Special Event to Feature Special Workshop on SOA and Telecommunications - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

IBM announced today an intelligent blade server designed to help reduce security threats -- such as Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and viruses -- while helping server providers better manage network traffic for optimal performance. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

This event will be beneficial for participants who are considering an investment in business process management in 2008. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Building upon its commitment to provide a comprehensive collaboration portfolio, Cisco today announced its intent to acquire privately held PostPath, Inc., a provider of innovative email and calendaring software. Based in Mountain View, Calif. with additional development operations in Sofia, Bulgaria, PostPath will enhance the existing email and calendaring capabilities of Cisco's WebEx Connect collaboration platform. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Chordiant Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHRD), the leading provider of Customer Experience (Cx™) software and services, and IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced an extended partnership to deliver Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)-based solutions to help global brands with high-volumes of customer interactions better meet consumer needs and improve customer relationships. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

OpenSpan, Inc., a worldwide leader in desktop productivity and SOA acceleration software, today announced record revenue for the sixth consecutive quarter. In addition, the company announced that revenues in the first half of 2008 exceeded those for all of 2007 and were fueled by several million dollar-plus deals that progressed from successful proof-of-concept and pilot projects to full production deployments. The record OpenSpan revenues were generated from a growing installed customer base as well as from more than a dozen new customers in the contact center, financial services, telecommunications and high tech markets. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Inova Solutions has expanded the capabilities of its web-based dashboard tool for call center management from simple reporting to actionable alerts based on threshold values. These alerts occur in real-time, and allow managers to instantly compare actual performance against goals. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA Telecom Network - IT RESOURCE NETWORK << MORE >>

Report recommendations on how to adopt and leverage collaboration technologies successfully addresses this evolution of mobility into a significant component of unified communications. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

CommuniGate Systems, the leader in carrier-class Mobile Unified Communications, transforms the new iPhone 3G into a mega ARPU machine for broadband and mobile network operators with a simple and efficient turnkey package. Network Operators looking for solutions that attract the lucrative business subscribers will be pleased to learn about the simple yet powerful technology that enables Unified Communications (UC) to be rapidly deployed without requiring equipment on the premises. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

PSS today announced it is one of the first key partners to offer voice portal solutions, applications and comprehensive support for Genesys Voice Platform (GVP) 8, introduced at SpeechTek in New York, August 18-20, 2008. GVP 8 is a major new release of the leading voice platform from Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc., an Alcatel-Lucent company. SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Nortel is expanding its unified communications portfolio to give customer care centers the power to meet and exceed expectations in the Web 2.0 world, where customers increasingly insist on interacting with businesses regardless of time, device, or application. With a new easy-to-install software solution - the Nortel Interactive Communications Portal (ICP) - features such as IM, email and click-to-call can be quickly added to self-service and speech applications to expand service options beyond menu-driven interactive voice response (IVR). - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

CommuniGate Systems, the leader in carrier-class Mobile Unified Communications today announced the availability of Pronto! 2.2, the latest version of its powerful, yet lightweight Unified Communications user interface framework. Pronto! is built with Adobe® Flex® 3, and deployed in the browser with the Adobe Flash® Player and to the desktop with Adobe® AIR(TM). Pronto! 2.2 provides network operators with a client framework to deliver VAS (Value Added Services) for Rich Media Communications and advanced collaboration for Unified Communications in the Software as a Service (SaaS) model. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Bharti Airtel Limited (Airtel), one of India's leading integrated communications service providers, has selected Oracle(R) Communications Network Integrity to help optimize the use of its extensive national fiber-optic network. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

IONA® Technologies, a world leader in distributed service-oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure solutions for performance-demanding IT environments, today announced a collaboration with Aepona, the leading supplier of telecom service layer products and solutions to telecoms globally, to extend Aepona’s Universal Service Platform (USP) to enable customers to integrate their intelligent networks with their business and operational support systems (BSS/OSS). - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Highdeal, the world's leading provider of pricing & rating solutions, announced today that Evolve IP, a Managed Technology Provider based in the Philadelphia region, has selected Highdeal Transactive for their best-in-class business infrastructure. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

