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The Need for IMS Solution Management

Overview Instituting and maintaining an IMS Solution Management function requires a significant commitment of time, resources, and facilities. However, these investments are necessary to mitigate the risk of lost revenue due to downtime or lack of availability of any given element within the IMS architecture. The multivendor/multi-technology nature of IMS provides carriers with significant benefits and exciting new capabilities, but the risks should not be underestimated.

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Publisher	Alcatel-Lucent	File Format	PDF
Date Published	April 2006	Downloads	22
Format	White Papers
Topics	Network Administration

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