How to supercharge operations with intelligent inventory & assurance

Imagine a network where physical, virtual and cloud network functions coexist, demanding seamless integration. Add the challenge of reducing operational costs while striving for service agility in a rapidly changing market.

Jim Hodges, Chief Analyst - Cloud and Security, Heavy Reading

September 11, 2023

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How to supercharge operations with intelligent inventory & assurance

Date: Sep 11, 2023

Duration: 1 Hr

Imagine a network where physical, virtual and cloud network functions coexist, demanding seamless integration. Add the challenge of reducing operational costs while striving for service agility in a rapidly changing market.

How can service providers unlock the true potential of this hybrid network while controlling costs? And what must they do to overcome the operational challenges?

In this webinar, we focus on the critical role of operations to harness network complexity, boost efficiency and drive innovation through automation and AI.

Key topics include:

  • The forces impacting service providers

  • The inevitable need for automation

  • The role of inventory & assurance in augmenting operations

  • The key ingredients of a winning solution

Speakers:

Jim Hodges, Research Director – Cloud and Security, Heavy Reading

Jose Carlos Mendez, Director of Network & OSS Product Marketing, Amdocs Networks

About the Author

Jim Hodges

Chief Analyst - Cloud and Security, Heavy Reading

Jim leads Heavy Reading's research on the impact of NFV on the control plane and application layers at the core and edge. This includes the evolution path of SIP applications, unified communications (UC), IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), session border controllers (SBCs), Diameter signaling controllers (DSCs), policy controllers and WebRTC. Jim is also focused on the network and subscriber impact of Big Data and Analytics. He authors Heavy Reading's NFV and SDN Market Trackers. Other areas of research coverage include Subscriber Data Management (SDM) and fixed-line TDM replacement. Jim joined Heavy Reading from Nortel Networks, where he tracked the VoIP and application server market landscape and was a key contributor to the development of Wireless Intelligent Network (WIN) standards. Additional technical experience was gained with Bell Canada, where he performed IN and SS7 network planning, numbering administration, technical model forecast creation and definition of regulatory-based interconnection models. Jim is based in Ottawa, Canada.

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