Doyle Research provides client focused targeted analysis on the Evolution of Intelligent Networks: SDN, OPEX, and COTS. Doyle Research delivers quantitative and qualitative analysis, forecasting, and market positioning advice to network and IT industry vendors.
Lee Doyle is Principal Analyst at Doyle Research. Lee Doyle has over 25 years experience analyzing the IT, network, and telecom markets. Previously, Lee was General Manager for Network, Telecom, and Security research at IDC.
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Research and Analysis Focus
Doyle Research focuses on delivering high quality quantitative and qualitative analysis, forecasting, and market positioning to industry vendors. We help clients to target new business opportunities and fine-tune their messages. Research services include:
- Technology Spotlights and White Papers
- Message Testing and Market Positioning
- Custom Forecasting
- Strategic and Competitive Analysis
Technology Focus
Evolution of Intelligent Networks: SDN, OPEX, and COTS. The Intelligent Network (both enterprise and telecom) is a critical part of the overall IT infrastructure. The Intelligent Network requires scalability, reliability, security, quality of service, programmability, and manageability. The three (interrelated) leading factors impacting the Evolution of the Intelligent Network are:
- SDN: A range of software technologies, including OpenFlow, that bring increased flexibility, programmability, and virtualization to the network.
- OPEX: Larger, more complex networks and hyperscale data centers have dramatically increased the network management challenges. Product solutions are required to ease administrative burdens, reduce provisioning times, and increase automation.
- COTS: Leveraging IT technologies such as x86, merchant silicon, and open source software to more rapidly bring networking technologies to market, improve flexibility, and improve price/performance.
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Additional articles at: Network World and Search Networking.
Biography
Previously, Lee Doyle was Group Vice President in charge of IDC's Network Infrastructure and Security groups, including Enterprise and Datacenter Networks, Telecommunications Equipment, Security, and Infrastructure Services research. In that capacity, he provided market analysis, research, and consulting services on next generation network requirements and opportunities to IDC's IT, network equipment, telecommunications service providers and Fortune 1000 clients.
During his 25+ years in the industry, Lee has written extensively on such topics as SDN, OpenFlow, COTS, enterprise adoption of networking technologies, and IT-Telecom technology convergence. He was IDC’s lead analyst for Cisco. Lee has produced forecasts on well over 100 different markets for ICT technology and has assisted many vendor clients with their market positioning challenges. Lee is a frequent speaker on next generation network topics and has presented for many computer and networking vendors, Wall Street, Fortune 1000, and government agency clients.
Previously, Lee was VP, Telecommunications Infrastructure; Director, Enterprise Networks; Manager, Local Area Networks; and an analyst researching the role of client server adoption in large organizations. In addition, Lee contributes to such industry periodicals as Network World, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, The New York Times, Investors Business Daily, and Forbes. Lee holds a B.A. in Economics from Williams College.
Custom Research Experience
Lee Doyle has 25+ years of research experience with leading industry participants in diverse projects, including custom forecasting, message testing, market positioning, competitive analysis, white papers, strategy days, speaking engagements, and technology advice. A representative sampling of clients include the following:
IT: CA, Dell, EMC/VMware, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle
Networking: Avaya, Big Switch, Brocade, Cisco, F5 Networks, Juniper
Telecom Infrastructure: Alcatel Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, Motorola, NSN
CSP/Carriers: AT&T, BT, FT/Orange, SingTel, Sprint, Verizon
Fortune 500 and Government: Deutsche Bank, Fidelity, Morgan Stanley, Mormon Church, Siemens, Southern Company, TVA, US Department of Defense.