Webinar: Secure Your Optical Network Foundation

Date: Originally aired June 5, 2007 (register to view replay)
Time: 1:00pm Eastern U.S. / 10:00a.m. Pacific U.S.
Duration: 1 hour
Speakers: Laurie Spiegel, Product Marketing Director, Telcordia
                    Sunil Patel, Solution Management Director, Telcordia

A tsunami of market forces is driving carriers towards converged network architectures in order to reduce both the operational and capital costs. Offering the greatest number of services on the least amount of infrastructure is rapidly becoming the mantra! A common denominator on carriers’ network convergence plans is the use of optical networks as an underlying physical infrastructure, whether they rely on SONET/SDH links, Lambda connectivity, or the use of dark fiber for direct physical signaling. The smallest change to the underlying optical transport network, if not properly managed, can adversely affect the availability of next generation services such as IP VPN, VoIP, IPTV and Carrier Ethernet. It has therefore become an imperative to automate the change management of optical networks with full visibility on the services riding on the network.

The objective of this presentation is to help service providers understand how to:

• Automate operational processes as a key enabler for eliminating human errors and provisioning delays
• Provide end-to-end visibility through a single solution that replaces multiple stovepiped systems, thus driving down costs
• Future proof operations by adopting solutions that support multiple technologies
• Ease integration into an operational ecosystem using the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and unified methods for data modeling.

Learn about these and other issues facing operators as they introduce next generation services that increasingly rely on the underlying optical transport network. See how the challenges span multiple organizations and functions including Planning & Engineering, Inventory Management and Service Fulfillment. Then understand how carriers can successfully overcome these challenges to enable the end-to-end management of optical networks and services, with automation as a principal driver.

About our Presenters:

• Laurie Spiegel, Director of Product Marketing, Telcordia
  Laurie has 25 years of telecommunications experience, which spans OSS systems engineering, network planning, business process assessment, and ROI analysis. A key specialist on Telcordia’s service fulfillment team, she works closely with customers worldwide to insure their implementation success.
• Sunil Patel, Solution Management Director, Telcordia
  Sunil has 22 years of experience in information technology, including 18 years in the telecommunications industry. As an expert in OSS systems including service assurance, service fulfillment and resource management, Sunil provides direction and support at various levels within the organization. He works closely with product development to ensure that product roadmaps are aligned with customer needs.

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