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Amdocs

1 The company develops, implements and manages software and services for business support systems (BSS),

including billing, customer relationship management (CRM), and for operations support systems (OSS)


Amdocs Acquisitions

1 In August 2006, Amdocs purchased Cramer Systems, a Bath, UK based company that

provides OSS (Operations Support Systems) "solutions" to telecom operators. The

acquisition was reported at US$375 million. This allowed Amdocs to become one of very few companies claiming to offer a complete

BSS/OSS product suite. Cramer Systems, combined with existing Amdocs OSS

software groups, is now the OSS Division.


Oracle Corporation Overall timeline

1 December 15, 2006: A majority of MetaSolv stockholders approves Oracle's acquisition of MetaSolv

Software, a provider of operations support systems (OSS) software for

the communications industry.


Ericsson - Products and services

1 Business Unit Support Solutions focuses on Operations support

systems/Business support systems (OSS/BSS), TV and media and Mobile

commerce (M-Commerce).


Ericsson - Business Unit Support Solutions

1 Initially established in 2007 as Business Unit Multimedia, Ericsson announced a

new strategy for its multimedia business in February 2012. Business Unit Support

Solutions focuses on Operations support systems / Business support systems (OSS/BSS), TV and media and Mobile

commerce (M-Commerce). Ericsson claims a leading position in charging and billing,

serving 1.6 billion people with its solutions.


Ericsson - Systems integration

1 OSS or Operations Support Systems


Quality of service - Applications

1 Network operations support systems either for the network itself, or for customers' business critical needs


GSM - Network structure

1 * Operations support system (OSS) – network

maintenance


National Broadband Network - Trial rollout in Tasmania (2010)

1 Mike Quigley said one of the reasons for the flat rate is the Operations support system|OSS and Business

support system|BSS systems was not built to make the process automatic


Core network - Other functions

1 * OM: Operations Maintenance center or Operations Support

Systems to configure and provision the core network nodes


Spirent - History

1 It disposed of its automotive industry businesses in 1999, the same year that it bought Netcom Systems, a United States|US telecoms Software

testing|testing business which makes network equipment testers,[ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WVI/is_/ai_54976400 Bowthorpe ups test role with US buy] Electronics Times, 21 June 1999 and DLS, a

Canada|Canadian telecoms Software testing|testing business.[ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WVI/is_/ai_55092633 Bowthorpe

buys DLS for $11.1m] Electronics Times, 5 July 1999 In 2000 it also bought Hekimian, a major Operations Support Systems business,[

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CMN/is_1_38/ai_71060782/ Spirent buys Hekimian] Company Business and Marketing, January 2001 Zarak

Systems, another communications software business[ http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=1655 Spirent Acquires

Zarak Systems] Light Reading, 11 September 2000 and Net-Hopper, an access systems specialist.[

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WVI/is_2000_Oct_23/ai_66407144/ Spirent buy is optics boost - Net-Hopper Systems] Electronics Times, 23

October 2000


OS/2 - 2001: Fading out

1 Also, OS/2 was used for the host PC used to control the Public Radio

Satellite System|Satellite Operations Support System equipment installed at National Public Radio|NPR member stations from 1994 to 2007, and used

to receive the network's programming via satellite.


OS/2 - Historical uses

1 OS/2 was used as part of the Satellite Operations Support System (SOSS) for

National Public Radio|NPR's Public Radio Satellite System. SOSS was a computer-controlled system using OS/2 that NPR

member stations used to receive programming feeds via satellite. SOSS was introduced in 1994 using OS/2 3.0, and was retired in 2007, when NPR switched over to

its successor, the Public Radio Satellite System#ContentDepot|ContentDepot.


Optical Internetworking Forum - Organization

1 The scope includes but is not limited to a) planning, engineering and

provisioning of network resources; b) operations, maintenance or

administration use cases and processes; and c) management functionality and interfaces for

operations support systems and interoperable network equipment


Service delivery platform - Relationship to SOA

1 SOAs can be used as an application integration technology within an SDP but are best served when used in the lower

performance functions such as connections between the transactional Operations

support system|OSS and Business support system|BSS applications and the SDP. SOAs

need careful consideration if they are to meet the real time demands placed on the SDP by the converged event type services.


