Ciena VP on the trouble with traditional OSS

Ciena's Kailem Anderson explains the challenges telcos face in managing legacy OSS/BSS, and why Ciena used AI and a Kubernetes architecture in its new Blue Planet OSS platform.

At a Glance

  • Update on Blue Planet's new multi-cloud native OSS platform (04:32)
  • Challenges with legacy OSS/BSS (06:31)
  • Why Ciena chose to build the new platform on a Kubernetes architecture (13:29)

Kailem Anderson, VP and GM for global products and delivery at Ciena, joins the podcast to explain how Blue Planet's new multi-cloud native platform is automating OSS environments for service providers. Anderson explains the challenges telcos face in managing legacy OSS/BSS, and why Ciena used AI and a Kubernetes architecture in its new OSS platform.

Click on the caption button for a lightly edited transcript. 

Here are a few topics we covered:

  • Background on Kailem Anderson's role at Ciena (03:00)

  • Blue Planet's focus on automating telco OSS environments (03:29)

  • Update on Blue Planet's new multi-cloud native OSS platform (04:32)

  • Challenges with legacy OSS/BSS (06:31)

  • Automation features within Blue Planet's new platform (10:24)

  • Why Ciena chose to build the new platform on a Kubernetes architecture (13:29)

  • AI and ML features in the Blue Planet OSS platform (18:52)

About the Author(s)

Kelsey Ziser

Senior Editor, Light Reading

Kelsey is a senior editor at Light Reading, co-host of the Light Reading podcast, and host of the "What's the story?" podcast.

Her interest in the telecom world started with a PR position at Connect2 Communications, which led to a communications role at the FREEDM Systems Center, a smart grid research lab at N.C. State University. There, she orchestrated their webinar program across college campuses and covered research projects such as the center's smart solid-state transformer.

Kelsey enjoys reading four (or 12) books at once, watching movies about space travel, crafting and (hoarding) houseplants.

Kelsey is based in Raleigh, N.C.

Phil Harvey

Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading

Phil Harvey has been a Light Reading writer and editor for more than 18 years combined. He began his second tour as the site's chief editor in April 2020.

His interest in speed and scale means he often covers optical networking and the foundational technologies powering the modern Internet.

Harvey covered networking, Internet infrastructure and dot-com mania in the late 90s for Silicon Valley magazines like UPSIDE and Red Herring before joining Light Reading (for the first time) in late 2000.

After moving to the Republic of Texas, Harvey spent eight years as a contributing tech writer for D CEO magazine, producing columns about tech advances in everything from supercomputing to cellphone recycling.

Harvey is an avid photographer and camera collector – if you accept that compulsive shopping and "collecting" are the same.

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