Review 8 key operator areas of interest (based on our analysis/interactions) as operators evolve their networks/services in an increasingly competitive world.
Highlight the top 4-6 issues within each area that, based on our assessment, operators are concerned about in the medium term, and furnish executives, senior engineering mgt., and technology experts at service providers (carriers, operators, MSOs, ISPs, ILECs, IXCs) with a bird’s eye view of how Metanoia, Inc. can be of service to them.
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8 Key Focus Areas for Operators 8 Key Focus Areas for Operators Today and How Metanoia, Inc’s Today and How Metanoia, Inc’s
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Purpose of This Presentation Present a quick introduction to Metanoia, Inc.
Review 8 key operator areas of interest (based on our analysis/interactions) as operators evolve their networks/services in an increasingly competitive world
Highlight the top 4-6 issues within each area that, based on our assessment, operators are concerned about in the medium term
Illustrate how Metanoia, Inc. has been helping operators in these domains for over a decade
Furnish executives, senior engineering mgt., and technology experts at service providers (carriers, operators, MSOs, ISPs, ILECs, IXCs) with a bird’s eye view of how Metanoia, Inc. can be of service to them
Set context for an interactive presentation/meeting to follow, where we can Present details of our service provider and/or vendor activities Discuss key points of problems solved/projects done Respond to queries in real-time
Elucidate our workflow process for operators & how we can contribute, present our credentials and expertise
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Outline (hyperlinked) What Value Do We Provide to Clients?
How We Work – To Help Clients and Our Credentials
8 Key Areas of Focus for Operators & Key Issues Within Each Operator Area
The Metanoia Inc. Advantage: Range of Experience With Operators
How We Help Service Providers
How We Can Contribute and Our Workflow Process for Operators
What Are the Benefits of Doing Business With Us?
Who We Are – Credentials & Expertise
Industry Accolades from Clients/Partners
Next Steps and Our Special Offers!
Appendix – Vendor-Focused Projects & Activities
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What Value Do We Provide to Clients?
At Metanoia, Inc. we provide value by:
Accelerating client revenues & improving productivity and profits, by solving deep technical & strategic problems in the telecom space
Delivering an outstanding client experience, by keeping client needs in our cross-hairs at all times!
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A Selection of Our Esteemed Clients
Metanoia, Inc. has served clients on 4 continents – North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia
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How We Work & Credentials -- To Help Clients Increase Savings/Revenue We work collaboratively to boost client initiatives via:
Specialized conceptual knowledge (expertise, best-practices) Added brain power (strategic & analytic thinking), and Increased horse-power (architecture & design)
that enables client teams (e.g. executives, architects, senior engineers, product mgt., ...) to accelerate, and accomplish critical tasks faster, better, more economically, and more enjoyably, thereby boosting profits & productivity
Credentials – World-class, global expert network (America, Europe, Asia) 150+ year collective technology design and dvp, & technology mgt. experience;
(MBAs) from distinguished universities, e.g. – Univ. of Rome, Stanford, Univ. of California, USC, U. British Columbia, Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)
Synthesis of insights from diverse areas – wireline to wireless, Layer 1 to Layer 4, IP to optical; strategic, market/customer, & technical issues
Worked/interacted with 50+ carriers & vendors worldwide over last 10+ years
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Areas of Focus for Operators
As operators worldwide transition their networks to IP-centric infrastructures, there is a need to rapidly evolve their networks/services to keep pace with a fast-moving, competitive world
We have identified 8 key focus areas that operators are concerned about, based on:
Interactions of our network of experts with the operator community
Distilling of relevant operator issues, culled from our decade of experience working with service providers globally
Analysis of recent industry studies, e.g. from the likes of Cisco, Heavy Reading, Forrester Research, ...
