What to do if you're managing Cisco? The first thing to do is
research the tools that are out there.
Redcell Service Provider Solutions for Cisco provide an
integrated network and service management for Cisco advanced
technologies. They provide a solid foundation so you can build
successful and scalable service offerings for next generation
security,
Ethernet,
VPN and other services, delivering the level of service and
range of options your customers expect. With visibility across the
network...Read More »
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...Read More »
GOAL:
Manage LTE to Delivery High Quality Mobile Broadband at the
Lowest Cost
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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. From new,
emerging technology to...
Problem! Service Providers lose millions of
dollars annually because of poor processes during the provisioning
process.
Partially integrated business and operation support systems
force operators into manual and tedious processes such as manual
CLI, validation, and data entry. We all love our excel forms, but
that data is only as good as the last person who entered
it. So manual and tedious processes result in slow, error
prone provisioning that ultimately reduce efficiencies, upset
customers...
Read More »One of the most troubling aspects of network management, especially
managing a far-reaching network is the potential for undiscovered
devices and assets. Not only are undiscovered devices a potential
liability in terms of updates, network drain and unmonitored
activity, they also pose lost revenue potentials. IT audit software
and IT inventory software is a high-priority when discovering
devices complex, multi-vendor environemnts.
Dorado's Redcell Inventory Management Solution can solve the...Read More »
Dorado's Redcell Inventory Management Solution can solve the...Read More »
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...Read More »
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...Read More »
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...Read More »
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...Read More »
In an earlier post we announced the release of Dorado’s
Redcell V6 Service Studio. In this post we briefly drill down
into the Discovery aspect of V6 Service Studio and it's
contribution to Dorado's enterprise network monitoring
software.
In a nutshell, Service Studio Discovery enables our customers and partners to quickly and effectively define and implement tasks to discover pre-existing services from the network or other sources such as device configuration files. This also permits...Read More »
In a nutshell, Service Studio Discovery enables our customers and partners to quickly and effectively define and implement tasks to discover pre-existing services from the network or other sources such as device configuration files. This also permits...Read More »
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”....Read More »
Dorado Software, Inc. (http://doradosoftware.com), a leading
provider of infrastructure and service management software, today
announced the availability of Redcell v6 Service Studio, the
revolutionary new creation platform to deploy IP services without
having to worry about the underlying network infrastructure.
Redcell Service Studio offers an intuitive, feature-rich toolset to
model custom network services that span equipment from one or more
vendors. Dorado Software will showcase Redcell...Read More »
It seems like these days, talk of cloud
computing and network virtualization
is all the rage. And there's nothing wrong with that!
Virtualization can save valuable storage and energy resources,
while there are myriad advantages to the cloud for both consumers
and providers.
To celebrate the history of automated network management and remediation - where we've come from and where we're going - I did a little 'digging in the crates' to find a few of our past hits.
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Here is an older press...Read More »
To celebrate the history of automated network management and remediation - where we've come from and where we're going - I did a little 'digging in the crates' to find a few of our past hits.
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Here is an older press...Read More »
We were just perusing the collection of white papers on the
Dorado Software website
and ran across a great write-up regarding lights-out IT Management.
If you haven’t seen the actual white paper,
you can get it here.
In a nutshell, Lights-Out IT Management is the ability to provide automated remediation including event, configuration, service level and security management in an unattended environment. This helps move IT resources further up the food chain – being able to provide value-add...Read More »
In a nutshell, Lights-Out IT Management is the ability to provide automated remediation including event, configuration, service level and security management in an unattended environment. This helps move IT resources further up the food chain – being able to provide value-add...Read More »
Speaking
of conferences, look for Dorado in Booth 18 at the TM
Forum Management World 2010 conference in Nice France from May
18 – 20. TM Forum Management World 2010, now in its 11th year, is a
leading global communications management conference for the
information, communications and entertainment industries.Dorado Software is excited to be exhibiting at the conference, showing our service provider solutions, and demonstrating how our Redcell products dovetail into the conference’s 6 separate...Read More »
We’re busy gearing up for the conference season (does it ever
actually take a break?) and can’t wait to show attendees our new
network and device deployment, monitoring, management and inventory
tools. Below are a few of the conferences we are attending in the
immediate future. Make sure and stop by the Dorado Software area
for some in-depth discussion regarding industry challenges and
Dorado solutions!
