iocatalog
Catalog Application
For Service Provider Sellers
For Service Provider Buyers
For Enterprise Buyers
Network as a Service
A Self-Service Product Catalog
Workflow & Features
Capabilities & Architecture
Benefits & Takeaways
Workflow & Features
A Streamlined Buyer & Seller Workflow for Product Specification, Serviceability, Pricing & Onboarding
Workflow
Product Catalog
Serviceability
Product Build
Smart Pricing
Partner Onboarding
Seller Workflow
Product Catalog
Seller defines Product Offerings
Serviceability Guidebook
Seller specifies Serviceability Settings
Partner On-Boarding
Seller grants Partner Privileges
Serviceability Operations
Seller validates Serviceable Locations
Buyer Workflow
Partner Privileges
Buyer views Its Granted Privileges
Product Finder
Buyer searches Product Offerings
Serviceability Operations
Buyer requests Serviceable Locations
Product Build
Buyer builds Order-Ready Products
Product Catalog
A Very Comprehensive Product Specification
Inter-Carrier Ethernet
Access E-Line, Transit E-Line
Inter-Carrier IP
Internet Access
Enterprise Ethernet
E-Line, E-LAN, E-Tree
Enterprise IP
Internet Access
Technical
• Dedicated (Ethernet, …)
• Broadband (DOCSIS, PON, …)
• Wireless (Satellite, 5G, …)
UNI, ENNI, …
• Speed
• Physical Layer
• Control Protocols
• Management Protocols
EVC, OVC, IPVC, …
• Мар
• Frame & Packet Delivery
• Control Protocols
• Management Protocols
• Classes of Service
• Bandwidth Profiles
• Performance
Marketing
• Product Branding
• Product Naming
• Web
• Video
• Image
• Document
Geographical
• Countries
• Territories
• Formatted Address
• Fielded Address
• Geographic Point
• Geographic Label
Interface
• Telehouse
• On-Net
• Near-Net
• Off-Net
Connectivity
• Metro
• Regional
• National
• International
Commercial
• Customizable Duration
• End of Term Action
Price Structure
• List / Discounted
• Recurring / Non Recurring
• Currencies
Price Variables
• Product Term
• Product Location
• Product Options
Serviceability Guidebook
Everything Buyers Need to Know to Perform a Serviceability Operation from the Get-Go
Set of settings such as languages and address formats defined by a Seller to provide guidance to its onboarded buyers on how to perform Serviceability Operations.
A Seller can have multiple Guidesheets for example one with settings suited for local partners and one suited for international partners.
Product Build
Making a Product Ready to Order with Everything Set
Buyers can build a full product with all the options they want and at the validated location they need with pricing instantly computed so it's all ready to go for ordering!
Product Build
Product Location
As validated by Seller in Serviceability Operation
Product Deployment
As tagged by Seller in Serviceability Operation
Product Term
As selected by Buyer in Product Specification
Product Options
As selected by Buyer in Product Specification
Product Price
Auto-Calculated based on All the Above
Order-Ready Product
Everything Set
Smart Pricing
Pricing is at First Set by the Seller Then Directly Computed for the Buyer
- Instant Price Generation
- Complex Quoting Process
Partner On-Boarding
On-Board Any Partner Right Away by Granting Easy-to-Manage Privileges per Your Business Preferences
Sellers can grant & revoke privileges to buyers at anytime so they strictly control who can access what
Product Catalog
Seller grants Buyer privileges to access Product Offerings
Serviceability Guidebook
Seller grants Buyer privileges to access Serviceability Guidesheets
Capabilities & Architecture
Many Efficient Ways for Buyers and Sellers to Interact and Gradually Evolve Towards Full Business Automation
Cloud Hosted
GUI & API Modes
One-to-Many API
Standard & Custom
Sister Applications
Cloud Hosted
It's All in the Cloud
Everything is hosted in the cloud so all can be securely accessed from anywhere at anytime!
GUI & API Modes
Built from the Ground Up to be Operated in GUI or API Mode Interchangeably
All resources are converted and available in both HTML and JSON format making them usable via both GUI and API seamlessly!
So we can be completely automated and do business with a mix of automated and non-automated Buyers :)))
And we can gradually switch over customers and ultimately phase out all our legacy systems!!!
So we can stay relevant and keep our business with our large automated buyers even though we are not yet automated!!!
And we can gradually switch over to APIs and ultimately be ourselves fully automated :)))
One-to-Many API
Reach All Your Partners with Just a Single API Connection via Lab in the Sky
'One API' versus 'n APIs'
The Catalog API replaces the need to implement, maintain and upgrade complex APIs with every single partner!
'Relay API' versus 'Intrusive API'
The Catalog API simply acts as a relay / bridge between Buyers and Sellers in a non-intrusive way!
So we can simply use a single API to buy from our many Sellers around the globe and no longer have to deal with each specific Seller's API!!!
And we can finally buy Products in a consistent and systematic way across all our Sellers via API :)))
So we can simply use the GUI to buy from our Sellers as we don't have in any way, shape or form the volume and the means to automate!!!
And we can finally buy Products in a consistent and systematic way across all our Sellers via GUI :)))
It’s All Based on Standards and Also Fully Customizable to Fit the Real World
Standard-Based
It's based on the many standards the MEF and TMF have developed for product specification!
Fully Customizable
It's also designed to add custom options and extensions whenever something is lacking in the standards or defined too rigidly!
Testing Application
Designed to Work in Tandem
with the Testing Application
All the products specified in the catalog can be tested!
Ordering Application
Designed to Work in Tandem
with the Ordering Application
All the products specified in the catalog can be ordered!
Benefits & Takeways
It's Complete, Ready-to-Go
and Where It All Starts
Complete Yet Simple
Ready for Immediate Use
Starting Point of Automation
Powerful
It's Very Complete Yet Kept Very Simple
The Catalog Application features and capabilities fulfill major buying and selling functions all in an intuitive and friendly way for the user!
Effective
It's All Ready-to-Go for Immediate Use
The Catalog Application is an off-the-shelf product allowing you to get started right away without costly, complex and labor-intensive development!
Critical
It's the Starting Point of All Automation
The Catalog Application being the first ‘link in the chain’ provides the foundational data structure critical to the end-to-end automation!
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