The Nec Voice/Data Convergence Radars

Introduction

This brief analyses the strengths and weaknesses of NEC's voice/data convergence offering. NEC has been rated according to its market impact (based on revenues), user sentiment (based on customer perceptions) and the technology capabilities of its offering.

Scope

• Technology: an assessment of NEC's technology based on specific attributes and the availability of certain features.
• User sentiment: tracks end-users' impression of NEC's products based on a survey of over 150 voice/data convergence users.
• Market impact: measures NEC's market impact based on its revenues and financial performance.

Highlights

NEC has a long history in the communications and networking market and its systems are designed with ease of use in mind, as well as for trouble-free installation and maintenance. Whilst providing a comprehensive IP telephony solution, NEC's communications portfolio is limited as it does not offer strong security or management functionality.

Reasons to Purchase

• Gain detailed knowledge of NEC's strengths with regards to technology, user sentiment and market impact.
• Voice/data convergence vendors can benchmark their own performance against NEC in various key criteria.
• Enterprise IT managers will gain valuable insight to improve their voice/data convergence purchasing decisions.