The Shifts are On! Alcatel-Lucent Explains Industry Changes and Its Repositioning - Next-Gen Service Provider

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Featured Articles » How Software-Defined Networks Enhance Scalability » Software Telco Panel Considers Real-Time Communications » ALU Tells the Story of How a Traditional TEM is Evolving, and Helping Carriers Evole » GENBAND: Software Telco Alleviates Traditional Telecom 'Nightmare' Scenario Sponsored By: ITEXPO — January 28-31, 2014 — Miami Beach Convention Center   Top Stories » IBM and Marist Using SDN to Keep Datacenters Running During Disasters » Gleave Presents Metaswitch's Vision for the Software Telco » UCI Forum and ONF to Forward SDN, UC Integration via Collaborative Relationship » More Operators to Deploy SBCs in Virtualized Environments Going Forward   From The Expert Corner November 25, 2013 By Peter Bernstein, Senior Editor I recently had the privilege of attending the annual Alcatel-Lucent Technology Symposium. Along with a fascinating tour of Bell Labs (News - Alert) which allowed press and analysts a rare peak into the future of things like quantum computing, work on a lens-less camera a host of other really cutting edge R&D on things optical and wireless, it was a chance to hear in detail the rationale behind the company’s much-publicized “The Shift” plan.  This is the reorganization roadmap put forth by new CEO Michel Combes aimed at turning Alcatel-Lucent (News - Alert) (ALU) from equipment generalist into specialists in key growth markets including Ultra-broadband, software defined networks (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV), and all things relating to next generation wireless. While the two-day event went into explicit details about the restructuring and repositioning, what caught my attention were the opening remarks of CEO Combes. In a rare opportunity to hear first-hand from the architect of the strategy, Combes clearly articulated his views on why the shifting nature of our industry speaks to the rationale behind his plans for shifting the emphasis and resources of the company. Turning Points: Mapping ALU’s Future The title of Combes talk was the one in the subheading above.  He led off with the provocative assertion that what he and his team were looking at went beyond the three years of The Shift. Their focus is on five years out with the goal of putting Alcatel-Lucent on a right path to ride the major trends and assuring that ALU correctly answers the question, “Which path for ALU?”...Read More Read more about Cable, Satellite, Information Technology   Featured Video CloudBand: End to End NFV Platform   TMCnet Free Premium Content » Service Providers Put Their Heads in the Cloud » NetWork Smarter with HP, VMware and AdvizeX » Five Steps to Worry-Free Endpoint Backup and Data Migration    Latest Blogs » webrtc2sip Enables Cross-browser WebRTC & SIP Interoperability   Featured Channels » Global Network Services » Cloud Communications » RCS VoLTE   Webinars Download One of Our Webinars Today to learn about new opportunities to enhance your business. http://www.tmcnet.com/webinar/   Become a TMCnet Columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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