U.S. Managed Network Services: A Demand-Side View by Company Size from the 2007 U.S.

U.S. Managed Network Services: A Demand-Side View by Company Size from the 2007 U.S. WAN Manager Survey

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: August 2007
Product Code: R104-31425

Description

This document is about U.S. Managed Network Services: A Demand-Side View by Company Size from the 2007 U.S. WAN Manager Survey

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

IDC Opinion

In This Study

Methodology

Demographics

Figure: Respondents by Company Size

Figure: Respondents by Vertical Industry

Figure: Number of Business Locations Connected to the Corporate WAN

Table: Number of Business Locations Connected to the Corporate WAN by Company Size (% of Respondents)

Table: Number of Business Locations Outside the United States Connected to the Corporate WAN by Company Size (% of Respondents)

Table: Respondents by Company Size and Vertical Industry (% of Respondents)

Figure: Respondents by Location of Corporate Sites and Company Size: U.S. Only and Multinational

Figure: Number of Business Locations Outside the United States Connected to the Corporate WAN

Table: Respondent Title by Company Size (% of Respondents)

Table: Respondents by Total Gross Sales Volume and Company Size (% of Respondents)

Figure: Respondents by U.S. Time Zone

Figure: Respondents by Total Gross Sales Volume

Figure: Respondents by Title

Situation Overview

Survey Findings

Managed Network Services Adoption, Service Models, and Decision Factors

Figure: Current/Planned Use of Outsourced Management of Networking/Communications Infrastructure by Company Size

Figure: Service Management Model for Outsourced Networking/Communications Infrastructure by Company Size

Table: Top Benefits of Outsourced/Outtasked Network Management by Company Size (% of Respondents)

Scope of Managed Network Services Usage

Table: Current Use of Third-Party Management for Specific Network Elements by Company Size (% of Respondents)

Table: Planned Use of Third-Party Management for Specific Network Elements by Company Size (% of Respondents)

Table: Specific Outsourced Security Functions by Company Size (% of Respondents)

Figure: Current/Planned Use of WAN Optimization/Application Acceleration Solutions by Company Size

Table: Type of WAN Optimization or Application Acceleration Solutions Used by Company Size (% of Respondents)

Table: Reasons for Using WAN Optimization/Application Acceleration Solutions by Company Size (% of Respondents)

Service Provider Selection

Table: Single-Sourcing Versus Multisourcing for Network and IT Outsourcing/Outtasking by Company Size (% of Respondents)

Table: Type of Service Provider Selected for Outsourced/Outtasked Network/Communications Services by Company Size: Primary Provider (% of Respondents)

Table: Type of Service Provider Selected for Outsourced/Outtasked Network/Communications Services by Company Size: Secondary Provider(s) (% of Respondents)

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