The OctopOSS needs innovation and evolution to become all that it can be
“Market leadership can translate directly to higher revenue, higher profitability, greater capital velocity, and correspondingly stronger returns on invested capital.” Jeff Bezos. In yesterday’s blog, we cited a report indicating that CSPs across the globe could lose up to $172 Billion in revenues from voice and messaging services. The implication is that OTT (Over the […]
“The difference between extracting simplicity and mastering complexity is largely whether we focus on defining the right abstractions or creating new mechanisms.” Scott Shenker. The diagram below provides a slide taken from a speech by Scott Shenker on the principles behind SDN (Software Defined Networking). You can listen to the words surrounding this slide roughly […]
“Carriers could have a couple of different viewpoints [on SDN]. One is we’ve gotta do something on our equipment costs because they’re not going down as fast as traffic is going up. Others say I want to compete with the data centre operators, the cloud providers. Others say I just want greater service velocity. I […]
“…When the familiar pen-and-paper methods of self-analysis are enhanced by sensors that monitor our behavior automatically, the process of self-tracking becomes both more alluring and more meaningful.” Gary Wolf. In yesterday’s blog, we presented this image, which shows the gaps in EMC’s social networks that prevent “perfect” information flow across their orgnas. The other message […]
“The best ideas lose their owners and take on lives of their own.” N. Bushnell. In yesterday’s blog, we discussed a new product to infuse innovation more deeply within a CSP via its OSS, partly based on the concept of EMC|ONE. On the back of EMC’s work, they propose “Ron Burt’s theory of structural holes […]
“There are no old roads to new directions.” The Boston Consulting Group. It seems apparent to me that the most successful companies are also the best at harnessing innovation. I guess there is no commoditisation at the bleeding edge. And by “harnessing,” I mean establishing an environment where innovation activities are not just ad-hoc or […]
“We all live every day in virtual environments, defined by our ideas.” Michael Crichton. Thought you might be interested in this video showing the provisioning a network in software using NSX from VMware. Further info on the NSX suite can be found here: The interesting part about the second link is that Cisco is the […]
“A company that has always done a great job of storytelling on its blog is General Electric. It’s a multibillion-dollar, multinational company, but it has always done a masterful job of creating an emotional connection to its products, services, and history through stories. In 2010, the company invited its scientist customers from around the world […]
“Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) explicitly targets the two biggest problems facing network operators: bringing costs in line with revenue growth expectations and improving service velocity.” Rajeev Tiwari. Two helpful opinion pieces regarding NFV are shown below: Why Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)?? by Rajeev Tiwari WTF is… NFV by Tony Smith The network functions described by […]
“Wherever I see people doing something the way it’s always been done, the way it’s ‘supposed’ to be done, following the same old trends, well, that’s just a big red flag to me to go look somewhere else.” Mark Cuban. Has your OSS been SMAC-ed yet? Social Mobility Analytics (Big Data) Cloud (and Virtualisation) Have […]
“Scientists have been warning about global warming for decades. It’s too late to stop it now, but we can lessen its severity and impacts.” David Suzuki. We’ve all heard the stories of global warming leading to increasing occurrences of cataclysmic weather events. Further to yesterday’s blog about big data and the ever-increasing data flowing through […]
“Each year Gartner gives buzzwords a reality check by publishing its Hype Cycle report. The latest one focusing on big data shows that the industry is just reaching the peak of its hype right now, with vendors flocking to the market, customers getting anxious that they don’t yet fully understand the technology, and the expectations […]
“We looked at the areas of technical and commercial risk within data access projects, and created a combination of product features and commercial policies that, as far as is possible, mitigate this risk.” Ontology website. The diagram link above shows the five principles put forward by an organisation named Ontology. It just so happens that […]
“Over the last decade, developments in miniaturization and low-powered electronics have led to the development of wireless sensor networks (WSNs), which are computational systems with the ability not only to sense their environments, but also to process and communicate the data obtained using a wireless channel. This book focuses on a specific class of WSNs, […]
“Google has a plan. Eventually it wants to get into your brain. “When you think about something and don’t really know much about it, you will automatically get information,” Google CEO Larry Page said in Steven Levy’s book, “In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works and Shapes Our Lives.” “Eventually you’ll have an implant, where […]
“An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success.” Stephen Covey, In yesterday’s blog, I described the importance of providing the field workforce with tools that improve the feedback of data into the OSS, thus improving data […]
“True intuitive expertise is learned from prolonged experience with good feedback on mistakes.” Daniel Kahneman. The field workforce is one of the most important components of any CSP but is often forgotten by OSS exponents. Afterall, they are the ones who go to site and physically touch the network every day – they build it, […]
“All content considerations should first be led from the brand. From there, make decisions about goals, initiatives and objectives. To do otherwise will doom a content strategy to being ineffective at best and off-message and harmful to the brand at worst.” Brian Bibler. I must admit that I’m pretty new to the world of digital […]
“Mobile data, mobile media, mobile sales, mobile marketing, mobile commerce, mobile finance, mobile payments, mobile health, and many more explode.” Daniel Burrus. Mobile, mobile, mobile. Mobile devices are still getting smarter and faster, allowing ever more sophisticated apps to run on them, including ones servicing the sectors listed above. But these apps rely on data, […]
“They say “the house always wins.” And it’s true – games always favour their maker. If you’re not playing a part in designing the game you’re playing, you’re probably being played..” Dr Jason Fox. Following a recent blog entitled Gamified Learning, a friend and colleague pointed me towards the work of Dr Jason Fox, someone […]
