Selecting a new OSS / BSS product, vendor or integrator for your transformation project can be an arduous assignment. Every network operator and every project has a unique set of needs. Counter to that, there are literally hundreds of vendors creating an even larger number of products to service those widely varied sets of needs. […]
We’ve just launched a multi-part video series to provide an introduction to OSS and BSS. It answers these fundamental questions and more: Part 1 – What is an OSS? What is a BSS? Why are OSS and BSS even a thing? Part 2 – Who uses an OSS and/or BSS? Part 3 – What Functions do OSS and BSS […]
ONF Hits The Ground Running with Execution of New Strategic Plan. Providing an update to its previously announced strategic plan aimed at creating a robust supply chain for open source solutions for operators, the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) today announced key milestones achieved. The achievements include the formation of the Technical Leadership Team (TLT), finalization on the initial […]
How many times have you heard a colleague say they wish they could clone themselves (or one of their trusted colleagues)? Alternatively, to say they’d like to do a copy *.* of a colleague’s brain? I’m feeling that way more now than at any time in the past, not of any one person in particular, […]
Further to yesterday’s blog about wizards and tools, I’d just like to clarify that I was talking about OSS software, not OSS people… although that’s perhaps a topic for conversation another day. 🙂
Hawthorn Football Club are AFL premiers for 2013! Go the mighty Hawks! Image borrowed from News Ltd’s story that can be seen here.
“At least DO SOMETHING! DO! Don’t think, don’t hope, do! At least you can come off and say ‘I did this, I shepherded, I played on. At least I did something” John Kennedy. I find this to be a brilliant analogy for OSS implementation projects too. There’s so much complexity, so many things happening dynamically, […]
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear“ No OSS analogies apply today.
Here at Passionate About OSS, we are exactly that – Passionate About OSS (Operational Support Systems). We’re also passionate about BSS, NMS, or any other names you call the tools that help to operationalise your network.