April 2010
Symantec Vision - http://go.symantec.com/takecontrol
Las Vegas, NV - April 12-15,...Read More »
April 2010
Symantec Vision - http://go.symantec.com/takecontrol
Las Vegas, NV - April 12-15,...Read More »
Several months ago we put together a presentation on Network Change
& Configuration Management that had some pretty cool
nuggets. It was spearheaded by our own Mike Grote, Dorado
Software's VP of Product Management.
Regardless of what systems or procedures you decide to choose for running your own network, there are 3 attributes that every NCCM system should deliver. To wit:
1. Complete visibility of your IT environment
(including automated discovery of devices, interfaces AND connectivity
2.... Read More »
Regardless of what systems or procedures you decide to choose for running your own network, there are 3 attributes that every NCCM system should deliver. To wit:
1. Complete visibility of your IT environment
(including automated discovery of devices, interfaces AND connectivity
2.... Read More »
Our own Scott Golding, VP of Product Management, OSS here at Dorado
Software has been globe-trotting recently speaking at various
Service Provider events including the MEF’s Ethernet Wholesale
Summit in Paris, France and the 2nd Annual Mobile Backhaul Asia in
Bangkok, Thailand.
Scott's main topics revolved around managing the complexity of mobile backhaul networks and service management and packet backhaul solutions for fast migration to 3/4G services.
There was a lot of conversation at these...Read More »
Scott's main topics revolved around managing the complexity of mobile backhaul networks and service management and packet backhaul solutions for fast migration to 3/4G services.
There was a lot of conversation at these...Read More »
Today I came across a nice
article in Channel Insider by Leah Gabriel Nurik titled,
"Health Care Opportunities Beyond Economic Stimulus."
Here is a summary of the article: "Opportunities in health care IT reach beyond what is funded by the economic stimulus package. A new solution offered by technology service provider Manage Mobility enables health care providers to use their mobile devices to keep an eye on elderly patients who may otherwise be at risk."
Leah profiles one solution in...Read More »
Here is a summary of the article: "Opportunities in health care IT reach beyond what is funded by the economic stimulus package. A new solution offered by technology service provider Manage Mobility enables health care providers to use their mobile devices to keep an eye on elderly patients who may otherwise be at risk."
Leah profiles one solution in...Read More »
Source: Total
Telecom
Telenet, one of Belgium's first broadband providers to invest in LTE technology, said yesterday that it will start testing a LTE network offering with expectations to offer the superfast network to consumers sooner than its competitors.
No news about network monitoring and management software related to the LTE tests. One would expect an effective SoA solution would incorporate effective network auditing and availability management systems along with the tests. Perhaps they...Read More »
Telenet, one of Belgium's first broadband providers to invest in LTE technology, said yesterday that it will start testing a LTE network offering with expectations to offer the superfast network to consumers sooner than its competitors.
No news about network monitoring and management software related to the LTE tests. One would expect an effective SoA solution would incorporate effective network auditing and availability management systems along with the tests. Perhaps they...Read More »
Today I found a nice,
unbiased article on network monitoring from Gus Bekdash. He's a
managing consultant at Forsythe Solutions Group.
Gus has a few great tips for companies who are looking for network monitoring solutions; here it is in his own words:
Gus has a few great tips for companies who are looking for network monitoring solutions; here it is in his own words:
Organizations exploring monitoring solutions should do the
following:
- Work with a vendor that can provide consulting about tools, processes and people, as well as help them evaluate representative solutions from all the options above;
- Define clear...
When it's time to invest in a network
monitoring and/or
network management system, one of the first questions to arise
is, "will I need to manage a network with elements from multiple
vendors, or is my network equipment going to be all from one single
vendor?"
The answer is usually - you guessed, it - both! "We need a network management system that needs to seamlessly blend our legacy systems into whatever is the hot new upgrade (or even more frequently, the necessary infrastructure investment...Read More »
The answer is usually - you guessed, it - both! "We need a network management system that needs to seamlessly blend our legacy systems into whatever is the hot new upgrade (or even more frequently, the necessary infrastructure investment...Read More »
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