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InfoVista Debuts Network-as-a-Service Assurance Blueprint at TM Forum Live! 2015
InfoVista,
the global leader of IP and RF network planning, service assurance and
network optimization software solutions, will co-present with Oracle the
proof-of-concept Catalyst project, "Zero Touch Network-as-a-Service:
Agile (News - Alert), Assured and Orchestrated with NFV," at TM
Forum Live!, taking place June 1-4 in Nice, France. Catalyst
participants also include Juniper with project champions Axtel (News - Alert), Charter
Communications' Spectrum Business, MEF and PCCW Global. This project
will demonstrate how communications service providers (CSPs) can achieve
end-to-end network-as-a-service (NaaS) delivery that is fully automated
and assured.
The Catalyst project combines TM Forum (News - Alert) and MEF standards to enable
zero-touch orchestration and assurance for a complex Carrier Ethernet
service. This Catalyst aligns TM Forum's ZOOM program and MEF's Third
Network vision for NaaS. InfoVista, specifically, is working within the
Catalyst team to provide NaaS assurance, enabled with real-time customer
care and performance management reporting of the service from
end-to-end. The project will also showcase a blueprint for full NaaS
orchestration, helping CSPs achieve business agility as well as
radically simplify the user experience.
Supporting Quotes
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"InfoVista has been heavily involved in the NaaS concepts put forward
by MEF and was co-author of the organization's Third Network Vision /
Strategy Paper," said Sylvain Quartier, SVP, product management &
markets, InfoVista. "This Catalyst builds on that work by pulling in
new viewpoints and learnings from the diverse memberships of MEF and
TM Forum, as well direction from three leading global CSPs.
Ultimately, this Catalyst will enable CSPs to transition to NaaS with
dynamically synchronized OSS components."
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"The purpose of TM Forum is to bring together industry leaders from
around the world to solve the many obstacles faced by operators
today," said Ken Dilbeck, VP, collaboration, TM Forum. "We are
thrilled to see that collaboration go beyond our membership to include
other standards bodies in the digital services industry like MEF. This
project is sure to offer tangible learnings for global operators
deploying, orchestrating and managing virtualized services, building
on our members' work over the last 18 months to establish NFV/SDN best
practices."
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"InfoVista has been very involved in championing our Third Network
vision, and has contributed substantially to the underlying work
within MEF to make that vision a reality," said Kevin Vachon, chief
operating officer, MEF. "We look forward to continued work with
InfoVista in this Catalyst project, and beyond, to enable a new class
of dnamic, assured and orchestrated services for CSPs to offer their
business customers."
Key Facts
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TM Forum's Catalyst initiative encourages digital and CSPs, and other
ecosystem players, to develop innovative solutions to address specific
industry problems and needs. Every six months, new Catalyst projects
are developed, culminating in live proof-of-concept showcases at TM
Forum events such as TM
Forum Live!.
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This Catalyst project is based on a successful NaaS proof of concept
performed by InfoVista and Oracle (News - Alert) at MEF's GEN14 event in November
2014. The previous proof of concept, "Carrier Ethernet 2.0
Network-as-a-Service Orchestrated and Assured," demonstrated how CSPs
can include service orchestration, automated provisioning and other
new services defined by SDN/NFV within their NaaS packages.
Resources
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Read
a blog post about InfoVista's work with MEF to establish NaaS
orchestration and service assurance best practices.
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Download
a whitepaper produced by InfoVista and Heavy Reading that outlines
the necessary steps for CSPs to successfully transition to NFV / SDN.
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Schedule
a meeting with InfoVista at TM Forum Live! 2015, or visit the
company at booth #55.
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Listen
to a webinar with executives from InfoVista and TM Forum about how
NFV and SDN are being introduced into traditional service assurance
practices.
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Find
out how InfoVista is helping CSPs, mobile operators and
enterprises around the world to better plan, operate, optimize and
monetize their networks.
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Follow and engage with InfoVista on its blog, "ProActive
Network News," and on LinkedIn
and Twitter.
Keywords
InfoVista, TM Forum Live, TM Forum, Catalyst, MEF, Third Network,
network-as-a-service, NaaS, service assurance, network performance
management, communications service providers, CSP, Oracle, Axtel,
Charter Communications (News - Alert), Spectrum Business, Juniper, PCCW Global, NFV,
SDN, LSO
About InfoVista
InfoVista is the leading provider of IP and RF planning, assurance and
optimization software solutions and services that enable efficient
network and IT transformations. Our award-winning solutions empower
communications service providers and IT-intensive enterprises to deliver
high-performing and differentiated services, while cost-effectively
planning, operating, optimizing and monetizing their networks.
InfoVista's combined expertise and technology innovations in radio and
IP networks provide more than 550 customers worldwide with a new level
of network intelligence, visibility and control across the entire
network life cycle. Using InfoVista solutions, they deliver optimal
quality of service, ensure a high-quality user experience, invest
appropriately and consolidate their OSS/BSS ecosystems, while keeping
total cost of ownership as low as possible. For more information, please
visit www.infovista.com.
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