IBM today announced new software and services for mobile devices that closely mimic desktop features formerly found only on the PC. Designed for both business users and consumers, the new offerings can help individuals make better business decisions faster, while connecting friends, work colleagues and teams beyond what has been available in the PC era. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

PanTerra Networks, a leading provider of on-demand unified communications services for small and mid-sized businesses, today announced the general availability of WorldSmart version 3.8, a major release of its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform. WorldSmart is PanTerra's industry leading on-demand unified communications solution. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Providing the industry's most comprehensive set of software applications to enable next-generation, IP-service delivery, Oracle introduced the Oracle(R) Communications Service Delivery portfolio, which includes components of the former BEA WebLogic Communications middleware platform and Oracle Fusion Middleware. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Delivering a carrier-grade, standards-based environment for services exposure, services-layer policy enforcement, partner relationship management and network-access control, Oracle announced today the availability of Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper 4.0 (formerly BEA WebLogic Network Gatekeeper). - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

The network efficiencies, cost-effectiveness and flexibility of IP continue to drive soaring adoption rates around the globe. As ever-expanding IP networks get more complex and dynamic, real-time and mission-critical applications demand heightened security, five nines availability, Quality of Service (QoS) and regulatory compliance. To address this growing need, Telcordia, a global leader in the development of IP, wireline and mobile telecommunications software and services, today announced the availability of Telcordia® IP Assure, a flexible software solution for automated and non-intrusive assessment and awareness of IP networks. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

AppTrigger, the leading application connectivity expert, today extended its capabilities for market-leading messaging provider Unisys and their customers by expanding its features for the Unisys Application Session Controller (ASC) offering. AppTrigger’s latest product release has coincided with the expansion of the Unisys Application Session Controller (ASC) offering to customers of the Unisys UVMS/VSE550 solution. These customers can now maintain their existing voice messaging solutions while migrating to a NGN (next generation network) architecture at a dramatically lower cost than the cost of rewriting their existing large-scale applications for the new environment. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK << MORE >>

Aspect Software, Inc., the world's largest company solely focused on Unified Communications for the Contact Center(TM), today announced it has acquired substantially all of the assets of BlueNote Networks based in Tewksbury, Mass. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK << MORE >>

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "System & Network Management Software Market 2007-2010" report to their offering. SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

NEC Corporation (NEC) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire NetCracker Technology Corp. (NetCracker), a US based software and solutions company with an industry leading track record of delivering Operations Support Systems (OSS) transformation to communications service providers across the globe. This strategic acquisition underscores NEC's long standing commitment to offer innovative solutions to the communications industry, enabling them to transform their business, and rapidly deploy new infrastructure and services. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Artilium, a leading European developer of Microsoft-based carrier-grade software for mobile network operators, unveils new mashup applications developed via the Microsoft Connected Services Sandbox, a development environment that facilitates the rapid creation and deployment of new services which combine Web 2.0 type services with traditional telecommunications offerings. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK << MORE >>

Ciena® Corporation, the network specialist, today announced its plans for creating software-enabled, service-driven networks that turn seemingly disparate network elements into an intelligent, cohesive platform that can be controlled on-demand. Transforming networks into programmable service delivery engines through its FlexSelect™ Architecture, Ciena enables service providers to adapt and scale their networks to address emerging services, turn unpredictability in service demand into business opportunities and eliminate barriers between creating and monetizing new services. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - SOA TELECOM NETWORK << MORE >>

The Open Standards Forum 2008 will provide users who are evaluating or looking to deploy such security infrastructures with an opportunity to explore the state of the art in security services, standards and products. It will also provide users with an opportunity to present and share their use cases, requirements and (initial) experience with other users and with some of the leading experts in this field. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - SOA TELECOM NETWORK << MORE >>

While media and industry accounts have detailed changes and improvements in the device itself, Saugatuck finds it more significant that Apple’s iPhone strategy is being built around integration of the device with an expanding range of cloud-based tools, applications and services that foster and drive enterprise IT and business integration via mobile devices (e.g. iPhone). - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK << MORE >>

Red Hat, a provider of open source tools, has announced that Cybercity, a Danish broadband supplier and part of the Telenor group, has selected the JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform for system integration and middleware. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK << MORE >>