Microsoft Customer Care Framework - Agent Desktop

1 The primary user interface for CCF is the agent desktop. This is a desktop-based user interface (UI) that presents data aggregated

from various Line of business (LOB) Operations support system|OSS/Business support system|BSS application front ends and presents them in a unified view. CCF

does not include an Agent Desktop application, rather samples including source code are provided as part of the framework.


Tuxedo (software) - History

1 The original development targeted the creation and administration of operations support systems for the

US telephone company that required online transaction processing (OLTP)

capabilities.


Tech Mahindra - Tech Mahindra offices

1 Its activities spread across a broad spectrum, including Business Support Systems (BSS), Operations Support

Systems (OSS), Network Design Engineering, Next Generation

Networks, Mobility Solutions, Security consulting and Testing


List of software engineering topics - Software applications

1 **Operations Support System


Network resource planning - Next generation services

1 Furthermore, the importance of coordinating infrastructure investment activities across

organizations is addressed to ensure that network capacity is provided when and where it is needed, and

that human and Operations Support Systems|operational support system resources are appropriately included

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Operations

1 *Operations support system used in the telecommunications

industry


Mobile virtual network enabler

1 A mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE) [http://www.gartner.com/it-glossary/mvne-mobile-

virtual-network-enabler Gartner Definition][http://www.mvnodynamics.com/definition-

mobile-virtual-network-aggregatorenabler-mvnae MVNO Dynamics][http://www.mobile-virtual-network.com/p/mvno-definitions.html MVNX

Definitions] is a company that provides network infrastructure and related services, such as

Network Sub systems, Business Support Systems, provisioning, administration and Operations

Support Systems to MVNO


Quality-of-service - Applications

1 * Network operations support systems either for the network itself,

or for customers' business critical needs


TL1

1 TL1 is used in the input and output messages that pass between Operations_support_system|

Operations Support Systems (OSSs) and Network Elements (NEs)


AM/FM/GIS - Advantages

1 * Integration with Operations Support Systems (OSS)


Software defined networking - History

1 ATT wanted a soft switch that could reconfigure physical switches in the

network and load them with new services from an Operations support

system|OSS


Self-organizing network - Centralized SON

1 In centralized SON (C-SON), function are more typically concentrated closer to higher-

order network nodes or the network Operations support system|OSS, to allow a broader overview of more edge elements

and coordination of e.g. load across a wide geographic area. Due to the need to inter-

work with cells supplied by different equipment vendors, C-SON systems are

more typically supplied by 3rd parties like Celcite, Gladiator-Innovations or Cisco.


Operations support system

1 'Operations Support Systems' (OSS), or 'operational support systems' in British usage,See Wikipedia article Operations

research. are computer systems used by telecommunications service providers to manage their networks (e.g., telephone networks). They support management

functions such as inventory|network inventory, provisioning|service provisioning,

configuration management|network configuration and fault management.


Operations support system

1 The acronym OSS is also used in a singular form to refer to all the

Operations Support Systems viewed as a whole system.


Telecommunications Management Network

1 Modern telecom networks offer automated management functions and are run by

Operations Support Systems|OSS software. These manage modern telecom networks and provide the data that is needed in the day-to-

day running of a telecom network. OSS software is also responsible for issuing

commands to the network infrastructure to activate new service offerings, commence

services for new customers, and detect and correct network faults.


List of computing and IT abbreviations - O

1 * Operations support system|OSS—Operations

Support System


STS-108 - Scientific experiments

1 Endeavour's middeck carried home the results of several experiments

completed during Expedition 3's stay on the station. These included the Advanced Protein Crystallization

Facility, the Dynamically Controlled Protein Crystal Growth experiment

and cells from the Cellular Biotechnology Operations Support

System (CBOSS).https://store.theartofservice.com/the-operations-support-system-toolkit.html

Ericcson - Products and services

1 * Business Unit Support Solutions (BUSS) develops and delivers software-based solutions for

operations support systems/business support systems (OSS/BSS), real-

time, multi-screen and on demand TV and Mass media|media as well as

solutions and services for the emerging mobile commerce (m-

commerce) eco-system.https://store.theartofservice.com/the-operations-support-system-toolkit.html

Ericcson - Business Unit Support Solutions

1 Business Unit Support Solutions develops and delivers software-based solutions for operations and business support systems

(Operations support system|OSS and Business support system|BSS), real-time,

multi-screen and on demand TV and Media solutions as well as solutions and services for

the emerging m-commerce eco-system. Ericsson claims a leading position in charging and billing, serving 1.6 billion people with its

solutions.


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