No split, just business realignment as GENBAND appoints a new COO

VanillaPlus talks to Steven Bruny of GENBAND about recent changes within the company and his appointment as COO, Network Transformation.

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Readying OSS for NFV

OSS systems are expected to fulfil many business objectives of virtualised telecommunication networks. One of the most spoken benefits of OSS for NFV is driving operational

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Mobile banking users to total 2bn by 2020, more than 1 in 3 global adults

New research from analysts, Juniper Research finds that more than 2 billion mobile users will have used their devices for banking purposes by the end of 2021.

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Pushing through Glass Ceilings at the SDN World Congress 2016

In Gartner’s hype cycle, there is an inevitable time of disillusionment that follows the initial excitement of a new technology. At the SDN World Congress this feels different: although we

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Overcoming OSS barriers for future digital networks

The future digital networks will be associated with high-volume, high-speed data transfers, on-demand services based on customer preference and dynamic orchestration of the resources.

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End-to-end means multiple networks, operators and services – Part 2

Once upon a time — that is, maybe two or three years ago — every service provider would have created a custom solution with no common interfaces and no common

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LSO reference architecture will turn the vision of agile, dynamic and assured services into standards-based reality – Part 1

Lifecycle Service Orchestration: Reference Architecture and Framework (MEF 55). This 57-page document from the MEF is the essential, foundational specification for agile end-to-end

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Huawei rotating CEO Guo Ping hails new era of ICT ecosystem alliances as ‘An Age of Heroes’

On the third day of HUAWEI CONNECT 2016 in Shanghai, Huawei rotating CEO Guo Ping, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, and Huawei Products & Solutions president Ryan Ding took centre stage.

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Fog computing and real time communications in the mist – Part 2

Complementary, not oppositional Fog Computing aims to resolve some of the challenges of cloud computing by reducing latency, optimising WAN bandwidth consumption, strengthening security, and improving redundancy and availability.

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The impact of IoT on a digital experience

We can see the impact of IoT everywhere but to conclude our blog series we will discuss the impact IoT is having on our digital experience and more specifically the

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