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As the pace of unified communications accelerates, the future is looking better and better - both for the Service Providers and Large Carriers who are deploying LTE networks and the vendors who help them manage change.

For vendors of equipment and software to these Service Providers (such as Dorado Software :) the future has also never looked brighter. For example, headlines such, "Worldwide revenue for Carrier Ethernet switches and IP routers surges" and "At Last: Ethernet Backhaul Booms for Carriers" are the opposite of canaries in a coal mine - they are signs of things to come. In addition, there is this assessment from the Ethernet Academy:

"... 17 LTE networks were launched commercially in 2010, and by the end of 2012 we expect to see 64 operators worldwide with residential and business LTE subscribers. LTE will become the single mobile network for mobile phone and mobile broadband, adopted by most of the world in the next 5 to 10 years. By 2015, LTE will likely support 100 million mobile devices and will continue to rapidly gain subscribers from the 2G/3G base." 

All of this points to strong growth in the Service Provider market through 2014, as well as the vendors who supply that market.

However, significant potholes remain on the road to Valhalla. To start with, an ever-increasing demand for mobile services - via wireless phones, PDA's, and other mobile devices - means that Service providers are struggling to keep up with both bandwidth and quality demand from users who expect higher and higher levels of service. Using legacy networks that are not designed for IP traffic - not to mention a crazy-quilt of vendor solutions and manual processes - can further complicate the situation. 

Another challenge facing mobile providers will be the requirement of maintaining a hybrid environment for years to come. TDM and the more traditional telco technologies will not just go away with the advent of 3GPP / LTE. The typical mobile operator will need to maintain a TDM / Ethernet environment through several device lifecycles. The interface / integration requirements for these hybrid platforms will be a challenge.

At Dorado Software we've developed the powerful Redcell solution that is proven to meet and surpasses these challenges. Already deployed - and working - in some of the largest, most mission-critical networks in the world, Redcell gives Service Providers the power to take that next step into the world of Ethernet to support their ever growing bandwidth needs.

The Redcell Carrier Ethernet solution provides a solid foundation for Service Providers to build successful, flexible and scalable offerings for E-Line, E-LAN and E-Tree services. This includes UNI as well as EVC activation and management, providing Ethernet connectivity to subscribers and offering multiple options for data transport. The system supports Quality of Service provisioning allowing Triple Play Communication (Voice, Video and Data) to run successfully over a converged network and offers a range of options to enforce their deterministic behavior.




At Dorado Software, we've spent years working on the tools and technologies to bring our customers into the future. And our customers agree: now that the future is here, it has never looked brighter.

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The world is full of marketing talk. Any company can say they are a “leader”, “largest” or “most comprehensive”.

Marketing messages and logos pop up everywhere. IBM recreated their logo on an atomic scale and Rolling Rock generated buzz by suggesting they were going to imprint their logo on the moon. I stepped out of my car the other day to see advertisements on the paint stripes in the parking lot. Seriously, everywhere.

But the real marketing rubber hits the reality road in two words: Customer Success. A Customer Success Story proves the marketing talk and puts the money where the mouth is. The exchange rate between regular marketing copy to Customer Success copy is something like 100:1 (look it up, I dare you).

So it’s a good thing to see yet another Customer Success piece published by Dorado Software. This one covers the immediate benefits experienced by Etisalat - one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world and the leading operator in the Middle East and Africa.

Etisalat deployed Dorado Redcell in February of this year to manage their international VPN network and expansion of that network to new territories. The impact of Redcell on their platform proved immediate benefits including:

• Reduced OPEX by automating, simplifying operations
• Service and customer co‐relation helps identify which customer is affected and saves time in resolving issues
• MPLS services resource pooling helps control and ease service administration
• Reduces reliance on technical staff – End‐customer inputs simple data to provision complex services
• Provisions end‐to‐end services (set up, monitor) with no involvement from operational and engineering staff

Again, as proved in the plethora of Customer Success pieces on the Dorado downloads section, Redcell performs. From Etisalat to Telekom Malaysia, from California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to British Telecom, enterprises worldwide are discovering the power that Redcell provides them.

To see a complete listing of Success Stories reflecting Dorado's ability with numerous solutions including service provisioning, SNMP tools and SLA monitoring, browse over here.

A recent campaign by Dorado Software regarding network monitoring and bandwidth usage is getting a good amount of attention.

Bandwidth hogs have been around since there have been networks. Some high-bandwidth usage is to be expected from most companies: software uploads and downloads, data porting and other activities. The problem with bandwidth arises when users begin oversubscribing to YouTube, Hulu and other high-bandwidth streaming services - requiring a tighter application of network management.

There are a number of techniques used to stem bandwidth abuse. By throttling or lowering priority of specific types of traffic or specific websites, a network engineer can effectively lower incidents – until new types of traffic or new websites come online: a constant game of whack-a-mole.

Another technique is to continue increasing available bandwidth – a costly option that never identifies the real culprits.

Leveraging IP network monitroing software to identify specific bandwidth hogs helps to permanently stem bandwidth abuse. By identifying specific workstations, resources and / or protocols contributing to bandwidth abuse, steps can be taken to reduce the ongoing abuse.

Dorado’s bandwidth identifier helps to identify bandwidth hogs and provides easy-to-understand graphs and reports that shows how users, applications and protocols are consuming bandwidth. You are also able to remediate problem quickly using Dorado Software by pinpointing degraded network resources.

See more about how you can get complete visibility into your IP Traffic behavior by getting a free trial here.

In a recent post we covered a Customer Success Story available on our website that highlighted Dorado Software’s ability to gain control of an enterprise IT network, including network monitoring, network management and network traffic analysis.

There’s another success story on the Dorado Website that speaks to our ability to provide similar successes in a service provider solution. You can see the success story here.

In brief, a tier one service provider in the UK implemented Dorado Redcell in order to secure a valuable contract with a high-profile client. In order to secure the agreement, the service provider was required to provide automated flow-through provisioning for network devices. Dorado’s suite of Redcell solutions met all the Service Provider’s needs including delivering flow‐through provisioning, automated configuration of Juniper MPLS devices and custom hardware, and integration with third‐party software. Not only did Dorado Software enable the Service Provider to secure the lucrative contract, it realized the added benefits of security, a high ROI and a more optimized network environment.

For more success stories, white papers, data sheets and solution notes, click on over to our "downloads" page. There are many helpful articles and reports on the industry and Dorado solutions. Happy reading!

The Dorado Software downloads section is a quality repository of solution notes, data sheets, white papers and podcasts that cover a wide variety of topics. From drill-down information regarding Dorado’s suite of network management tools to the latest information on LTE and 4G and enterprise network management, our downloads section contains some great reading.

Two of the white papers that we regularly refer to are titled “The Complete Network Assessment” and “The One-Hour Network Assessment”. These documents lay out a clear path on how an enterprise IT organization can quickly and effectively perform network assessments and provide subsequent reporting. Below is an excerpt form “The Complete Network Assessment”. To download the complete white papers, free of charge, follow this link.

“The only thing constant in the network world is change. The network is in place to
support mission-critical applications that are constantly being updated with needs for new protocols, services, or greater bandwidth. Network assessment is vital to the health of any network as well as a key tool in identifying underutilized or out-of-date resources. A complete network assessment can identify elements in your network that are in need of an upgrade or replacement and elements in your network that can fulfill service or growth needs. Network assessment could be an easy task if network elements were all from a single vendor, in a single room, and managed by the same person. The fact is, though, that this is seldom the case.”