Research and Markets: Business Data Services in Europe: Growth Opportunities and Future Forecasts to 2014

DUBLIN--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5960c2/business_data_serv) has
announced the addition of the "Business data services in Europe: growth
opportunities and forecasts 2009-2014" report to their offering.

The economic crisis will have a relatively muted impact on the market for
business data services because data networks have become essential for the
running of most businesses. However, data and managed services continue to be
extremely competitive areas of telecoms service provision, in which prices will
come under extreme pressure as service providers chase cashflow. The reaction of
many companies to the recession is to put all plans on hold while they wait to
see what happens. This is delaying migration to new technologies, even where
those offer cost savings.

Service providers need to find ways to respond to this trend that are more
subtle than simple price reductions. Such tactics could include offering
customers greater flexibility and control in contracts for WANs and managed
services, and changing pricing structures to allay concerns about
over-provisioning for a shrinking workforce.

This report provides insight into the effects of the economic crisis on demand
for business data services, based on interviews with end users, user groups,
vendors and service providers, and includes detailed forecasts for spend by
service type and access technology (including ATM, Ethernet, FR and IP VPN) for
seven countries: France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
High-level forecasts are provided for Western Europe as a whole.

Business data services in Europe: growth opportunities and forecasts 2009-2014
answers your key questions:

* What impact will the recession have on demand for business data services?
* What are enterprise customers' priorities for their WANs?
* How should business data services strategy change to suit the new economic
climate?
* Will NGA change the way companies buy WANs?

"Business data services in Europe: growth opportunities and forecasts 2009-2014"

Some Key Topics Covered:

3. Document map - Executive summary

4. Spending on data network services is holding up during the recession, but
users are looking for better value

5. Service providers are looking to Ethernet over copper to increase the size of
the addressable market

6. Document map - Introduction and scope

7. This report examines the impact of the recession on demand for data networks

8. This report forecasts spending on business data services split by service,
technology, site and organisation type

9. Spending is allocated to services and access technologies based on site type
and market trends

10. Document map - Outsourcing and new applications counter the effects of
recession

11. The management focus on cashflow is changing the way investment decisions
are made

12. IP connectivity continues to be the priority, and new applications are
driving an increase in demand

13. Ethernet continues to be an attractive access technology, and Ethernet over
copper will add to its appeal

14. Document map - Flexible offerings appeal to businesses

15. Customers are looking for control and flexibility to ensure the best
possible value for money

16. Document map - Actions

17. Actions

18. Document map - Author, copyright and key to acronyms

19. Author

20. Copyright

21. Key to acronyms

22. Document map - List of figures and tables

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