Competitive Telecommunications Association

WHITE PAPER: This resource examines the 7 skills essential to employee success and how to keep your employees productive and satisfied.

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 | Published: 23 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This quarters figures compiled by jobadswatch.co.uk show that during the fourth quarter of 2010 the IT jobs market for permanent staff being recruited by media organisations is up by 1.8%. This is the sixth consecutive quarter that has seen higher demand.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This resource examines IT skill shortages, how to minimise them within your company, and 7 deadly skills that your IT team should possess.

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 | Published: 18 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses leadership development and the role of technology-based learning in leadership development programs.

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 | Published: 18 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This resource examines the challenges and benefits of IT certification and includes tips for improving pass rates.

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 | Published: 18 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Voice remains the most important element within the broader mobile telecoms market; however several threats exist to this mainstay  of operator revenues.  Indeed, the role that voice plays in the telecommunications ecosystem  of the future will be very different from today owing to unprecedented structural, competitive and technology drivers.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: The communications provider landscape is evolving as the demand for data—in fixed locations and on the move—outstrips the still growing demand for voice communications.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Oct 2011

CASE STUDY: This case study examines how one major telecommunications company implemented an application performance monitoring solution and gained a 63% ROI in just 1.6 years, saving an annual average of more than $5 million. Read this and learn how such an option can lower the cost of managing IT, reduce downtime risks, improve compliance and more.

Posted: 17 May 2012 | Published: 17 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how the Associated Newspapers' Web applications migration to VMware vFabric tc Server brought the company fast testing and live deployments, rapid turnaround on production fixes, proactive problem solving, and high website availability.

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 | Published: 10 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to get an understanding of the application performance management (APM) challenges specific to public, private and hybrid clouds, and view analyses of solutions designed to address them. Learn how to gain a comprehensive view of your cloud applications so you can ensure the highest possible service levels.

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 | Published: 27 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: What can you, as a buyer do to strengthen your business case for Cloud and keep your company competitive? What are some real-world success stories where companies have applied Cloud to solve specific business challenges? What business risks are clients facing which have influenced Cloud buying decisions?

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This Strategic Outline Business Case sets out the opportunity to reduce costs and enhance flexibility of centralised ICT services, covering both information services delivered to citizens and staff, and the underpinning technical and physical Data Centre infrastructure.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

ANALYST BRIEF: Juniper Research analyses the growing market for mobile apps in this report extract.

Posted: 09 Mar 2012 | Published: 09 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, we introduce geographic data services and discuss how they are employed in both operational and analytical business applications. The paper also reviews analytical techniques applied across many types of organizations and examines a number of industry-specific usage scenarios.

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 | Published: 22 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: As networks, devices and media converge, telecoms companies have increasingly complex catalogues of products and services on offer to customers who are, in turn, becoming more aware that they can easily switch to other providers.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: The way a switch learns Ethernet (MAC) addresses is by inspecting the Ethernet frame and recording the source MAC address in a dynamic table. The switch will also associate a learned MAC address with a port. It can then make intelligent forwarding decisions based on the destination MAC address. This white paper illustrates the process.

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 | Published: 29 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines the common CCNA-level commands that you should be familiar with when troubleshooting.

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

EGUIDE: Read this expert e-guide to find out why business process management (BPM) is growing in importance with big and small organizations. Also find tips from Gartner experts as to how to lever BPM best practices to gain and competitive edge.

Posted: 10 May 2012 | Published: 10 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This report from the Economist Intelligence Unit examines how their practices are evolving and offers examples of data use at some highly successful companies.

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 | Published: 31 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: The smartphone has transformed communication between mobile workers and their offices but at a cost.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This document compares the pricing of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops (RHEV) with the pricing of VMware View 5 for desktop virtualization. Access a detailed price comparison for the use cases of 100 virtual desktops.

Posted: 25 May 2012 | Published: 25 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Explore how you can enable an effective Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) strategy for your mobile enterprise. Discover considerations to make, use cases, and more.

Posted: 01 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: The purpose of this guide is to support a self-guided, hands-on evaluation of VMware vSphere™ 4 by press reviewers, technology analysts, and IT professionals who wish to compare vSphere to competing virtualization products such as Microsoft Hyper-V and Citrix XenServer.

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 | Published: 16 Jun 2010

ANALYST REPORT: Conducted by the research firm ORC International, this study found that performing common database management tasks for Oracle Database 11g R2 took less time and fewer resources than performing the same tasks for DB2 Enterprise 9.7. Although funded by Oracle, the study was independently conducted by ORC.

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 | Published: 06 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: Although enterprise resource planning (ERP) is an important tool for boosting operational efficiency and cost savings, it also offers manufacturers a leg-up in their globalization efforts. Read this white paper to see how critical ERP can be to global business, and how to choose the best solution to support this imperative.

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 | Published: 29 Apr 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript explores the options of moving your contact center applications and Unified Communications strategies to the cloud. Uncover the benefits and opportunities of cloud-based solutions and potential pain points, and get help deciding if the cloud is a good option for your organization.

Posted: 10 May 2012 | Published: 10 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Compare VMware vSphere 5 to competing virtualization products such as Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, or Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (KVM) in this guide. Discover the key competitive advantages VMware has over the competition in an in-depth review of features.

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 | Published: 08 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Conducted by the research firm ORC International, this study found that performing common database management tasks for Oracle Database 11g R2 took less time and fewer resources than performing the same tasks for DB2 Enterprise 9.7. Although funded by Oracle, the study was independently conducted by ORC.

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 | Published: 12 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Effective negotiations and management of telecom contracts can have a measurable impact on a business’ financial performance.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: There are some helpful things we can do with Cisco’s IOS to make our lives easier. This white paper will present some useful commands, followed (in parentheses) by their most concise shortcuts (at the time of this writing).

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 | Published: 06 Nov 2009