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2008 OSS middleware newsletter archive

OPEX, CAPEX and reducing the ‘integration tax’

Operators, pressured to reduce CAPEX and OPEX are open to discussions on any ways to cut their costs of integration. But how can they free up money to serve end-customers with the launch of new, timely and competitive services? Won’t that mean more integration costs too?

From Telco-specific to standard IT integrations with Telco extensions

60% of an operator’s costs are spent on integration. A platform that allows the use of standard, off-the-shelf IT enterprise software and Telco hardware and extensions already available in the market is most welcome. Mediation Framework from Nokia Siemens Networks does just that and creates new benefits from both a business and technology standpoint. It allows new ways to allocate spend on integration using the most up-to-date, fully NGOSS compliant architecture.

Common technologies and platforms for common needs

As a common development platform for operators, systems integrators and OSS vendors, Open EMS Suite from Nokia Siemens Networks offers out-of-the-box OSS functionality and the tools for integration and development. It helps free integration costs for re-investment into value-add areas and enables the launch of new services.

OSS architecture – top of operators’ evolution agenda

Across the vast spectrum of operators, from greenfield operators to decades-old industry giants there’s one uniting factor, the need for an OSS architecture that meets the massive integration challeng.

OSS transformation demands the most flexible, adaptable software

'Central to success is the design and functionality of the OSS software platform. For this software platform to work hard it needs to be designed not just to do its job, but designed to be changed.’ says Juha-Pekka Roininen, System Solution Architect, OSS Business Line.

Openness is close to happiness!

‘Keeping the end customer promise alive is a tough call when you’re faced with so much complexity between you and them. So much complexity in fact that it may prove to be not just expensive and technically challenging but perhaps impossible to deal with’ says Kari Loukola, Head of Product and Solution Management, OSS Business Line.

Mediation market feedback from Management World 2008

With Management World Nice over for another year, I would like to share some of the highlights. It was great to see so many of you there, and, with my colleague Thomas Schüller, demonstrate the potential of mediation across the different TMN layers of business, service, network and element management.

The Mediation Framework partner ecosystem

The Mediation Framework demonstration at Management World 2008 came about through the close collaboration between Nokia Siemens Networks and three partner companies.

Proof point of the next generation OSS architecture demonstrated at Management World 2008

At Management World 2008 in Nice, France, leading software companies Nokia Siemens Networks, Sun Microsystems, Tail-f Systems and Xelas Software are demonstrating how to rapidly integrate Operations Support Systems (OSS) to networks, other OSS systems as well as systems in the operator business process and Business Support Systems (BSS) domains.

Join Nokia Siemens Networks and key partners for a demo of Mediation Framework

Mediation Framework, a key building block for next generation OSS solutions, will be launched at Management World 2008. Interested in learning more? Join us and some of our key partners in Nice this May.

The whole world connected: Nokia Siemens Networks at Management World 2008

Management World 2008 (May 18-22 in Nice) is the must-attend event of the year for anyone whose business involves creating and delivering convergent services.

New investment patterns are set to transform the OSS value chain

The carrier business is facing the need to support new business models, operational concepts and value chains, while at the same time keeping costs in check and finding ways to improve efficiency. In response carriers are changing the way they invest in OSS solutions.

A scalable EMS is a future-proof investment

To ensure that their systems can handle future increases in traffic and customer numbers, operators should invest not only in scalable hardware but also in flexible and scalable software. OES supports both horizontal and vertical scalability, ensuring that the network can accommodate future growth.

OES Trouble Ticket Client is awarded TMF OSS/J qualification

TMF (the TM Forum) has granted OSS/J (OSS through Java) qualification to the OES Trouble Ticket Client (TTC) developed by Nokia Siemens Networks. TMF Qualified Products are defined as those that directly use one or more OSS/J APIs and have successfully passed OSS/J Certification.

CTO corner: architecture evolution

The Open EMS Suite is a multi-technology OSS/EMS platform which provides several basic EMS functionalities out-of-the-box. It is positioned as a common industry platform designed to serve common industry interests, and is therefore based on non-proprietary technology.

Moving forward: the evolution of OSS architecture at Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks has initiated a step-by-step process to review and evolve its portfolio of OSS products towards the next generation architecture. Efforts are currently being focused on end-to-end use cases. The first deliverables in the new OSS architecture can be expected later this year.