Is your IT environment full of disjointed systems and islands of information?
Many IT environments are fraught with disjointed systems and pockets of disconnected information. The matter is compounded by poor levels of automation and runaway systems integration costs.
Still, service providers throw enormous resources at the problem, bringing subject-matter experts together with system integrators and consultants to help identify workable BSS's and OSS's, and integrate them together.
Along the way, they'll run into a myriad of challenges. For example:
- Software vendors have their own business goals, development philosophies, data models and evolution paths. Somehow, communication between their system and others isn't a top priority, and API's are not enough.
- Software constantly evolves to meet customer demand. So, yesterday's integration will have to be redone tomorrow. And a "simple upgrade" is rarely just a simple upgrade. The domino-effect can be huge. No wonder systems integration costs currently run on average four times the cost of software licenses.
- Standards bodies define frameworks that focus on the "form" of information, yet they don't provide an actual platform for the creation and communication of real data.
Somehow, year after year, service providers find a way to get by. But, working through the issues as they currently do is arduous, it's costly, and it's not necessary. By deploying an Industry Information Infrastructure, providers can reduce systems integration costs or re-systemization projects by up to 35 percent.
Telcordia Common Language® Information services offers a comprehensive, managed information infrastructure that facilitates the information exchange you need to simplify your systems integration processes. It provides:
- A data framework with standard structures and formats
- A dictionary with syntax rules
- A hosted product registry and naming engine with identifiers that is constantly updated
- A publication and distribution engine
There are no short cuts. All the information must be gathered, formatted and distributed, and only Telcordia has committed to do it industry wide. Our ever-expanding list of cooperative partners includes over a thousand equipment vendors and OSS/BSS providers. Click on individual products to learn more about this unique offering from Telcordia and discover how you can simplify your systems integration by tapping into this one-of-a-kind resource.
Learn more about Common Language Information Services:
- Common Language Equipment Information Service
Providing a consistent, meaningful and unique method of identifying equipment, its capabilities and its classifications. - Common Language Location Information Service
A single source of network location information that helps provide efficient, seamless collaboration with trading partners. - Common Language Connections Information Service
Providing carriers and service providers with a way to represent physical and logical connections. - Common Language Services Information Service
Providing the industry with a single, flexible approach to define and communicate service orders.
