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“You can think of Docker [a container technology] as a shipping container for the online universe, a tool that lets developers neatly package software and move it from machine to machine. Today, when running large online applications such as a Google or a Twitter or a Facebook, developers and businesses often spread software across dozens, […]
Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent to combine to create an innovation leader in next generation technology and services for an IP connected world. Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent announce today their intention to combine to create an innovation leader in next generation technology and services for an IP connected world. The two companies have entered into a memorandum of […]
Ericsson to transform OSS for Orange Polska. Orange Polska has selected Ericsson as its OSS transformation partner, signing a six-year deal whereby Ericsson will carry out the transformation and optimization of processes and information systems. Ericsson will supply Orange Polska with consulting and systems integration capabilities, as well as an operations support system (OSS) software […]
“If you want to have good ideas you must have many ideas. Most of them will be wrong, and what you have to learn is which ones to throw away.” Linus Pauling. I love this quote from Linus Pauling. I see it as an Engineer’s equivalent of a sales funnel. The more ideas (leads) you […]
“The explosion of unstructured machine-generated from logs, sensors, networks and devices over the past few years has led to an exponential increase in data volume. Furthermore, the increase has been happening in parallel with a thirst for real-time Big Data applications. Enterprises simply want to extract greater value from their real-time Big Data asset. However, […]
“Essential: Document with just barely good enough detail. Valuable: Document only when we actually need it, not when we want it. Timely: Documentation should be done in a just-in-time (JIT) manner, when we need it.” Ashish Sharma, here The Manifesto for Agile Software Development values “working software over comprehensive documentation”. This ethos is particularly relevant […]
Comptel Receives Order From POST Technologies. Comptel has received a major order from POST Technologies in Luxembourg. This 3 year contract is a continuation of the long customer relationship that already exists since 1996. The deal amounting to 2.4 million euros comprises Fulfillment software licenses and services. “We are really pleased to expand our customer […]
Telefónica NFV reference lab releases OpenMANO NFV orchestration stack. Telefónica has released its OpenMANO NFV orchestration stack to open source community of developers through GitHub portal. OpenMANO is an open source project that provides a practical realization of the Management and Orchestration reference architecture (NFV MANO), currently under ETSI’s NFV ISG standardization. Today, the stack […]
Ericsson closes acquisition of Canada-based TimelessMIND Ericsson announced the completion of its acquisition of TimelessMind, a Canada-based consulting and systems integration company specializing in operations and business support (OSS/BSS). The closing follows the announcement on February 20, 2015, that Ericsson entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of TimelessMIND. Paolo Colella, Vice President and […]
InfoVista Acquires Ipanema Technologies to Maximize Business Application Experience. InfoVista announced it has acquired Ipanema Technologies. Ipanema delivers automated solutions to guarantee application performance across enterprises’ large and complex networks. For the fifth consecutive year, Ipanema has been positioned as a Visionary in Gartner’s “Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization”. The company’s solutions are used by […]
“We see customers as invited guests for a party and we are the hosts. It is our job every day to make every aspect of the customer experience a little bit better.” Jeff Bezos. An earlier post discussed value chains and the newer paradigm of value fabrics. Another post indicated how the value fabric can […]
América Móvil Selects NEC and NetCracker to Lead OSS Consolidation and Transformation Across All LATAM Operators. NEC Corporation and NetCracker Technology announced today that they were selected to provide a consolidated, end-to-end OSS solution for all of América Móvil’s (AMX) Latin American operators. This program will include AMX operators in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Dominican […]
Accenture and Alcatel-Lucent Helping Telefonica Enhance Experience For Consumers in Europe and Latin America. Accenture and Alcatel-Lucent have announced a four-year agreement with Telefonica to deploy Alcatel-Lucent’s Motive Customer Experience Management software for Telefonica’s residential customers in European and Latin American countries. As a result, customers will gain more control over their broadband experience, including […]
“Security experts are such a cheery lot. They’ll usually tell you you’re doing everything wrong and that we’re all doomed.” Craig Matsumoto in an article here. I don’t profess to be a network security expert, but I can’t help but thinking that network virtualisation will bring security and OSS experts far closer together than ever […]
“The Biblical world view sees Earth and its ecosystems as the effect of a wise God’s creation and… therefore robust, resilient, and self-regulating, like the product of any good engineer.” Christopher Monckton. Yesterday’s post highlighted Jon Parrish’s five questions for establishing uniqueness of a product. It also spoke of the fragmentation of the OSS market […]
“I now live by the rule of “Goo-diligence.” Whenever have a new idea or am asked for feedback on someone else’s, I won’t move forward without a quick search on Google. I hate to say it, but many of my “great ideas” have stopped before they ever started because of things I’ve found in less […]
“OpenStack Networking (Neutron) is the focus of development for a full software-defined networking stack. However, many organizations still use nova-networking in production, even though development on the networking code that is part of Compute will be deprecated in a future release. More and more, organizations are at a point of decision with their cloud and […]
Plusnet Selects NetCracker for Next-Generation Billing Transformation. NetCracker Technology announced that Plusnet has selected NetCracker to transform its rating and billing infrastructure. NetCracker delivered its comprehensive Revenue Management solution to support Plusnet in continually addressing industry changes and enhancing end-to-end customer billing, rating and charging operations. Plusnet is an award-winning provider of low-cost broadband and […]
Comptel Has Won Significant Deal with New Telefonica Group Customer in South America. Comptel Has Won Significant Deal with New Telefonica Group Customer in South America. The FlowOne Fulfillment deal is a continuation of Comptel’s good relationship with and expansion in the Telefonica group. The order value is approximately 1.3 million EUR, comprising Comptel Provisioning […]
IBM to invest $3B in building Internet of Things business. IBM on Tuesday said that it will create a new Internet of Things unit and invest $3 billion over four years to build it out. The move formalizes IBM’s existing Internet of Things efforts. IBM’s smarter-planet and smarter-cities businesses are connected to the Internet of […]
