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NetCracker: NetCracker, fresh off of its acquisition by NEC, was in full force in Orlando. The OSS/BSS player was the Platinum Sponsor of the event, with prime booth placement and a full team on-hand. NetCracker presented highlights from its interaction with a number of clients, with co-presenters from the U. S. Army, TW Telecom, and UPC / Cablecom, all describing their recent OSS transformational projects and the role that NetCracker solutions played in them. In addition, NetCracker drew attention to the way in which its preexisting solutions fit with NEC's Network, IT, SaaS, Device Management, IPTV, and SDP/IMS innovations, underscoring the value of the acquisition.

Satyam: Satyam was at the event, touting significant growth (from 14,000 to 51,000 employees) in just a few years within a number of different verticals. The company now stands at 2.3 billion in revenue. Satyam's Alpna Doshi had interesting things to say about the state of business transformation, even in a time of difficult economic constraints. Doshi's view was that, while a mindset shift is in full swing and priorities are being reevaluated, convergence is still key.

Amdocs: Amdocs was at the event promoting its recent deal with China Mobile's subsidiary Guangdong Mobile (GMCC), which has recently selected Amdocs Operational Support Systems. This is the first major sale into China for Amdocs, and represents an ever-expanding geographical base for the firm. Amdocs Director of Product Marketing Cassandra Millhouse mentioned that, moving forward, emerging markets are a part of the Amdocs game plan.

UltraBASE: UltraBASE (the rebranded OOCorp) was at the event promoting its "Elastic Business Cloud" platform. The spin-off of the services division of an IT Consulting Company, UltraBASE is relatively new to us. Unfortunately, the group encountered issues with the shipping of their booth materials, so their presence at the show had a less-than-auspicious start, but we're curious about what the future will hold for them.

Martin Group: Martin Group announced its new Enhanced Services Platform (ESP), which is a collection of software applications enabling rapid development and delivery of revenue-generating products and services. It also offers an IMS platform to communications providers (and sounds like it can also see into the future...) Martin Group representatives also told us about a neat viral video experiment that they are conducting with good results, although if we tell you where to find it, that may ruin the end data. Suffice it to say it's an interesting project.  

There were literally dozens of other companies with whom we met that are doing exciting things in the OSS/BSS space, including IBM, CA, InfoVista, TeamQuest, Harris Stratex, and others. In addition, there were a few companies that were relatively new to TM Forum at the event, and we look forward to working with them in the future. Those included Savvion, Whitestein Technologies, and Vertek.