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Licences or leashes? Reviewing your software licensing could free up cash for innovation

August 18th, 2010 1 comment
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It’s one of those things that rarely gets aired in the press – the nitty gritty of software licensing. It’s not rocket science, it’s not particularly exciting, but failing to manage your software licensing proactively means you’re exposing yourself to unnecessary costs.
by Teresa Cottam

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Redknee on Cloud 9 as it snaps up Nimbus

August 17th, 2010 No comments
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Teresa Cottam looks at Redknee’s acquisition of Nimbus, and talks to Humera Malik about the likely benefits Redknee will derive.

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Bullish forecasts are based on the assumption there’s a secret BSSOSS money tree

July 29th, 2010 No comments
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“BSSOSS market to grow 200% in next 12 months.” Teresa Cottam looks at market forecasting.

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Big opportunity to carve out role as a telecoms software enabler

July 27th, 2010 2 comments
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Teresa Cottam explains the need for software intermediaries and the emerging role for software aggregation in the telecoms BSSOSS market.

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Customer experience gets competitive, as Ofcom moves to improve customer complaints procedure

July 23rd, 2010 No comments
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As Ofcom announces a new Code of Practice in the UK for handling customer complaints, Teresa Cottam considers the likely commercial and strategic impacts.

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Telecoms software – we’re still trying to invent a faster horse

July 10th, 2010 1 comment
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As telecoms software continues to evolve, Teresa Cottam asks whether incremental improvements and some new three letter acronyms are enough.

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Time to air the dirty laundry: we need to face up to data misalignments

July 8th, 2010 No comments
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We keep telling everyone that data is a core asset; but if it is then it’s still very much a “diamond in the rough”. Data misalignments and poor data quality continue to create significant operational, business and customer impacts for the industry. Extracting and exploiting the true value of our data is still some way off for most CSPs. by Teresa Cottam

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Is best-of-breed the marker of the zombie BOSS firm?

June 25th, 2010 No comments
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Is best-of-breed dead? Teresa Cottam investigates

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Night of the living dead: can you spot the BSSOSS zombies?

June 24th, 2010 No comments
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Teresa Cottam looks at the supply side of the telecoms software market, and at how past performance is not an accurate measure of future performance.

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Amdocs’s big idea: it’s BI Jim, but not as we know it

June 14th, 2010 2 comments
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As Amdocs tries to float the AIDA platform and concept, Teresa Cottam examines what it is, whether it’s resonating and whether it’s deliverable.

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