INFORMATION MIGRATION Major drivers of telecom transformation includes threats such as competitive pressures INTRODUCTION and the disruptive business models of players This paper describes about the key motivators in other technologies affect the traditional of information migration and suggests the business of the service providers. In order to methodologies to achieve this. sustain in the market, the service providers are introducing new attractive services to the Background Information: In today’s fast which require modifications to their growing telecom industry telecom current infrastructure (legacy infrastructure) transformation is required. Telecom into what is typically termed as a transformation describes the evolution of the infrastructure. telecom industry from a capital- intensive, technology focused model to a user-centric The process of converting or modifying the service delivery model means moving from network elements, end-user services and legacy systems to next generation systems. business-processes of the service provider to achieve the competitive advantages offered by Here legacy system is an old method, the newer technologies is known as technology, any hardware, or application Transformation. program. There can be various reason of not replacing this legacy system till date. Like The When we talk about complete evolution it system works satisfactorily, and the owner involves below listed sub-processes: sees no reason for changing it or Retraining on Telecom Network: The Network a new system would be costly in lost time and Transformation sub-process refers to the money, compared to the anticipated activities adding new elements in the Core appreciable benefits of replacing it (which may Network, Backbone network and Access be zero) or The way that the system works is network. The typical activities include the not well understood. following: Motivators to replace the system can be as listed below Network planning and design 1) These systems usually run on obsolete Equipment/vendor selection hardware which is expensive to maintain and Verification of equipment through reduces productivity due to its low speed; lab-demos, simulations and 2)maintenance to software is generally interoperability testing expensive, tracing failures is costly and time Devising and using network consuming due to the lack of documentation configuration data transfer and a general lack of understanding of the mechanisms & tools internal workings; Migration planning and 3) Integration efforts are greatly hampered by implementation the absence of clean interfaces; Network Deployment 4) Legacy systems can hardly evolve to Cut-over plans along with provide new functionality required by the plans organisation. End user Services: This sub-process is aimed at ensuring that the services offered in the
INFORMATION MIGRATION INTRODUCTION This paper describes about the key motivators of information migration and suggests the methodologies to achieve this. Background Information: In today’s fast growing telecom industry telecom transformation is required. Telecom transformation describes the evolution of the telecom industry from a capital- intensive, technology focused model to a user-centric service delivery model means moving from legacy systems to next generation systems. Here legacy system is an old method, technology, any hardware, or application program. There can be various reason of not replacing this legacy system till date. Like The system works satisfactorily, and the owner sees no reason for changing it or Retraining on a new system would be costly in lost time and money, compared to the anticipated appreciable benefits of replacing it (which may be zero) or The way that the system works is not well understood. Motivators to replace the system can be as listed below 1) These systems usually run on obsolete hardware which is expensive to maintain and reduces productivity due to its low speed; 2)maintenance to software is generally expensive, tracing failures is costly and time consuming due to the lack of documentation and a general lack of understanding of the internal workings; 3) Integration efforts are greatly hampered by the absence of clean interfaces; 4) Legacy systems can hardly evolve to provide new functionality required by the organisation. Major drivers of telecom transformation includes threats such as competitive pressures and the disruptive business models of players in other technologies affect the traditional business of the service providers. In order to sustain in the market, the service providers are introducing new attractive services to the which require modifications to their current infrastructure (legacy infrastructure) into what is typically termed as a infrastructure. The process of converting or modifying the network elements, end-user services and business-processes of the service provider to achieve the competitive advantages offered by the newer technologies is known as Transformation. When we talk about complete evolution it involves below listed sub-processes: Telecom Network: The Network Transformation sub-process refers to the activities adding new elements in the Core Network, Backbone network and Access network. The typical activities include the following: Network planning and design Equipment/vendor selection Verification of equipment through lab-demos, simulations and interoperability testing Devising and using network configuration data transfer mechanisms & tools Migration planning and implementation Network Deployment Cut-over plans along with plans End user Services: This sub-process is aimed at ensuring that the services offered in the
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