Telecompaper

Nokia Siemens Networks and EMC have joined forces in a technology and reseller alliance that will bring advanced IP management to service providers worldwide. Core to the deal, the companies are working together on a joint system to improve the management of IP networks. The co-developed system will offer and end-to-end visibility and fault management for both MPLS VPN and IP routing protocol configurations in multi-technology and multi-vendor environments. The system is based on the mobile network management of Nokia Siemens Networks' NetAct, which will be enhanced with IP domain visibility provided by the EMC Smarts automated IT management system. Nokia Siemens Networks will continue to resell, and provide system integration capabilities for EMC's line of automated IT management systems, including the EMC Smarts, EMC Application Discovery Manager, EMC VoyenceControl and EMC Infra. The joint system is being demonstrated at the TM Forum Management World.