multi vendor

November 2, 2017

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Realizing a Multi-Vendor Virtualized RAN

It’s now been over 6 months since Cisco announced that it had joined the Open Air Interface (OAI) software alliance, with the aim of accelerating open, multi-vendor, RAN splits and the first week of November marks a milestone in that co-operation. If you recall, back in February, Cisco open-sourced…

October 2, 2017

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Think Fast: The Impact of Automation in Today’s Hybrid World

Customers want it fast. They don’t want to wait for human intervention to get what they want, when they want it. They want resolution at the click of a button. The pace of change is increasing and customer behavior is pushing significant transformation in business models. 10 years ago, who would hav…

Leave Complex Multivendor Support Issues to Cisco

The world is complex and the pace of change is accelerating. New technologies drive innovation and growth. But what happens with that growth? An increasing amount of IT challenges related to managing those support contracts within complex heterogeneous environments. We hear from customers and the in…

February 1, 2017

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Blood, Sweat and Tears: The Reality of Multivendor IT Support

Imagine you’re the IT director of a global bank. You recently implemented a variety of digital solutions: virtualization, IoT, data analytics. You get the picture. Your company is under pressure to compete and deliver experiences to increasingly demanding tech-savvy customers, and IT is on the hook…