AmberPoint announced today that it has extended the reach of its runtime SOA governance software to include enterprise applications from leading software vendors and Software as a Service (SaaS) providers. SOA-based systems are heterogeneous composite applications that often include packaged applications--such as customer relationship management (CRM) suites, order management systems and billing systems--as well as hosted applications that are provided on demand. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK << MORE >>

Enterasys Networks Inc., the Secure Networks Company™, today announced that Securities America Inc., a leading financial services firm, has selected Enterasys to provide complete network connectivity and voice/video/data convergence solutions for more than 450 employees and over 1,200 networked devices across multiple locations. Securities America chose Enterasys software and hardware to replace its complex and expensive Cisco-based network infrastructure to enable business growth through new service-oriented architecture (SOA) web applications aligned with the company’s defined growth strategy for the coming year. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in the Telecom Industry - SOA TELECOM NETWORK << MORE >>

Software AG, a global leader in business infrastructure software, today announced that SaskTel has implemented the webMethods Suite to streamline the integration, management and optimization of core business processes. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK << MORE >>

Amdocs (NYSE: DOX), the leading provider of customer experience systems, today announced that it has teamed with IBM to offer a standards-based service fulfillment solution. The Amdocs IBM Service Fulfillment Solution gives service providers a framework to cost effectively support new services and extend the life of existing systems. The new solution was jointly developed from inception using TM Forum and SOA (service-oriented architecture) standards -- an industry first for a service fulfillment solution. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK << MORE >>

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that it will demonstrate its leadership and industry vision for transforming communications at the upcoming Management World trade show, taking place in Nice, France, between May 20 and 22. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK << MORE >>

Software AG, a global leader in business infrastructure software, today announced that it will be showcasing a reference implementation of the company’s support for the TM Forum’s New Generation Operations Systems and Software (NGOSS) model at the TM Forum’s Management World 2008. With over 3,000 attendees from nearly 75 countries, Management World 2008 is the industry’s leading event for evaluating the strategies, best practices and technologies needed by service providers to capitalize on the convergence of communications and media. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - SOA TELECOM NETWORK << MORE >>

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR), the leader in high-performance networking, and Japanese system integrator, Net One Systems, today announced the latest phase in their ongoing relationship with Net One Systems becoming a premier partner in the Juniper Networks Open IP Service Creation Program (OSCP). This formal collaboration within the OSCP establishes Net One Systems as the premiere IPsphere solution integration partner in the program and will enable innovative new solutions for service providers based on IPsphere Forum specifications. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

New Adaptive Application Engine Software Redefines the Application Server Market to Enhance the Way People Communicate - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK << MORE >>

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) and the GlassFish(TM) community today announced the immediate availability of the technology preview release of the Sun GlassFish(TM) Enterprise Server version 3 and new Sun GlassFish Communications(TM) Server. Sun also announced a new GlassFish Partner initiative designed to provide developers, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and System Integrators (SIs) with access to a large number of frameworks and applications running on the GlassFish(TM) application server. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA TELECOM NETWORK << MORE >>

Yesterday at the Billing & OSS World Conference and Expo in Chicago, Oracle was honored as the winner of two Billing & OSS World 2008 Excellence Awards, recognizing Oracle(R) Communications Billing and Revenue Management as the Best Revenue Management Solution and Oracle Communication and Mobility Server as the Best New Product. The annual awards recognize the leaders - vendors, service providers and integrators -- in the development and deployment of billing and operations support systems (OSS)technologies and solutions. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in Telecom - SOA TELECOM NETWORK << MORE >>

NEC Unified Solutions, Inc. (NEC), a global leader in enterprise business communications, today announced the NEC Sphericall® software-based solution has been deployed at Cygnus Business Media to help integrate and improve communications efficiency at the nationwide publisher of industry and trade media. -SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - SOA TELECOM NETWORK << MORE >>

CAST, the worldwide leader in Automated Application Intelligence, today announced that France Telecom is expanding its use of the CAST Application Intelligence Platform. The additional multi-million Euro investment in CAST technology will enable the company to enhance its application development and maintenance activity across a broad set of critical applications. SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - SOA TELECOM NETWORK << MORE >>

