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TM Forum tackles thorny question of how to measure digital transformation
TM Forum has unveiled a new tool that it hopes will help operators to improve the effectiveness of their digital transformation initiatives. The industry body’s new Digital Maturity Model (DMM), unveiled at the TMFLive! event in France, has been designed to enable operators to assess their digital maturity and plan their digital transformation across their entire organisation.
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TM Forum launches CurateFx ecosystem productivity tool
TM Forum, the industry association driving digital business transformation of the communications industry, released CurateFx, a collaborative, cloud-based enterprise software service used by communications service providers and companies partnering in ecosystem development to systematically capture the definition and design of complex digital business models. CurateFx is developed
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Leading Lights 2017 Finalists: Outstanding Communications Technology Vision
What are the technologies that will have the biggest impact on the communications sector in the next few years? Artificial intelligence, machine learning, fog computing, robotics, drones, virtual reality and augmented reality, as well as the full gamut of virtualization capabilities, all look set to play a major role in future networks. But which companies have the boldest visions
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Why the Conversation Around APIs is Louder than Ever
Members of the telecommunications industry love their trendy acronyms and buzzwords, and API – short for application performance interface – is just the latest to dominate the media. As the bridge between software components and the functions they fulfil, APIs are in many ways what connects the concepts of software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (
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Austin: building a smarter, more inclusive city
Austin, Texas, said it has made progress on its pledge to take on tough challenges to improve the lives of disadvantaged residents as it continues in its bid to make the city smarter and more inclusive. According to Ted Lehr, a city data architect with Austin and part of its smart city team, when cities focus on deploying technology, they usually focus on “people like us” -- p
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MEF Launches Certification Program Targeting LSO, SDN, NFV
In a move targeting ongoing challenges of getting workers up to speed on network virtualization as well as expanding efforts around its Third Network initiative, MEF said it’s launching a certification program covering the automation, virtualization, and interoperability of networks tapping into lifecycle service orchestration (LSO), software-defined networking (SDN), network fun
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Sigma Systems appoints Catherine Michel as chief technology officer
igma Systems, a global provider of catalog-driven software, has appointed Catherine Michel as chief technology officer (CTO). Michel previously served as chief strategy officer (CSO) on Sigma’s leadership team, and currently sits on the TM Forum Executive Committee, and is a public advocate and mentor for women in telco and IT. As Sigma’s chief technology officer, Catherine is
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CENX gains TM Forum Frameworx Conformance certification
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Linux Wants to ‘Harmonize’ Open Source & Standards
Open source projects and telecom's standards development organizations must work together to speed production of multi-vendor interoperability and automation for NFV and SDN, according to a Linux Foundation whitepaper released today. Such an effort requires close coordination, however, as well as a realization by each side of what it does best and careful attention to legal and int