This series of Webcasts is aimed to educate viewers on implementing open specifications for carrier-grade and mission-critical applications and systems.
An Introduction to the SA Forum Hardware Platform Interface
This 10 minute webcast educates viewers of the key elements and concepts of HPI. It will benefit those needing an open, standards-based, multi-platform or proven hardware management interface, or anyone using a system requiring this capability.
HPI is used by standard Service Availability Middleware for access to hardware management and monitoring capabilities, so that middleware packages can be made portable. HPI is also often used directly by application programs, either in addition to the SA Middleware use of HPI, or in systems that do not include a distinct middleware layer.
Learn how the Software Management Framework (SMF) addresses uninterrupted service availability when systems require some type of upgrade.
Topics of the webcast include SMF features and benefits and a real-world implementation.
As network capacity continues to grow and evolve, deploying bug fixes and security patches or enhancing and deploying new services while maintaining continuous service availability is critical.
If you have ever had a need for continuous availability during a system reconfiguration or upgrade this webcast is for you!
In this webcast, we explore how SA Forum based middleware can deliver service available systems and what considerations go into creating such a system.
There are three main objectives that we hope you will achieve from this webcast:
Understand where the SA Forum specifications can successfully impact a system design and how they can complement areas where other mechanisms might be used
Lay out the requirements that may impact and the overall system, describing some of the tradeoffs that might need to be considered
And finally, we want to use a practical example to illustrate these points
In order to stay competitive, telecom equipment manufacturers (TEMS) face four fundamental challenges: increased complexity, tight schedules, shrinking budgets and evolving standards. The SA Forum Business Case Webcast examines key steps the industry is taking to combat these challenges and win the battle for market share.
Introduction to Service Availability and the Service Availability Forum
The first Webcast provides a high level overview of Service Availability principles, a perspective of where the SA Forum fits in the marketplace and provides an introduction to the SA Forum itself, giving viewers a foundation for the rest of the series.