The OASIS open standards consortium today announced a new initiative aimed at bringing the full advantages of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to the telecommunications industry. The OASIS Telecommunications Services Member Section (OASIS Telecom) will work to pave the way for a new business model that will make telecommunications services more intelligent, deployable, and easy to consume. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

With billions of people and machines currently connected to the network and millions more being connected each day, Nortel understands how to transform the challenges of Hyperconnectivity into opportunities for its carrier customers. At CTIA Wireless 2008, Nortel will demonstrate the ways its mobile convergence and 4G mobile broadband technologies - LTE and WiMAX - are reducing the complexity of a hyperconnected world to deliver better, faster wireless networks that simplify work, study and even play for today's "always connected" consumers. SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS), a world leader in enterprise and communications infrastructure software, is strengthening its commitment to "Enabling The Services Network" in the telecommunications industry through products and solutions scheduled to be showcased at CTIA Wireless from April 1-3, 2008. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - SOA Telecom Network << MORE >>

Coming Soon! Mash Mobile - Resource Network for Building Web 2.0 Mobile Applications - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - SOA TELECOM WORLD << MORE >>

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today that the Lotus Expeditor software platform is extending desktop computing and Web 2.0 capabilities to mobile phones. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - SOA TELECOM WORLD << MORE >>

Cypress Communications announced today that the company’s C4 IP solution has been named 2007 Product of the Year by Technology Marketing Corporation’s (TMC®) Unified Communications magazine. C4 IP is an enterprise-class hosted VoIP and unified communications solution that features integrated voice/data access, desktop phones, softphones and cutting-edge multimedia applications such as unified messaging, Microsoft® Outlook integration, collaboration, real-time presence, chat, as well as audio, video and Web conferencing. This innovative unified communications functionality is backed with LAN/WAN management, a 24/7 fully redundant national VoIP network and high-touch customer service. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Through a new, non-exclusive global agreement announced at VoiceCon Orlando 2008(2), Nortel and TANDBERG will jointly deliver fully-managed telepresence and high-definition (HD) video conferencing solutions to enterprises worldwide. These solutions will be offered through service providers or direct from Nortel. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Highdeal, the world’s leading provider of pricing & rating solutions, has signed an agreement with Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV), a leading supplier of mobile satellite communications services throughout the US and Canada. MSV has chosen the Highdeal Transactive® advanced billing solution for its next-generation network. This SOA-compliant solution will support industry’s most advanced BSS/OSS infrastructure. SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - SOA TELECOM WORLD << MORE >>

IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is expected to provide mobile telephone operators with a forecasted $300 billion in extra revenue over the next five years, according to a new study from ABI Research. Major operators such as Sprint, Verizon and British Telecom (BT) will increasingly deploy IMS across their networks in a quickening tempo starting this year. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - SOA TELECOM WORLD << MORE >>

HP and Cisco have joined forces to convince local businesses of the benefits of Web 2.0 in creating a collaborative unified communications network. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - SOA Telecom World << MORE >>

In an effort to further expand its global TEM services and provide access to important financial and IT related information, TnT Expense Management, an industry recognized, premiere provider of telecom expense management (TEM) services, today launched a new Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) that will enable clients to access inventory, spend and rate information directly from their own internal applications. TnT Expense Management maintains in-depth information about clients’ IT and telecom assets with its copyrighted Telebase® system, and the new SOA allows secure access and synchronization with any application that a client is running regardless of the operating system, language or platform. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

The inability of most network operators to deploy robust subscriber information management platforms could put them at a serious marketplace disadvantage compared with next-gen service providers that are primed to attack the telecom services sector with Web 2.0-based technologies, according to the latest report from Light Reading's Services Software Insider. SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

BEA Systems, Inc. , a world leader in enterprise and communications infrastructure software, will demonstrate its commitment to enabling "The Services Network" in the telecommunications industry through products and solutions scheduled to be showcased at Mobile World Congress from February 11-14, 2008. These demonstrations focus on BEA's industry-leading service delivery platform (SDP), next-generation networks (NGN), service-oriented architecture (SOA), business process management (BPM) and Web 2.0 capabilities. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

