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Data Doesn't Speak, It Responds by Piyanka Jain Summary This blog post talks about the attributes of real business questions that can be answered by data.	02-09-2012
Top Five Reasons Analytics Fail Summary View this video from BeyeNETWORK expert Piyanka Jain to learn the top five reasons that analytics fail.	02-07-2012
Aryng: Analytics Training for Business Impact Summary Aryng is an analytics training company based out of the San Francisco Bay area. Learn more about Aryng's Analytics workshops & on-site analytics training.	02-03-2012
Putting Analytics into Business Context - 3 Pillar Analytics Approach by Piyanka Jain Summary In a product/services company, analytics generates its greatest value when a certain line-up of best practices is performed, ranging from gross intelligence to a more detailed understanding. This is achieved with a "3 pillar" analytical approach [Measurement Framework, Portfolio Analysis, and Customer Analysis]. Within each of these components, one moves from a simpler "20,000 foot" view analysis, to deeper, more comprehensive analytics. In this white paper, these components in detail, along with the tools and techniques required and gotchas to look out for.	02-03-2012
Web Analytics - 5 step from “Data to Decisions”™ by Piyanka Jain Summary $120K incremental revenue identified with 2 hours of analysis! We did it, so can you! Using Aryng’s Data to Decisions™ analytics framework. In this whitepaper you’ll discover how leading organizations are successfully overcoming the challenges with turning the mountains of data Google Analytics can deliver into valuable decisions that drive positive business results. This white paper will reveal the 5-step framework that can be applied within your organization.	02-03-2012
From Barry Devlin: Freedom from Facets - Discovering the Data You Really Need Summary This white paper describes freeform search - a method that enables business users with no knowledge of data structures and relationships to explore for themselves their structured business data in a wholly unstructured and adaptive manner.	01-04-2012
Verizon Loses Latest Stage in ActiveVideo Patent Dispute	12-14-2011
Convergys: Call-Center Agents Still Critical to Customer Care Summary But the rapid growth of alternate channels means companies must excel at managing the customer experience across multiple platforms.	12-14-2011
Taking stock of 2011's top mergers & acquisitions Summary What were the most important mergers and acquisitions in 2011? This year was a wild ride for the wireline segment of the telecom industry, with carriers and service providers jockeying for position in the fast-expanding business services market. It made for some interesting and even surprising M&A moves. Windstream's (Nasdaq: WIN) deal for PAETEC was certainly an attention-getter, a move that positions Windstream as a nationwide business services provider. But even more interesting was Level 3 Communications' (Nasdaq: LVLT) acquisition of Global Crossing, a move that gave Level 3--which provides transport for a number of companies including online video provider Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX)--direct reach into 50 countries and connections to over 70 countries. It wasn't just the large carriers making acquisitions in 2011, either--smaller independent providers made buys as well, with most, just like the larger telcos, looking to bolster cloud and managed service portfolios to become more attractive to business customers. Warwick Valley Telephone (Nasdaq: WWVY) and Twin Valley Telephone made strategic acquisitions in purchasing, respectively, Alteva and ISG. Both gained cloud and managed services assets that will help them bring in regional businesses and keep them competitive in the ever-shifting wireline market. As it has in the past, consolidation became a watchword for 2011 among service providers. But unlike past M&A flurries, providers are making far more strategic moves, rather than consolidating just because their neighbors are doing so. Getting a piece of the cloud and managed services market isn't just a hot trend; it's becoming a must-have for providers of all sizes. Paul Lidsky, CEO of Datalink (Nasdaq: DTLK), pointed out in a recent FierceTelecom interview that 2011 is the year that businesses are seriously looking at implementing cloud services. "I think in 2011 you see a lot more implementation, or at least serious planning for it," he said. That's a factor that telcos and service providers are looking to take advantage of, by becoming the go-to source for cloud services. Take a look at our Most Important M&As of 2011 feature, and tell us in the comments: Which do you think were the most important? Are there any that you think we missed? Let us know.--Sam	12-14-2011
