TMCnet Next Generation Communications Week in Review

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Features

The featured articles focused on two critical and growing markets: machine-to-machine (M2M) deployments; and the changing nature of data centers.

Applications Enablement:  TMCnet Contributing Editor Susan Campbell had an interesting piece that looked at the keys to success that can be employed by service providers to maximize their opportunities in M2M.

High Leverage Network:  Susan investigated how the demand for increased capture, usage, storage and manipulation of data in enterprises has heightened the need for transformation of the data center network. This amplified points made in webinar a few weeks ago, “The Why, When, and How of Network Convergence,” where critical aspects of data/storage network convergence were highlighted along with the need for them to become applications fluent. 

From the Blogs

The highlight this week was one on improving the customer experience. It has become a central theme of our time for competitive as well as practical reasons.

In one featured blog, Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), and how next generation architecture and platforms can help service providers meet the challenges of delivering great user experiences without blowing the bank on costs caught the attention of Mae Kowalke.  And, Erin Harrison took a look at the Alcatel-Lucent Motive’s solutions portfolio to examine how service providers can provide, better manage and monetize improved customer experiences.

This week my favorites, Alcatel-Lucent’s e-zines Enriching Communications and Alcatel-Lucent TechZine,  produced had several items that caught my interest and attention. Enriching Communications had two on how service providers can make money: It Pays to be Proactive, and Dynamic Policy Management: An Engine for Network Monetization. TechZine also had two I recommend:  VDSL2 Vectoring in a Multi-operator Environment – Separating Fact from Fiction, and The 400G Photonic Service Engine.

Enjoy the holidays. 

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