xchange/Mu Dynamics eBook — Uptime Guarantees Begin with Upfront Quality Assurance

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The quality of experience by users of network services begins long before those services are introduced. Months and sometimes years prior, the next-generation network gear that supports new services goes through many levels of quality testing in various manufacturers’ labs. However, only when put to the test in real-world, multivendor environments can the high expectations of uptime and interoperability be met.

Testing services for providers with subscriber bases in the tens of millions requires automated, repeatable testing methodologies. This eBook illustrates the application of these methods to the complex services of 21^st century communications, including the newest, perhaps most complex: IPTV.

Table of Contents

Verizon Plays Host to GMI
Verizon Communications Inc. and others see the biennial Global MSF Interoperability (GMI) event as a landmark in the evolution of both IPTV and IMS efforts, and as an example of priceless progress. The recent multicontinent testing opportunity involved 22 vendors and more than 225 devices, and some 1,000 individual tests in the span of 12 super-grueling ’round-the-clock days.

Testing the Rigor of IPTV
Deploying IPTV doesn't end with the purchase of all the software and hardware components. Telco TV deployers are taking rigorous pre-testing measures in laboratories to ensure their video service and enhancements don’t collapse the fragile IPTV foundation that has been prone to failures.

Testing the Claims of Test Automation
One of the core tenets of the scientific method is that experiments and tests must be repeatable. That holds true wherever testing takes place. And preferably, when running millions of iterations and variations, the testing must be something else as well: automated.

Juniper Addresses Security Upfront
The last thing an equipment maker needs while testing new product releases, new protocols or performing published vulnerability assessments is an expensive babysitter to observe the testing in case it fails. That defeats the purpose. So when it came time to enhance the security analysis of its product portfolio, Juniper Networks turned to Mu Dynamics.

Advertorial: Testing the Complete Ecosystem
To business owners, time is indeed money, but downtime is an unnecessary and preventable waste of it. With its Mu-4000 Service Analyzer, Mu Dynamics helps both network operators and network equipment manufacturers prevent the preventable and secure their revenue streams by ensuring the quality of products and services before they’re market-ready.