Cisco for Service Providers

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 by Eden Mondanaro
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 »

Q: 1 device, 9 engineers, 9 different configurations... Which one is correct?

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 by Eden Mondanaro
A: All of them
When configuring devices, many people can all be right!
With multiple configurations, how can you streamline and create consistent operations? It can't happen until you have an accurate audit of your configurations. 
 
"What do I have? How is it configured?" To know that takes power. Configuring devices and services is an art form and because there are many interpretations - all of them can be valid. 

Some folks use PERL, some use software and some use scripts. There is no right or wrong - but there are severe consequences for...
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Marketing rubber hits the reality road

Thursday, September 2, 2010 by Alan Taylor
network management and monitoring successThe 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 »

Compliance and the network

Thursday, August 19, 2010 by Alan Taylor
Let’s dwell on IT and network compliance monitoring for a moment.

Typically when someone says this, most individuals either look for the exit or see an opportunity for a nap. But compliance, as a subject matter, doesn’t have to be down there with M&M sorting or Actuarial Science (no offense, it’s just that, on the surface, that sounds a little dry). It’s a serious matter that helps with more than just meeting regulatory requirements.  And it’s probably one of the top 10 most important matters...Read More »

Managing The Evolution of LTE

Thursday, August 12, 2010 by Eden Mondanaro
GOAL: Manage LTE to Delivery High Quality Mobile Broadband at the Lowest Cost

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...
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Service Provider Fulfillment and Assurance - Keep Those SLAs

Wednesday, August 11, 2010 by Eden Mondanaro
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...
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Identify your bandwidth hogs

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 by Alan Taylor
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 »

Dorado Customer Success - UK Service Provider

Saturday, July 10, 2010 by Alan Taylor
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 »

The Next Wave of Networking

Thursday, July 1, 2010 by Alicia Hessinger
Dorado Sofware's Booth at Cisco Live and Networkers Virtual EventIn a world where we're quickly embracing facebook instead of class reunions, instant messages instead of phone calls, and streaming videos instead of book learning a virtual eventor tradeshow is the future of industry networking.  Besides, its just plain fun.  You can connect with peers you never would've had a chance to get infront of.  There's easy, on demand access to keynotes, technical sessions and documention all on a social network platform.  All the best features of a physical event from...Read More »

Dorado V6 Service Studio - Discovery

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 by Alan Taylor
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 »

Dorado Releases Redcell V6 Service Studio

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 by Alan Taylor
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 »

Dorado unveils Redcell V6 Service Studio

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 by Alan Taylor
It’s a big day at Dorado – especially in the Dorado Software booth at the TM Forum in Nice, France where they are actively demonstrating the new Redcell V6 Service Studio.

This morning’s press release says it all and you can see it here on the Dorado Software website. In a nutshell, Redcell V6 Service Studio is Dorado’s revolutionary new creation platform where IP services can be developed and deployed rapidly without the traditional infrastructure network development cycles. Service types...Read More »

Automated Remediation, Virtualization and Cloud - Dorado Ahead of the IT Curve

Tuesday, May 11, 2010 by Eden Mondanaro
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 »

Lights-Out IT Management

Thursday, May 6, 2010 by Alan Taylor
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 »

Next Generation Data Center Management

Thursday, April 15, 2010 by Alan Taylor
Next Generation Data Center ManagementDorado Software - Next Generation Data Center Montoring and Management

If you haven’t taken a look at our Next Generation Data Center Management presentation, it’s worth the few minutes of your time. You have a choice of taking in the whole presentation from Data Center Challenges to Cloud Computing Visibility and how Dorado can help find, configure, monitor and manage network resources or you can select from numerous chapters including:
-    Data Center Challenges
-    Redcell Solutions
-    Find IT resources
-    Configure...Read More »

See the whole picture... solve problems faster.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 by Alicia Hessinger

We're well into day 2 at Symantec Vision and getting closer to information overload.  If your there and haven't already, stop by booth 21 to see Dorado Software.  If there's still room in your brain for more info you need to learn how to see the whole picture... solve problems faster.   The Redcell Integration Component does make the problem solving faster.  And who doesn't want that!?!  Key features include:

Network Discovery Tools
Network Topology
Inventory
Monitoring
OS Deployment
Configuratio...

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The Linklight: Dorado Software’s user forum an essential place for in-depth information

Friday, April 9, 2010 by Alan Taylor
Dorado Software’s user forum, “The Linklight”, is a place where Dorado software users can participate in and get in-depth information on a variety of topics related to network management and monitoring. From network architecture and network monitoring to network tools and utilities, The Linklight provides a forum where Dorado product managers, lead engineers and other key Dorado experts are available to answer questions and engage in community discussion regarding all things network management...Read More »

Big Conferences, Big Solutions from Dorado

Thursday, April 8, 2010 by Alan Taylor
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/takecontrolDorado Software and Symantec
Las Vegas, NV - April 12-15,...Read More »

Dorado Mention: How to choose and implement automated configuration management tools

Thursday, March 25, 2010 by Alan Taylor
Dorado gets another mention by people in the know. This time it’s from SearchNetworking.com. In the current article on TechWatch, it explains how to choose and implement automated configuration management tools.

Especially interesting is how Dorado already meets the majority of the items needing consideration. Such as:
  •  A successful closed loop configuration management tool (CLCM) includes detailed templates that perform the actions and specify a set of conditions that must be met. Check.
  • Actions...
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Carrier Ethernet Service & Network Management

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 by Eden Mondanaro
"Did you know?" The Redcell Carrier Ethernet solution offers complete lifecycle management with OAM capabilities for delivering and supporting next-generation applications and services such as IPTV, Video-on-Demand, Storage extension, Disaster Recovery, and others with a high level of quality to customers while controlling your operational expenditures as demand scales.

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Redcell Carrier Ethernet Services Features

Health &...

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