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The requirements of e-business, the proliferation of mobile workers, and the ever-increasing need for bandwidth have led to an explosive increase in demand for communications services. To meet this growing demand, service providers need a new approach to providing operations support system (OSS) solutions. Current OSS technology cannot cope with the rapidly increasing scale of networks, the diversity of communications technology, shortened time to market for new services, and heightened expectations for availability and reliability.
In short, service providers need carrier-grade OSS solutions in Internet time.
OSS through Java Meets the Challenge
The members of the OSS through Java Initiative are convinced that the fastest and most flexible way to develop OSS solutions is to embrace a multitier architecture, based on reusable components and container technology, with client access either by tightly or loosely coupled mechanisms. Furthermore, they believe that Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) technology is the simplest and most reliable means of embracing such an architecture.
To promote the adoption of a component-based approach to developing OSS solutions, the members of the Initiative aim to kick-start a component marketplace that can ultimately offer interchangeable, interoperable components that can be rapidly assembled into OSS solutions. Moreover, they are convinced that such an approach has benefits for all stakeholders along the value chain: equipment vendors, independent software vendors (ISVs), system integrators, and service providers.
Goals of the OSS through Java Initiative
The goals of this initiative are:
- Develop, through the Java Community Process (JCP) program, component API specifications, Reference Implementations, and Technology Compatibility Kits, for OSS integration and deployment.
- Develop, through collaborative engineering within the Initiative, multi-vendor demonstrations based on the APIs.
- Promote the J2EE platform as a technology for OSS development.
- Encourage a marketplace for component-based OSS solutions.
Standards and Industry Forums
The members of the Initiative have decided against becoming a de-facto standards group. Instead, they will leverage the work, particularly in the area of information modeling, of existing standards bodies and forums such as:
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