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OSS/BSS Reference Architecture and Its Implementation Scenario for Fulfilment
White Papers This white paper outlines the OSS and BSS integration reference architecture and its implementation using a service-oriented OSS middleware architecture based on NGOSS, J2EE and OSS/J. It further illustrates the benefits of an approach to BSS...
[September 2, 2008, 7:35]
Recommendations for Porting Open Source Software (OSS) to Blue Gene/P
White Papers Each of the Open Source Software (OSS) components that the application is dependent upon requires a separate port - some of which will be easy and others which might not. The degree of difficulty derives from the fact that Blue Gene/P does not come...
[April 9, 2008, 1:02]
OSS/BSS Re-Engineering: The Telecom New Zealand Case
White Papers The old distinctions between OSS and BSS are no longer useful. Successful re-engineering of support systems requires a recognition that "Profile" is the key architectural interface between the systems that support business processes and the systems...
[October 11, 2005, 3:00]
Automatic Biological Monitoring and Control: OSS Enables New Market Development
White Papers Biotrace Ltd has applied Open Source Software (OSS) in its new generation Continuous Flow Luminometer to enable the remote monitoring and control of the biological activity in cooling water towers. At present a technician has to visit each site...
[April 24, 2007, 1:00]
VeriSign Billing and OSS
White Papers This white paper provides a perspective on the rapidly changing communications industry and outlines the expected impact of these changes on communication service providers' (CSPs) business and operational support systems (BSS/OSS).
[September 15, 2005, 3:00]
Cisco ANA OSS/BSS Northbound Interface (NBI) White Paper
White Papers Cisco Active Network Abstraction (ANA) is an extensible and scalable product suite residing between the network elements and OSS management applications, providing unified end-to-end service-level management for service provider and large...
[June 12, 2008, 1:01]
OSS and NMS Capabilities as Enablers for Managed and Hosted Business Services
White Papers Hosted and managed business services are made possible or greatly enhanced through the effective use of specific operations support system and network management system capabilities. A server and networking infrastructure with enhanced capabilities...
[October 22, 2003, 6:49]
Have OSS-inspired developer self-study techniques come of age?
Blog I was fortunate enough to sit in on a Java training course at Sun Microsystems’ UK headquarters not so long ago and good though it was, I had a discussion this weekend with a journo pal of mine in the USA which leant towards the rise of developer...
[December 7, 2009, 7:36]
Service Level Management: Optimizing Your OSS for SLA Delivery
White Papers As the Telecommunication world move from the circuit switching to packet switching and from the dedicated circuit to IP VPN, QoS, Service Level Management is becoming more and more vital when the service provider deals with customers.
[August 10, 2006, 1:00]
The Convergence of IT and OSS Requires a Unified Approach
White Papers This paper will focus on the trends creating the three areas of convergence; assets, services and processes. A unified approach requires a modern solution to create efficiencies of scale, lower operational costs and retain workforce knowledge.
[May 29, 2009, 6:51]
Vulnerable OSs
Talkback Hi Ator, According to Bugzilla https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi? id=503286 , at the time of writing vulnerable operating systems included Vista, XP, and OSX. I couldn't see any references to Linux there, but you might want to have a bit...
[July 15, 2009, 17:45]
Identifying Knowledge Brokers That Yield Software Engineering Knowledge in OSS Projects
White Papers Much research on open source software development concentrates on developer lists and other software repositories to investigate what motivates professional software developers to participate in open source software projects.
[November 29, 2008, 23:00]
Microsoft: Linux is anti-commercial
Talkback This is why F/OSS should never pull punches. Until F/OSS, Microsoft uses their money to buy out anyone who competed. Can't buy out F/OSS, so they fight dirty at every opportunity. Microsoft has no hesitation to hit the people they see as their...
[November 26, 2005, 17:32]
Assuring Quality and Usability in Open Source Software Development
White Papers This paper reviews literature on quality and usability assurance in Open Source Software (OSS) development, focusing specifically on OSS that is targeted at a large user population, which does not consist only of OSS developers anymore.
[February 6, 2009, 0:00]
Model-Based Testing of Community-Driven Open-Source GUI Applications
White Papers Although the World-Wide-Web (WWW) has significantly enhanced Open-Source Software (OSS) development, it has also created new challenges for Quality Assurance (QA), especially for OSS with a Graphical-User Interface (GUI) front-end.
[February 5, 2009, 0:00]
Windows Vista Beta 1: screenshot gallery
Talkback I hear of how other OSs are great, but still stick to windows mainly cos I am not all that technical. So they simply copy a whole bunch of OSs to keep us up to date. I am a windows user and I have always been.
[September 20, 2005, 17:44]
Gates' interoperability claim 'is nonsense'
Talkback Gate's real problem with Linux/OSS is that it is a developing system, whereas Windows is the same old thing in a new fashion outfit. If Linux/OSS develops past this point on Wintel hardware, who will look at Gate's product as being "leading edge...
[February 8, 2005, 0:27]
Do we need visibility into open source?
Blog Comment Yes, given the fact that most OSS lacks documentation, discrepancy reporting mechanisms and integration assistance, more visibility would be very useful. Furthermore, you could spend hours searching for one programming solution via Google; however...
[March 4, 2008, 16:30]
Managing the Performance Management Data Flow in Mobile Network Management Solutions
White Papers Performance Management (PM) as part of an Operations Support System (OSS) solution for mobile communications network is a business critical area today, and its importance is rising as the networks themselves are evolving faster and faster.
[March 2, 2007, 0:00]
TeleManagement World 2006: Convergence
White Papers The presenter of this webcast explains how HP deepens New Generation OSS commitment with support for OSS/J and TMF Standards.
[December 14, 2007, 0:01]
