“Data – there sure is a lot of it and looking forward there is going to be increasingly more. The Ericsson Mobility Report found that mobile data traffic is expected to grow by 12 times between 2012 and 2018. That’s huge!
So what makes data fresh? It’s the ability to use it in real time, to look at the different data sources, correlate them, analyze the results, and provide actionable insights so you can use it right then and there. That’s Fresh Data.
Pam Mallette.
Based on Pam Mallette’s definition, B/OSS exist to provide Fresh Data. Nothing more, nothing less.
And as Edward de Bono stated, “Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyse data, this will give you new ideas. Unfortunately, this belief is totally wrong. The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.”
All good OSS provide Fresh Data, but they still need Tripods to keep them fresh by providing a stream of actionable insights that make valuable connections from amongst the sea of data.
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.