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8 Key Areas of Focus for Operators Today
Operator Areas of Focus
DPI and Security Mobile Backhaul
Transition to All-IP Next-Generation Networks
IPv6 Deployment + Migration
IP/MPLS QoS & Multicast in IP/MPLS Networks – access, metro & core, and wireless and wireless n/wks
OAM & Synchronization in Ethernet & IP/MPLS Networks
Convergence of Fixed and Mobile AssetsEvolved Packet Core (EPC) and Network
Migration
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FTTH – broadband access for fixed lines
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Key Issues in Each Operator Area of Focus (1)
Based on our ongoing involvement with, and assessment of, the service provider industry, next we highlight the top 4-6 issues within each area that carriers/providers are concerned about, or need addressed, in the medium term
These are the most significant issues that the Metanoia, Inc. team of experts is addressing or has been active in
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Key Issues in the Operator Areas of Focus (2)
Operator Areas of Focus:
Key Issues
Mobile Backhaul
Transition to All-IP NGNs
IP/MPLS QoS & Multicast in IP/MPLS Networks – access, metro & core, and wireless and wireless n/wks
Strategic GuidanceServices definition/mapping to systems/networks
Network evolution/design for convergence, robustness, manageability
Inputs We Can Provide
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Our Workflow Process: Developed for Operators
Metanoia, Inc.’s network of experts, has worked extensively with carriers & vendors worldwide for the last 10+ years
Based on our interactions, projects, and feedback from operator customers, and our understanding of providers’ anticipated needs, we have developed a process that is:
Optimized for operators’ programs and project setup
Valuable for making rapid progress by providing for periodic exchange of knowledge
Furnishes inputs incrementally, as they become available, giving the greatest value to operator teams
Flexible to accommodate the customer’s evolving needs
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Our Workflow Process for Operators – Illustrated
Metanoia, Inc.’s Workflow Process for Operators
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Understand Key Areas of Focus: for operator team we
are Interacting with
Research & Distill Expert Knowledge: geared to needs
of the team in question
Prioritize Areas: based on discussions with the operator
team
Compile/Analyze Carrier Best-Practices &
Benchmarks: based on operator knowledge, carrier interactions worldwide, and
industry practices
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Collate Knowledge Base: provide inputs to operator
- Any output below expectations (per objective success criteria) is FREE
- Made-up to client’s satisfaction for FREE!
See Industry Accolades!
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Who We Are: Credentials & Expertise (1) 150+ years of combined telecom industry experience – talented industry
veterans and thought leaders; global team – US, Europe, Asia
Collective experience in system & network engg., advanced marketing, product mgt. to operators and vendors over the last decade+ in Europe, Asia (Korea, Japan, China, Malaysia), South Asia (India, Pakistan), USA
Covering core IP networks, mobile + fixed broadband networks from a vendor and operator perspective
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Accolades from Industry – A Sample of What Customers/Partners Say ...
“…demonstrated an extraordinary capability to take on technically challenging tasks, and always delivered the results on time and schedule … work [on the project] led to the filing of a few technical patents for the company … highly recommend [your] consulting service to any institution …” Dr. Charles Chen, Sr. Director of Strategic Marketing & Engineering, Cortina Systems (on working with Metanoia, Inc. at a previous company)
“I think it says a lot when someone like an equipment vendor engages with a third party for product assessment, and then later has an interest in presenting you to our [carrier] customers as an independent reference and resource that they can engage with. And that clearly would not have occurred if we didn't have the highest regard for the integrity that you approached us with … In all of those cases, I recall stepping away with a high-level of confidence that you had navigated a fairly difficult engagement ...” Tim Flood, VP of Engineering & Operations, Red Condor (on working with Metanoia, Inc. at a previous company)
“… deep knowledge of networking devices and switching architectures … pleasant to work with and very responsive” Eyan Dagan, CEO, Dune Networks, Israel
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Accolades from Industry – A Sample of What Customers/Partners Say ...
“… one of the key differentiators for Metanoia, Inc. was that you absolutely became part of the team. It was just seamless ... you worked very well from an interpersonal perspective with the team, as well as from a technology perspective. Absolutely stood out, and frankly I haven’t seen it work that well in any other scenario. I think it was very crisply run as a project, and I think that's a differentiator as well, because you don't normally get that when you're talking about a key area of deep-dive technology that you're looking to bring into an existing product. You might find some strong technical people, but they don't have the savviness and the sensitivity to timeframes, and planning, and
looking at dependencies [that you did], and I think that was a key differentiator as well. That went very well in terms of providing us ... with a timeline as to how this was going to unfold, and then executing to that timeline” Kevin Pope, SVP Product Development, Calix Networks (on working with Metanoia, Inc. at a previous co.)
“ … very active in both academic societies like IEEE ComSoc and standard bodies like IETF …knowledge of telecommunications technologies are deep and comprehensive, and span the gamut: MPLS, GMPLS, traffic engineering, VPNs, wired and wireless networking, IP QoS,” Dr. Kohei Shiomoto, Group Leader & Supervisor, NTT Japan
“… brilliant educator ... good insights into the direction of the Telcommunications Industry at large … would highly recommend …” Dr. Rajesh Krishnaswamy, Senior Network Consultant, Reliance Infocomm, India
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Accolades from Industry – A Sample of What Customers/Partners Say ...
“I am impressed with the ability of your team to work with the members of our organization, who had their day jobs ... [yet] you were able to point questions, paint scenarios, sit down, grab a couple of hours here and there ... and extract the information, and piece it together ... so the process you used, in a very complex situation, I think was very efficient. You ran to a 100%, even if some of it was not on the clock, and I think that’s an incredible testament to the integrity that you bring ...
