Prediction Number 1 of 24

2014 Predictions for Information and Communication Technologies Markets

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BIG DATA AND ANALYTICS

Privacy advocates will shift their focus from Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Customer Proprietary Network

Information (CPNI) to the NSA.

Prediction Number 2 of 24

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BIG DATA AND ANALYTICS

Retail/Wi-Fi Analytics (RWA) will level the playing field for bricks-and-mortar retailers as they compete with e-tail giants such as Amazon—if regulators and

privacy advocates don’t shut RWA down.

Prediction Number 3 of 24

2014 Predictions for Information and Communication Technologies Markets

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BIG DATA AND ANALYTICS

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) as a part of enterprise search will make a serious move from

futuristic vision to commercial viability.

Prediction Number 4 of 24

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BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

2014 will be a breakthrough year for Ethernet due to the announcement of Carrier Ethernet (CE) 2.0

specifications by the MEF in 2013.

Prediction Number 5 of 24

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BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

Managed services gain ground—particularly with resource-constrained IT departments.

Prediction Number 6 of 24

2014 Predictions for Information and Communication Technologies Markets

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BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

The road to cloud security and reliability increasingly leads enterprises

to network-enabled cloud solutions.

Prediction Number 7 of 24

2014 Predictions for Information and Communication Technologies Markets

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CLOUD SERVICES

IT’s quest for flexible, agile infrastructure prompts more providers to introduce

Software-Defined Data Centers (SDDCs).

Prediction Number 8 of 24

2014 Predictions for Information and Communication Technologies Markets

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CLOUD SERVICES

More cloud providers follow the likes of IBM and Internap, offering

non-virtualized, Bare Metal cloud.

Prediction Number 9 of 24

2014 Predictions for Information and Communication Technologies Markets

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CLOUD SERVICES

Add private networking to beefed up security and reliability, and you get the long awaited statistical

increase in enterprise adoption of the public cloud.

Prediction Number 10 of 24

2014 Predictions for Information and Communication Technologies Markets

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CONNECTED HOME

Consumers increasingly seek complete, fully integrated connected home solutions. Expect at least one network operator to rise to the challenge and

deliver this comprehensive offering in 2014.

Prediction Number 11 of 24

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CONNECTED HOME

Complex and interconnected home communications and computing interest drives pre-packaged home networking solutions to break through the gates.

Prediction Number 12 of 24

2014 Predictions for Information and Communication Technologies Markets

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CONNECTED HOME

As more heads-up displays hit the market, innovative augmented reality applications make

their way into the mainstream.

Prediction Number 13 of 24

2014 Predictions for Information and Communication Technologies Markets

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CONSUMER COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

The rise of the new dual play changes the game. Guess which two services create the combo?

Prediction Number 14 of 24

2014 Predictions for Information and Communication Technologies Markets

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CONSUMER COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

With the continued decline in voice service subscribers and revenue, major telco drops

conventional voice services.

Prediction Number 15 of 24

2014 Predictions for Information and Communication Technologies Markets

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CONSUMER COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

FCC wins some legal broadband regulation battles, imposes some net neutrality regulation, and (as a

price for spectrum relief) net neutrality rules extend into the wireless broadband space.

Prediction Number 16 of 24

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OSS BSS GLOBAL COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES

“Purpose-built” analytics become a major requirement for CSP billing and

financial assurance solutions.

Prediction Number 17 of 24

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OSS BSS GLOBAL COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES

Policy enforcement “on device” begins to gain traction, further driving

a customer centric focus.

Prediction Number 18 of 24

2014 Predictions for Information and Communication Technologies Markets

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OSS BSS GLOBAL COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES

Real-time, convergent BSS—particularly in the areas of mediation, rating and charging,

and policy—will move from buzzwords and RFP requirements to deployed solutions supporting

a large portion of CSP services.

Prediction Number 19 of 24

2014 Predictions for Information and Communication Technologies Markets

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OSS BSS GLOBAL COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES

SDN will not become mainstream, but…

Prediction Number 20 of 24

2014 Predictions for Information and Communication Technologies Markets

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OSS BSS GLOBAL COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES

As self-organizing networks increase, CSPs focus on monitoring services

rather than infrastructure—causing the great NOC/SOC role reversal.

Prediction Number 21 of 24

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SECURE NETWORKING

Security vendors will increasingly differentiate based on “usability.”

Prediction Number 22 of 24

2014 Predictions for Information and Communication Technologies Markets

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SECURE NETWORKING

A multi-billion dollar acquisition in 2014 will accelerate the pace of mergers and acquisitions in

the network and information security industry.

Prediction Number 23 of 24

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SECURE NETWORKING

Standards development, mature technologies, increased need and heightened awareness propel

biometric based authentication into a growth year.

Prediction Number 24 of 24

2014 Predictions for Information and Communication Technologies Markets

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SECURE NETWORKING

Market demand for follow-me data protection solutions will intensify.