Nemertes Impact Analysis

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Virtual Worker Mobility Gets A Boost

Verizon Business (NYSE:VZ) introduced a hosted mobile telephony-integration
service based on Research In Motion's (NASDAQ:RIMM) "Ascendant" platform.
Features include caller ID, call-transfer, call parking, and a BlackBerry client
to enable access to desktop phone applications.

More than 90% of participants in the Nemertes' benchmark, Advanced
Communication Services, say their organizations are now supporting
mobile-computing devices, and have a growing desire to integrate mobile devices
into enterprise unified-communications strategies.

Impacts:

Enterprises: Don't ignore the mobile device in your UC strategy, Nemertes has
found significant opportunities to improve productivity by delivering features
such as call forwarding and unified messaging to mobile devices

Vendors: The growth in the virtual workforce equals increasing opportunities
to deliver solutions that enhance the productivity of virtual workers. Have a
mobile strategy for all your UC products.

Investors: Look at growth opportunities for mobile integration vendors
including CounterPath (OTC BB: CPAH.OB), privately held OnRelay, and Aastra
(TSX:AAH) (which recently acquired Ericsson's mobile UC platform).

Irwin Lazar, Principal Research Analyst and Program Director, Unified
Communications and Collaboration

http://www.nemertes.com/benchmarks/nemertes_benchmark_advances_communications_services
http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2008/verizon-enhances-enterprise-mo.html

The Coming Age of Desktone: MokaFive Desktop as a Service

Start-up MokaFive is launching Virtual Desktop Solution service, combining
its LivePC virtual desktops with SaaS-based virtual desktop management. MokaFive
services center on easing management operations, such as creating, deploying,
and updating images, and making the processes for updating images on users'
end-devices fast and transparent.

More than 60% of Nemertes' Service-Oriented Architectures and
Applications participants use SaaS solutions now, and more plan to. In
Security and Information Protection, participants expressed both reluctance
to move to Windows Vista and interest in exploring desktop alternatives,
including virtualized desktops.

Impacts:

Enterprises: Carefully evaluate thin-client options as a part of your
"next-desktop" strategy, for reasons of security, compliance, management, and
resource utilization, both natural and enterprise.

Vendors: MokaFive's combination of SaaS, new intellectual property, and
open-source tools in infrastructure and as client-image options may give it an
edge against competitors. These competitors, such as VMware (NASDAQ:VMW) and
Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS), may help organizations that need high scaling with low IT
overhead.

Investors: Others will follow MokaFive. Watch for startups with desktone
services aimed at verticals, especially healthcare or financial services. Expect
acquisitions by carriers, large system integrators and value-added resellers,
and content providers.

John Burke, Principal Research Analyst

http://www.mokafive.com/about/press-release.php?y=2008&m=04&d=07
http://www.nemertes.com/benchmarks/nemertes_benchmark_service_oriented_architectures_and_applications

CERN Reinvents the Internet

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, announced the launch of
a 200,000 server grid-based computing network to support data gathering and
processing for the Large Hadron Collector (LHC). CERN's efforts underscore the
growing importance of grid computing in solving large-scale computing and data
analysis challenges.

The Nemertes issue paper, Peer-to-Peer and Grid Next-Generation
Architecture, discusses how grid technologies address massive data
collection and analysis requirements. CERN's initiative is likely to drive
innovation, given CERN's past contributions to Internet and computing
technologies.

Impacts:

Enterprises: Given the historical impact of computing innovations driven by
particle physics, pay close attention to CERN's grid initiative.

Vendors: Exploit opportunities to leverage grid technologies to scale
existing SaaS offerings, as well as deliver new services, such as hosted cloud
computing.

Investors: Look at privately held vendors, such as Univa UD, DataSynapse,
GridGain Systems, and Platform Computing as early leaders in grid computing
development

Irwin Lazar, Principal Research Analyst and Program Director, Unified
Communications and Collaboration

http://www.nemertes.com/nemertes_issue_paper_peer_to_peer_and_grid_next_generation_architecture_0
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3689881.ece

 

Everything iPhone

A major theme of last week's CTIA trade conference was how to make every
phone an Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone. Vendors such as Smith Micro (NASDAQ:
SMSI), Bytemobile ( private), and even AT&T (NYSE: ATT),demonstrated
applications designed to package and present media for standard 2.5G cell phones
in ways that resemble the iPhone interface. LG (NYSE: LPL), Sony ( NYSE: SNE ),
Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ), and Motorola (NYSE: MOT) all had devices that came very
close to emulating the iPhone.

