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The issue of governance came up
at the event. Whereas different technologies
have existed on an abstract level
for a long time now, the time has
come in the eyes of many to move
beyond lip-service and focus on concrete
policies for how systems will interact.
This idea was highlighted in the
comments of Vodafone's Karl-Wilhelm
Siebert. Siebert's comments, according
to Rice and Venugopal, were yet another
example of the opinion that there
are not enough practical examples
of NGOSS out there. The broad swipe
that has been made thus far is a
step in the right direction, but
not nearly enough. The reality of
the network today is what many, before
and during the event, refer to as
spaghetti code.
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“…the time has come
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and complexity of products
and services for residential
and business customers is
driving the need for consolidation
and management of customer
information. Intelliden's
Ann Latham also presented
in conjunction with Syndesis's
Andy Fraley, which is a new
partnership for the two companies.
Their joint talk included
information about delivery
time, real-time provisioning,
and SOA.
As event chair, Rice took
the opportunity during his
closing words, to issue a
challenge.
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Several parties present also pointed
to the fact that the discourse was
very related to the business side of
OSS, rather than the technical side.
While some considered this an advantage,
others considered it a drawback. One
might imagine that the split comes
down to what part of the office the
speaker works in.
In addition to the theoretical benefits
of open discussion, many vendors present
were able to turn that into an opportunity. “We
met with decision makers of leading
global operators discussing their challenges” said
Joe Frost, VP of Marketing and Alliances
for JacobsRimell, “and our approach
seemed to align with their future business
strategies.”
The speakers were informative, according
to most sources. Rice, along with his
colleague Venu Venugopal, seemed impressed
with a number of the speakers, including
Telenor's Harry Moen. Moen spoke about
fraud, highlighting that telecoms lose
over $170 Billion annually, largely
due to the gaming of interconnect contracts.
In addition, JacobsRimell CTO David
Jacobs discussed how the growth in
the number
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In the next year, he challenged
all those present to set levels for
the integration of NGOSS technology,
and to work towards achieving those
levels. In his view, and in the view
of many, it is a now-or-never scenario.
It seems that the 2007 Next Gen
OSS Integration Summit drew a crowd
that, though small in number, was
equally dedicated to authentic direction.
In the end, this focus was the key
selling point of the show. It was
this focus that brought Vitria, which
was a sponsor of the last Next Gen
OSS Integration Summit, back with
an upgraded sponsorship and an address
from their CEO. According to Vitria,
even medium-sized show like TMW can
be somewhat overwhelming with multiple
streams of session topics. Many attendees
seem to have agreed and expressed
approval that all of the attendees
were there to focus on the same things.
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