Comptel Plus (Spring 2015) Day 1 Show Daily

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COMPTELPLUS | Monday, April 13, 2015 Beka Publishing, 10
DAY 1
O mnitron Systems, WebNMS and VeEX
have partnered to enable software-
defined networking (SDN) orchestra-
tion of MEF CE 2.0 services. The partnership also
successfully demonstrated elastic delivery of
service level agreements (SLA) assured CE 2.0
services over a multivendor network.
The SDN orchestration included elastic service
provisioning, fault isolation and dynamic bandwidth
on-demand with service activation and assur-
ance via a cloud-based customer SLA portal.
Performed at the Metro Ethernet Forum,
the proof-of-concept demonstration was
deployed on a network that consisted of 10G
and 1G protected G.8032 fiber rings with SLA-
assured Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC)
services among multiple end users.
The demonstration included demarca-
tion and aggregation devices from Omnitron
Systems, test equipment fromVeEX and the
WebNMS Symphony platform from Zoho
Corporation.
What the performance showed was that the
network accepted dynamic service requests from
end users through a cloud-based customer portal,
then automated the provisioning and remote
activation testing of the requested service in real-
time. Customers also received confirmation of
service activation and continuous performance
monitoring updates through the portal.
The WebNMS portal configured Omnitron aggre-
gation and demarcation devices to provide elastic
service creation and provisioning with MEF CE2.0
service attributes such as port assignments, VLAN-
IDs, Ethernet virtual connection (EVC) creation,
policing, shaping and service operations, administra-
tion and maintenance configuration. End-to-end
traffic management provisioning included bandwidth
profiles, class of service profiles and OAM probes for
multiple EVCs and classes of service.
Once the service was provisioned on the Omni-
tron devices, theWebNMS activation portal remotely
controls the VeEX UX400 test set to validate the integ-
rity of the end-to-end service with RFC 2544 and ITU-T
Y.1564 running multiple simultaneous test flows.
Since the Proof-of-concept demonstration, Omni-
tron andVeEx have enhanced interoperability. Omnitron
devices now can initiate and respond automatically to
Loop Up/Loop Down commands to and from theVeEX
test equipment to minimize truck rolls and reduces
service provider operating expenses.
Faults were created in the 10G and 1G rings,
and detected by the WebNMS multi-layer network
portal. Provisioned EVC circuits continue to deliver
the services despite the faults in the G.8032 rings.
Fault root cause analysis was performed through
the WebNMS alarm service portal and the faults
were identified and remedied through the WebNMS
Symphony “ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus” system
that notifies network operating center
personnel and automatically generates a
trouble ticket.
Dynamic, on-demand bandwidth provi-
sioning was demonstrated with theWebNMS
cloud-based customer portal via a RESTful
application programming interface with traffic
simulated using the VeEX UX400 that increased
traffic above the provisioned committed infor-
mation rate (CIR).
The customer dynamically adjusted the band-
width, the new service was provisioned and a
service activation test was performed to confirm
the service adhered to the SLA parameters.
Together, the three companies deliver
dynamic provisioning and operation of
network services that enables migration to
SDN orchestration.
End users benefit from the elastic, assured
services and continuous SLA performance moni-
toring through a convenient, easy-to-use portal. Service
providers benefit from automation that improves opera-
tional efficiency, increased customer satisfaction, reten-
tion and new revenue generating services. ❏
Formore informationon thedemonstrationor onOmni-
tron, visit booth612or go to
Partnership Creates SDN Ecosystem
CSF Corp. announced today the rollout of its
8MS TeXT “Texting on Toll-Free Number”
solution, which it will be demonstrate on in
COMPTEL PLUS exhibit hall.
8MS TeXT is CSF’s text-enabling solution for toll-
free numbers and is part of the 8MS Toll Free Provi-
sioning and Least Cost Routing (LCR) Software Suite.
Key advantages of 8MS and 8MS TeXT are:
• Addition of “text enablement” capability to
the market-leading 8MS Toll-Free Provisioning
and LCR solution.
• Carriers, resellers and agents can enable texting
and set their own pricing on any end user toll-
free number earning significant residual profits.
• CSF’s 8MS TeXT customer portal is custom
branded so a carrier, reseller or agent can let its
toll-free number end users manage their own
texts using their branded interface.
• Provisioning and text delivery application
program interfaces (API) allow for automation
and customized user experiences.
• CSF’s 8MS TeXT TDR (Text Detail Report) Portal
is used by the carrier, reseller or agent to view a
customer’s usage and bill by text if desired.
• 8MS TeXT is a turnkey solution, with provi-
sioning, registry, text delivery, mediation (usage),
API access and multitiered and custom-branded
end user portal capabilities included.
CSF is excited to roll out 8MS TeXT,” said Frank
Lauria, executive vice president at CSF Corp. “This is
a great opportunity for carriers, resellers, agents and
RespOrgs to profit from the new and exciting capa-
bility of texting on toll-free numbers.
“With a whole new generation of customers
that prefer to interact via text, and years of invest-
ment in branding of their toll-free voice vanity
numbers, this new capability is not only logical but
highly synergistic with their existing toll-free voice
services,” Lauria added.
CSF provides toll-free number management, provi-
sioning, texting and LCR software. With more than
100 RespOrg and carrier customers, CSF’s flagship
software product 8MS makes more than 75 percent
of all changes to toll-free numbers in the industry.
CSF’s customers save time and money with its toll-
free number management, and they can reduce their
external carrier costs more than 20 percent by using
CSF’s LCR and route optimization software. ❏
For more information or to witness the live demon-
stration, visit booth 307 in the exhibit hall, or go to
CSF Rolls Out 8MS TeXT