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The Operations Support Systems 2001 Comprehensive ReportProduct Type: Market Research ReportPublished by: IEC Published: December 2001 Product Code: R329-85 Description OVERVIEWAs network convergence and integration marches forward, winning service providers of all types must have an up-to-the-minute understanding of critical operations-support challenges and opportunities that impact their current and future business. As digital subscriber line (DSL) deployments roll out in ever-increasing numbers, cable companies are raising the competitive stakes by offering Internet services, and Internet companies are striking back by offering voice services. The result of these phenomena is that the worlds of information technology (IT) and telephony have converged, leaving all concerned with an entirely new set of management challenges. The greatest of these challenges concerns compatibility and interoperability. Considering the widely disparate elements that make up the telecom industry, how can interoperability be achieved? Can it be achieved? In addressing these issues, the International Engineering Consortium is proud to present its Operations Support Systems 2000-2001 Comprehensive Report, which focuses on the innovations that are shaping the future of network management in light of the industry's transition to packet-based networks, broadband services, and converged voice-data architectures. The Operations Support Systems 2000-2001 Comprehensive Report explores network management in an Internet protocol (IP) world, open-system OSS implementation and integration, evolving network architectures, and key OSS business drivers from the perspectives of leaders in the industry. It is intended to provide unique and informed insights into the challenges facing OSSs today and the solutions/strategies that are being developed to combat those challenges. Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTSPart I: OSS Business Issues and Strategies Next-Generation OSS for Next-Generation Services OSS with the Network as a Killer Application Testing Tomorrow's Needs Today Business-to-Business E-Commerce for Telecom Carriers OSS Challenges for CLECs Evolving the Intelligent-Agent Technology Architectural and OSS Changes for Entering the Real-Time World OSS For The Next Millennium: The New Killer App The Complexity Opportunity The Carrier's View: A Reality Check OSS Is Not a Killer App How Next-Generation Technologies Will Alter the OSS Landscape Enabling an Interactive Value Proposition for Communications Providers Business Costs Placing Emphasis on OSS Features Part II: OSS in an IP-Centric Environment Delivering On-Demand IP Services with Guaranteed Service Quality IN as a Stepping Stone to IP The Real Benefits of IP Telephony Delivering QoS in IP Networks Enabling Carrier Settlements in Multiservice IP Networks Embracing the IP World XML for Services IP from a Service Provider's Perspective Part III: New Service Provisioning, QoS, and Customer Care Automating Customer Care Guaranteeing Quality of Service with Next-Generation Equipment Flow-Through Provisioning: Keeping Up with Changes to Your Trading-Partner Interfaces Customer Focus a Main Part of E-Business Success Data Quality for the Internet Age Testing Challenges for ADSL Networks Today's IP/VPN Quality of Service Delivering Services to Customers: Becoming an E-Telco Delivering and Profiting from End-to-End Quality of Service Service Management for Effective Service Delivery Part IV: Systems Interconnection, Integration, and Interoperability Keys to Open-System Integration OSSs and Data Warehouses: Working Together Moving Towards A Modular, Open OSS Framework Architecture For Maximum Flexibility and Scalability Examining a New Network from an ILEC Perspective Network Management of Multi-Technology Networks Coordinating OSS Integration and Interconnection for End-to-End Fulfillment of Customer Orders Business-to-Business Challenges of the Unbundled Local Loop Linking Legacy RTUs into a TMN Environment Solutions to BSS and OSS Interaction Facilitating End-To-End OSS Integration and Management: An Interconnection Perspective Mediation: Building Bridges or Building Walls? Achieving Integrated Management for Multi-Vendor, Multi-Technology Transport Networks Part V: OSS Architectures, Solutions, and Infrastructure Optimal Infrastructure for the Managed Network: Benefits of the Object Model OSS Vendors: Challenges and Methodologies Problems Associated with the Loss of NPA/NXX Intelligence The Application Service Framework 3G Service Modeling and Optimization Outsourcing: The Bind That Ties Using TMN and TOM in a Converged Network The Foundation of Next-Gen Networks: In-Memory Database Technology Component Technology for Developing Network-Management GUI An Architecture for Warehousing and Accessing Usage Data Rules-Based Mediation Engine: The Enabler for Open OSS |
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