| | | Show News | | Intensive Debates: New to Management World Americas 2010 This year in Orlando, TM Forum is introducing our Intensive Debates on Thursday morning. These very special sessions take you out of the classroom setting and deliver interactive, in-depth, peer-driven discussions that will get attendees thinking outside the box. Read more | | | | | | More News | | Management World Americas 2010: A View from the Sunshine State | | | Another Management World Americas in beautiful Orlando has come and gone, but even with the distraction of sunny Florida weather all week, the more than 1,200 attendees at this year’s event had their fill of interesting discussions, insightful conference sessions and intensive debates and networking opportunities. With attendance back to pre-recession levels, it’s clear the industry is optimistic and serious about doing whatever it can to increase revenue opportunities, deliver a top-notch customer experience and reassert its role in the ever-changing value chain.
| | Read More | | | | Qwest Cuts Operational Costs, Gets Products Out There Faster | | | Qwest wanted to transform its service delivery to shorten the time-to-market for new products, including cloud services, reduce its operating costs and have visibility and traceability from products to services to resources. To read the rest of the story and more than a dozen other real-world stories on how service providers around the world achieved a better bottom line through the use of TM Forum Frameworx, see the brand new edition of the Case Study Handbook – free to TM Forum members.
| | Read More | | | | Three Ways to Get Involved in Management World 2011 Events | | | Now that Management World Americas 2010 is almost history, there are more ways you can get involved in 2011 Management World events. Don't miss your chance to get in front of senior executives and leaders from around the world to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the communications industry.
| | Read More | | | Read all stories | | | Day in Review | TM Forum and CableLabs Collaborate to Streamline Business and Operational Support Systems for Cable Operators
TM Forum and CableLabs® today announced they will collaborate to leverage proven TM Forum best practices, tools and standards for the cable industry. With the rapid proliferation of new cable services and the continued focus on improving the cable customers’ experience, the new collaboration will accelerate expansion and uptake of TM Forum’s proven Frameworx standard across the cable industry.
Read more | | | | | | | | | | Insider at Management World | This year’s theme of ‘Beating the Revenue Crunch’ was probably best exemplified in the ‘Monetizing Bandwidth’ Roundtable, where most of the discussion revolved around providing differing levels of QoS (quality of service) to be able to charge differentially. The mere introduction of things like policy management, traffic shaping or traffic prioritization, critical in delivering higher levels of service are, in essence, contrary to the basic premise of net neutrality. Read more | | | | |