AT&T is bringing up new products for business customers that use its services for handling data centers and large networks.
Customers can buy specific hardware from outside companies to add security features. Visit Palo Alto Networks (PANW, +0.52%), Check Point Software (CHKP, +1.05%), and Juniper Networks to make purchases.
Customers can buy specific hardware from outside companies to add security features. Visit Palo Alto Networks (PANW, +0.52%), Check Point Software (CHKP, +1.05%), and Juniper Networks to make purchases.
There is another option to add security features that can save you money. Use software to do the same thing!
"Once we get the basic service installed, it's as easy as downloading an app on a smartphone if you want," says Thaddeus Arroyo, who oversees the AT&T unit focused on large business customers.
AT&T, a well-known Government cell phone service provider, is offering alluring services.
AT&T's corporate division has been striving hard to woo customers away from purchasing exclusive networking gear in favor of inexpensive hardware that can be enhanced by downloading software. The push moves the giant Government cell phone service provider, AT&T, from just installing and managing hardware designed by others on its customers' networks to selling its own gear and amassing recurring revenue for the applications as well.
Last year, "AT&T Network Functions on Demand" changed its name to the new Flexware line. It can already run security features from Fortinet (FTNT, +1.12%), network routing software from Cisco Systems and Juniper (JNPR, +0.34%), and programs from other popular network gear manufacturers.
The new security applications can deliver services such as filters to block phishing emails or firewalls to keep out hackers.
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The cellular phone service provider’s most recent move follows the bigger inclination to expurgate costs in corporate data centers and cloud computing facilities by depending more on software. This market is expected to escalate 53% annually for the next four years, attaining $12.5 billion in total sales by the year 2020. This analysis is done by the market research firm International Data Corp.
The cellular phone service provider AT&T says that customers can spend much less with Flexware than other dedicated hardware to connect to their networks from the same sellers. Applying the same functions in software on general computers is less expensive in total.
AT&T says “it has sold 2,000 Flexware devices since the name change last October. The product is available in 200 countries now, up from 150 last year”.
The participating network software companies are expecting to keep their customers in the fold as they move to more generic networking gear and cloud computing gains preferences. However, it has been difficult. Several renowned companies, including Cisco (CSCO, +1.22%) and Ericsson (ERICCSON) have seen a downfall in their sales for high-profit networking gear.
In March, Cisco paid around $4 billion to buy AppDynamics, which is a prime network monitoring service provider through the cloud. AT&T's says that 34% of its own network was software-driven in 2016, and aims to reach 55% by the end of 2017 and 75% by 2020.
The cellular phone service provider’s most recent move follows the bigger inclination to expurgate costs in corporate data centers and cloud computing facilities by depending more on software. This market is expected to escalate 53% annually for the next four years, attaining $12.5 billion in total sales by the year 2020. This analysis is done by the market research firm International Data Corp.
The cellular phone service provider AT&T says that customers can spend much less with Flexware than other dedicated hardware to connect to their networks from the same sellers. Applying the same functions in software on general computers is less expensive in total.
AT&T says “it has sold 2,000 Flexware devices since the name change last October. The product is available in 200 countries now, up from 150 last year”.
The participating network software companies are expecting to keep their customers in the fold as they move to more generic networking gear and cloud computing gains preferences. However, it has been difficult. Several renowned companies, including Cisco (CSCO, +1.22%) and Ericsson (ERICCSON) have seen a downfall in their sales for high-profit networking gear.
In March, Cisco paid around $4 billion to buy AppDynamics, which is a prime network monitoring service provider through the cloud. AT&T's says that 34% of its own network was software-driven in 2016, and aims to reach 55% by the end of 2017 and 75% by 2020.
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