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October 2007  

Editor's Note

Welcome to the October issue of IBM Service Provider News, replacing Netcool News and Vallent News Update.

This is an exciting time at IBM Tivoli as we see our acquisition integration plans come to fruition. We will keep you up to date on our new and truly leading-edge offerings, such as the IBM Tivoli Netcool Service Quality Manager and the IBM Tivoli Netool Carrier VoIP Manager (see related articles below). To stay current, subscribe to the IBM Service Provider News if you haven't already done so.

Our readership is expanding to clients and partners of other IBM software, hardware and services families that help Communications Service Providers meet business goals. We welcome these new subscribers and urge you to forward this newsletter to your colleagues. We will expand our coverage to include information of interest to all our readers.

Please allow us to aggregate and correlate your "user experience" by answering our one-question readers' poll, Help us help you!, below right. And we're always happy to hear from you via email: Contact editor.

Thanks for taking the time to read the News! — Sid Masuno and Wendy Whalen, Managing Editors



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Evaluating Service Quality Management Software: Ten Questions to Ask

When a service provider can see the interrelationships of network infrastructure, user experience and service revenues, it can fulfill its mission to keep and attract customers. But when it comes to service quality management software, how can you determine which will best help you meet your goals?

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VoIP image -abstract green   Industry Leadership
IBM Revs Tivoli Netcool Carrier VoIP Manager Engine

How do you quantify a service subscriber's experience? With the Tivoli Netcool Carrier VoIP Manager solution, service providers can understand a customer’s Quality of Experience (QoE) with precision and deliver low cost, fuller functioned services that create a loyal and growing customer base. Here’s a rundown of Netcool Carrier VoIP Manager components to protect VoIP service.

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2 people talking   Featured Case Study
Mobile Carrier SmarTone-Vodafone and Tivoli Netcool: Innovators for Service Success

With an ever-expanding variety of new services and a rapidly growing customer base, SmarTone- Vodafone discovered in Tivoli Netcool management solutions a holistic solution for managing its dynamic mobile infrastructure that will help ensure the quality of service for the next generation of offerings.

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Take Note

  OSS Transformation: Opportunities & Challenges

Heavy Reading's key research findings about the blurring of the lines between IT and network operations - A special IBM excerpt to download.

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  Integra Telecom Switches to IBM Software for Real-Time Service Management and Reduced Costs

Integra Telecom replaces HP OpenView software with IBM Tivoli Netcool software.

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  India’s UTStarcom Awards BSNL Deal to IBM

IBM to provide IT infrastructure management capability for the deployment of 2.8 million lines of DSLAM in approximately 900 cities throughout India.

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  TerreStar Selects IBM to Help Design Nation's First 4G Mobile Communications Network

IBM BladeCenter HT to run mission critical applications.

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Contributing editors: Scott Sobers, Karen Edwards, Deirdre Corrigan, Mike Combs, Anthony Behan

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