AUGUST 2007IN THIS ISSUE |
WHAT’S NEW |
IPSF NEWS RELEASESIPsphere Forum Finalizes
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UPCOMING EVENTS |
IPSF Q3 2007
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
The IPsphere Forum would like to thank Juniper Networks and Cisco Systems for their generous support of the Q1 07 Member Meeting held in New York City. Additionally, our sincere gratitude goes out to T-Com for hosting the Q2 07 Member Meeting in Berlin, Germany in May. Finally, the Forum wishes to thank our interim meeting sponsors: Alcatel-Lucent for sponsoring interim meetings in February in New Jersey and April in Paris, Telstra for hosting the March Interim Meeting in Melbourne, and Soapstone Networks for its sponsorship of the June Interim Meeting held at Soapstone Headquarters in Billerica, Massachusetts. Thank you to all for supporting the IPsphere Forum.
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WHAT'S NEW | UPCOMING EVENTS | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | IPSF NEWS |
LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN |
Dear IPSF Members and Friends, Welcome to the first edition of the IPsphere Forum newsletter, InnerSphere. Each quarter the IPsphere Forum will release a newsletter to let our members and friends know what has been happening in the Forum over the past quarter and what we have planned for the future. Our most recent member meeting hosted by T-Com in Berlin, Germany in May was a great success - highlighted by approval of our Release 1 Technical Specification for publication (www.ipsphereforum.org/R1Spec.html). At this same meeting, our Service Provider Council (SPC) also outlined plans for incorporating IPsphere requirements into their tender procedures. Earlier in the year, we also awarded our first two Circle of Excellence awards to very deserving members of the IPsphere community – Mat Ford of BT and Christian Jacquenet of FT - for their exceptional contributions to the work of the IPSF. Our technical committees have been hard at work driving specification efforts and establishing vibrant bi-directional relationships with leading industry fora such as the TeleManagement Forum and GSM Association. The Reference Implementation Working Group (RIWG) is sure to get a boost from the recent appointment of JP Vasseur of Cisco as vice-chair. The working groups have also been busy participating in almost monthly interim meetings. In February the IPSF met in Whippany, New Jersey to discuss SSRM and interoperability issues at a meeting hosted by Alcatel-Lucent. The Data Model Workshop, hosted by Telstra, took place in March in Melbourne, Australia and produced a record number of contributions. The working groups met again in Paris in April in an event hosted by Alcatel-Lucent to discuss IPSF harmonization with different standard bodies. Most recently, in Billerica, Massachusetts hosted by Soapstone Networks, the IPSF made further strides on SSRM and data model initiatives. The rest of the year promises to be as eventful as the beginning. Right now the Marketing Committee is working hard on a redesign of the IPSF website in advance of our next member meeting. Additionally, the IPSF will meet in Dinard, France from 25-27 September for our third plenary meeting of 2007 hosted by France Telecom. All full member companies are encouraged to attend our plenary meetings and interim workshops. In addition, those companies that are contemplating IPsphere Forum membership are encouraged to attend a member meeting on an observer basis. We hope you find the newsletter entertaining and informative. If you have any comments or questions, please contact info@ipsphereforum.org. Regards,
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IPSF NEWS |
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In June the IPsphere Forum published two highly anticipated documents that are now available to the public. The first is the Release 1 Technical Specification (www.ipsphereforum.org/R1Spec.html). The specification details two key IPsphere dimensions: the rationale behind the IPsphere Forum mission, and the technical framework functionality required to support the mission. The Release 1 Technical Specification is the first document that companies would use to execute an IPsphere business framework and that vendors and service providers could use to begin implementing IPsphere. Also in June the IPsphere Forum published an updated business framework white paper entitled "The Business of IP." The white paper details how the IPsphere Forum will deliver on the promise of IP convergence. To read the white paper, please click here.
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CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE |
The State of the Industry: 2007By Tom Nolle, CIMI Corporation Part 1: Learning the Four Truths In a lot of ways, 2007 will mark a kind of “end of adolescence” for the principle of IP convergence that has been a cornerstone in carrier planning for the last decade. IP has passed through a period of exuberance, one of idealism, and it’s now facing a reality that is a bit more complex than it seemed when the whole process began. 2006 showed four basic truths about the service provider business worldwide:
Click Here to Download Part 1 in its Entirety
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2007 MEMBER MEETINGS |
The IPsphere Forum met in New York City 21-23 February 2007 for its Q1 2007 Member Meeting. More than 60 delegates attended, representing 25 of the industry’s leading companies. The New York meeting featured two significant milestones. The first was the presentation of “IPsphere Top to Bottom” – an in-depth tutorial representing the most comprehensive articulation of the IPSF mission to date. Presentations by Chairman Kevin Dillon and by CIMI Corp’s Tom Nolle covered both the business rationale behind IPSF as well as the fundamental technical concepts that underpin the IPSF work program. The second was approval for sending the Release 1 Technical Specifications to a straw ballot – a major step in galvanizing the technical work of IPSF and moving closer to publication of the specification.
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT |
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The IPsphere Forum is pleased to announce the first recipients of the Circle of Excellence Award - presented to individual members who have made a significant contribution to the Forum.
At the Q2 07 meeting held in Berlin, Germany, the Forum honored The articles published in this Newsletter do not reflect the views or opinions of the IPSphere Forum or its members, and the publication of such articles does not imply endorsement or sponsorship. The articles have not been independently verified or authenticated in whole or in part by IPSphere Forum, and IPSphere Forum does not warrant the accuracy or timeliness of the information contained therein. All articles are provided on an “AS IS” basis for personal or internal business use only. ALL CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED.