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Brasil Telecom Increases Efficiency of Network Management and Service Provisioning: To meet Brasil Telecom's regulation-related business and service provisioning challenges, the company needed to improve its order management and provisioning processes and reduces its capital expenses and operating expenses. To operate more efficiently and gain market share, the company needed an inventory system with an architecture that could speed up...; Tags: Process Management, Network, Provisioning, Service Provisioning, Network Management, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies 2007-10-01
Design and Implementation of an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Emulator Using Virtualization Techniques: Multimedia service provisioning in Packet-Switched networks is one of the most active research and standardization efforts nowadays, and constitutes the most likely evolution of current telecommunication networks. In this environment, the 3GPP IP Multimedia Subsystem IMS represents the service provisioning platform of choice for SIP-based content delivery in mobile and...; Tags: Virtualization, IP, Service Provisioning, Network Technology, Networking; White papers 2006-04-24
Applied Application and Service Provisioning: This paper addresses facets pertaining to 'software life cycle management' and how application of provisioning techniques can rationalize the management of it. It describes some of the problems and challenges many organizations face today; most of them related to either people, process and/or technology. It also provides some insight into...; Tags: Lifecycle Management, Provisioning, Service Provisioning; White papers 2005-12-11
Template-Based Automated Service Provisioning - Supporting the Agreement-Driven Service Life-Cycle: Service Level Agreements SLAs are a vital instrument in service-oriented architectures to reserve service capacity at a defined service quality level. Provisioning systems enable service managers to automatically configure resources such as servers, storage, and routers based on a configuration specification. Hence, agreement provisioning is a vital step in managing...; Tags: SLA, Provisioning, Specification, Service Provisioning, Service Level Management, Data Centers, It Operations, It service Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management; White papers 2005-11-28
Service Provisioning Through ESB: Similar to SOA, Enterprise Service Bus ESB is neither a technology nor a product in itself, but a platform, a set of tools, and a design philosophy. Using ESB, the user can deploy SOA components in an autonomous but federated manner. This allows easy growth for applications, application boundaries, and...; Tags: Service Provisioning, Enterprise Service Bus, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Web Services; White papers 2005-10-18

IEEE 802.16 Medium Access Control and Service Provisioning: This paper describes the IEEE 802.16 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing OFDM and the 802.16 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access OFDMA, Medium Access Control MAC protocols, both of which are key elements of the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access Forum WiMAX deployments. The paper also discusses the types of provisioning and...; Tags: IEEE 802.16, Service Provisioning, OFDMA, WiMAX, Wireless, Wi-Fi; White papers 2004-08-20
Using BizTalk 2004 to Implement an SOA for Service Provisioning: This webcast will describe the process of building an Operational Support System OSS for a large telecom company in Europe. The solution was built on Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, the Microsoft .NET Framework and industry-standard XML Web Services. The OSS integrated several services that have been...; Tags: Microsoft BizTalk Server, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004, Service Provisioning, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Application Servers, Enterprise Software, Software; Webcasts
KGT - Enabling Convergent Data Billing: KG Telecommunications was established in 1997 to provide an advanced island-wide GSM1800 telecommunications service in Taiwan and is one of six Taiwanese mobile operators. In 2000, KGT indicated their desire to become one of the first operators in Asia to deploy commercial services via GPRS. LogicaCMG provided KG Telecom with...; Tags: Billing, LogicaCMG, Service Provisioning, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Case studies
Provisioning of Broadband Telecommunication Services: FastWeb, a member company of the E.Biscom group, is the leading provider of innovative broadband telecommunication services in Italy. The need to keep track of and coordinate all processes involved in customer acquisition, network development, building management and service activation, lead FastWeb to design and implement a Service Provisioning system....; Tags: Broadband, Provisioning, Service Provisioning, FastWeb, Telecommunications; Case studies
Perl Is Precious to Venezuelan ISP: As part of his job at the largest ISP in the country, a Systems Manager at Cantv.net is in charge of all the aspects of the logical service provisioning for ADSL customers. Their network is not simple. Once the network was up and running, lots of customers were brought in...; Tags: Perl, Network, O'Reilly Media Inc., Service Provisioning, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Sales Strategy, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Networking, Internet, Sales, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development; Book chapters
Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Using BizTalk 2004 to Implement an SOA for Service Provisioning: This webcast will describe the process of building an Operational Support System OSS for a large telecom company in Europe. The solution was built on Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, the Microsoft .NET Framework and industry-standard XML Web Services. The OSS integrated several services that have been...; Tags: Webcast, Microsoft BizTalk Server, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004, Service Provisioning, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Application Servers, Enterprise Software, Software; Webcasts

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Cloudworks shows the green side of managed services: Here's a refreshing twist: An executive with an ostensibly "green" technology who really isn't willing to pitch it that way. I'm talking about Cloudworks founder and CEO Mike Eaton, who really cares more instead about the "overall convenience and efficiency" of his company's services. He's playing the economy card, rather...; Tags: Managed Services, IT Infrastructure, Information Technology, Small Business, Cloudworks, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-26
iPhone gas application roundup: On 18 June 2008 I published my iPhone app wishlist and I'm happy that most of my most requested applications have been released (Thank you Texas Hold'Em!). Two my most request applications dealt with fuel, specifically a fuel economy tracker and a cheap gas finder. Several iterations...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Vehicle, MPG, AccuFuel, Gas Finder, Roi/Tco, GPS, 3G, Handhelds, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Gaping holes in RealPlayer patched: Digital media delivery firm RealNetworks has shipped a high-prority patch to cover four gaping holes in its flagship RealPlayer software, warning that the vulnerabilities could put users at risk of code execution attacks. The patch comes a few hours after Secunia released an advisory warning for one...; Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., RealNetworks RealPlayer, Digital Music, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Foxconn snubs Linux users: Foxconn snubs Linux usersWho needs Foxconn anyway.There are plenty of good MB makers that do support Linux.It's a good idea to look at hardware compatibility at the distro's website anyway. I use Asus. But I have had to update the BIOS on every Asus MB I've bought to get...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Foxconn, Linux, BIOS, ASUS, operating system; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
What paper trail?: I've been carting around my latest sheaf of press releases about the green-ness of electronic document technology for weeks now. Yes, as I've blogged before, I am still one of those people who can't help printing out certain emails in order to act on them. Yes, it's bad, I know....; Tags: Xerox Corp., Paper Trail, Survey, Printers, Data Centers, Marketing Research, Hardware, Peripherals, Storage, Data Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Diaz's Memo: Can cloud computing weather the storm?: ZDNet's Sam Diaz isn't ready to give up on cloud computing after Amazon's recent S3 storage service outage. He believes the technology still has the potential to drastically reduce operating expenses.; Tags: Diaz, Cloud Computing, Amazon; Videos 2008-07-25
Britain moves against illegal file sharing: Britain moves against illegal file sharingWould like to know how they will determine this.I think they are going to have significant problems with this.Briton can do what they want, the people there seem to be unwilling to stop their government from making so many laws they are in "freedom chains"....I...; Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Internet service providers (ISPs), INTERNET, file-sharing, File Sharing Program; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
Britain moves against illegal file sharing: CBC News out of Canada is reporting that British ISPs are making an aggressive move against illegal file sharing by implementing a program designed to discover copyright violators, who will be sent warning letters and may potentially have their internet connections disconnected. For more on the article,...; Tags: File-sharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Cool Tools - Slingpage extends stickies and sharing to Firefox users: Slingpage, which announced its social browsing extension for Internet Explorer last month, will introduce an equally feature-rich version of its service to Mozilla Firefox users next week. Slingpage offers a way for Web surfers to find information about favorite topics via "Slingcast" feeds as well as create...; Tags: Monitor, Mozilla Firefox, Note, Tool, Slingpage, Web Browsers, Monitors & Displays, Internet, Hardware, Components, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2008-07-25