- Motive Dynamic Operations will deliver innovative new OSS
approach to remove one of the last barriers slowing cloud adoption
by next generation IP and virtualized networks
PARIS, June 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent
(Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is today announcing that it is to
launch a new portfolio of OSS (operations support systems)
capabilities within its Motive portfolio of customer experience
solutions. The aim of the portfolio is to harness the benefits of
cloud technologies to reduce costs and enhance services via a
totally new approach to automating a service provider's
operations.
The Motive Dynamic Operations portfolio creates a clear path for
service providers to migrate to the cloud by making their
operational infrastructure as agile as the virtualized network and
data center. The portfolio innovates in three unique ways: a new
foundation that can dynamically identify and track all network
resources; fully automated, programmable OSS that can fulfill
orders and assure services; and a 'self-healing' environment driven
by big data network analytics that evolves from automated recovery
to predictive management.
Today's OSS environment is highly fragmented, manually intensive
and costly to maintain, making it a substantial barrier to the
dynamic delivery of cloud services., The Motive Dynamic Operations
portfolio – to be launched later this year - will enable operators
to realize the promise of virtualized networks offered by NFV
(Network Function Virtualization) and SDN (Software Defined
Networking) technologies.
OSS refers to the systems service providers use to manage their
networks including service fulfillment to deliver new services and
service assurance to keep the network running properly. While
service providers are rapidly embracing innovations around IP
networks, cloud technology and virtualized network functions,
industry innovation in OSS has lagged.
Using Alcatel-Lucent's OSS technology to drive automated
operations and recovery, Telefonica is a finalist for the
industry's Operation Excellence Award at the TM Forum event this
week in Nice, France. The award is
presented to the service provider demonstrating the most
innovative and effective use of TM Forum Frameworx to deliver
tangible cost reduction, risk reduction and improved
time-to-market. Alcatel-Lucent and Telefonica announced plans
in 2012 to streamline the operator's OSS into a single, global
software platform for greater network management agility and
efficiency. In February, the two companies followed up with the
announcement they were joining forces to accelerate Telefonica's
move to NFV.
Andrew McDonald, Alcatel-Lucent,
President, IP Platform Business Division: "It is imperative to
fundamentally change the current OSS approach before operators will
be able to realize the promise of NFV and SDN. After launching both
an NFV platform in CloudBand, an SDN solution through Nuage
Networks and a comprehensive virtualized packet core, IMS and
wireless network functions, Alcatel-Lucent is now bringing
innovation to the OSS space with the launch of Motive Dynamic
Operation, which delivers the OSS agility required for operating
networks in the cloud."
Alcatel-Lucent, an expanding player in innovative IP software
solutions, has more than 300 OSS customers in 70 countries. Studies
based on customer deployments show that unifying and automating OSS
operations can result in a 30-50 percent reduction in time to
market, a 50-70 percent reduction in time to service, and cost
reductions of 25-50 percent. Thus, the new Motive portfolio will
focus on the tighter integration and automation of service
assurance and fulfillment functions. For the automation layer,
Alcatel-Lucent will leverage the Motive Service Management Platform
orchestration engine. Additionally, Motive's Big Network Analytics
technology will be tapped to drive the automation of the
identification and resolution of service and network issues.
Alcatel-Lucent Motive Dynamic Operations will work with existing
vendor equipment so it can be implemented as an overlay, alongside,
or to replace an operator's current OSS systems in support their
transition to a cloud environment. To help operators fast track
cloud development, integration with Alcatel-Lucent's CloudBand™ NFV
solution, Nuage Networks'™ SDN solution, and virtualized network
functions, including evolved packet core (EPC), IP Multimedia
Subsystem (IMS) and radio access network (RAN), is ongoing and will
enrich the solution over time.
About Alcatel-Lucent Motive Customer Experience
Solutions
Motive is an industry leader in customer
experience management solutions optimizing the operator's network
and providing a real-time, unified network analytics to deliver
enhanced, highly relevant customer experiences and differentiated
services. With over 260 global customers, Motive solutions
addressing customer care, network analytics and OSS have helped
service providers save more than $1
billion. Its portfolio enables operators to deliver a great
ultra broadband experience to their subscribers, across devices,
services, data plans and the network, within a multivendor and
cloud environment.
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