The Convergence of Network Intelligence and Business Intelligence

Believe it or not, I am not the only one to blog on the topic of Network Intelligence (NI). Several analysts at Yankee Group have posted entries on this topic: see http://blogs.yankeegroup.com/category/network-intelligence. As a matter of fact, Yankee have been pioneering the concept of Network Intelligence in the telco space and I have had some good discussions with them. They just published an interesting report entitled “The Convergence of Network Intelligence and Business Intelligence”, with Jon Paisner as the main author, and co-authors David Vorhaus and Sheryl Kingstone. The document describes the similarities and synergies between Network Intelligence and Business Intelligence; I highly recommend it to all those interested in Network Intelligence technology as an enabler of smart pipe solutions. It also confirms the key role played by Network Intelligence-gathering technologies such as deep packet inspection and its various evolutions for protection, optimizing and monetizing network information.

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