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
“The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing.” Pierre Bonnard. As mentioned in yesterday’s blog, the non-CSP market is a fascinating one with regards to naming conventions. For CSPs, I recommend to start with some form of variation on the ITU M.1400 recommendation, as shown on the naming convention tool page. A […]
“Competitiveness demands flexibility, choice and openness” David Cameron Over the last four days, we’ve covered a number of aspects of introducing OSS into non-traditional customers. There is one major risk that awaits the vendor that broadens its customer net though. Whilst there are similarities at a node-arc-service model across many industries, there are also industry-specific […]
“And God said, ‘Let there be light’ and there was light, but the Electricity Board said He would have to wait until Thursday to be connected.” Spike Milligan. Over the past few days, we have spoken about the different industries that have been, or could benefit from the introduction of OSS. Utilities companies (electricity, water, […]
“Enlightenment must come little by little – otherwise it would overwhelm.” Idries Shah. It was whilst heading up a communications roll-out at a huge gas processing plant in the middle east that I realised what a massive opportunity existed for OSS vendors outside the traditional CSP market. We designed a converged network that encapsulated traditional […]
“Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.” George R.R. Martin. In yesterday’s blog entry, non-traditional industries were discussed as potential users of OSS technologies. In reality, OSS just model the assets of CSPs as nodes, arcs and services, with all sorts of associated attributes. In a telco network: node = network device (eg router/switch), arc […]
“I always say the next big thing will happen in unexpected places.” Anna Sui. I recently ran a survey to find out more about the true OSS market needs. One of the responses caused a light-bulb moment. Despite having worked with customers from alternate industries and having nearly 250 entries in this blog roll, there […]
“Customers are the centre of the universe” Anne Mulcahy What are the resources that stop a company from growing? Capital? Yes, companies are measured on KPIs like Return on Equity and other accounting terms. Skilled resources? Yes, each OSS vendor’s solution is so unique that there is a dearth of resources able to be highly […]
“For Porter, the ultimate profit potential of an industry is a finite fixed amount: the only question is who is going to get which share of it.Sound business is however unlike warfare or sports in that one company’s success does not require its rivals to fail. Unlike competition in sports, every company can choose to […]
“Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is. It’s your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best.” Sir Laurence Olivier So, what is it going to be? Is your OctopOSS going to be built using the “best of breed” approach (ie the best available product) for each […]
