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How does the additional cost of the Service Broker impact the business case for services?
A key advantage of a service broker is its cost saving aspect. Savings can be realized across not only the initial service deployment but each additional application. The ability to leverage a consistent network to application connectivity platform via the … Continue reading
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NG IN platforms have SIP and IN capabilities, how are service brokers being used in the market?
If the service provider is writing applications from scratch (starting over?) then an NG IN platform will indeed provide interfaces to both SIP and IN worlds; existing applications will likely not be able to interact with the new ones. In … Continue reading
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What type of hardware is best to support the service broker requirements?
Generally speaking Service Brokers are being delivered to take advantage of the IT / Telco convergence, meaning using IT-class server hardware. This has the obvious benefit of lowering acquisition, deployment, and maintenance costs. In those cases where media (bearer) path … Continue reading
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Do I need to change any of my applications in order to enable a Service Broker to work on my network?
The ability to reutilize existing applications without requiring coding changes is one of the innovative capabilities and a prime driver behind the interest in service brokers. Services brokers must ensure that those applications (some of which may be prohibitively expensive … Continue reading
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Is the operator empowered to manage service interaction logic on a Service Broker?
Yes! Indeed, in order for the Service Broker to truly deliver upon the promises of extending and creating new services, it must support the ability to host service logic. Depending upon implementation, this service logic is exposed and is fully … Continue reading
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