I’ve built a confidence, if I’m going to engage Metanoia, Inc. what needs to be done will be executed, and, in large parts, will be exceeded certainly. So, I would definitely recommend you ... because you have got system-level knowledge and network-level, network-wide knowledge ... and I think you would get them [carriers] to an end solution faster” Jose Enciso, Director, Systems Engineering & Product Planning, Tellabs
“ … done a great deal of innovative work on the design and operation of high-speed networks and switching systems … one of the very few [experts] in this field that know very well both the architectural and the opto-electronic technology issues, as well as the protocol issues that arise when devices are put together in a network …” Dr. Manos Varvarigos, Director, Network Technologies Center, Computer Technology Institute, Greece
“What you do is fairly unique … Your level of engagement, I can't say that I actually have [seen it elsewhere], where what you offer are services that are very technical and capable of doing very technical, in depth, investigative exercises, which are very difficult to get, in my prior experience, very difficult to get someone that really put in the effort to learn the ins and outs. Tim Flood, Vice President, Raydiance, Inc. (on working with Metanoia, Inc. at a previous co.)
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Next Steps and Our Special Offers!
We invite you to:
An interactive meeting/telecon, where we will explain some of the work done for operators worldwide, and help you see what problems we can solve for you to boost profits and productivity
Utilize the exclusive Strategy Session Certificate ahead to interact with the Metanoia, Inc. team, and brainstorm an issue or a relevant problem to experience the caliber, competence, and capability of the team!
Avail the Workshop Session Certificate to attend an exclusive workshop session with Metanoia, Inc. to gain insights into one of three contemporary topics with the acclaimed Metanoia, Inc. experts
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Operator Bonus Certificates!
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Operator Bonus Certificates - Workshops
Metanoia, Inc. workshops Elucidate salient features/caveats
Consolidate disparate ideas
Solidify critical concepts
Answer elusive/burning questions
For instance, in the workshops ahead we answer questions such as:
What are the emerging network design best practices for Carrier Ethernet networks, and which deployment model to chose?
Which key elements influence WiMAX network performance, and questions providers should ask their vendors
How to provide hierarchical QoS, and the performance of various scheduling schemes – WRR, WFQ, DRR, WDRR, CBQ
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Operator Bonus Certificates!
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Appendix: How We Help Chip Appendix: How We Help Chip and System Vendorsand System Vendors
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How We Help Chip & System Vendors ...
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Advanced Inputs on Technologies,
Standards, Industry Direction
Competitive Analysis/Evaluation
& Insights
Systems Engineering:
Architecture & Design
Component (chip, subsystem)
Evaluation/Analysis & Selection
Next-Generation Technology Appraisal
& Applicability
Algorithm/Protocol Design &
Development
RFI/RFP Response Formulation &
Support
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Areas of Expertise that we have Applied for Chip & System Vendors
Next-Generation Technology Appraisal and Applicability Furnish accurate analysis of evolving standards/technologies Facilitate strategic decisions on product roadmap
Systems Engineering -- Architecture & Design Validate software/hardware architectures vis-a-vis market and development
timeframes Define, specify features and create precise engineering requirements Execute detailed system and/or hardware/software architecture specification in
conjunction with the larger engineering teams at clients
Algorithm/protocol design & development Develop algorithms for specialized aspects of vendor systems
Formulate protocols to enable unique system features
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Areas of Expertise that we have Applied for Chip & System Vendors
Competitive Assessment/Evaluation and Insights Insightful feature comparisons based on formulated benchmarks Intelligent evaluation of products to discern key capabilities Incisive market analysis to assess product standing
Component Evaluation and Selection Assess and evaluate components from multiple vendors (e.g traffic managers,
network processors, switching cores) Feature-based comparisons, based on customer requirements
RFI/RFP Response Formulation and Support Guide formulation of precise technical responses to carrier RFI/RFPs, keeping
in view system features and industry standards
Insights on New Technologies, Standards, Industry Direction Distill hype from reality; articulate technology benefits/drawbacks
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Experience with Products and Services
During the course of their work, the Metanoia, Inc. experts have dealt with a variety of products from multiple vendors in several product classes ...
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Our work has given insights into the types of networks built with such gear, and key operational issues involved
Representative product classes include: multi-service systems (MSPP), Carrier Ethernet gear, Terabit routers, Broadband wireless gear, Cellular systems, Optical systems and gear, SONET/SDH equipment, metro Ethernet systems, backbone switch/routers ...