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FutureNet World 2019:Hype, hype and more hype. Is there more to automation

and intelligence than just cost savings?

Peter Briscoe

Vice President of Software, Americas & EMEA

Blue Planet

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About Me

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Automation Drivers for Service Providers

Automation is a critical part of service providers’

Digital Transformation

Accelerate time

to market

Lower operating

costsImprove the

customer experience

Increase network

monetization

100% of service providers indicated that customer experience

enhancement is a strong driver for their

digital transformation*

Over the next 2-5 years, NFV

will transform OSS to create a digital

operating platform.*

79% of service providers cited

faster service delivery and increased

revenue as their top goals for network

automation.**

*Source: BSS and OSS are moving to the cloud: Analysys Mason’s perspective, July 2017

**Source: Futuriom CSP Networking Automation survey, Jan. 2019*** Source: IHS Markit Service Provider Survey on Digital Transformation, Jan. 2019

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What We’ve Learned from Our Customers

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The Automation Challenge – Moving the ROI Breakeven Point

Variance

Volume Value

ROI break even

Intent-based automation allows customers to address a larger number of use cases

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How Automation Will Change in the Next Few Years*

*Source: James Crawshaw Heavy Reading, Feb. 2019

Artificial Intelligence will significantly change how we automate

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Taking a Business Process Approach to Automation

Planning

IP/MPLS

Ethernet

Manual

Processes

VNFM

Inventory

Inventory

Planning

Fulfillment

Assurance

Other OSS

Optical

NFVO

100s-1,000s

of Manual

Processes

NFVi

SDNEMSEMS

NMSNMS

Intelligent

Automation

Plan to Build

Order to Service

Trouble to Resolve

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Automation Success Stories

Multi-Domain Service Orchestration

Order Management

Inventory

Service Management

Resource Management

Serv

ice F

ulfillm

ent

Opera

tions S

upport

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Blueprint of the New Architecture

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Applying Automation to Hybrid Operations

Planningand

ServiceDelivery

DevOpsGroup

Data,Insights&Procedures

Topology

Feedback

Insights

Planning

Operations

ServiceDelivery

ITGroup

Data&Procedures Data&Procedures

Data&Procedures Data&Procedures

platforms

tools

We need to understand how we remove the craft from the configuration of the automation platform

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Key Takeaways – Blue Planet Accelerates Digital Transformation

Deployed with 150+ clients globally, including

15+ Tier-1 service providers

Optimized for intelligent automation of critical business

processes across IT Operations and the Network

Recognized for Innovation

and Industry Leadership400+ Specialists

Headquartered in

Hanover, Maryland

Industry’s 1st

SDN suite for service providers

Orchestration for NFV, WAN & Cloud

Integrated orchestration & AI for closed-

loop network automation