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Today we are focusing on “Impacts of Application Convergence on the Enterprise App Store”, and my guest is Sam Liu, Partnerpedia’s VP of Marketing and Business Development. Sam brings ton of experience in the enterprise space and on this subject matter.

So what is changing according to the proponents of the Cloud? Through cloud services, licenses are cheaper. Updates are done on a regular basis while installation and on-site maintenance are reduced dramatically. New functionality and updated databases are immediately available to all users.

Oracle’s pending acquisition of Tekelec furthers its ambitions to provide leadership and a one-stop shop for CSPs looking to build more efficient, intelligent networks while tapping new revenue sources. CSPs will need to weigh the benefits and risks of the integrated solution Oracle is building.

Ovum analysts attended Nasscom in February and had the opportunity to discuss many of the leading Indian providers’ strategies for 2013 and beyond. The “nexus” of mobility, cloud, analytics, and social media, and the rush to develop strategies around it, came to the fore throughout the event and continues to be a common topic in vendor discussions.

Ericsson added to its flurry of recent announcements at a press conference at MWC 2013. Today’s announcements follow similar themes to the others (M2M and video) and fit neatly with Ericsson’s vision for the “networked society”. However, they are more than just theory or a new product, with Ericsson revealing that operators are already using the services.

"How much?" and "When?" For a vast majority of network equipment vendors, this is as far down the path of understanding your network needs as they want to get. But the majority of enterprise requirements and the emergence of cloud are two major factors that are dramatically changing the business environment for service providers.

Many governments are implementing cloud services portals – “cloud stores” – to encourage cloud services adoption and provide “trusted” shopping experiences for agencies. Ovum’s view is that the focus of government cloud strategy should be on encouraging organizational learning in agencies about why, how, when, and where to buy cloud services.

Over the years, I've been fairly critical of Orange in the way they contributed to the slowing down of next generation access in France.