Cisco and Check Point in network security market growth
With increasing attacks on enterprise networks, the market for network security products has grown recently. A primary beneficiary of that growth is Juniper Networks, which saw a healthy 11.1 percent revenue growth in the third quarter.
One-third of enterprises have widely deployed mobile UC, says survey
Around one-third of enterprises surveyed by Webtorials characterized their mobile unified communications deployment as extensive or widespread.
Salesforce.com's Heroku offers app developers chance to become SaaS vendors
Salesforce.com's unit Heroku offers services to app developers that enable them to become software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendors themselves, according to a recent report by InformationWeek.
ITU treaty to regulate Internet won't have major impact on Internet governance, says telecom attorney
LAS VEGAS-- The treaty produced at the ITU's World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) sanctioning international regulation of the Internet will not have a significant impact on Internet governance, judged Daniel Brenner, a telecom attorney who has participated in a number of ITU conferences.
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LAS VEGAS--Verizon Wireless said that almost 50 percent of its data load now travels over its LTE network. The figure is up significantly from October, when Verizon said that 35 percent of its data traffic moved over its LTE network. Further, the carrier said it expects overall data traffic to grow by a factor of seven during the next three years.
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