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Comptel: The Comptel team was at the event with a major customer win to celebrate. Sybase 365, the world's leading provider of inter-carrier messaging services, has chosen to deploy Comptel's AXIOSS suite. Sybase is responsible for some 80% of the world's SMS and MMS messages, according to Brad Niven of Comptel. In addition, the Comptel team brought word of a continued smooth transition after the acquisition of Axiom, and word of an expanded focus on the North American market.

cVidya: The folks from cVidya, led by Chief Scientist Gadi Solotorevsky, a TM Forum fixture, were at the event trumpeting the increased necessity of revenue assurance in trying economic times. "When business is good, providers sometimes consider a one or two percent revenue leakage to be the cost of doing business," said cVidya's Amir Gefen. That is not the case in the troubled times we face. In addition to their own meetings and presentations, cVidya was heavily involved in the Content Encounter, Phase 3.

Nakina Systems: Nakina was at the show demonstrating their innovative EMS and NMS solutions. Nakina's relatively recent strategy of marketing directly to NEVs, rather than going after the CSPs, has, it seems, been fairly successful thus far. The firm's strong relationship with Verizon Business continues to be an asset, as they are able to help NEVs comply with Verizon's EMS requirements. In addition, the recent acquisition of a third round of funding puts Nakina in a strong financial position.

Intelliden: Intelliden tells a compelling tale of rescuing stranded assets. Rahul Sachdev, of Intelliden, told us in a meeting that as many as 10-50% of most carriers' assets are stranded, generally due to mistakes in asset-freeing. Intelliden presented, at the event, solutions for remedying such a situation. In addition, Sachdev, alongside Brian Lakey of TELUS, presented a Next Generation OSS case study of TELUS' network automation, entitled: "Look Ma - No Hands!".

Soapstone: The former Avici Systems continues its successful transition from the core router market to the OSS space. The firm has received market validation for its Next-Gen Fulfillment assurance solutions, and will continue to seek to grow as Soapstone Networks.

and probably will continue to be one of the most relevant voices in the OSS/BSS space when it comes to the needs of cable providers.

Tribold: Tribold was at the show promoting the release of their new Enterprise Product Management (the latest in PLM terminology) solution: Tribold 3.0. The new version was touted as "the only third generation EPM software solution available for the Communications Service Providers (CSPs)." In addition, Tribold hosted a panel (with which Pipeline had the good fortune of being directly involved) featuring TM Forum chairman Keith Willetts, Stratecast's Nancee Ruzicka, LTC, International's Barbara Lancaster, and Tribold's John Rainger (CEO) and Ernest Margitta. The panel discussed the latest in EPM, and will be discussed, in full, in a future issue of Pipeline.

Redknee: Redknee offers an array of monetization and personalization. The firm utilizes two approaches to the market: In greenfield environments, Redknee can act as a comprehensive solution. However, in more established markets, it can serve as one of many components in an OSS landscape. Redknee announced a deal with Digicel's Pacific Island Operations, which is part of an overall push into AsiaPac.