All-in-One Single-Vendor Application Platforms: Justification and Use

"Single-vendor, all-in-one solutions for OSS/BSS applications consolidate the functions and processes that are most often used together and are delivered as products."

The simplification of communications service providers' (CSPs') operational and business support systems (OSS/BSS) applications is becoming increasingly necessary to support opex reduction and revenue generation via the development, launch and operation of new infrastructure, services and monetisation processes. This report provides a strategic viewpoint of this simplification across the whole OSS/BSS applications market.

Key questions answered in this report:

• What defines an all-in-one software solution?
• How mature is each vendor's solution in the market?
• What is the justification for using a single-vendor approach when providing operational and business support systems?
• What use cases lend themselves to the single-vendor approach?

Author Profile:

Justin van der Lande, Research Director.

Justin leads the Applications practice. He specialises in business intelligence and analytics tools, which are used in all telecoms business processes and systems. In addition, Justin provides technical expertise for Analysys Mason in consultancy and bespoke large-scale custom research projects. He has more than 20 years' experience in the communications industry in software development, marketing and research. He has held senior positions at NCR/AT&T, Micromuse (IBM), Granite Systems (Telcordia) and at the TM Forum. Justin holds a BSc in Management Science and Computer Studies from the University of Wales.