HP today announced two software solutions that help telecom operators harness customer information to deliver personalized services that promote customer loyalty and lead to increased revenue. The company also announced that rapidly growing European operator, Hutchison 3G Austria, has successfully deployed the HP OpenCall Home Location Register (HLR) to support all wireless users of its popular “3” brand of high-speed services. The implementation is expected to double customer capacity and cut costs. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - SOA TELECOM WORLD << MORE >>

Radware , the leading provider of integrated application delivery solutions for business-smart networking, and IPTEGO, a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) provider of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based services and solutions, announced today that the two companies have entered into a strategic original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement to ensure carrier-grade high availability, scalability and security for SIP-based VoIP networks. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - SOA TELECOM WORLD << MORE >>

Service Delivery Platforms & Service Orientated Architecture Report 2007-2012 - SOA Telecom Archtect - SOA in a Telecom World - SOA TELECOM WORLD << MORE >>

Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR: 13.26, -0.69, -4.94%), the leading provider of integrated application delivery solutions for business-smart networking announced today a first-to-market IP Multimedia Subsystem -ready service delivery solution - inclusive of SIP and Diameter Application Delivery Controllers. The coupling of these two solutions guarantees service continuity for IMS high touch environments which translates into optimized service delivery and major capital operating savings for carriers and operators. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - SOA TELECOM WORLD << MORE >>

The Transforming OSS in the New Services Environment Summit will be a very interactive, select gathering of OSS Senior Executives, IT Directors, SOA architects, and Network OSS strategists (encompassing both CIO and CTO organizations) concentrating on the issues, problems, challenges, and opportunities they are immediately facing as CSP's in this increasingly complex, communications landscape. The purpose of this Summit is to provide a contained space for practitioners to deepen their comprehension. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - SOA TELECOM WORLD << MORE >>

In its heyday Nortel was a premier company to work for. My generation use to look up to CTOs as being the most knowledgeable about the future of product development. Everything has changed and the Net generation live and breath these technologies. New product development is not going to be driven by CTOs anymore the Net generation will lead development. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

This report evaluates the potential for SDP as a dependable, scalable and flexible platform for core business functions, next generation applications, and independent services. SDP is examined within the context of its relationship to the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and the objectives to respond more rapidly to shifts in market conditions, customer demands, new revenue opportunities, and competitive threats. The report includes revenue forecasts by geography, function, and media type through 2012. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - SOA TELECOM WORLD << MORE >>

IBM today announced new and enhanced products to help telecommunications carriers, equipment providers and application developers take advantage of service oriented architecture (SOA) and Web 2.0 technologies to help them more rapidly and affordably create, deploy and manage voice, video and data services. SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in a Telecom World - SOA TELECOM WORLD << MORE >>

SOA Telecom World launched! SOA Telecom World will provide the latest news, blogs, careers and events about SOA in the Telecom World. - SOA Telecom Architect - SOA in the Telecom World - SOA TELECOM WORLD << MORE >>

Nortel and IBM today announced plans to offer a software-based foundation that easily brings together business applications and processes with the latest unified communications and collaboration tools such as click-to-connect, presence, location and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). This new foundation is built on the principles of service oriented architecture (SOA) so that businesses can communicate with colleagues, partners, and customers in new ways without compromising service, security or existing technology investments. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK - SOA Telecom in a Connected World << MORE >>

To meet the growing customer demand to align communications with business process, Nortel today unveiled a comprehensive strategy that leverages SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) and Web Services for the simple, rapid and efficient delivery of communication-enabled applications and business processes. SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK - SOA Telecom in a Connected World << MORE >>

Oracle Communications has continued to invest in its communications industry application suite through product development and strategic acquisitions, including: the introduction of Oracle's Application Integration Architecture for Communications and the release of the first three communications industry Process Integration Packs that provide pre-built, sustainable integrations across Oracle's Siebel CRM,Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management and Oracle Financials applications; and the introduction of Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK - SOA Telecom in a Connected World << MORE >>

Oracle Communications today announced that a productized integration approach that is based on the Oracle(R) Application Integration Architecture. This will be the communications industry's first pre-integrated business application platform, tailored to enable communications service providers to deliver world-class customer service, launch compelling services faster, and reduce implementation risk and operational costs. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Sylantro Systems, the leading provider of multiplay application feature servers for converged communication applications, expanded its Synergy Application Feature Server offering. The latest Synergy Release 4.2 is now available as three, new end-to-end editions for the hosted VoIP, mobile, and the emerging “Voice 2.0” markets. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Telestrategies presents Telco-Web2.0 Service Creation Conference. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

