NSO Customer Success Story and Opening Keynote
Automation Developer Days, Morning Sessions, May 9, 2023
Abstract
This is a story on how Verso Altima partnered with T-HR Croatia to orchestrate complex VPN service in an expansive MPLS network containing Cisco, Huawei, and Juniper equipment. The session will give you an overview of the entire process, from convincing engineering teams that this is the way to go, to managing expectations, developing models, and reconciling existing configurations, transforming them into simple universal services. We'll show you the true power of orchestration, demonstrated on tricky 'magical' services, such as a single-command transition from VPLS to EVPN. Above all, you will learn how to achieve the transformation to orchestration using reasonable, manageable, and cost-effective steps.
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About the Speakers
Goran Košarić, T-HR Croatia
Goran is the IP Transport Group PM leader and an experienced Intellectual Property Specialist with a demonstrated history of +20 Years of working in the telecommunications industry in IP/Transport area. He is skilled in TCP/IP, VoIP, Fixed and Mobile Telecommunications Systems (IP/MPLS, Optical and MW transport, Synchronization, 5G, new Telecom products Development), Broadband 3Play services, Fixed/Mobile Customer Devices. Work experience in people Management, Projects Lead in large cross-functional Teams environments, big Fixed and Mobile Telecommunications infrastructure implementations, new Products and study Case Modelling, Technical and Finance Operational, and Strategy plans development, new HW and SW Platforms Tools introduced into big Operator Networks. Strong legal professional with a Master of Science (M.Sc.EE) focused in Telecommunications from FER Zagreb
Drazen Kedmenec, Verso Altima d.o.o
Drazen is a Senior Technology Advisor with more than 20 years of experience working with service providers, helping them plan, implement, operate, troubleshot, audit, and upgrade complex networks and services. He is especially interested in the end-to-end view of the service provider networks, including work on IPTV, soft switches, turnkey solutions, and IoT. Lately, he’s interested in orchestration and automation, helping service providers move from the traditional CLI approach to incredibly powerful, but challenging end-to-end orchestration. This is a fun way to leverage the accumulated expertise for the benefit of service provider customers.