There are many things to consider when migrating a legacy IT estate to the cloud. The first though must be what are the motivations and expected benefits. Many organisations have many decades of developed software running on private infrastructure and migration to the cloud is something they think they should do. Migrating an estate to… Continue reading Cloud Migration of a Legacy IT Estate
A Reference Architecture for Cloud Operational Support Systems
How can CSPs migrate their OSS to the cloud?
12 Reasons Why Cloud OSS hasn’t happened so far
I am regularly asked why there are so few Cloud OSS, or OSS as a Service, options when AWS / GCP and Azure all have IoT plays. I have also wondered why no systems integrator has deployed ONAP on AWS (or other). The following are the main reasons why I think such an option has… Continue reading 12 Reasons Why Cloud OSS hasn’t happened so far
Bringing IT (OSS) all together
I try and fit components together logically so that they can make the most of what the technology offers. I work predominantly in the OSS world on new access technologies like 5G and implementations like the Internet of Things. I want to achieve not just the deployment of these capabilities but to also to let… Continue reading Bringing IT (OSS) all together
5G, Iaas and Mobile Edge Computing
Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is a key piece of the 5G architecture (or 5G type claims on a 4G RAN). MEC can already make a huge difference in video latency and quality for video streaming multiple feeds within a sporting environment. For example Intel, Nokia and China Mobile video streams of the Grand Prix at… Continue reading 5G, Iaas and Mobile Edge Computing
Mobile Operators Guide to European Payment Services Directive
European Payment Services Directive 2 The European Payment Services Directive (PSD2) will be transposed into member state law by 2018 and will have a transformative effect on nation state and cross border electronic payments. The Directive aims to increase the convenience of security of electronic payments. This is achieved by promoting payment innovation, for example… Continue reading Mobile Operators Guide to European Payment Services Directive
Identity for the Internet of People
The Internet of Things, as distinct from the internet of people, requires communication between devices which enable tracking, monitoring and metering etc... This intercommunication is dependent upon semantically structured and shared data for enabling functions such as identification, authentication, authorisation, bootstrapping and provisioning. Standardising both the semantically structured data and the enabling functions across M2M applications and… Continue reading Identity for the Internet of People
JSON Web Token (JWT) and JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE)
This blog is part of a series comparing the implementation of identity management patterns in SAML and OpenID Connect: Identity Broker Service in OpenID Connect: Supporting Multiple Identity Providers & Service Providers Identity Broker Service in SAML OpenID Connect AuthN & AuthZ Comparison of OpenID Connect with OAuth2.0 & SAML2.0 Cross Domain Identity Patterns: Chained Federation & Service Broker JSON Web… Continue reading JSON Web Token (JWT) and JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE)
Some Questions After Quad-Play
I work as an architect at a big telco that has recently become a quad-player. Part of my job is to think of what services come next. My previous interest has always been distributed computing, either networking or large data-sets. Also as part of my job I attend IT conferences on the internet of distributed… Continue reading Some Questions After Quad-Play
A Reference Architecture for the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things requires multiple Reference Architectures which can map capabilities to specific technology domains. This is a challenge because there is no single unifying industry definition for the Internet of Things. For the purpose of this presentation it is assumed that: “Things” have semantic representation in the Internet “Things” can be acted upon in a… Continue reading A Reference Architecture for the Internet of Things
API Crazy 