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Come Together:
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TMW-Nice:
Sun, Sea, and OSS
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results, which ties back to the
idea of real world applications being
on the menu at this year's event.
Along those lines, Carolyn Smithson,
OSS Strategy Manager at O2, shared
her experience and insight in successfully
implementing Digital Fuel’s
ServiceFlow BSM software during the
event through a case study.
Subex-Azure had releases on its
Nikira V 6.0 and new VoIP service
fulfillment solutions. Also, Subex-Azure's
CTO Mark Nicholson, maintaining every
bit of gravitas he possessed prior
to the Syndesis acquisition, spoke
at the event alongside Telus OSS
Director Brian Lakey about the challenges
of Triple Play service delivery.
The name 'Telus' was on the lips
of many an Alcatel-Lucent employee
as well, as the Canadian SP went
public with a deal with the company
to integrate Subex's IP Broadband
provisioning solution.
Other news of note:
The TeleManagement Forum announced
that the Global Billing Association
and Internet Protocol Detail Record
(IPDR) are being folded into the
TM Forum. While there is a great
overlap in membership between the
organizations, which limits the impact
of this decision, it is a potential
double-edged sword. TMF bigwigs Martin
Creaner and Keith Willetts, speaking
at the press conference announcing
the incorporation on the other groups
into the TMF umbrella, stressed the
synergy of the organizations, and
underscored the fact that the extensive
overlap (in terms of representative
companies, anyway) was a large part
of why this decision makes so much
sense. Furthermore, they conceded
that they may need to find a new
venue for TMW, though the membership
seems to be happy with Nice in spite
of the fact that so Pipeline
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sincerely hopes that the
decision does not mark
a trend of sacrificing
depth for the sake of breadth.
Conversely, if the impact
is not as large, it threatens
to be a non-issue. Hence
the double-edged sword.
The catalyst projects
were a subject of much
attention, and cast a special
spotlight on Axiom, as
it spearheaded the PSA
initiative, supported by
British Telecom, Cable & Wireless,
TeliaSonera, QinetiQ and
others. "We are delighted
to receive this prestigious
award from the TeleManagement
Forum as it is testament
to both the time and hard
work dedicated to the project
by the member companies
and the relevancy of the
project to the industry",
said Brian Naughton, Team
Leader of the PSA and VP
Strategy and Architecture
at Axiom.
For the winners of all
the awards, which were
issued in style at a black-tie
event, visit the TM Forum's
homepage at www.tmforum.org.
There you will find additional
details about the show,
which will certainly be
remembered as a strong
one.
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