A couple of weeks ago, Telstra and the TM Forum held an event in Melbourne on OSS for next gen architectures.
The diagram below comes from a presentation by Corey Clinger. It describes Telstra’s Operational Domain Manager (ODM) model that is a key component of their Network as a Service (NaaS) framework. Notice the API stubs across the top of the ODM? Corey went on to describe the TM Forum Open API model that Telstra is building upon.
In a following session, Raman Balla indicated an perspective that differs from many existing OSS. The service owner (and service consumer) must know all aspects of a given service (including all dimensions, lifecycle, etc) in a common repository / catalog and it needs to be attribute-based. Raman also indicated that the aim he has for architecting NaaS is to not only standardise the service, but the entire experience around the service.
In the world of NaaS, operators can no longer just focus separately on assurance or fulfillment or inventory / capacity, etc. As per DevOps, operators are accountable for everything.
Standing out in a highly saturated and fragmented OSS market can be really difficult. We’re regularly involved in bake-offs where we see dozens of OSS
One of the things I love about my job is all the vendor demos I get to see. Product demos are one of the four
Have you read the book, “The 4-hour work week” by Tim Ferris? It was one of those relatively rare books that inspired a complete mindset
Over the years, we’ve been involved in many OSS procurement events and have seen a variety of different pricing models proposed by vendors. Being software,
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.
