By: Thomas Board - Pipeline
The technology news continued to pick up pace, and Pipeline has been covering it as it breaks. From hyperscalers to exciting startups, innovation is happening across the board.
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Automation & Support Systems News
As this is our Automation & Support Systems issue, we'll begin our news roundup in the B/OSS space and beyond. Play has
extended its relationship with Netcracker for professional services and Digital BSS, which
provides support for a number of functions, from on boarding new subscribers to service activation, including billing and payments. Ciena's Blue Planet division has launched a major
enhancement to its intelligent automation software portfolio with the first-of-its-kind
Blue Planet Cloud Native Platform. Leveraging Kubernetes technology to support multiple
modular Operating Support System applications, the new platform will allow Communications Service Providers to simplify and automate their OSS environments. Cerillion has successfully
migrated Telesur’s fixed line customers onto its
convergent B/OSS platform. This marks the full completion of this large digital transformation project, following the earlier migration of all prepaid and postpaid
mobile services, allowing Telesur to decommission its legacy support systems.
DELTA Fiber Nederland has chosen Amdocs as their strategic collaborator under a long-term agreement to
support its monetization systems. This collaboration will provide the Dutch fiber and cable
network operator with ongoing development support and software maintenance for their monetization engine, empowering DELTA to unlock new opportunities for sales growth. Keysight
released RFPro Circuit, a next-generation radio frequency simulation tool targeting the complex, multi-physics requirements of today's RF integrated circuit designers. Wireless, automotive,
and satellite designers can now deliver robust designs that overcome performance challenges in dense 3D packaging, taking advantage of
interoperability and automation to form complex workflows.
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Promptlink Communications is an industry innovator in network noise detection and CPE testing, with 15 patents demonstrating the innovation and breakthrough technology Promptlink
has developed. One key innovation has led to solving the puzzle of localizing and repairing ingress and other types of HFC noise and impairments. Machine learning and a huge
library of labeled data is used to identify the type of noise or other impairment and sends the specific location directly to a technician, with no analysis required. Promptlink’s
Network NoiseHawkAI provides a fully-automated solution for localizing, diagnosing and repairing Upstream Noise and other impairments. NoiseHawkAI automatically localizes a point
in your network, provides instructions to find and fix the issue, and validates the fix. All steps are fully automated, using the latest AI technology to send all info straight to
a smartphone. Promptlink's patented and award-winning solution is one-of-a-kind. This is only one of many unique solutions provided by Promptlink.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Analytics News
In AI & Analytics News, Microsoft and The Coca-Cola Company announced a five-year strategic partnership. As part of the partnership, Coca-Cola has made a $1.1 billion commitment to Microsoft
Cloud and its
generative AI capabilities.
SAP revealed AI advancements in its supply chain solutions that will unleash a transformative wave of productivity, efficiency and precision in manufacturing.
AI-driven insights from real-time data will help companies use
their own data to make better decisions across supply chains, streamline product development, and improve manufacturing efficiency. Reka has selected Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to support its
mission to advance science and build generative AI models for the benefit of humanity and enterprises. Working in collaboration with Oracle, Reka will also make its
multimodal models, supporting over 20 languages and trained on OCI AI Infrastructure
powered by NVIDIA GPUs, available in the Oracle Cloud Marketplace.
