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Verizon Business (www.verizonbusiness.com) will run field trials of Cisco’s new Hosted Collaboration Solution for the next two months. The trial is expected to enable participants to see how cloud-based UC&C (unified communication and collaboration) capabilities can be used quicly and cost-effectively across an enterprise. Participants include “a multinational auto manufacturer, a woman’s fashion retailer and [...] Network Hub, Data Center to Address Growing Demand of Asia-Pacific Businesses HONG KONG – Verizon Business is strengthening its extensive Asia-Pacific network Touting its major-league infrastructure spending, Verizon Business (www.verizonbusiness.com) announced it is opening up a second data center in Hong Kong. The new facility will “enhance” Verizon’s ability to deliver new and data center [...] Verizon Business (www.verizonbusiness.com) announced enhancements to its cloud computing offering and dedicated delivery pipes for large content providers; Verizon is bragging about “flowing” up to half a terabyte per second from Internet and video content owners directly onto its network. Verizon Computing as a Service (CaaS) now supports server cloning for rapid deployment of multiple services [...] Racking up its latest win, Verizon Business has announced AMF Bowling Centers as its latest IT win. It’s part of a bigger march that must be giving heartburn to system integrators such as IBM, HP, and EDS. VB will run an integrated IP network solution for AMF that includes over 300 bowling centers in 38 states, [...] Verizon Business has significantly expanded their Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS), making it the Layer 2 Ethernet service available throughout its POPs in Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America. Enterprise IT/LAN managers can now go control-freak crazy, provisioning offices around the globe with the same IP/Ethernet service, including implementing their own IP addresses and all sorts [...] During the VoIP Users Conference (VUC) call last Friday, I put down my markers for the advance of HD Voice in North America, using the statements and actions of various service providers to provide context for my predictions. The benchmarks I used were– Cablevision’s rollout of hosted HD Voice service this summer – The leading/bleeding edge Or why you should care about wideband. Really. Voice communications is entering into its third wave of evolution. A third wave move to HD Communications represents an opportunity for carriers to redefine themselves and reassert their superiority relative to the “me too” VoIP service providers that have driven cost down, but at the price of quality. The [...] Verizon Business believes a few customers will make the move to HD (G.722) voice in 2010, with widespread adoption occurring in 2011. “We feel there’s a strong need for the service down 2010 and growing even stronger in 2011,” said Alla Reznik, Director of Advanced Voice Services. Early adopters are expected to show up in Verizon [...] |
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