SunVISION Network Information Management

Microsoft Gold Partner

Customer Case

Orange LogoOrange Poland (PTK Centertel) is a leading operators of 2,5G and 3G networks serving nearly 15 million customers. Orange PL has successfully deployed SunVizion Network Inventory and Rollout Management solution. The solution substantially increases the efficiency of network development, investment-related construction and modernization and maintenance of the GSM and UMTS networks.

Business Support Tools and Components

SunVizion is a process-centric OSS/BSS solution. It offers several tools and software components designed to help you to improve business processes such as customer care, order fulfillment, fault management, and others by feeding these processes with the key information about your network.

SunVizion includes a configurable and adaptable Business Process Integration Layer that enables two-way exchange of information between SunVizion applications and external systems and processes using standard system integration technologies such as SOA, Web Services or TIBCO.

SunVizion offers a workflow management, data modeling and data import/export solutions that allow you to quickly integrate with any system and process. It also provides advanced business intelligence and analytical tools that leverage you network information to support network investment and planning processes.

Business Process Integration


Workflow Management

SunVizion Workflow Management tool allows you to easily define, manage and execute workflows supporting your business processes. It offers adaptable web interfaces for your workforce performing various filed, system and customer care tasks. It also provides configurable APIs enabling quick integration with external systems and processes through TIBCO, Web Services and proprietary interfaces.

SunVizion Workflow Management offers:

  • Efficient business process modeling
  • Standards-based interfaces to external systems
  • High capacity - hundreds simultaneous users
  • User friendly web interfaces for your workforce
  • Custom design user information presentation

Workflow


Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools

SunVizion offers advanced Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools that help you to leverage your network information. The system is equipped with a number of mechanisms enabling efficient preparation of statements and cross-sectional reports. The reports are produced based on previously defined templates, which specify data collection, processing, and formatting. The reports are available through a dedicated Web Report Viewer as well as directly through the SunVizion applications.  The SunVizion reporting tools are based on best-in-class QlikView Business Intelligence solution.

The SunVizion Reporting solution includes

  • Report Designer for defining report templates
  • Customization of report templates for particular users
  • Report viewer for displaying report results
  • Presentation of restarts through web or SunVIzion applications
  • Configurable mechanisms for periodical report generation

Reporting


Data Modeling and Migration Tools

SunVizion allows for expanding information model with definitions of new technologies, new types of devices and their parameters. Device templates allow for simplifying and accelerating the process of introducing information about the devices purchased or installed in the network.

SunVizion can automatically feed the Network Information Management system repository with information collected from external data sources. They may include: databases, files of different formats (e.g. text files, xls, XML, and binary files) as well as vector maps prepared in CAD environments (e.g. AutoCAD, Microstation, MapInfo) and external GIS systems. The latter is a particularly important functionality in the process of data migration from other systems or from graphical data owned by the operator.

  • Data modeling based on TM Forum SID and ITU standards
  • Data interface editor for defining external data formats
  • Migration of data from databases, files and GIS systems
  • Powerful modeling of new devices, components and attributes
  • Specifying new device templates and template structures
  • Defining attribute value dictionaries and naming conventions
  • Device Symbol Editor for defining symbols on maps and schemas

Database


Fault and Outage Management

The SunVzion provides full integration with Failure/Outage Management systems such as IBM Netcool. It registers failure and outage information, including: date of failure/outage, broken element, type of failure, etc. The failure history is available for future reliability analyses.

Based on information SunVizion is able to analyze the impact of a network failure or a planned outage and prepare instructions for maintenance teams that should handle it. The system is also able to automatically prepare reports with a list of buildings and subscribers as well as their services affected by given failure/outage. It can also automatically trigger necessary customer care and field operation procedures.

The system provides:

  • Online integration with an Fault Management Systems
  • Automatic failure and outage event registration
  • Tracking of network element failure history
  • Failure and outage impact analysis (e.g. affected subscribers)
  • Failure and outage impact visualization on web or digital maps
  • Automatic activation of customer care and reparation procedures

Failure