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May 2 2008   2:55PM GMT

Software-driven network services — lots of talk



Posted by: Tom Nolle
software-as-a-service, IP services, Telecom

Network operators at a UK software event talked about more aggressive plans to focus on software-driven network services and features, and included goals of delivering software modules as elements or units of basic service functionality. This vision mirrors what we have heard in private dialogs and public presentations alike, beginning almost 18 months ago, but there are more public articulations of the view today than there have been in the past. Some operators are reportedly avid supporters of Web 2.0 (BT included) and others (like Telstra) are more skeptical. We believe that despite all of the talk here, there is actually relatively little real progress in transforming operator business models to a more software-driven, partner-developer-focused, form.

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Feb 28 2008   2:10PM GMT

Nortel’s Carrier Ethernet perception confused



Posted by: Tom Nolle
Nortel, Switches, Carrier Ethernet

Nortel, whose performance in the last quarter was significantly below expectations, is pinning a lot of its hopes on grabbing a major share of the Carrier Ethernet market. A major barrier to Nortel’s goals is a lack of company perception on just what that market is, arising out of the same kind of product-group parochialism that we have cited for Alcatel-Lucent. Metro infrastructure is a single strategy, not a combination of three or four technology- and customer-specific approaches, and without that understanding you cannot hope to succeed. With its advanced PBT position, Nortel is well positioned to address this “real” metro market, but as a company its strategies have fallen behind its technologies.

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