Network Asset Choreography: Subex Teaches Analytics to Dance with Discovery & Life Cycle Management

March 2013

Network Asset Choreography: Subex Teaches Analytics to Dance with Discovery & Life Cycle Management

interview with John Brooks

Network provisioning and asset life cycle management is a foreign world to most business assurance professionals because it’s a domain that lives outside the order-to-cash stream.  This article explains how new analytics and network discovery techniques are enabling operators to better track assets, plan capacity, and pave the way for strategic network deployments and decommissioning.

Wireless Backhaul: Preparing for the Cleanup When the Dust Settles

September 2011

Wireless Backhaul: Preparing for the Cleanup When the Dust Settles

by Charlie Thomas

Wireless backhaul represents perhaps the largest telecom build-out in the last decade.  This article lays out a strategy for operators as they sooner or later must groom, optimize and re-engineer their backhaul networks based on actual capacity needs, new pricing and improved supplier agreements.  The article lays out a 6-point plan for ensuring success.

Real-Time Network Intelligence: The New Way to Read Telecom Tea Leaves

August 2011

Real-Time Network Intelligence: The New Way to Read Telecom Tea Leaves

by Suren Nathan

Real-time network intelligence is the key to deciding which products to launch, whose facilities to lease, and where to route traffic.  The article explains why telecoms — and especially enhanced service providers --  should ideally be equipped with both a fine-grained margin analysis solution and a SaaS platform, offering an upgrade path that requires no internat IT support.

Network Inventory Integrity: Taking Cost Management to a Higher Level

May 2011

Network Inventory Integrity: Taking Cost Management to a Higher Level

interview with Suren Nathan

Recovering stranded assets and capacity is essential for minimizing CAPEX and leasing costs.  This article makes the case for reconciling network inventory through the many ordering, billing, and other systems that interact with that inventory.

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