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Inventory

You can’t automate what you can’t see

Lay the foundation for OSS modernization with dynamic inventory

In today’s evolving environment, you are seeking to deliver new, dynamic services such as 5G network slicing, edge cloud, and next-gen broadband access  in an agile manner. However, the data needed to offer these services is typically siloed in legacy inventory and Operational Support Systems (OSSs) with proprietary interfaces, making the data complex to correlate and understand. As a result, your key operational processes such as network planning, service fulfillment, and assurance involve numerous slow, error-prone, manual tasks that delay new service offerings.

What is dynamic inventory?

Dynamic network inventory unifies hybrid resources and service data across multiple domains and systems to streamline your operations and reduce inventory management system complexity. Discover your potential operational savings using this approach.

Blue Planet’s approach to dynamic network inventory

Whether you need to replace a legacy inventory solution or are looking for a new system to support dynamic service delivery, Blue Planet Inventory (BPI) uses federation technology to unify inventory data from multiple existing Operational Support Systems (OSS), Network Management Systems (NMS), and other sources to create a single ‘source of truth’ for network and IT users that reflects the current state of the network.

Automate and accelerate 5G network planning

Whether you are evolving a 4G network or building a 5G standalone, the journey begins with the ability to make critical planning and placement decisions from cell site to core. 5G brings additional multi-vendor, multi-domain complexity, and legacy and siloed OSS systems across Radio Access Networks (RANs), transport, and core also slow your ability to intelligently plan and scale based on coverage, utilization, and capacity across multiple services and technologies.

Features and benefits of Blue Planet Inventory

No. 1

Productized with defined roadmap

BPI is a productized solution with a clear roadmap. You’re not tied to service heavy contracts that require extensive customization for every deployment.

No. 2

Open, standards-based approach

With BPI, you’re not locked into a single vendor or a closed proprietary platform. BPI is vendor-agnostic, supporting open APIs to ensure interoperability and enable best-of breed ecosystems.

No. 3

Cloud native architecture

0BPI has been designed for the cloud. It’s deployable as Software as a Service (SaaS) offering and on-premise. This enables you to rapidly roll out enhancements at scale. You don’t need to adapt to a monolithic codebase retrofitted for the cloud.

No. 4

Global delivery and partner options

BPI is backed by a worldwide delivery team with expertise in network, IT, cloud, and operations transformation. Our world-class Blue Planet partner ecosystem, Blue Orbit, gives service providers the choice to work with leading business and technology partners to tackle their transformational challenges.

Your path to inventory modernization

Large data transformation projects often fail because of time and cost. BPI allows you to run legacy and new inventory systems at the same time.  This approach minimizes business disruptions, protects existing investments, and allows you to decommission legacy systems at your own pace.

Start your OSS modernization journey today

Unified and dynamic inventory drives the automation of operational business processes and lays the foundation for your OSS modernization journey.

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