OSS are traditionally linked with telecommunications or internet service providers (CSPs). But as the information age takes hold, OSS become increasingly relevant to other utilities that have extensive communications networks and/or multi-utility cross-over systems
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“I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all it is cracked up to be. But writing is. Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. That thing you […]
AT&T creates $500M joint venture for a Netflix-style TV service AT&T, America’s second largest broadband provider and wireless company, is getting into the streaming business with a $500 million joint venture created to acquire, invest in and launch a Netflix-style video streaming service. As the television distribution model that’s been in place for decades collapses […]
“Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.” Vera Nazarian. After lots of writing and refining, my book, which is dedicated to OSS implementations, is almost finished. It’s based around 22 commonly asked questions, particularly by readers who are relatively new to OSS. It also allows readers […]
“When you think of any aspect of life or work, augmented reality is completely going to change how we do it.” Ori Inbar. Here in Australia, we have a program called Dial Before You Dig, which provides information, usually in the form of plans, about underground assets for a given address. It is used by […]
“Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.” Ronald Reagan. Speaking with many of the large OSS vendors, it seems that the tier-one Telco and Utility market is still their prime sales and marketing focus, not to mention their product development focus. Interestingly, I wonder whether […]
“Many connection providers use outdated manual procedures for design, sizing, costing and build rather than embrace new technology. Few companies have so far adopted a GIS-driven (Geographic Information System) approach to design and build that allows more accurate designs more quickly and can inform other processes such as sizing, costing and overall customer service.” Davis […]
“We have a good shot at becoming the number one IT company in the world. That’s clearly our goal.” John Chambers, CEO of Cisco. Cisco is certainly getting word out about how an IoE (Internet of Everything) is going to change the IT / networking world with its massive growth in networked sensors. But I […]
“Seriously, we are in the midst of the convergence of voice and data and that is challenging the infrastructure of the telephone companies. There are huge commercial interests in the basic technology, but even more so in content delivery and control of content.” Steve Crocker. It’s important for a CSP to develop a convergent data […]
“Sometimes you are in sync with the times, sometimes you are in advance, sometimes you are late.” Bernardo Bertolucci. Yesterday we spoke of the OSS of the future not having an offline database that needs to be synchronised against network assets regularly. As we all know, data synch is one of the banes of an […]
“The centre of gravity of the world economy is the geographic hotspot of income generation based on the distance weighted gross domestic product of 700 locations (Quah, 2011). In 1980 the hotspot was in the Atlantic Ocean midway between the economic powerhouses of Europe and the United States. However, today the hotspot is over Saudi Arabia […]
“It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.” Grace Hopper. There are many barriers to delivering an OSS, often built up from the rules of the organisations involved. Sometimes the rules make sense. Other times, rules (and the people responsible for enforcing these rules) just prevent progress. The best implementers […]
“A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.” Thomas Carlyle. In recent times, I’ve spoken of the benefits of using analytics on OSS data. Afterall, OSS exist to store data and make some connections between data. However, there are many other valuable connections just waiting to be made […]
“Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data.” John Naisbitt. Yesterday we spoke of a couple of acronyms that aren’t so common in traditional B/OSS, namely NFV and SDN. Today, I have five more for you that aren’t so common but have roles to play in B/OSS […]
“You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.” Abraham Maslow. B/OSS started out servicing only the biggest of telcos, starting with AT&T. Then they migrated to the smaller carriers, then ISPs and the march continues. As electronic business and related digital communications are increasingly built into the business models […]
“I don’t look at myself as a commodity, but I’m sure a lot of people have.” Marilyn Monroe Will there be a time in the not too distant future where traditional telco services become a pure commodity? For example, will users simply plug into socket in their wall and get ubiquitous bandwidth / cloud services […]
“As markets grow, they fragment, forming distinct sub-markets that may break away from the parent market to become sustainable separate markets, with different products and services. Fragments start as small segments of customers with similar needs but for which there is no customized solution available. As a result they do not buy or make do […]
“The other part of outsourcing is this: it simply says where the work can be done outside better than it can be done inside, we should do it.” Alphonso Jackson. In this last of a nine-part series on non-traditional OSS markets, we touch on the possible business model differences to support and implement OSS. With […]
“You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage.” Martin H. Fischer. When implementing an OSS for a CSP, the communications network is the centre of the universe so all assets and their associated attributes and naming conventions revolve around the communications network. However, in […]
“I think I understand something about space. I think the job of a sculptor is spatial as much as it is to do with form.” Anish Kapoor. Whilst a utility (eg rail, electricity, water, mining, etc) will have many facets of similarity with CSPs, the one major difference tends to be that it will have […]
