Eric Troup's Blog
Using Microsoft platforms and tools with Enterprise SOA best practices to design and build Telecom BSS/OSS and Service Delivery solutions.
The Cloud IS the Commodity with NFV
Have always thought the industry published a decent NFV white paper in October of 2012 and then...
Date: 04/20/2017
Microsoft Azure IOT Services and TM Forum Open Digital Framework
IOT can have lots of different meanings. One way to look at nearly any IOT scenario is as a digital...
Date: 04/07/2015
Transforming to a Digital Service Provider
“Digital Transformation” is a term often applied to the telecommunications industry...
Date: 03/31/2014
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Virtual Switch
Software Defined Networking is becoming harder to define. SDN used to be primarily...
Date: 01/29/2013
M2M - Ford And Microsoft Deliver 5 Millionth SYNC-Enabled Vehicle
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Date: 11/05/2012
Forester Says “running out of excuses to not try Microsoft Windows Azure”
According to a recent post by James Staten Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester...
Date: 11/05/2012
Final Release of Hyper-V Drivers for OpenNebula
OpenNebula has just announced the release of the final version of the Hyper-V drivers for OpenNebula...
Date: 03/15/2012
Redknee TCB Benchmarked at 250 Million Subscribers on SQL Server 2012
The Redknee Turnkey Converged Billing (TCB) solution, built on SQL Server 2012, has been benchmarked...
Date: 03/12/2012
Open Source Developments on Microsoft Windows Azure
Today Microsoft announced a series of updates to Windows Azure including a wide range of Open Source...
Date: 01/03/2012
Business Analytics Solution Powered by Microsoft Business Analytics Accelerator for Telecom (BAAT) Solution Achieves TM Forum Frameworx Conformance Certification
Microsoft Business Analytics Solution powered by the Business Analytics Accelerator for Telecom...
Date: 10/31/2011
Windows 8 Build Conference Highlights
The Microsoft Windows Build Conference highlights are available online. At the Build Windows 8...
Date: 09/16/2011
PaaS Means Really Following Enterprise SOA Best Practices
Since the early 1990s, the telecommunications industry and its associated ecosystem of software...
Date: 03/29/2011
Service Delivery Broker on Windows Azure
Microsoft, Portugal Telecom SAPO, and Telcordia will collaborate to take the TM Forum Service...
Date: 03/18/2011
Windows Azure Starter Kit for Java now available as CTP
TheCommunity Technology Preview (CTP) of the Windows Azure Starter Kit for Java, was announced last...
Date: 03/01/2011
Service Delivery Broker Catalyst Demonstrates the 4th Cloud Layer
Microsoft and Portugal Telecom SAPO collaborated on and demonstrated the TM Forum Service Delivery...
Date: 11/28/2010
Integration of Hyper-V into the OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure
Microsoft has announced that it has partnered with Cloud.com and will support OpenStack with the...
Date: 10/24/2010
The “Software Enabled Service Management” Solution
The concept of a Service Delivery Platform is relatively simple provided the services are all...
Date: 10/16/2010
Microsoft Windows Azure Platform Selected as FINALIST for TM Forum Business Innovation Excellence Award.
The TM Forum has selected Microsoft Azure Platform™ as a finalist in the upcoming TM Forum...
Date: 04/15/2010
Quest Software to Release Toad Extensions for Visual Studio 2010
Quest Software and the Microsoft Visual Studio product team are proud to announce that Quest...
Date: 04/08/2010
OnLine Services Syndication a FINALIST for TM Forum Solution Excellence 2010 Award
The TM Forum has selected the “Cloud Services Syndication, BSS/OSS for Service Syndication” entry as...
Date: 04/06/2010
TMF WAVES Catalyst using Silverlight Analytics Framework
For phase 2 of the TM Forum Dynamic Content Delivery WAVES Catalyst the team will be utilizing the...
