Our services:
Advisory. Execution-oriented. Exceptional.
The new digital convergence is characterized by the following macro trends that have taken shape over the last decade:
| Applications—emergence of successful off-the-shelf commercial software applications such as ERP or CRM products |
| Broadband access infrastructures—unimaginable just 10 years ago, with growing capacity in the last mile using both wire-line and wire-less technologies |
| Communication networks—rapidly converging to robust and secure IP-based infrastructure to deliver voice, data, and video applications |
| Silicon technology—unabated leaps of size, cost, and capacity improvements every eighteen months—affecting hand-held devices, processors, communication and storage technologies |
| User interface—the global adoption of Internet browsers and search engines |
ITE’s services leverage the business potential of digital convergence by providing a set of innovative and proprietary metrics/tools for linking technology investment to business objectives.
These metrics/tools include our IT-leverage index and queues-based technology budgeting for business managers; a 6-D technology assessment tool for technology managers; a technology complexity index and technology pressure points for operations managers.
We offer telecom/IT managers insights into technical possibilities, financial realities, and operational feasibilities within processes from integrated systems planning to operation:
| Market strategies by customer segments |
| Services or technology roadmaps |
| Transformation through robust engineering program management e.g. program management for cellular migration |
| Change management processes for network or IT |
| Risk assessment and management for service providers |
Illustrative technology coverage & full-service capabilities:
- Wire-less technologies (RFID to 3G to WiMax to Super 3G)
- Wire-line technologies (cable to xDSL to Fiber)
- Large distributed systems, e.g. billing system
- Internet infrastructure, applications and services
- Every facet of IT (apps to hardware) technologies
- Integrated IT systems planning
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| Organizational excellence & process maps |
Our advisory services to technology investors include, but are not limited to:
| Due diligence of telecom mergers, e.g. Sprint/NexTel |
| Assessment (including ROI) of emerging technologies such as WiMAX for a telecom ecosystem like the United States |
| Individual company analysis for equity or bond holders, e.g. that of TELUS, 2nd largest telecom provider in Canada |
| Industry segment analysis, e.g. cable companies and their growth opportunities and risks |
| Competitive analysis like AT&T vs. Verizon for the share of household wallet |
Our advisors have made seminal contributions to IP-based converged technologies for IT and telecom, and to the financial and operational strategies for the deployment of these technologies. They deliver their insights within a proven, scientific, and proprietary methodology. |
