Two salesmen are standing outside the convention center. The
server salesman looks up at the sky and says "look at that cloud up
there...looks like a big dollar sign to me". The service provider
salesman looks up a bit confused and says "I'll take your word for
it; I just don't see it yet".
I have recently made a circuit of a number of industry
tradeshows trying to get a view on the service providers play in
the cloud market. From Digital Hollywood, to MPLS World to CloudConnect, every...
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Imagine a world where everyone sees only what they need or want to
see. Everyone enjoys a good view, especially one of their own
choosing. Having the "right" view can inspire creativity, make a
difficult task more pallatable, and even expedite the completion of
a task. It is also true that eliminating the clutter in any view
lets the viewer see things more clearly, and thereby bring what's
important into focus.
These are some of the capabilities Dorado Software has included in
its release of...
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Everyone knows that the broader and deeper a knowledgebase is, the
easier and faster it is to solve issues relating to that knowledge.
Sharing this knowledge base becomes an
invaluable
tool when solving complex issues, like OSS and network
management. When individuals, or groups of individuals, share their
collective knowledge to solve a problem, we call it
collaboration, or the socialization of knowledge.
We also know that some information (knowledge) requires a layer of
protection due to the...
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"
Collaboration" is a big buzz-word these days
- but what exactly does it mean? Along with the word "cloud," this
is probably one of the most talked-about - but least understood -
concepts in the tech world today.
Network management
personnel in both the
Enterprise
and
Service
Provider spaces are all wanting to get a piece of the
efficiency, problem-solving ability and cost savings that
collaboration provides. At the same time, there are vendors out
there making promises and claims that are...
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By this time in the social media game pretty much
anybody who's anybody has a couple different profiles. You've
got your
Facebook, pictures
on
Flickr, or
yFrog for your
Twitter profile, etc... but you
probably find the most legit one to be your
LinkedIn profile. This one
houses your work history, resume, and your colleague/friend
recommendations. LinkedIn does house the world's largest
professional network on the Internet with more than 100 million
members in over 200 countries and...
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Service
Providers are constantly looking for ways to speed
delivery to market without compromising quality.
Automation is the only way to effectively accomplish this task.
Manual solutions and CLI are labor intensive and error prone which
results in lost revenue and customer dissatisfaction.
A single system to
automate repeatable processes not only makes the fulfillment
process significantly quicker but also
eliminates costly
errors. But it can't stop there. Once services are
deployed,...
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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...
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New Redcell "Synergy" Version 7: The Powerful New Tool To
Manage Your Network Infrastructure
One of the amazing things about working in the field of
network management software is the constant state of change.
We're not talking about "gee, it's raining today so I better wear a
jacket" type of change. We're talking break-neck, full-throttle
adaptation to changes in
carrier
ethernet,
mobile backhaul and
Long Term Evolution (LTE) for service provider
environments.
So it's no surprise that our...
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"Software as a Service." "Cloud computing."
"Virtualization." By now we're probably all-too
familiar with the terms of the day. But with regards to
converging IT technologies - routers, switches, media gateways,
media servers, etc - as we ride this technology wave we can
sometimes we can miss the forest for the trees. The reality is,
technological miracles are happening every hour of every day.
Tonight, we'll see the latest entry:
IBM's
Watson Supercomputer will take on Jeopardy champions...
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There's a new/old movement in the air: that
of the
Venerable Art of the
Urban Ninja. While watching one of these maestros of movement
on YouTube referred to me thru Facebook (yes, they really do pay
people for that) I was struck by the similarities between Redcell
and what these guys do. Witness the Urban Ninja contemplating his
environment. Does this remind you of a network administrator
contemplating change?
Being nimble, fast and accurate is important to
both Urban Ninjas and Network...
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Anyone who has television knows
Cisco has been
ramping it up lately, especially if you made it to the recent Las
Vegas CES (Consumer Electronics Show). Since we at Dorado Software
are
Global
Strategic Partners with Cisco, now seems like a great time to
share some of our software solutions specifically made for
Cisco.
Dorado
Software's Redcell ASWAN Solution offers Service Providers a
unified Network-Based security service management solution for
creating, provisioning, and managing
VRF-Aware...
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Customer Profile: United Arab Emirates International
VPN Project from Dorado Software
Etisalat is one of the largest
telecommunications companies in the world and the leading operator
in the Middle East and Africa, headquartered in the UAE. Etisalat
operates in 18 countries and services over 100 million
customers.
Etisalat is also the major hub in the Middle East, for
internet, voice, mobile, broadband, broadcast, roaming and
corporate data services, with an extensive regional...
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Imagine a tool that can discover and
automate your network and storage environment - all from your
existing Symantec Management Console.
The
Redcell Integration Component for Symantec Altiris Solutions is
a
Symantec-certified solution that lets you gain
unprecedented knowledge and control of you complete IT
infrastructure, even in a
multi-vendor environment - all within your Symantec Altiris NS
system.
The integrated solution provides the combined power of application,
systems, network &...
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Long Term Evolution (LTE) provides the bandwidth necessary to
deliver advanced and compelling services. It will no longer be good
enough to maintain the quality of the network.
Service
providers must differentiate themselves by monitoring the user
experience or quality of experience. Mobile providers face a number
of challenges with technologies and standards at and beyond
3GPP / LTE.
Another challenge facing mobile providers will be the requirement
of maintaining a
hybrid environment for...
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Let's talk Dell. One of the nice things about Dell is they provide
lots of resources for people who buy their products, especially in
the B2B space. And one of those resources is - you guessed - it...
us!
A
Dell ISV certified product, Redcell System Commander provides
integration of Dell OpenManage(tm) hardware management
functionality for Dell PowerEdge Servers and Blade platforms. In
addition to Dell infrastructure (switches, servers, blades, and
printers) there are affordable upgrades to...
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Knowledge is power -- and knowledge about network
configuration change is the power to control your network and
ensure uninterrupted
service
to your users. This means the ability to control changes across
your distributed network, knowing when changes occur, by able to
react quickly, effectively and automatically to unauthorized and/or
out-of-compliance changes.
Configuration compliance is also the foundation of
network security: Whether it is compliance to your internal IT
policies, service...
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IT infrastructures are a collection of disparate
and converging products, yet all of these technologies must be
configured and monitored to ensure viability of
mission-critical applications and services.
Deploying, configuring and managing a variety of
complex voice and data devices from the same vendor - let alone
multiple vendors - is a daily battle that challenges even the most
experienced administrator. No matter what software solution you
decide to use for
managing complex services and...
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How nice would it be to have
1 common interface...
A single GUI, not a bunch of different tools... for
everything?
One aspect of network management:
Inventory/deep discovery. This is something that on the surface
sounds simple, but really is the foundation for everything else
that takes place in your network. For example, "How are my devices
configured?" or "How are my services provisioned?" You can't begin
to fix a system or process that's broken without knowing first what
you have.
Discovery al...
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