 Pipeline
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Come Together:
Fixed-Mobile Convergence |
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TMW-Nice:
Sun, Sea, and OSS |
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Nakina had two big announcements.
First off, Nakina's staff was crowing
about the recent partnership agreement
with UK based reseller Magdalene.
The company, though not well known
in the States, represents a considerable
opportunity for Nakina, as the deal
goes beyond a simple resale agreement.
Magdalene also agrees to provide
in-region network engineering, implementation
and support services to Nakina´s
European customers. Also, Nakina
Systems announced that it supports
new LSI products targeting carrier-managed
services for SMBs.
Nexagent showed the same flair and
spark as we saw from them at TMW-Dallas,
this time trading in juggling stilt-walkers
for a magician with a coordinated
vest and headscarf ensemble and flash
paper to spare. We kid Nexagent,
but their product lifecycle management
solutions are really gaining traction
as they iron out the details of how
to have the conversation with potential
customers. We, for one, are all ears.
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difference between the two [Expo]
floors…was noticeable. Bustling
bazaar up top, polite and tentative
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A partnership was being showcased
between Visionael, Highdeal, and Ceon. “The
genesis was that we found that there
was a demand. Customers wanted end
to end and they wanted best of breed,
and they didn't want to pay high integration
costs.” Craig Nichols, CEO of
Visionael. The combined solution represents
a nice synergy for all three
companies, as I gathered
from speaking to representatives
for all three.
Progress DataXtend was touting
John Reilly's SID book, Getting
Started with the SID: A SID
Modeler's Guide. Reilly,
TM Forum's Senior Technical
Program Manager was signing
copies of his book at Progress's
booth. The book was distributed
free to conference attendees
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CA was at the event, taking one more
step toward solidifying its position
as a global leader in the OSS space.
The company's leadership echoed its
recent devotion to encouraging real-world
results and applications that involves
the realities of a new breed of systems.
This follows the call to arms issued
by CA's Norman Rice, III at the recent
Next Generation OSS Integration Summit
in Boston.
Intelliden announced its latest financing
round of $10 Million. Matrix Partners
led the deal, supported by existing
investors Granite Global Ventures,
Hercules Technology Growth Capital,
3i and Westbury Partners. That extra
bit never hurts.
NetCracker showcased several deals.
The company released NetCracker v7.0,
which claims to be faster and more
flexible than any previous iteration
of NetCracker's solution. In addition,
NetCracker announced deals with HP,
UPC, and TRE-FOR. The latter is particularly
interesting to Pipeline, as it points
out, yet again, that utility companies
are ever-encroaching on the telecom
space.
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at TeleManagement World and each
book included a read-only version
of Progress DataXtend Semantic Integrator,
which contains the SID preloaded
as the common model. A triumph for
Reilly, Progress, and SID alike.
Upstart Zenulta proved that it knows
how to launch a product by claiming
a major customer win along the way.
Founded in 2006, the company focuses
on event correlation, and announced
its deal with TurkCell, Turkey's
first and biggest GSM network provider.
John Tucker, Chief Executive Officer
of Zenulta said: "Our company
is proud to be associated with such
an innovative mobile communication
provider such as Turkcell. Turkcell
has a strong focus on performance
and customer
service and this is a goal which
we share."
Digital Fuel was all about the true
meaning of BSM at the event. Digital
Fuel's Tom Schaefer asserted that
the whole idea of BSM has left the
realm of IT jargon and is being looked
at as an actual process, with real
applications and
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