Akamai
Akamai faces a competitive market for its CDN services, with new entrants such as AT&T, but with its international percentage of revenue growing, it is better prepared than most. (8/22/2008)
AT&T
AT&T has been pushing in new directions to capture client demand for content support with storage and CDN Services. Given the current economic roller coaster, AT&T maybe seen as the solid choice for customers. (10/29/2008)
BT Managed Security Solutions Group
BT Managed Security Solutions Group maintains a solid reputation in the MSSP space. However, in a dynamic and highly competitive market, the company needs to do more to distinguish itself from its rivals or risk slipping under the radar. (6/19/2008)
Equinix
Equinix is on an ambitious track, opening a third data center in Paris and creating a new exchange with European exchange DE – CIX within its Munich data center. But global economic instability could put pressure on future expansion plans. (11/10/2008)
Getronics
Getronics’ future is uncertain this month. Its parent, KPN, announced plans to sell off its North American unit to CompuCom, less than a year after the company acquired it. (6/23/2008)
IBM
IBM maintains a unique leadership role in managed services, bolstered by the breadth and depth of its product portfolio and partner ecosystem. Even facing an uncertain economic climate, the company is likely to weather the financial storm well. (11/4/2008)
Internap
Internap expands its capacity in Europe as the company looks to boost its global efforts in a tough economy, and while colocation is still good business for the company, its streaming media/CDN services face a competitive marketplace. (10/23/2008)
Level 3
Level 3 has made moves to expand beyond its traditional carrier wholesale base, and with the company’s CDN assets, it can capitalize on the combination of network, hosting, and content distribution to deliver new revenue solutions for customers. (10/15/2008)
Limelight
(2/11/2008)
Mirror Image
Mirror Image is looking to its new Mirror Image Media Management Platform to enhance its offering and capture clients looking for more of a one-stop shop for CDN and streaming media solutions. (10/23/2008)
NaviSite
NaviSite needs to increase its brand awareness and look at ways to create new stickiness for the company’s services, or risk falling prey to larger players moving down-market into its zone. (10/1/2008)
Perimeter eSecurity
Perimeter eSecurity’s acquisition strategy continues at pace as the company picks up new businesses that not only add to its services portfolio, but also bring customers to which it can cross-market its 50+ services. (8/25/2008)
Qwest
Qwest’s investment in its data services business is paying big dividends for the carrier as the company continues to build its customer base around its Internet services. (8/20/2008)
Rackspace Managed Hosting
Rackspace continues its hunt in the hosting market, expanding its managed solutions in an effort to go beyond the price-competitive entry-level market and make its mark in the growing managed services space. (8/13/2008)
SAVVIS
SAVVIS continues to benefit from its proximity to the major financial markets as it builds its hosting business, and with it, the momentum the company needs to compete in a hotly contested market. (6/12/2008)
Sprint Nextel
Sprint is looking to regain some of its lost momentum by building on its existing strengths in security and bandwidth optimization to better differentiate its services. This may just help the company regain some of its lost luster. (10/30/2008)
Symantec
Smaller rivals and larger competitors alike are stealing some of Symantec’s fire in both the managed security and managed storage spaces. The company needs to get aggressive with its SaaS offerings or risk losing critical momentum. (8/20/2008)
Verio
Verio continues to make a play for small and mid-sized businesses looking to step up their game with more advanced hosting solutions tailored to meet their budgets. This is helping Verio stand out in a hotly contested market. (9/15/2008)
VeriSign
With VeriSign’s managed security and CDN businesses both still up for sale, customers and staffers alike continue to wonder what the future holds for the units. Last month’s fast exit of the company’s CEO William Roper added even more questions. (7/30/2008)
Verizon Business
Verizon Business is becoming a major powerhouse on the managed services front, particularly in key areas such as managed security and hosted applications such as messaging. This helps the company attract and retain very lucrative accounts. (8/26/2008)
Web.com
Web.com adds a partnership with MerchantCircle hoping to capitalize on the business social networking element for its services. This is a good move for the company, which is looking to capture more SME customers. (10/7/2008)
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