Ontology Updates OSS/CAD

Management World — Ontology Systems has launched OSS/CAD 2.5, a major functionality release of what the company calls the powerful semantic application for aligning data across OSS/BSS estates.

First launched 18 months ago, Ontology Systems’ OSS/CAD has been widely adopted by service providers across the globe to dynamically reinterpret existing OSS/BSS data sources (Operational, Business, and Infrastructure) to generate a virtual unified model of the key relationships that define globally important concepts like customers, services and network infrastructure. OSS/CAD renders these joined-up concepts in an immediately consumable, visual and electronically exploitable form empowering users to monitor and manage the data quality and alignment of core systems. When applied to key business and IT processes, such as Revenue Assurance, Service Management, Data Alignment and Migration, substantial improvements can be experienced, according to Ontology.

Version 2.5 brings a range of new features and functional advancements, including:

• OSS/CAD Modeller 1.0: uses a round-trip engineering approach to enable maximum agility in solution development leading to extraordinarily rapid solution implementation and deployment.
• New out-of-the-box OntoPacks: Standard OntoPacks from Ontology Systems provide out-of-the-box functionality extending the capabilities of the basic OSS/CAD Starter Pack. These OntoPacks to include functions such as Service Impact Analysis and Knowledge Analytics.
• New Importers: Including Cisco Router Configurations and direct import of complex Excel spreadsheets
• Free 21-day Trial: To meet the demand from CSPs, Ontology now offers a free 21-day trial to CSPs who want gain early benefits from the product without commitments.

Ari Banerjee, Yankee Group Vice President, commented: “Ontology Systems’ OSS/CAD offers CSPs a new approach to OSS/BSS harmony and transformation. The use of semantics and ontologies in OSS/CAD 2.5 provides a new dimension to tackling OSS/BSS complexity and enable CSPs to better manage customers, services and revenue.”