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Cisco et Nokia Siemens Networks signent un accord pour aider
les opérateurs télécoms à gérer leurs réseaux complexes et à offrir
de nouveaux services
Via le développement d’une plate-forme de gestion (Operations Support Systems) de réseaux
multi constructeurs, cet accord va aider les opérateurs télécoms à mieux gérer leurs réseaux de
plus en plus complexes, à accélérer la commercialisation de nouveaux services et à mieux
aligner les capacités et les coûts de fonctionnement avec les demandes des clients.
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Cisco and Nokia Siemens Networks Enter Agreement to Help Service
Providers Manage Their Complex Networks and Deliver New Services
Operations Support Systems initiative to transform delivering Next Generation Network
(NGN) services across multi-vendor and convergent networks
TeleManagement World (NICE, France) - May 21, 2007 - Cisco® and Nokia
Siemens Networks entered into an agreement to develop a standards-based
telecommunications network management platform that will help service providers manage
the increasing complexity of their networks and speed time to market of new services. With
the increasing challenges associated with delivering converged services across multi-vendor
networks and the high cost of custom integration, the jointly developed Operations Support
Systems (OSS) platform will help the entire service provider community better align network
capabilities and costs with business demands.
The two companies are committed to long-term cooperation, bringing together Cisco's
strong Internet Protocol (IP) competence and Nokia Siemens Networks' solid end-to-end
telecommunications capability, as well as extensive research and development (R&D) and
economic resources from both companies.
"It is not often that we see such powerful innovation in an area so desperate for a new
approach," said George Nazi, vice president of Global Engineering, BT. "While often
downplayed, the OSS is the critical engine for our ability to support our network investment
in meeting the demands of consumers and business for new services, new technologies and
new ways of doing business. Providing a common view of the physical and virtual network
across all technologies and building a foundation for other vendors will complement BT's
software driven network strategy to deliver superior customer experiences."
As part of the agreement, Cisco and Nokia Siemens Networks will deliver a solution
that will provide a common end-to-end network view of diverse network elements - across IP
and mobile technologies - that are automatically discovered and represented as a virtual
network model. Likewise, the solution will provide a complete view of network resources
regardless of platforms, technologies or vendors. The platform will include basic fault,
configuration, performance and security (FCAPS) management functionality as well as a
variety of common functions, such as data acquisition and network element mediation, which
will be utilized by higher-level OSS applications.
"We are happy to see the equipment suppliers taking a proactive approach to solving the
integration challenges of converged networks", said Peter Mottishaw, Senior Analyst for OSS
Observer. "This is an important announcement by Cisco and Nokia Siemens Networks with
the potential to significantly reduce OSS integration and maintenance costs for service
providers. Together the two companies provide about a quarter of network and element
management systems to service providers globally. A common, standards-based EMS
platform that exposes the full capabilities of network elements from both companies will
simplify application development, integration and maintenance for independent software
vendors and systems integrators. This enables them to focus on the OSS application value."
Nokia Siemens Networks brings to the collaboration its proven end-to-end
telecommunications capability and its out-of-the-box software product, Open EMS Suite by
Nokia, which provides capabilities of an element management system (EMS) and can be used
to build EMS for various kinds of networks including transport, mobile, and broadband.
"This collaboration will help our customers and the industry as a whole to overcome the
challenge of how to manage a complex jungle of network components delivering both
business and consumer services at the same time. There is pressure from both the technical
and business perspective to create a more standardized and open architecture that will reduce
the number of interfaces and the integration and customization efforts. That is what the joint
OSS platform is all about," says Christian Fredrikson, Head of Operations and Business
Software, Nokia Siemens Networks.
Along with its expertise in IP networking, Cisco also brings its Cisco Active Network
Abstraction (ANA) management solution to the collaboration. Cisco ANA is already the basis
for managing complex multi-vendor networks as well as providing the base platform for new
management solutions, such as the Cisco Managed Services Solution. Cisco ANA also
provides management support for the Cisco CRS-1 routing platform.
"With the pressure on operators and service providers to reduce costs and deliver new,
converged services more quickly across their multi-vendor and multi-technology networks,
Cisco and Nokia Siemens Networks share a vision of helping these companies gain better
control over their complex networks," said Cliff Meltzer, senior vice president of the Network
Management Technology Group Cisco. "Running a service provider network is a huge capital
and operating expense. Our collaboration is focused directly at allowing operators and their
suppliers to focus resources on areas of more differentiating value in their markets."
The broader intent of the collaboration is to provide a basis for helping OSS and other
independent software vendors produce or extend their own applications more quickly.
Companies such as Amdocs are demonstrating early support and will be leveraging the future
technology from Cisco and Nokia Siemens Networks to extend their own OSS solutions that
assist with issues such as fault management, network provisioning and inventory control.
"Building linkages between Amdocs' industry-leading OSS applications and the core network
and network devices has always been one of the most labour intensive parts of our many
deployments," said Guy Dubois, President, Cramer, Amdocs OSS Division. "The
collaboration between Cisco and Nokia Siemens Networks promises to dramatically reduce
the effort required and will free resources that can be better applied to deliver more value to
our customers. This collaboration will allow service providers to deliver the highest quality
services more quickly and at even lower cost."
Cisco and IBM already have a collaborative relationship in the OSS fault management
and service assurance segment. This announcement extends that relationship to include
interoperability with ANA.
"IBM is dedicated to helping service providers and network solution providers transform their
ability to deliver next-generation services in a converging and highly competitive world," said
Alan Ganek, CTO Tivoli Software and VP Autonomic Computing at IBM Corporation.
"Today's announcement represents a highly differentiated new technology. IBM is focused on
being interoperable with new technologies that promise to help more easily manage network
assets, reduce complexity and add flexibility for users. IBM is committed to delivering carrier
grade software solutions that meet today's needs and provide a safe migration path to new
technologies like ANA."
Cisco and Nokia Siemens Networks invite TeleManagement World attendees to visit
their stands, located at booths #53 (Cisco) and #94 (Nokia Siemens Networks), to discuss
involvement in the OSS collaboration, and find out about the Nokia NetAct network and
service management system and Cisco ANA interoperability. The TeleManagement World
exhibition takes place in Nice on May 22-24, 2007.
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About Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading global enabler of communications services. The
company provides a complete, well-balanced product portfolio of mobile and fixed network
infrastructure solutions and addresses the growing demand for services with 20,000 service
professionals worldwide. The combined pro-forma net sales of €17.1 billion Euro in fiscal
year 2006 make Nokia Siemens Networks one of the largest telecommunications
infrastructure companies. Nokia Siemens Networks has operations in some 150 countries and
is headquartered in Espoo, Finland. It combines Nokia's Networks Business Group and the
carrier related businesses of Siemens Communications. www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com