Solution Assessments

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When evaluating technology and services options, decision-makers often judge suppliers not just on the technical competence of individual product offerings, but also on their capability to support immediate and long-term business objectives with a comprehensive suite of products and services designed to solve a customer’s problem. They favor suppliers who can act as business partners to support their goals in revenue growth, operations efficiency, customer satisfaction and competitive differentiation.

While some have recognized this shift and adapted to some degree, today's complex nature of technology-fuelled business models, and the underlying technologies themselves, make a partnership-based, solutions approach an imperative for suppliers and service providers in all sectors.

To help technology suppliers meet this imperative, Current Analysis has developed a unique analytical tool called "Solution Assessments".

Anatomy of a Solution Assessment

Service Description

Solution Assessments, like all Current Analysis offerings, provide a level of detail that is an essential part of strategic competitive analysis, but that is also tactically indispensable in day-to-day sales situations.

Accessible via Current Analysis' CurrentCOMPETE platform, Solution Assessments identify the product and service combinations delivered by a technology supplier or service provider, providing in-depth analysis and tactical advice based upon solution selection criteria that are likely to be key decision points for prospective customers.

Each Assessment examines the strengths and limitations of a given supplier or service provider's solution, and provides an overall rating ranging from Very Vulnerable to Very Threatening. Factors weighed vary from sector to sector, but often include issues such as technological capability, portfolio breadth, service capability, partnerships, geographic reach and stability.

Read Press Release on launch of Solution Assessments.


Solutions Covered

Digital Home Services

  • AT&T Quadruple Play with Homezone
  • AT&T Quadruple Play with U-verse
  • Comcast Triple Play / Quadruple Play
  • Time Warner Cable Triple Play / Quadruple Play
  • Verizon Quadruple Play with DIRECTV
  • Verizon FiOS Quadruple Play

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Ethernet Switching

  • 3Com Switches
  • Alcatel-Lucent IMS Portfolio (Alcatel Legacy)
  • Cisco Ethernet Switching Solutions
  • Enterasys Switching Solution
  • Extreme Networks Switching
  • Force 10 Networks Switches
  • Foundry Networks Switches
  • Nortel Networks Switches
  • ProCurve by Hewlett-Packard Switches

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IP Multimedia Subsystems

  • Alcatel-Lucent IMS Portfolio
  • Ericsson IMS Portfolio
  • Nokia IMS Portfolio
  • Siemens IMS@vantage Portfolio

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IPTV

  • Alcatel-Lucent IPTV Solutions
  • Cisco IPTV Solution
  • Ericsson IPTV Solutions
  • Motorola IPTV Solutions

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Large Contact Center Solutions

  • Aspect Software Unified IP
  • Avaya Customer Interaction Center
  • Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise
  • Interactive Intelligence Customer Interaction Center
  • Siemens HiPath ProCenter Enterprise

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Managed IP Services

  • AT&T Managed IP Services
  • BT Global Services Managed IP Services
  • Orange Managed IP Services
  • T-Systems Managed IP Services
  • Verizon Managed IP Services

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Master Data Management (MDM)

  • Business Objects’ Master Data Management Product Portfolio
  • IBM Master Data Management Product Portfolio
  • Informatica Master Data Management Product Portfolio
  • Microsoft Master Data Management Product Portfolio
  • Oracle Master Data Management Product Portfolio
  • SAP Master Data Management Product Portfolio
  • SAS/DataFlux Master Data Management Products
  • Teradata Master Data Management Products
  • TIBCO Master Data Management Products

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Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Suites

  • IBM
  • Microsoft
  • Oracle
  • SAP

    Coming soon...
  • BEA Systems
  • IONA
  • TIBCO

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Optical Transport Services

  • AT&T Optical Transport Services
  • Level 3 Optical Transport Services
  • Qwest Optical Transport Services
  • Verizon Optical Transport Services
  • XO Communications Optical Transport Services

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Contact us today to learn more:

Tag Greason
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Direct: +1 703 788 3582
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