Adding Consulting to Business Mix

摘要

In the past five months, Avaya and SBC have acquired network consulting firms to improve their network integration and management capabilities, support their network infrastructure upgrades, and better position themselves to compete for network outsourcing opportunities. These acquisitions suggest that, despite the promise of on-demand computing and turnkey managed services, network vendors and service providers still need hands-on network skills and resources to plan, build and operate today's increasingly complex networks.