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1. Allot CloudTrends H2/2014
Delivering Cloud Services to
Enterprises
November 2014

2. 2
Introduction

3. Background
Development of Communication Service Providers
VIP Content Subscribers
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CSPs are in a unique
position to deliver
cloud-based IT
communication
services to Small and
Medium Businesses
(SMBs) and Enterprises
Many CSPs have
invested in developing
capabilities in IT
communications,
integration and Cloud
Data Center
infrastructure
This report shows how
some innovative CSPs
are turning these
concerns into
additional sources of
revenue by supplying
services that address
these issues

4. Background
Enterprise IT Trends
4
Businesses are
moving to the
cloud because
cloud
technology
increases
efficiency and
flexibility and
reduces costs.
In the past, organizations would run
applications or programs from software
downloaded on a physical computer or server
in their on-site data center.
Cloud technology
enables access to
the same kinds of
applications
through the
Internet.
This is a solution
growing in
popularity
among
businesses of all
sizes.

5. Evolution of Communication Service Providers
5

6. Insights
6

7. Highlights
7
47% of CSPs
surveyed offer
physical or virtual
hosting services, the
most basic cloud
service for
Enterprises.
42% of CSPs offer
specially developed
cloud applications
catered to SMBs,
indicating the unique
needs of this market
segment.
45% of CSPs offer
public cloud
applications and
services for Enterprises,
ranging from basic email
and online storage to
fully-fledged unified
communications, CRM
and ERP solutions.

8. 8
Microsoft ® Cloud Enterprise Services Clearly a Leader
33% of all CSPs surveyed offer Microsoft® Office 365™, making
it the most prevalent cloud office suite.
Microsoft® Office 365™ represents more than 90% of cloud
office offerings, while Google Apps™ office suite comes in a very
distant second place.

9. Insights
9
23% of CSPs offer
QoS management
for critical
applications
20% of CSPs offer
bandwidth self-management
32% of CSPs
offer security
services such as
anti-DDoS or URL
filtering

10. Insights
10
SMB Services

11. Insights
11
QoS is much more prevalent with business critical applications

12. Insights
12
Regional Zoom In on Unified Communications, Security, Managed
Bandwidth

13. 13
Conclusions

14. 14
Conclusions

15. THANK
Yaniv Sulkes
AVP Marketing
Allot Communications
Email ysulkes@allot.com
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