Nemertes' Advanced Communications Services benchmark found the
mobility habits of employees influence enterprise wireless plans. A preferred
form factor for wireless is the iPhone. Those developing mobility applications
must consider meeting this new expectation.

Impacts:

Enterprises: Pay attention to employee mobility preferences. They may
influence prospective employees to join the company because of the "cool"
technology they'll get. Though businesses originally viewed iPhone as a consumer
device, it is quickly moving into the corporate realm, so consider this in your
wireless planning.

Vendors: The iPhone is "in," so adjust your product development accordingly.

Investors: One way to assess wireless vendors is how well their products or
services enable iPhone emulation. Market penetration likely will correlate to
the vendors' resemblance to the iPhone.

Mike Jude, Senior Analyst

http://www.nemertes.com/benchmarks/nemertes_benchmark_advances_communications_services
http://www.ctiawireless.com/

 

Juniper Networks Cranks Security Amp With Next-Gen SSL, IPS Appliances

Juniper Network's (NASDAQ:JNPR) announcement at the RSA Conference of 10 Gbps
Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and enhanced Virtual Private Networking (VPN)
appliances underscores two trends highlighted in Nemertes Advanced
Communications Services benchmark: Organizations are becoming more diverse,
with 83% of participants already supporting virtual workers. Bandwidth needs are
increasing at an average rate of 84% in 2008 and nearly 100% in 2009.

Impacts:

Enterprises: Make sure that your security devices are keeping-up with your
bandwidth. Only a few years ago, 10 Gbps interfaces were the exclusive domain of
the largest data centers. Today, 10 Gbps is a standard offering from many ISPs.

Vendors: Enterprise bandwidth demands are increasing at a faster rate than
Moore's Law. Juniper has laid down the gauntlet and 10 Gbps will soon be a
standard IPS requirement.

Investors: Performance is a critical factor for IPS systems. Look for
increased competition between Juniper, Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO), 3Com/Tipping Point
(NASDAQ:COMS) and IBM/ISS (NYSE:IBM).

Ted Ritter, Research Analyst

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http://www.nemertes.com/benchmarks/nemertes_benchmark_advanced_communications_services_distributed_enterprise_0?#

 

Solera Networks Taps Virtualization

At the 2008 RSA Conference, privately held Solera Networks announced a unique
approach to virtualization security: A virtual tap to route the data from the
virtual to the physical world. As highlighted in the upcoming, Nemertes
Virtualization Security Market Analysis, companies are scrambling to
offer solutions that convert physical security functions (patching, anti-X, IPS,
etc.) into the virtual realm. Solera Network's approach is unique in offering a
bridge to virtualized security.

Impacts:

Enterprises: Assume your current security solutions are mostly blind to the
virtual world. Solutions like Solera's provide a means to leverage your existing
security infrastructure.

Vendors: Solutions like Solera's virtual tap may facilitate extending
security solutions such as SIEM and IDS into the virtual world without having to
run inside a virtual machine.

Investors: The virtualization security market is nascent. There will be
significant consolidation in the coming years. Likely candidates include Altor
Networks, Montego Networks and Vyatta, all privately held companies.

Ted Ritter, Research Analyst

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Intellitactics SAFE Appliance: SIEM made SIEMple?

Privately held Intellitactics has announced a new Security Information &
Event Management (SIEM) appliance, reportedly designed for streamlined
operations. In Nemertes Security and Information Protection benchmark,
64% of participants are collecting logs, yet only one-quarter are implementing
SIEM. The main reason why adoption of SIEM is not higher is participant's
experience of SIEM being "difficult to implement and manage." Intellitactics'
release of a SIEM appliance that touts "ease-of-use" is in-line with our
findings.

Impacts:

Enterprises: If you are considering SIEM, pay close attention to the OpEx
associated with training, implementation and management; hard-to-use = high
costs.

Vendors: Other SIEM vendors should take notice and focus on the ease-of-use
issue. Using an appliance for SIEM opens the door for other related
applications, such as compliance management , to be integrated effectively.

Investors: This is an expanding space, though many still consider SIEM a
necessary evil. Look for consolidation. Likely candidates include companies such
as privately held Exaprotect, LogRhythm, Openservice and Q1 Labs.

Ted Ritter, Research Analyst

http://www.virtualpressoffice.com/media/press/detail.jsp?showId=1181060944106&pressId=1206207880634
http://www.nemertes.com/products_services/research/benchmarks/nemertes_benchmark_security_and_information_protection