IT architects can take a uniform approach to the network which is the common denominator for all applications according to Cisco. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

BlueNote is pleased to present a complimentary 1-hour Webinar that addresses how government organizations can lower operational costs while maximizing agility, continuity and resource efficiency by embedding voice capabilities within IT applications. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Aepona, a global provider of telecoms software products and services headquartered in Belfast, United Kingdom, that recently merged with Appium, a leading technology vendor offering Telecom Application Server and Service Creation Environment products based in Malmö, Sweden, today announced its participation in Microsoft Corp.’s Connected Services Sandbox. The Connected Services Sandbox is an initiative to help promote the development of innovative customer solutions that merge traditional telecommunications offerings such as voice or text messaging with Web 2.0 applications such as mapping or search. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

For the latest SOA Security News and Resources check out www.soasecurity.net - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

At NXTcomm, Juniper Networks (NASDAQ: JNPR) will showcase its high-performance networking solutions in Booth #4839 and will be participate in several key speaking events in NXTcomm's conference program. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

The increased productivity and simplicity of unified communications (UC) and IP telephony (IPT) are driving businesses to upgrade their existing voice and data networks, according to a Nortel survey of 464 members of the International Nortel Networks User Association (INNUA). Members are meeting in Tampa, Florida, this week at Global Connect, INNUA's annual conference for Nortel enterprise customers. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

The IPsphere Forum, a nonprofit organization dedicated to unleashing the business and societal benefits of IP convergence, today announced the publication of its Release 1 Technical Specification and a significant statement of support from its Service Provider Council. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Cape Clear® Software, the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Platform leader, has been selected by Inuk Networks to help power its on-demand broadcast quality TV and carrier-class telephony services over closed IP-based networks to consumers. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Cisco® today announced the availability of Cisco In-Store Mobility Solutions designed to help transform retail store environments. The solutions are an important first step in executing Cisco’s mobility vision, also announced today: to deliver highly secure, manageable and extensible mobile solutions that enable businesses to improve their operations and enhance the consumer experience. These offerings are the latest in a series of technology solutions that Cisco has unveiled for the retail industry this year. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

"Avaya just recently introduced new services based on communications-enabled business processes, for which the company holds 22 patents." - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Has Nortel been quietly working away on it's SOA efforts? - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Avici Systems, today announced that its Soapstone Networks has successfully completed interoperability testing of the IPsphere Forum (IPSF) “Service Structuring Stratum” or SSS. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

HP today announced that it has teamed with Cisco and MidtVest Bredbaand (MVB), a Denmark-based broadband provider, to build a high-speed, fiber-to-the-home network for the delivery of advanced services such as video on demand and interactive TV to homes and businesses. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Sigma Systems has further enhanced its service management platform with the release of Service Management Platform (SMP) 4.0. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Frost & Sullivan presents the 2007 Product Differentiation Innovation Award in the North American enterprise telephony system market to Sphere Communications. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Atreus Systems™ today announced a strategic alliance with BEA Systems, Inc. to build a Service Oriented Architecture-based integration between the Atreus xAuthority™ IP Provisioning Solution and the BEA Liquid Services Framework. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Accelerated OSS portfolio integration, service-oriented architecture support, and Integrated Service and Resource Planning enhancements underscore delivery and technical innovation. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Ness Technologies today announced that it will launch the next generation of its Network Management and Control Suite (NMaCS) at TeleManagement World - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

BT is on target to have enterprisewide SOA by 2009, capping off a shift to a services-oriented architecture that began with provisioning of the company's mainframe systems in 2001. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Veraz Networks, Inc. today announced that the latest release of its IMS solution enables application resources to be shared by multiple operators. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Siemens Communications, Inc. today announced Siemens OpenSOA, a comprehensive, unified foundation for the next generation of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)-based applications from Siemens. SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Atreus Systems(TM) today announced that its xAuthority provisioning platform has been certified as compliant with the OSS Through Java Initiative's Service Activation API. - SOA Telecom Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>