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Cloud & New Services Initiative

Catalyst Demonstration Projects


Through our Catalyst demonstration program, groups of member companies work from Enterprise Customer specifications to solve key Cloud and service delivery related challenges and share the solutions with the industry.

Management World Americas 2011

 

Multi-Cloud Collaboration Catalyst
This Catalyst will focus on how to tie together  four key aspects of Cloud computing. Initial focus will be Objectives 1 and 2 below. 

 

  1. Common Developer Experience supporting both Internal and external groups
  2. End-to-End Service Management – Enabling the BSS/OSS to reach out across the Clouds at both the service level and the infrastructure level(s).
  3. Cloud Management – Achieving better management of discrete cloud infrastructures and the processes that interact with those clouds, ensuring a better Customer Experience.
  4. Cloud-to-Cloud Collaboration - Achieving effective collaboration at both the Services Layer and the underlying Infrastructure layer.
    Champions

      PT Sapo

    Participants

    Telcordia


    Management World 2011 in Dublin

    Service Delivery Broker
    Second phase of the SDB Catalyst, focusing on Service Lifecycle Management using the Service Delivery Support Application and enhancing the Product Manager experience through P&S management. Read More

    Champions


     PT Sapo

    Participants  

    MicrosoftTelcordia


    Aggregating & Monetizing
    Cross-Industry Services Explore how the integration and accurate measurement and reporting of commercial cloud-based applications enables service providers to increase revenue with flexible consumption models not previously available. This solution creates a dynamic marketplace for application providers and consumers, enabling rapid deployment at a low cost. Read More

    Champion  

    Cox

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    OpenVault 
     


    Applying Best Practice to Business Process in the Cloud
    This project combines Information Framework entities, Business Process Framework elements and flows, and ITIL processes for standards-based integration and visibility of cloud-based SaaS CRM and product catalogs with on-site fulfillment systems. Read More

    Champions


    ING Bank Commonwealth Bank

    Participants


    Progress Software


    Cloud Network Elasticity
    Elastic Cloud infrastructure requires automated resources in a secure, SLA-managed end-to-end solution. This enables Enterprises and Providers to leverage high-performance networks as strategic assets to deliver carrier-grade cloud services. Read More

    Champions

      Deutsche Telekom Commonwealth Bank

    Participants

       Zimory Ciena Infonova Layer 7

    Managing Cloud Resource, Service Quality and Revenue
    The project demonstrates management of Cloud products, resources, service level agreements, customer experience and revenue. The aim is to further industry understanding with a strong focus on building on traditional Service Provider management disciplines. Read More

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    Participants

      HP  Amdocs Cariden Aria Networks Sidonis   

    Enhanced Cloud Service Management

    Builds on our previous catalyst and shows how Service Providers can differentiate themselves with "Cloud Services" that leverages some of their most important assets and TM Forum Frameworx. Read More

    Champion

    BT Group

    Participants

    Progress Software Comptel Cisco Metratech Infovista

    Management World Americas 2010

    Service Delivery Broker
    We can take you to the Next Generation of Services and Management

    The Service Delivery Broker is a platform with services lifecycle management capabilities leading your business to an agile concept-to-cash, faster time-to-market and enabling service catalogs, service composition and service marketplaces. Read More

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    Cloud Service Broker

    Providing the commercial flexibility of Cloud Services whilst removing the barriers to adoption

    The goal of the Cloud Service Broker (CSB) is to provide a trusted cloud management platform. The platform will simplify the way to deliver complex cloud services to enterprise customers. Read More

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    Participants


    Realizing Intended Customer Experience in the Cloud
    Good Customer Experience in the Cloud starts with the right tools to manage Product, Resource and Service Quality commitments.

    Managing Cloud Customer Experience is not just about when things go wrong; it involves delivering the right products, utilizing resources efficiently, offering high service quality, and having the right tools to enable continuous improvement. It is about lowering costs, enhancing your customer’s experience and delivering a better ROI for service providers.  Read More

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    Management World 2010 in Nice

    Inter-Cloud Service Management
    A Unified Service Delivery Management Framework for Management of Distributed Inter-Cloud Services.
    We demonstrate a pragmatic and incremental approach to a service delivery lifecycle for deployment of multi-domain, inter-cloud services via TM Forum frameworks and standards, service architectures, and domain management tools. Read more

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    Cloud Service Broker
    The goal of the Cloud Service Broker (CSB) is to provide a trusted cloud management platform. The platform will simplify the way to deliver complex cloud services to enterprise customers.  Read more

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    Service Model Catalyst
    Enabling CSP's to participate in the cloud services supply chain by partnering with cloud service suppliers through a standard on-boarding model and interfaces. Read more

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    IPsphere: Bringing Quality to the Cloud
    IPsphere will demonstrate the orchestration of a premium cloud hosted service that will center on the ability to record an HD video-conference stream into the cloud using a cloud computing based application. Read more

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    Supporter