Aberdeen Launches Energy and Communications Practice IT Market Strategy Firm Expands Coverage to Include Energy and Utilities.Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2000 Aberdeen Group Aberdeen Group is a provider of business-related research services. It has its headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts and belongs to the Harte-Hanks group. Founded in 1988, Aberdeen's research is used by over 2. , an IT consulting and market strategy firm, today announced the launch of its new Energy and Communications practice. The Energy and Communications practice provides a comprehensive context for helping companies understand and leverage key trends in energy and communications technology Noun 1. communications technology - the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems engineering, technology - the practical application of science to commerce or industry , strategy, and marketing. The convergence of the deregulated energy market and e-Commerce is forcing both established and emerging energy companies and IT suppliers to reengineer their core business competencies to keep up with an increasingly chaotic market landscape and an accelerated pace of change. "The traditional balance of power is broken," says practice leader Ethan Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. . "Incumbent energy players and Internet entrepreneurs alike are realizing that the energy business is not just about generation and distribution. It's about energy as a commodity and information and service delivery." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Cohen, "Successful companies in this new, dynamic environment will move quickly and strategically to capitalize on the latest enterprise and Internet technologies. They have no other choice. " Current research in the Energy and Communications practice focuses on energy and telecommunications technologies and marketing. Topics covered include advances in energy e-Commerce, home networking, evaluation of carrier's carrier and Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) An organization offering local telephone service that is not one of the traditional telephone companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed competition to the incumbent telcos (ILECs), enabling new companies (CLECs) ) business opportunities for energy companies, powerline telecommunications technologies, and telemetry telemetry Highly automated communications process by which data are collected from instruments located at remote or inaccessible points and transmitted to receiving equipment for measurement, monitoring, display, and recording. . For more information about Aberdeen Group's Energy and Communications practice, visit our Web site at www.aberdeen.com or contact Ethan Cohen via e-mail cohen@aberdeen.com or by phone (617) 723-5342. About Aberdeen Founded in 1988, Aberdeen Group provides IT consulting and market strategy advice to the IT supplier community. Steeped in technology and armed with end-user field research, Aberdeen focuses on answering clients' critical business and technology questions in the context of the Internet economy and across the product life cycle. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Aberdeen Group has offices in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. , and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Aberdeen is located on the Web at www.aberdeen.com. |
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