This document discusses next generation network management for service providers. It outlines how network management can help with business agility, architectural agility, and operational agility. This allows for new revenue sources through timely launch of new services, customer retention through quality and availability, and reduced costs. The document presents Cisco's solution for lifecycle management through an experience-centered and modular architecture. It also lists example network types and how Cisco's solution supports goals like accelerated deployment and reduced total cost of ownership.
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Next Generation Network Management for Service Providers
1. Cisco Knowledge Network
Next Generation Network Management
For Service Providers
Kenneth CHAN
Global Service Providers,
Asiapac
December 13, 2011
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2. Business Agility
New Customer Customer Retention
Acquisition & Loyalty
Time to Market
New Revenue Sources
New Services
Service Availability Time to Value
& Quality Investments
Total Cost of Ownership
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3. Business Agility
Architectural Agility
Rate of Business Change Rate Of Technology Change
Driving Architectural Change Driving Business Change
Delivering Services On Time
Expected Cost & Quality
Total Cost of Ownership
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4. Business Agility
Architectural Agility
Operational Agility
Reliance On Highly Functional Groups
Skilled Resources Lack Common Understanding
For Operational Tasks Network Services
Bandwidth Requirements
Driving Up
CAPEX & OPEX
Total Cost of Ownership
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5. Cable/Content Providers Telco/Wireline
• Location-based services • Transport & IP Convergence
• N-point Video • Broadband Network Gateway
Wireless/Mobility ISP/Managed Services
• Turbo Boost • Business applications
• Location-based services/ • Collaboration
advertising • Conference
• Work/Play Plans • Video
• Roaming Controls
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The Cisco Prime portfolio of enterprise and service provider management offerings supports integrated lifecycle management of Cisco architectures and technologies based on a business-centric framework. Built on an intuitive workflow-oriented user experience, Cisco Prime products dramatically increase IT productivity, network scalability, and control of the network infrastructure and endpoints. Cisco Prime is the management platform for management the experience lifecycle. Cisco prime manages network services from design to fulfillment, assure and analyze. Cisco Prime is a modular suite of applications that allows customers to adopt the capabilities they need to solve business problems today while having the flexibility to adopt new solutions as their business requirements evolve. Cisco Prime provides A-to-Z (end-to-end) management for next generation packet and transport networks. This makes it possible to manage optical and IP networks across functions to drive efficiencies. Customers that want to maintain the separation of functions can still leverage the shared network service context to ensure that each group understands their role.Cisco Prime is designed to lower the total cost of ownership for customers, starting with the driving down the cost of implementation and continuing with reduced cost of management.