Verizon Business has announced that it has found a place in Gartner’s (News - Alert) Leaders quadrant for Asia-Pacific network services providers.
Gartner’s new report, “Magic Quadrant for Asia/Pacific Network Service Providers” assesses providers of international network services to multinational companies (MNCs) with regional networks in Asia-Pacific. The primary focus of the report is on those providers that deal in data services especially IP virtual private networks (VPNs) and, increasingly, Ethernet offerings in addition to voice over IP and IP telephony in association with IP VPNs.
Gartner notes in the report that “network service providers are making good progress. MNCs have a wide choice of service providers, offering improved network service quality and competitive pricing. In addition, most providers have rolled out a portfolio of important managed services, including WAN management and optimization, Internet Protocol (IP) telephony, network security and video conferencing. Several players are also rolling out cloud computing services – in particular, infrastructure as a service – to further differentiate themselves.”
“Verizon (News - Alert) Business in Asia-Pacific is going from strength to strength as a result of our continued investment in our network, solutions, services and people, which enables us to better support our customers’ evolving business requirements. In this past year, we have seen strong adoption of our expanding cloud-based solutions and managed services portfolios, as well as our professional service support, as customers look to leverage the Verizon Business (News - Alert) team’s skills and expertise to help maximize their own communications productivity, security and efficiency,” commented Andrew Dobbins, Verizon Business regional vice president, Asia-Pacific.
The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace in which various vendors are positioned according to the criteria specified by Gartner. These criteria include ability to execute, overall viability, sales execution/pricing, market responsiveness and track record, market execution and customer experience and operations; and completeness of vision. Intended solely as a research tool, the Magic Quadrant does not endorse any vendor.
Verizon Business is a leading provider of IT, Communications, Security & Network Solutions (News - Alert) to enterprises and governments around the world.
In another article, TMCnet reported that Gartner has positioned Cable&Wireless Worldwide as “Challenger” in its latest Magic Quadrant for Asia Pacific Network Service Providers for the year 2010 published on June 28.
Divya Narain is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Divya’s articles, please visit her columnist page.Edited by
Marisa Torrieri
