Axiom, Wipro Team Up

NICE, France -- Axiom Systems the leader in service fulfillment software for communications service providers and Wipro Technologies, Global IT Services division of Wipro Ltd (NYSE: WIT - News) today announced an initiative to further invest in off-shore componentization by establishing a Service Component Factory in Bangalore, India.

The Service Component Factory will become a Center Of Excellence for creating 'building block' style components that can be rapidly bolted together to streamline the creation and fulfillment of multi-vendor, multi-technology and multi-play products and services being offered by Communication Service Providers today. Already Axiom Systems and Wipro have been approaching Service Fulfillment using a components approach with a number of customers across the globe. The Component Factory will feed into Axiom Systems central Development in the United Kingdom.

The fulfillment of communications services is commonly based around multiple disparate silos each with its own bespoke processes, configuration, complicated coding and a high level of technical expertise. In this type of OSS (Operational Support System) environment, as the number of services increases or services are bundled and blended together, fulfillment becomes a significant barrier to the delivery of new services. With little or no reuse, complex static workflows increase causing maintenance to become a complex, costly and time consuming process Components dramatically simplify this process.

Components are 'building blocks' that incorporate all of the fulfillment elements associated with particular services and associated technology resources. Components can be reused and bundled with other components to save time and money in the creation of new product and service offerings. Approved components will be published to a library which will then be available to Service Providers around the world to help fast track the introduction of next generation services from initial concept to revenue.

Brian Naughton, VP Product Strategy and Architecture at Axiom Systems said, "We have always been at the forefront of innovation in producing solutions which will simplify the process of Service Fulfillment. Our customers have been benefiting from a component based approach for IP services since 2003 and the extension of this work with Wipro Technologies around the Component Factory further reinforces our investment in providing solutions to Service Providers that meet the requirements of their business problems today."

Suryanarayana Valluri, Vice President Telecom Service Provider Group, Wipro Technologies, said, "After many years of success in the Service Fulfillment market, the creation of a Service Component Factory with Axiom Systems will take the industry to the next level. Going forward, off-the-shelf service components will be standard practice for the telecommunications industry and we are proud to be at the forefront of this innovation."

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