Re-inventing Network Inventory for the Virtual Age
20-Oct-2015
North America
Strategic Forecasting
The report begins with a look at the effect of virtualization on operations support systems (OSS); then, drills down into network inventory, where we analyze how physical, logical and virtual views of the network and its services must come together to support emerging architectures.
We note the extraordinary level of OSS transformations currently underway—some with the impetus of virtualization, and some without. Back office systems need to automate and become more agile, regardless of the type of network they support. Because virtualization for the network infrastructure is driven by the CSP and supplier members within the European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s (ETSI) Industry Specification Group for NFV, this report drills down to the perspective of MANO—the management and orchestration working group within ETSI. MANO is defining the future of management and support in the Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) environment.
Next, the report explores the concept of inventory as one part of a bigger process that coordinates network information from multiple sources; and how that affects what has historically been known as the database of record. Lastly, Stratecast examines the varied approaches that leading network inventory suppliers are taking to ensure that inventory, and the OSS it drives, can continue to play an important role in the new networks.
What about the OSS?
The MANO Point of View
A Model for Network Inventory
Inventory as the Anti-Warehouse
To Overlay or Not to Overlay
Amdocs Navigates the Future
Cerillion fills GE Gaps in Wireless
Cerillion CNI Product Capabilities
Comarch Virtualizing OSS in Tandem with NFV/SDN
Smallworld Partnering to Extend Outside Plant Inventory
The four primary components of the Ericsson Adaptive Inventory platform:
Oracle Unified Inventory Deployed as Part of Rapid Service Design & Offer Delivery
- 1. Evolution of OSS and BSS to a More Far-Reaching Business Environment
- 2. ETSI NFV MANO Architecture Model
- 3. Amdocs Network Navigator Taps into Multiple Data Sources
- 4. Cerillion Network Inventory Bolted to GE Smallworld
- 5. Cerillion CNI Product Capabilities
- 6. Comarch Placing Apps Closer to the Customer with NFV/SDN
- 7. Smallworld Network Inventory and APIs to External Apps
- 8. Ericsson Adaptive Inventory as Part of the Fulfillment Process
- 9. Adaptive Inventory Components Share Network Knowledge
- 10. NetCracker 10 OSS BSS Integrated Solution Framework
- 11. Nokia’s Telco Cloud Architecture
- 12. Oracle Unified Inventory Deployed as Part of Rapid Service Design & Offer Delivery
- 13. Process Changes for Adding Virtual Network Functions
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Deliverable Type | Strategic Forecasting |
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No Index | No |
Podcast | No |
Table of Contents | | Executive Summary~ | Introduction~ | Network Transformation’s Perennial Question~ || What about the OSS?~ || The MANO Point of View~ || A Model for Network Inventory~ || Inventory as the Anti-Warehouse~ || To Overlay or Not to Overlay~ | OSS Suppliers and the Virtual – Physical Network Inventory Conundrum~ || Amdocs Navigates the Future~ || Cerillion fills GE Gaps in Wireless~ || Cerillion CNI Product Capabilities~ || Comarch Virtualizing OSS in Tandem with NFV/SDN~ || Smallworld Partnering to Extend Outside Plant Inventory~ | Ericsson Brings Just-in-Time Concepts to Inventory~ || The four primary components of the Ericsson Adaptive Inventory platform:~ ||| Unified Inventory Engine~ ||| Network Designer~ ||| Extension Kit (SDK)~ ||| Provisioning Dashboard~ | NetCracker Rides J2EE from Physical to Virtual ~ | Nokia Goes All In on Telco Cloud~ | Oracle Breaks with Tradition—Its Own~ || Oracle Unified Inventory Deployed as Part of Rapid Service Design & Offer Delivery~ ||| Rapid Service Design and Order Delivery (RSDOD)~ ||| Network Resource Management (NRM)~ ||| Network Service Orchestration (NSO)~ | The Last Word~ |
List of Charts and Figures | 1. Evolution of OSS and BSS to a More Far-Reaching Business Environment~ 2. ETSI NFV MANO Architecture Model~ 3. Amdocs Network Navigator Taps into Multiple Data Sources~ 4. Cerillion Network Inventory Bolted to GE Smallworld~ 5. Cerillion CNI Product Capabilities~ 6. Comarch Placing Apps Closer to the Customer with NFV/SDN~ 7. Smallworld Network Inventory and APIs to External Apps~ 8. Ericsson Adaptive Inventory as Part of the Fulfillment Process~ 9. Adaptive Inventory Components Share Network Knowledge~ 10. NetCracker 10 OSS BSS Integrated Solution Framework~ 11. Nokia’s Telco Cloud Architecture~ 12. Oracle Unified Inventory Deployed as Part of Rapid Service Design & Offer Delivery~ 13. Process Changes for Adding Virtual Network Functions~ |
Author | Timothy McElligott |
Industries | Information Technology |
WIP Number | D532-00-B6-00-00 |
Is Prebook | No |