Welcome to the communications section of the ISV Newsletter.

In April, Oracle outlined its product roadmap for a comprehensive, standards-based Service Delivery Platform (SDP) for the telecommunications industry. The new Oracle SDP is being designed to enable communication service providers, network operators and system integrators to evolve current silo-based network investments into a service-oriented architecture (SOA) . The SDP also aims to shrink the time and cost to deploy new voice, data and integrated multimedia services on existing and next-generation communication Internet Protocol (IP) networks. Enterprises are expected to be able to extend their communication infrastructures with the Oracle SDP, providing a strong foundation for new Voice-over-IP (VoIP), mobile, and real-time applications.

"IT-standards-based service delivery platforms offer compelling value to operators as the basis for developing interactive, media-rich, next generation data services," said Philip Marshall, director of wireless/mobile technologies, Yankee Group. "Service delivery platforms that enable immediate ROI through out-of-the-box services and integration with OSS/BSS systems through standard interfaces are likely to be particularly compelling. Vendors who are able to provide a broad portfolio of products that are stable, mature and carrier-grade will have a definite edge over the competition."

In this issue of ISV News, you can learn more about the Oracle Service Delivery Platform.

We're also profiling Axiom Systems, makers of AXIOSS. AXIOSS is a third-generation OSS that dramatically speeds up the service design, creation and delivery cycle. It allows front- and back-office operations to collaborate fully on the development and rollout of new services, and allows those services to be easily monitored, analysed and modified.

For more information regarding SDP or to discuss how communications ISVs can work with Oracle please contact me at james.jewiss@oracle.com.

James Jewiss
EMEA ISV Alliances Director