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Game theory is about making choices. Options are presented and the player attempts to make those choices which result in an outcome the player wants. Usually the desired outcome is to win some resource or state. Game theory is interesting because the game is usually played with other players. These players desire either the same resource you want or a resource which prevents you from getting the resource you want.
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This month, Pipeline brings you the first of our new monthly columns dedicated to what's going on in the world of OSS. We've taken a look in the news that has come across the wire in the last month and have taken a stab at separating the wheat from the chaff and bringing you some of the news that impacts the service providers, vendors, and anyone else involved in OSS. Without further ado, let's go to the news.
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Coming up in March, Service Providers and vendors alike will have something to look forward to with the 2007 Next Gen OSS Integration Summit, to be held in Boston from March 5-7. The brochure promises case-studies, speakers, and engaging conversation. Pipeline wanted to know something more in-depth about the summit, so we spoke with Naomi Secor, conference manager for IQPC (International Quality & Productivity Center), an international organization that provides conferences for many types of disciplines.
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Carriers globally are embracing Next Generation Network (NGN) technologies as the key to delivering a wider range of exciting new content-rich communications services to their customers. NGN opens the door to new revenue streams, more attractive service bundles for consumers and reduced product costs through the use of common access and network technologies that potentially minimize costly network layers.
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Since its development by a group of engineers at Cisco, the ascent of Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) has been rapid. This has been true in spite the natural inertia of enterprises, which tend to hold on to existing technologies instead of embracing new ones.
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The selection of various services and content offered by service providers, as well as the bundles and billing plans in which they are packaged for users, will be expanding at an increasingly rapid pace over the near future. Strategic investments have brought advances in network management, infrastructure and user devices, and to a large extent, this new technology is enabling the expansion in available services. A rather impressive number of resources have been invested to this end, so it is important that providers will implement these changes properly if they are to see maximum return on this investment.
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In the days that followed the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S., Wal-Mart detected a significant spike in the number of American flags being sold in its stores across the country. Based on this data, the company quickly bought up the available stock of American flags from every supplier it could reach. The company’s competitors, the other discounters, noticed the spike some days later and attempted to buy more flags. By then, Wal-Mart had effectively cornered the market, and its competitors were unable to restock their shelves.
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Delivering the Total Package
This month, Pipeline takes a look at some elements of next generation OSS that will ultimately make it easier to deliver hotter technologies more smoothly, and some of the obstacles that stand in the way.
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