Customer : Net Insight Industry : Multi-Service Application Name: Network Management
Software
Business Challenge
Net Insight is a leading multi-service networking equipment vendor
developing next generation SDH/Sonet networking equipment that combines
100% QoS with highest network utilization and multicast. Net Insight's
offerings reduce providers' CAPEX and OPEX, which protect and enhance
their existing infrastructure investment, while providing the ability
to launch new revenuegenerating services. But for cutting cost on
OPEX, Net Insight had to offer a management software that provides
visual representation of the entire network, status of the devices
in the network, 24x7 health and availability monitoring of the devices
etc., enabling quicker fault detection and troubleshooting to minimize
network downtime. Net Insight was clearly aware of the productivity
benefits offered by such management tools.
One option for Net Insight was to suggest their customers to buying
3rd party network infrastructure management tools available in the
market. Though Net Insight's devices could be managed using such
tools, they add significant overall cost burden to the customers.
Moreover, providers have to configure the devices as part of the
ongoing service provisioning activities and submit reports to key
customers for compliance to service level agreements. It is a time
consuming as well as high cost involved attempt to make these 3rd
party tools configure Net Insight's devices and generate specific
reports that are unique to Net Insight devices. And not having a
software that bears the same badge as of the networking equipment
could potentially reduce the perceived quality of the Net Insight's
solution as a whole.
The challenge for the node and network management team at Net Insight,
headed by Jan Burgos (Technology Manager, Net Insight) was to look
for a cost-effective way to develop a network management software
inhouse bearing the Net Insight badge, with all the desired features
included.
Having decided that they want to build a software on their own,
bearing their badge, the team at Net Insight had to decide on two
different paths. Either they set up a huge development team and
build the software from scratch or they buy a generic network management
platform, such as WebNMS Framework, and build their device specific
capabilities over the framework.
Both the options had their own advantages and disadvantages. Building
the software inhouse would give Net Insight better control over
the software, but would affect really badly on all other aspects
such as cost, time-to-market, and quality. Moreover a portion of
Net Insight's energy would be spent on getting this software ready
and in maintaining it throughout its life cycle. Building the software
on top of a framework would help Net Insight reach the market quickly,
invest less resources, and also remain focused on the core business
functions.
Solution
Net Insight chose WebNMS Framework as the platform for building
their management software.
“We needed an open-standards-based platform that would enable us to quickly develop a network management application. The rich set of functions and high degree of customization possibilities, in combination with a thought through and consistent system design in Web NMS, enabled our development team to focus on our unique requirements, and to use the provided platform as the framework..” --Jan Burgos, Technology Manager, Node & Network Management, Net Insight.
Using WebNMS Framework, the team at Net Insight built the Net
Insight Nimbra Vision Network Management Software in a short span.
The development tools of WebNMS helped the Net Insight
team customize the framework with ease. Moreover, the technical
support offered by WebNMS Framework enabled a hassle-free development experience
for the Net Insight team.
Nimbra Vision had all the features that Net Insight originally had thought
of. It managed the entire suite of Nimbra products providing automatic
discovery, 24x7 availability and health monitoring, configuration,
and detailed report generation capabilities.
Solution Highlights
High productivity: Net Insight developed the Nimbra Vision
software well ahead of their originally thoughtout time frame. The
development tools offered by WebNMS made it easier for them to
get the job done with less coding efforts.
Single solution for entire Nimbra line of products: Nimbra
Vision is a single solution for managing the entire Nimbra
product line. The solution is capable of automatically
discovering all the Nimbra products and can monitor
them for health and availability.
Key Features of Nimbra Vision
The end solution, whose major features are listed in the
table below, provided a graphical and interactive approach
to the management of both the Datacom (DTM) network
and management (IP) network:
Network Map with auto-discovery showing
physical DTM network topology, with physical
link status, capacity and link direction.
IP map showing management network topology.
Alarm and event management, with alarms
according to X.733
Performance monitoring, both collected data and
received performance reports with data
according to G.826.
DTM link and DTM interface status and
configuration.
Connection status and summary
Security management, with restrictions on
functions for different user roles, and audit
logging.
Full SNMP trap recovery
Full network element status and data
synchronization
Event-driven system minimizes
About Net Insight
Net Insight develops video, voice and data networking equipment
that delivers guaranteed 100% QoS with maximum network utilization
and multicast to provide a network that can efficiently and economically
deliver advanced video services such as HDTV, Video on Demand and
Digital Television combined with Internet and voice traffic. Our
Nimbra platform enables our customers to launch new revenue generating
TV and video related services for Broadcast TV, CATV, Telco Triple
Play and DVB-T with significantly reduced CAPEX and OPEX. Net Insight
is quoted on the Stockholm Stock Exchanges O list and has offices
in Sweden and the USA. For more information, visit www.netinsight.net.
About Zoho Corporation
Zoho Corporation provides affordable software for management and provisioning
of complex networks, systems, and IT applications. With a broad
product portfolio and an active customer base ranging from enterprises,
equipment vendors, and service providers, Zoho Corporation has emerged
as a very affordable and high-quality alternative to expensive software
that is common in this industry. Zoho Corporation has offices in CA, Austin, New Jersey, Chennai, Singapore, Tokyo and Beijing. It has a well-trained partner base around the globe and thousands of customers world-wide. For more information, call 888-720-9500 or visit our Web site at: www.webnms.com.
