IEC Newsletter
February 2008, Volume 2
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In This Issue:
The Software Side of Things

Executive Perspectives
One-on-one interviews with industry leaders
Mark Renshaw Mark Renshaw
Senior Vice President, Digital Practice Lead
Leo Burnett Worldwide
Q.
You have worked in integrated marketing for the last 13 years with a major focus on using technology to engage consumers and drive business transactions. Share with us an example of successful tactics you've recently employed.
A.
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Bridget Cosgrave Bridget Cosgrave
Executive Vice President, Enterprise Business Unit
Formerly at Belgacom
Q.
What are your views on the lack of women in the ICT industry?
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Technology Briefing
White papers covering news, studies, and trends

Software as a service (SaaS) has the capabilities of turning software into a service that can be used as desired without the burden of maintenance. Just like tap water and electricity, you can use SaaS as much as you need by just pointing your browser to a SaaS site.

This article describes the business advantages to be gained by using this innovative advance in IT operations.

Media Spotlight
Mysteries of Reproducible Chip Design
Author: Dr. Gary Ray, Associate Technical Fellow, Phantom Works Corporate Research Division, Boeing
Content Provided by: Chip Design

Could you read a conference or journal paper describing a new chip design and--from that paper alone--be able to recreate that author's chip in hardware and verify all of the written performance claims? Does that sound possible or simply ridiculous? This article provides evidence to support such an approach.
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Web ProForum
Tutorials featuring the latest technical and business issues
The immediate need of most service providers is to optimize the flows of information between their network and business-facing systems. An application services framework can meet this need by enabling fast-launch, cost-recoverable, novel application services residing in the public network. Definition and Overview
  1. The New Rules of Telecommunications
  2. Why We Need an Application Services Framework
  3. Mediation: A Next-Generation Methodology
  4. Application Services Framework: Mediation for Flow-Through Processes
  5. Transitioning to an Application Services Framework
  6. Conclusion
  7. Self-Test
  8. Glossary
Analyst Corner
Perspectives from leading information industry experts
Analyst Corner PDF Service Orchestration, Service Brokers, and Policy Management Provide Promise for a Converged Services Architecture in the Telco Space
The main goal of this paper is to make the case that, despite frequent and threatening signals that the telecommunications industry is on a collision course with the information technology (IT) industry, the potential for cooperation between those industries, with benefits for every segment of the market, is at least as great as the dangers seen on the horizon.

Content by:
Michael Brenner, Chief Architect, Converged Services and Applications Standards, Alcatel-Lucent


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