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Verizon launches industry-leading large OpenStack NFV deployment. Verizon has completed the industry’s largest known Network Function Virtualization OpenStack cloud deployment across five of its U.S. data centers. The NFV project, which began in 2015, created a production design based on a core and pod architecture that provides the hyperscale capabilities and flexibility necessary to meet […]
Consolidated Communications Simplifies Service Delivery with Enhanced OSS Capabilities from Netcracker. Netcracker Technology announced that Consolidated Communications, a leading business and broadband communications provider, went live with an upgraded Netcracker Service Order and Resource Management solution. The additional functionality includes an access service request integration module, which will help Consolidated Communications automate the assignment of […]
“Hands up if you have ever been bitten by an elephant? Now hands up if you have ever been bitten by a mosquito? See, it’s the little things in life that will get you” Joel Weldon paraphrased.” Put another way, “the devil is in the details.” This mindset has always perplexed me, particularly in the […]
Redknee Renews Multi-Year Contract to Enhance the Competitive Positioning of TIM Brazil. Redknee Solutions announced that it has won a multi-year renewal of its software and services contract with TIM Brazil. Redknee will provide an end-to-end solution that includes new software capabilities, managed services, and support services that enable the company to secure its position […]
“A swipe file is a collection of tested and proven advertising and sales letters. Keeping a swipe file (templates) is a common practice used by advertising copywriters and creative directors as a ready reference of ideas for projects. Copywriters are not the only ones who can benefit from having a swipe file.” Wikipedia. Do you […]
Many operators have a dilemma on their hands. To find the lead indicators of network failures requires analysis of events leading up to the failure. But many operators are so snowed under that they are too busy rectifying the network to have time to analyse the causes. Not only that, but many actually rely on […]
“I have been harping on for years – many years – that the terms BSS and OSS are defunct and should be replaced with something far more generic like MMB: Money Making Bits. You may laugh, but BSS (business support systems) and OSS (operational support systems) are leftovers from a bygone era when communications service […]
Huawei Signs MOU under OSSii with NETSCOUT. Huawei announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with NETSCOUT. The MOU allows NETSCOUT’s TrueCall® geoanalytics platform to access Huawei OSS interfaces under Operations Support Systems interoperability initiative (OSSii). Huawei has previously signed MOUs with several independent service vendors within OSS field. This MOU is […]
“The knee-jerk reaction to open source is… well, it’s free. But it’s not that simple. Companies can craft strategic open source projects that complement and enhance and build momentum behind its own products. Huawei has been clear that this is part of its strategy.” Scott Raynovich here on SDx Central. Scott’s report goes on to […]
Huawei’s Heavy Investment in Five IoT Solutions. At the Huawei Global Analyst Summit (HAS) 2016, Huawei announced the Internet of Things (IoT) as one of its strategic priorities. Drawing on its long-term investment and expertise in ICT, Huawei has made impressive breakthroughs with its five IoT solutions. The company is also committed to building a […]
Yesterday we discussed how all the abstraction and interpolation done in the layers of your OSS stack can allow many things to slip through the cracks. Dougie Stevenson suggested that this is one of the reasons why Engineers prefer to work from a command line. Evan Linwood suggested that we could apply the principle to the […]
SkyLine Membership Corporation Deploys Centina Systems for Fault, Performance and Network Management. Centina Systems announced that SkyLine Membership Corporation has deployed its NetOmnia™ suite of solutions for fault, performance and network management. Headquartered in West Jefferson, North Carolina, SkyLine Membership Corporation is a full-service provider of telecommunications and network services for business and residential customers. […]
Each subsequent step northbound in the conceptual diagram below does the same thing: It abstracts (vertical) – it only performs a sub-set of the lower layer’s functionality It connects (horizontal) – it performs the task of connecting and managing a larger number of network elements than the lower layer So an OSS, will never (almost never?) replace the […]
“With everything going towards continuous delivery, ironic how you don’t see any unit test apparatus in the products. Even the new stuff. Asking for a Unit test harness is like asking for an Audi engine in a Chevy truck.” Douglas Stevenson. Great call-out here from Dougie in a comment about why Network Engineers don’t trust […]
Vivo Accelerates Service Delivery Capabilities by Upgrading Netcracker Solution. Netcracker Technology announced that Vivo, the largest telecommunications service provider in Brazil, is upgrading Netcracker’s Activation Manager solution to streamline the process of bringing innovative new services to market. The upgraded solution’s newer features will support Vivo’s long-term business growth strategies and reduce total cost of […]
I was walking along a city street between meetings recently and overheard the tiniest snippet of a conversation between a couple walking in the opposite direction – “sometimes you just need a new teacher.” What a great, random insight. One of the great things about being an OSS consultant and assisting many clients and their […]
A very clever colleague of mine, Keith, recently stated, “The failing of network engineers is that they don’t trust software (ie OSS, NMS, etc).” Do you agree with Keith? Do you feel that most network engineers prefer to work from the command line rather than the GUI? If so, why is that? Lack of confidence […]
In yesterday’s post we discussed how Virtual Reality (VR) can be utilised in OSS. Today we look at how OSS and Augmented Reality (AR) to be further augmented with decision support systems to help OSS operators. As a starting point for this exercise, we have to think about what OSS situations have a spatial reality […]
Have you noticed that Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality seem to be the next big thing lately? Whilst the concept has been around for years, it seems to be trending strongly this year, perhaps because applications are starting to make use of recent technology advances. So where do these technologies fit into the future of […]
One of the many features of OSS is that they’re great at monitoring network performance and alerting operators of any threshold breaches. Initially these thresholds were static. For example if the CPU utilisation on a router goes above x% then an alert gets raised. But this technique has flaws in that there might be recurring […]
