Integrated Telecommunications Management Solutions (ieee Press Series On Network Management)

"In INTEGRATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS two professional business technologists offer you practical insights into managing the business software life-cycle. This focus gives you the essentials for business process re-engineering from a software development perspective that transcends the search for the best technology of the day. You will find the principles and processes of developing integrated solutions to telecommunications management problems that will outlast individual hardware and software technologies. An in-depth report on successful software development solutions in a multiple technology environment will enable you to improve your own software development practice.

You will build better business solutions guided by these featured topics:
* Fundamental requirements for integrated solutions in the telecommunications industry
* A range of requirements and strategies for different types of technology integration from a software engineering perspective
* Commercial focused software development
* Business- and commercial-based open standards approaches


INTEGRATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS is a valuable resource for technical managers, software architects, and designers who need to maintain efficient telecommunications networks on a daily basis."

Sponsored by:
IEEE Communications Society.

About the Authors Graham Chen is the chief technologist of CiTR. Dr. Chen has extensive software development, R&D management and business/technology consulting experience in the field of telecommunications network and service management and distributed systems. He is a regular speaker and committee member in a number of leading international conferences in the network management area, including IEEE NOMS and APNOMS. He has published widely in leading international conference publications and journals.
Qinzheng Kong is a senior consultant and software architect of CiTR. Dr. Kong has worked on a range of commercial product development, solution projects, and consulting projects for CiTR's major clients. She has commercial software development experience in TMN solutions, OSI, and distributed systems. Dr. Kong has published widely in leading international conference publications and journals, including IEEE IM (Integrated Management), IEEE NOMS, and the Journal of Network and Systems Management. Her work in CORBA/TMN integration was well recognized as one of the earliest contributions in the industry.