Date: 03/10/2010
Effective Solution Design Patterns for the Windows Azure Platform
One of the challenges in adopting a new platform is finding usable design patterns that work for...
Date: 03/02/2010
Upcoming WebsiteSpark Training Event
NaviSite & Microsoft Present: Win with WebsiteSpark – Training Event Get leads, free marketing,...
Date: 02/14/2010
Convergys & Microsoft Form Strategic Relationship
In Press Release published today, Convergys announced: Smart Communications Suite powered by...
Date: 02/12/2010
Building OSS with Microsoft System Center
The TM Forum’s Management World Americas event is next week, 7-10 December 2009, in Orlando,...
Date: 12/03/2009
Eclipse Gets Enhanced Interoperability with Microsoft Platforms
In collaboration with the Eclipse Foundation and the broader open source community, Microsoft has...
Date: 10/28/2009
Microsoft Professional Developer Conference
Microsoft PDC 2009 is coming up soon. November 17 – 19, 2009 Workshops November 16 Los Angeles...
Date: 10/12/2009
Microsoft SolutionFrameworks.NET at the TM Forum
The TMF has been working on a new initiative called the Solution Frameworks Blueprint. The effort...
Date: 06/29/2009
Service Delivery Platforms vs Service Delivery Frameworks
What is a Service Delivery Platform (SDP)? What is a Service Delivery Framework (SDF)? ...
Date: 06/29/2009
Momentum Shift – Microsoft Increasingly Credible for BSS/OSS
If you look at just the numbers, Microsoft is used by only a very small percentage of BSS and OSS...
Date: 05/14/2009
Announcing the PHP SDK for Windows Azure
Microsoft continues to enhance the interoperability of the Azure Service...
Date: 05/14/2009
The New York Times API Silverlight Toolkit Announced
The New York Times has posted a blog entry about the availability of the New York Times API...
Date: 05/13/2009
Microsoft a Service Provider FINALIST - TM Forum Best Practices Excellence Awards
Microsoft Online Services was selected as a Finalist by the TM Forum for this year’s Best Practices...
Date: 05/10/2009
Announcing the "WPF for LOB" Training Tour…
Jaime Rodriquez has announced on his Blog a new series of Windows Presentation foundations trainings...
Date: 04/06/2009
Nomination for TM Forum 2009 Service Provider Excellence Awards
A nomination for TM Forum 2009 Excellence Awards has been accepted under the Service provider...
Date: 03/26/2009
TM Forum NGOSS Standards Fast Track BSS/OSS For Microsoft Online Services
The TM Forum recently posted a Microsoft case study on how a BSS/OSS stack was rapidly designed and...
Date: 03/26/2009
MSDN, Visual Studio, TFS Web Casts
Here is information on an upcoming Web Cast Series covering MSDN licenses, Visual Studio and Team...
Date: 02/25/2009
Using my new HTC Fuze
It's a new year and it was time to think about replacing my HTC Tilt with something new. I had...
Date: 01/20/2009
Just Back from TM Forum's Management World Americas
Just came back from the TM Forum’s Management World Americas event in Orlando, Florida held 16-20...
Date: 11/25/2008
Microsoft Joins OMB
Microsoft has just announced joining the Object Management Group. As Cameron says, Steve Cook will...
Date: 09/15/2008
Moving Service Syndication Towards Commercial Reality
The GSM Association (GSMA) held its Mobile Innovation Marketplace — Americas event in Atlanta, GA...
Date: 06/09/2008
Office Open XML file formats receives necessary votes for approval as an International Standard
An important enabler of the Microsoft Software + Services (S+S) strategy are Office Business...
Date: 04/02/2008
MSDN Architecture Center adds new Software + Services Section
Software + Services (S+S) is a major initiative at Microsoft. S+S, as opposed to the more limited...
Date: 03/06/2008
Commerical Content Delivery is not a "Gimme"
Recently I seem to have been involved in multiple ongoing discussions that revolve around the impact...
Date: 01/03/2008