Analytics;Consulting;Information Technology;Telecommunications@Ovum provides research, consulting, and analysis services for clients to make business and technology decisions. The company offers research, advice, and support services related to business technologies and IT management in the consumer impact, education, energy and utility, financial, government, healthcare, insurance, life sciences, media and broadcast, oil and gas, retail banking, information management, enterprise application, software lifecycle and integration, infrastructure and security, enterprise IT management, and analyst opinion markets. The company also provides research and analysis in the areas of telco operations, emerging, regulation, network infrastructure, component, device, enterprise, consumer, wholesale, and telco strategy markets for telecom service providers and vendors; and ICT- and telecom-focused advisory and consulting services for operators, vendors, governments, regulators, and investment communities in the telecommunications, content, software, and IT services industries. In addition, it offers technology consulting services that include market information and analysis coverage across various topics, including consumer, wholesale, policy and regulation, enterprise, strategy, operations, emerging markets, network infrastructure, devices and platforms, and components as well as analysis and strategic recommendations in the healthcare, consumer, service, financial, and energy and utility markets. wOvum was incorporated in 1995 and is based in London, United Kingdom. It has operations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. As of January 10, 2007, Ovum operates as a subsidiary of Datamonitor Ltd.