Service Providers are increasingly beginning to engage their long planned next generation network strategies and they all have one aspect in common. They are faced with the mounting need to manage the convergence of their network layer in parallel with their services layer as it continues to grow. Historically, Service Providers have been forced to replicate services across multiple network domains in order to ensure that all applications are available to all subscribers regardless of which network they are on. However, next-gen application delivery needs the flexibility to interwork with yesterday’s, today’s and tomorrow’s networks and services.

The Service Broker, a next-generation stand alone network element, has emerged as the answer for a true evolving “Next Generation Application to Network Connectivity Alternative”.

• Communications Service Providers
• ISVs
• Systems Integrators

• How Service Brokers are increasingly being recognized as a superior way to deploy and manage disparate new and existing application in any Service Provider’s networks
• Meeting the Market Need: How Service Brokers Address today’s network challenges
• Breaking Down a Service Broker; Service Broker Architecture, Features and Functionality
• Real Deployment Scenarios