[January 07, 2015]

InfoVista Introduces Five-Step Service Assurance Maturity Model to Guide Communications Service Providers' Transition to NFV and SDN

InfoVista, the global leader of IP and RF network planning, service assurance and network optimization software solutions, will outline the service assurance steps that communications service providers (CSPs) need to take, to seamlessly transition to network function virtualization (NFV) and software defined networking (SDN) in a webinar with digital standards body TM Forum (News - Alert). The webinar, featuring Ken Dilbeck, VP of strategic programs at TM Forum and Cyril Doussau, senior director, head of service assurance product line at InfoVista, will take place on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. EDT / 4:00 p.m. GMT.

NFV and SDN promise better service agility for CSPs, as well as more flexible business models, greater revenue potential, higher network efficiency and optimized CAPEX/OPEX (News - Alert). However, many CSPs are not equipped to support commercial network as a service (NaaS) offers; they often don't have fully orchestrated OSS solutions, and critical network management processes are not yet in place. In order to secure the transition to NaaS and assure the future quality of service (QoS) of network services relying on NFV and SDN-based technology, CSPs must make fundamental changes to the OSS and implement a fully orchestrated service performance assurance architecture.

In addition to the webinar, InfoVista has released a whitepaper in conjunction with Heavy Reading on service assurance and NFV and SDN. The companies explain how CSPs can mature their OSS in order to successfully introduce dynamic network services. By integrating service assurance plans into NFV and SDN deployments, CSPs can effectively minimize the disruption on the network and ensure they are delivering on customers' strict service level agreements (SLAs).

Resources

• Register for the webinar, "NFV & SDN: The 5 Steps your OSS Will Need to Take to Succeed," taking place on Tuesday, January 20^th at 11:00 a.m. EDT / 4:00 p.m. GMT. Learn about use cases in which NFV and SDN have been introduced into traditional service assurance practices.
• Read InfoVista and Heavy Reading's whitepaper, Assuring Network Service Performance & Quality over Virtualized & Dynamic Networks, to learn how legacy service assurance systems can be updated to handle dynamic, virtualized networks.
• Find out how InfoVista is helping CSPs, mobile operators and enterprises around the world to better plan, operate, optimize and monetize their networks.
• Follow and engage with InfoVista on its blog, "ProActive Network News," and on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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InfoVista, Heavy Reading, TM Forum, webinar, whitepaper, service assurance, network function virtualization, virtualized network functions, software-defined networking, NFV, VNF, SDN, quality of service, QoS, customer experience, communications service provider, CSP (News - Alert)

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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