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Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Embrane. The following is quoted from Cisco’s blog site (link above) “With agility and automation as persistent drivers for IT teams, the need to simplify application deployment and build the cloud is crucial for the data center. Cisco announced its intent to acquire Embrane, a provider of a lifecycle management […]
“The purpose of this white paper is to identify the essential Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) and management capabilities necessary to achieve the key aims of the MEF’s Third Network1. These capabilities will allow the Third Network not only to dramatically decrease the time to establish or modify the characteristics of the end-to-end service, but will […]
Brazilian Operator Selects CSG’s Mediation Solution. CSG International announced a new contract in Brazil for CSG’s award-winning Intermediate solution. With this latest contract, CSG Intermediate now supports the operations of 4 of the 5 leading mobile providers in Brazil. CSG will provide centralized data management across the company’s business operations. Known for its high average […]
“What the early adopter is buying, is some kind of change agent. By being the first to implement this change in their industry, the early adopters expect to get a jump on the competition, whether from lower product costs, faster time to market, more complete customer service, or some other comparable business advantage. They expect […]
“Do you think that such a role (a Chief Simplification Officer or Project Simplification Officer) is justified? If so, what do you think are the essential traits that this person would need?” I posed these questions in a recent article entitled, “Chief Simplification Officer,” so rather than just leave you with an open question, today […]
“By seeking and blundering we learn.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. In the grand scheme of OSS and all its constituent pieces, no one person knows very much at all. That’s why we have to build learning (and teaching) into everything we do in OSS, as individuals, as organisations and as products. It’s for this reason […]
“What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?” Tony Robbins. Complexity is the single biggest challenge that stands in the way of us delivering OSS masterpieces. As described in, “The triple constraint of complexity,” the reduction of any complexity should have a multiplier effect towards the […]
Reverb Networks joins Nokia Networks in OSS Interoperability Initiative (OSSii). Self-optimizing network (SON) specialist Reverb Networks has signed a bi-lateral agreement with Nokia Networks within the OSS Interoperability Initiative (OSSii) to ensure the future availability and reliability of network data formats for their popular SON solution, InteliSON. The OSSii was founded by Nokia Networks, Ericsson, […]
“You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.” George S. Patton. Long-time readers of this blog will be familiar with the use of Seth Godin’s thrashing principle in OSS to attempt to get a scope locked in and developed against. The reality is that despite all the […]
Top 10 Global Telecom Operator Standardizes on CSG Mediation. CSG International announced that one of the world’s top 10 global telecom operators, according to Total Telecom’s annual Global 100 report, has selected CSG as its preferred network data mediation solution provider. This latest agreement expands CSG’s current relationship with the operator and builds upon the […]
“Data visualisation is a growing field of expertise. It combines the skills of the designer with those of the developer and the journalist, to create interactive layouts that help people explore data for themselves.” Olly Arbor. Do you have a dataviz expert on your OSS team? If ever there were a field that needed dataviz, […]
“The most effective way to do it, is to do it” Amelia Earhart. An earlier post entitled, “The OSS inertia principle,” spoke of the challenge of nudging massive organisations from a state of inertia to a state of momentum. In some cases, thinking, talking and documenting represent the application of force that gets an organisation […]
“Something strange is happening in a rubbish bin in Milton Keynes. On his way to the bus stop, Alex drops a drinks carton into it. The bin’s sensor system detects that an item has passed the top ridge of the container. It sends out a signal that alerts local rubbish trucks. Before Alex’s bus arrives, […]
“It’s less about boxes and bases stations; it’s now a lot about software analytics, capability of reconfiguration and all that. It’s a very big shift from what we have seen in the last years.” Professor Mischa Dohler here. In the video in the link above, Prof Dohler suggests there are two major disruptions happening in […]
Afghan Wireless Expands Growth Strategy with Redknee’s Charging and Policy Solution. Redknee Solutions Inc. announced that it is supporting Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC), the leading telecom operator in Afghanistan to differentiate its services and provide an advanced customer experience for its subscribers. Utilizing the Redknee Unified charging and policy solution, AWCC is leveraging convergent […]
“There is no need for us all to be alike and think the same way, neither do we need a common enemy to force us to come together and reach out to each other.” Anthon St. Maarten. Over the years, I’ve worked in a few OSS environments where I had the distinct feeling that there […]
Ericsson acquires telecom IT services business in China. Ericsson has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the telecom business of Sunrise Technology, a provider of IT services in the operations and business support systems (OSS/BSS) domain. Sunrise Technology, which is headquartered in Guangzhou, China, will continue to exist as a separate entity – serving customers […]
“Inspiration is much more likely to develop from the habit of consistently paying attention to life’s small moments.” Robert Maurer, from his book, “The Spirit of Kaizen: Creating Lasting Excellence One Small Step at a Time.” As we all know, OSS projects are a combination of people, process and technology. However, since most of us […]
“Cisco Systems Australia has announced a five-year investment program expanding to train over 100,000 Australian tertiary and school students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) skills. AUSTEM 2020 is a new program, which builds on Cisco Australia’s long-term commitment to tackle the STEM skills shortage and help create an innovation economy, boost productivity and […]
“The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain. We do not disturb ourselves with the detection of fallacies which do us no harm..” Samuel Johnson. Operational Support Systems are exactly that – OPERATIONAL support systems. Many people in our industry lose sight of that fact sometimes. […]
