Last week it was announced that Telefonica bought the managed services business of bankrupt network integrator 2e2, taking in roughly 100 staff.  The two companies had previously run a joint venture – O2 Unify – which offered network access, kit and related services under a single ICT services model. While the acquisition may have more relevance for the UK, the [...]

The market for R&D services and STIE in Germany, comprising engineering services, technical consulting as well as the development and deployment of embedded software and solutions, is in a interesting phase of orientation and definition. While economic pressure increases and the outlook for 2013 could surely be better in many industry sectors, clients are more and more involving external partners [...]

Le M2M est en train de dynamiser le marché des cartes SIM. En effet celui-ci est en pleine croissance avec un nombre de carte qui passera de 4,8 milliards de cartes en 2011 à 6,6 milliards en 2012 selon IMS Research. La carte SIM est aussi un composant de plus en plus important pour le M2M et contribue ainsi à [...]

Within a week we’ve seen Cloud announcements from Oracle and IBM. The Battle of the Cloud swings to and fro. Many of the more sophisticated arguments sail over our heads, but we cannot mistake – or fail to enjoy – the religious fervour of the conflict. PAC wishes to point out that for many consumers a more subtle and important [...]

Biswajit Banerjee’s main responsibilities include market analysis and strategic consulting for the software and IT services industry in APAC with main focus on India. As a senior analyst he is responsible for hardware maintenance, system infrastructure software and project services product segments. His main focus verticals in this region include Manufacturing, Transport, Telecom, Banking and Insurance industry.

Mathieu Poujol has been project manager for the several reports such as EAI, Integration Platforms, Portals, SOA, Open Source for France, Germany and Europe. He is also responsible for the customer relationship management in its covered fields. He is addressing all the customer needs, related to those segments: market studies and analysis, custom research, marketing and strategic consulting for end-user and technology providers.

Nicole Dufft is managing the Business Unit PAC/Berlecon in Berlin. She is heading PACʼs local research program on Communication, Collaboration, Mobility (CCM).

Philipp Schalla’s main responsibilities include the Austrian software and IT services industry as well as the market for Scientific, Industrial and Embedded IT (STIE) systems in Germany. As a member of PAC’s Outsourcing Research Program he analyzes the Outsourcing markets in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Before joining PAC, Philipp worked as a process consultant for Siemens IT Solutions and Services

Salim Mesbah contributes to market research of Business applications’ trends and also to consulting assignments such go-to-market strategy, strengthening IT actors’ indirect channels for reaching end-users.