INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Software for Business
At a glance…
MICROSOFT UNDERSTANDS
ITS UC&C PRODUCT SKYPE
FOR BUSINESS PURELY AS
SOFTWARE. THEREFORE, IT
HAS BUILT THE OPTIONS FOR
CLOUD DELIVERY AND MOBILE
ACCESS NATIVELY INTO THE
PRODUCT
vendor is also strongly focusing on as-a-service
(aaS) version of the product, Skype for Business
Online. Microsoft aaS packages often combine
cloud and hardware-based resources for
delivering functionalities, while businesses are
charged on a “pay-as-you-go” basis. Last but
not least, Microsoft bundles Skype for business
with other productivity software included in its
Office suite.
“Traditional players must either quickly adopt to
this challenge or prepare to lose market share,”
comments Vorisek. “That goes for equipment
vendors right now, but, potentially, for services
providers as well.”
IDC’s study Transforming the Market with
Cloud and Software Focus: Skype for Business
as a UC&C Platform evaluates Microsoft’s
strategy in the UC&C market, with particular
attention paid to the company’s position
in EMEA. It examines Skype for Business’
strengths and weaknesses, and the options left
for competitors (both services providers and
vendors) to respond. The document leverages
IDC’s survey data on customer needs and
priorities and our installed base models. It
includes further splits of Microsoft Skype for
Business revenue and installed base in EMEA,
as well as EMEA-level market share information
on Microsoft and its main competitors: Avaya,
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, Cisco, Mitel, and
Unify.
(For the full article, please visit
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Veeam Software releases
its Availability Suite v9
Veeam Software, the provider of solutions that deliver
Availability for the Always-On Enterprise, has announced the
general availability of Veeam Availability Suite v9. The latest
version of Veeam’s availability solution introduces more than
250 new innovative features and enhancements to help
organisations deliver on the needs of the Always-On Enterprise,
enabling SLAs (service level agreements) for recovery time
and point objectives, or RTPO, of less than 15 minutes for ALL
applications and data.
According to a Forrester/Disaster Recovery Journal survey of
global disaster recovery decision-makers, 35% of companies
reported that mismatched business expectations from
technology capabilities was one of the biggest challenges
faced when recovering from their most recent disaster or
major business disruption. The survey found that business
managers and executives are demanding their IT organisations
deliver better availability, but IT is struggling to meet those
expectations. With Veeam Availability Suite v9, Veeam is
enabling enterprises of all sizes to close this gap (the Availability
Gap) and deliver 24/7 availability.
“Today’s enterprises are more demanding than ever before,
generating ever-increasing amounts of data to which they expect
24/7 access; this places an immense burden on IT to deliver,”
said Ratmir Timashev, CEO at Veeam. “Veeam Availability Suite
v9 addresses these needs with our most robust, scalable and
feature-rich offering to date. Almost 42,000 customers registered
for pre-launch updates (double that of v8), which illustrates the
desire among enterprises to move from legacy backup solutions
to innovative availability solutions. With this latest launch, Veeam
is solidifying our position as the only company able to meet the
needs of today’s Always-On Enterprise.”
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