Orchestration of NG charging & billing

services on SOA without compromising

flexibility

Pawel Lamik, Product Manager

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Business agility comes at a price…

“Fools ignore
complexity.
Pragmatists suffer
it.
Some can avoid it.
Geniuses Alanremove
Perlis
(co-creator of ALGOL ,
it. “ Turing Award recipient)
first

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Agenda

• What should you expect from SOA?

• How B2B interactions add value to "NG" services - M2M

example

• How to sustain flexibility in complex SOA integration scenarios?

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SOA is widely accepted by global IT

Source: SOA Adoption and Benefit Trends in Tough Times, 19.11.2009, Gartner

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Primary reason and benefit for the use of SOA

Source: SOA Adoption and Benefit Trends in Tough Times, 19.11.2009, Gartner

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How well did SOA projects achieve goals?

Source: SOA Adoption and Benefit Trends in Tough Times, 19.11.2009, Gartner

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Agenda

• What should you expect from SOA?

• How B2B interactions add value to "NG" services - M2M

example

• How to sustain flexibility in complex SOA integration scenarios?

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M2M - a new hope?

Human-initiated traffic: M2M-initiated traffic

• Extensive amount of traffic • Minimal level of traffic
• High ARPU • Low ARPU
• High-speed data required • GPRS is sufficient (usually)
• Number of accounts – saturated • Vast number of accounts
• High churn • Minimal churn

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M2M – new and growing revenue stream

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Is M2M just a basic connectivity service?

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M2M platform adds value and “NG” aspect

$$$

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What truly makes M2M an “NG” service?

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SOA automates advanced B2B interactions

M2M Cloud

application
SaaS

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Agenda

• What should you expect from SOA?

• How B2B interactions add value to "NG" services - M2M

example

• How to sustain flexibility in complex SOA integration

scenarios?

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How to sustain flexibility – practical tips

Adjust service granularity

to level of integration.

Fine grained services make more sense on

lower levels.

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Don’t re-integrate
pre-integrated systems

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„Duo”

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Not much reuse

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Keep them
open for
reconfigurat
ion

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Conclusion

• SOA is a proven tool for setting up Next

Generation services faster

• B2B interactions increase value of these services

but also stress SOA flexibility

• Apply SOA elements where they brings most

value, distribute complexity, keep key areas open

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Thank you
Pawel.Lamik@comarch.com
+48 691 464 106

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