As companies deploy next-generation technologies to support more efficient and effective business operations, their IT networks are becoming highly distributed and increasingly complex. But with budgetary pressures forcing organizations to justify every dollar spent on IT, businesses are becoming more creative in how they deploy new technology and manage their enterprise infrastructures.

One result of this shift in thinking is that more businesses are becoming comfortable with the concept of outsourcing tactical IT functions to a trusted third party while they maintain internal control of strategic technology initiatives. This has produced a sharp up-tick in demand for managed technology services. This is a tremendous opportunity for telecom service providers with the underlying technology, expertise, economies of scale and existing customer relationships to provide the economical services their business clients need to help them compete and win in often-challenging markets.

This E-Guide examines how telecom providers can exploit the growing desire for managed services by delivering the right network management and application performance services to support the kind of transformative business models their customers are building.