Alcatel-Lucent Managed Business Network - Manual (Page 3)

Alcatel-Lucent Managed Business Networking Solution 3
Keeping up with enterprise needs
Although many service providers already offer business VPN services, they are often imple mented
on first-generation IP/MPLS networks, which were designed to deliver an earlier generation of
services over legacy access networks. With first-generation networks, implementing QoS is frequently
labor intensive and costly, and existing edge devices offer a narrow range of services and poor
access to applications. As a result, many existing VPN services provide only limited flexibility and
QoS capabilities. They are also connectivity oriented — not service oriented — restricting service
providers’ ability to generate new revenues.
the benefits of Managed business networKing services
Many enterprises are already embracing managed business networking services, such as MPLS-based
Carrier Ethernet VPNs and IP VPNs, because they can provide higher bandwidth, superior QoS
and application-level SLAs. As a result, the market for these services is already around 19 billion
Euros globally — and is expected to grow to over 32 billion Euros by 2013
1 . Managed business access
services can also meet the diverse connectivity needs of enterprises, while managed business security
services satisfy security requirements.
“Legacy networks are frustratingly obsolete to the
modern enterprise — their changing requirements
outstrip what telcos can deliver. That’s why we’re
building innovative managed network solutions on
our next-generation Multi Services Platform, MSP,
transforming how large enterprises do business today”.
J u l i a n pay n e , h e a d o f d a ta p r o d u c t s , c a b l e & w i r e l e s s
€ (M)
Managed business VPN
Managed business access
Managed business security
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
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1 Source: The 2008-2013 Global Managed Services Market Forecast, InfoTrack, March 2008
figure 1. Managed networking services Market forecast