Towerstream bullish on Wi-Fi hotzones, but carriers aren't--yet Summary At the beginning of this year, WiMAX provider Towerstream announced it was getting into the Wi-Fi hotzone game with the aim of becoming a wholesale provider to operators desiring to offload heavy mobile data traffic. Today, Towerstream's Manhattan market is nearly complete with 1,000 access points. Moreover, Towerstream typically sees more than 100,000 unique devices on its network per day, and each hotspot is backhauled by a 400 Mbps radio, which can be programmed to jump to 800 Mbps, allowing Towerstream to offer nearly endless capacity. But Towerstream has yet to sign an offload deal with an operator. The company's case highlights a continuing issue for carriers: Do they build their own Wi-Fi-offload networks or partner with others? Special feature	12-14-2011
Oracle aims to flatten mobile silos, simplify billing Summary New solution creates a 'digital content retailing' that service providers can use to deliver and monetize an array of digital content	12-14-2011
New sampling machine can gauge your age and sex Summary A new product sampling machine that can determine if you're the right age or even the right sex to receive a sample.	12-14-2011
FCC asks PUCs to help it reduce fraud in Lifeline program Summary The FCC has sought the help of state Public Utility Commissioners (PUC) to weed out what it says is waste, fraud and abuse in its Lifeline program, which is focused on providing traditional wireline and wireless voice services to lower income families. Genachowski In an enforcement advisory given to state PUCs last week, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski wrote that the agency heard that a number of service providers were either not confirming to eligibility for the program or not providing adequate service. Although the regulator will look into those issues itself, the chairman wants states to be more proactive about weeding out program abuse. "I encourage all of you to join the FCC in our efforts to reform the Lifeline program by closely scrutinizing the requests for ETC designation pending before you, to be on guard for abuse by ETCs designated to provide Lifeline service in your states, and to take swift and strong action when necessary to protect the program," wrote FCC chairman Julius Genachowski in a letter to the state PUCs. Following an initial discussion last March, Genachowski wrote in the letter that the agency plans to vote "soon" on its own plan to reform and modernize the Lifeline program. Besides weeding out abusive tactics, the reform will include pilot programs that examine the role of broadband. The timing of incorporating broadband in the Lifeline program coincides with the agency's decision to migrate the Universal Service Fund (USF) from funding voice service to broadband. For more:- Broadcasting & Cable has this article Related articles:NTCA asks FCC to review its USF/ICC reform stance FCC goes public with its ambitious Connect America FundFCC's new USF Connect America fund draws different reactionsFor broadband stimulus winners, time is money as RUS extends deadlines	12-14-2011
Infonetics: Wireline broadband access equipment sales to reach peak in 2011 Summary As more service providers expanded their respective VDSL and GPON-based networks this year, it drove strong spending in wireline broadband access network equipment. Strong PON spending by China's major service providers in addition to DSL growth in Central and Latin America and VDSL and GPON growth in EMEA created what Jeff Heynen, directing analyst for broadband access and video at Infonetics Research, said was "a perfect storm of spending this year." While this uptick in spending certainly a nice near term boost for the vendor community, Heynen is quick to point out in its Q3 2011 PON, FTTH, and DSL Aggregation Equipment and Subscribers market share and forecast report that "with peaks come valleys." By 2015, Infonetics forecast that the broadband aggregation market will decline to $5.0 billion, from $7.9 billion in 2011. On the vendor side, Huawei and ZTE hang onto their broadband aggregation equipment lead. However, Huawei's revenue slipped while ZTE's rose. Taking the third and fourth spots were Alcatel-Lucent and ADTRAN (Nasdaq: ADTN) with strong North America DSL sales. From a broadband technology perspective, global spending on DSL equipment declined nine percent due to a slowdown in some major projects and the fact that the seasonal Q3 slowness. Alternatively, EPON optical line terminal (OLT) revenue in Japan was up 16 percent in Q3 2011 with incumbent telcos NTT and KDDI expanding their respective Fiber to the Home (FTTH) network spending to convert FTTB+VDSL subscribers to FTTH. For more:- see the release Special Report: Wireline in the third quarter 2011 Related articles:ADTRAN's stock takes a hit from lower than expected Q3 earnings, Q4 outlookService providers want lower priced next-gen FTTH technologies, says InfoneticsVerizon's Q3 wireline story driven by consumer, business gains	12-14-2011
Exclusive Report: Out with the old, in with the new mobile data plans Summary Connected Business Research, the new research arm of Connected Planet, has released the results of an exclusive survey exploring mobile operator plans to move beyond unlimited data plan pricing.	12-13-2011

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