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Using NFV and SDN to bolster applications
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Can Telecom Unite on Info Models for NFV?
A debate is raging over whether solving the management and orchestration challenge of virtualization requires a common information model -- or whether the effort to create such a thing will actually hinder progress.Common information models (CIMs) were a hot topic at last week's Light Reading event, "OSS in the Era of NFV and SDN," where there were passionate stands taken on both s
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Can Telecom Unite on Info Models for NFV?
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Operators must be more agile to fend off competition from next-gen rivals
Telcos are facing increased challenges from younger, nimbler rivals when it comes to securing enterprise contracts.Earlier this year, for example, cloud services platform operator Interoute was ranked number one in Gartner’s survey into Cloud Enabled Managed Hosting in Europe ahead of incumbent telcos.Interoute has 12 data centres, 14 virtual data centres and 31 colocation centre
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Why IOT is the new Big Data
Over the past 12 months I have circumnavigated the globe meeting customers, analysts and press, discussing the benefits of Amdocs’ Big Data portfolio. Indeed one of the sessions we ran has been entitled “Big Data: From Hype to Reality” where I extolled the real business virtues of Big Data and dismissed the actual hype that had long been associated with this technology. I
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The closest piece of glass
We tend not to think of our precious touchscreens as being "glass." After all, glass is fragile. It shatters, it falls to pieces. We look at others working with a handset covered with cracks (the bruises of technology) and think, well, it seems even "Gorilla Glass" can break.The term "closest piece of glass" was coined (or at least used) last week by Professor Paul Morrissey at Tel
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Telecoms Pushing NFV, Even Lacking OSS
LONDON -- While many communications service providers are pressing ahead with plans to virtualize their networks, most admit they are still struggling with how their operations will support NFV and SDN, and there is no one strategy for how those systems evolve -- yet.In a workshop here today, both Heavy Reading 's Caroline Chappell and TM Forum 's Dave Milham presented research sho
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Centina Systems to Participate in Open Cloud Ecosystems for Digital SMEs Catalyst Led by Vodafone
TM Forum Catalyst Focuses on Delivering Open Cloud Ecosystems for Digital Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)Plano, Texas — November 2, 2015 — Centina Systems, the innovation leader in strategic assurance and network performance management solutions, announced today they will be participating in the TM Forum InFocus Catalyst event in Dallas, Texas from November 4-5, 2015. Ch
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A Common Thread
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