IP Communications

Alcatel-Lucent, a provider of converged broadband networking IP technologies, applications and services, has announced the availability of its 8661 Directory Server, a high-performance service enablement platform for the creation of personalized Web 2.0 and communications services over wireline and mobile networks.

 

The platform is designed to enhance service quality and reduce time to market. Acting as a centralized real-time storage platform for subscriber data, the directory server, developed by UnboundID Corporation and sold to service providers by Alcatel-Lucent (News - Alert), is network independent and can simultaneously enhance a variety of services like mobile media, entertainment and social networking.  

 

The directory server features open APIs that the service provider can leverage to develop new services quickly, or can also share with third-party application developers through a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Software Development Kit.

 

"Alcatel-Lucent's 8661 Directory Server complements the Alcatel-Lucent Subscriber Data Management portfolio and will allow communication service providers to rapidly create highly personalized applications," said Peter Mottishaw, principle analyst of OSS Observer, at research company Analysys (News - Alert) Mason.

 

"Directory services are becoming increasingly important to the creation and delivery of personalized services and an area where service providers can add value. By bringing to market a high performance Directory Server, Alcatel-Lucent is in a strong position to bridge the subscriber data divide between the network and IT domains," said Mottishaw.

 

Jeff Cortley, president of Alcatel-Lucent's Subscriber Data Management business, said, "Alcatel-Lucent and UnboundID Corporation collaborated in the development and testing of the this new product to streamline how applications access identity data to deliver personalized services that could not be easily or affordably provided in the past."

 

"The result of our work will fill an existing marketplace void by delivering an LDAP platform that meets today's carrier-grade, scalability and reliability network requirements while avoiding a monolithic physical data repository. This enables new services that combine real-time user context awareness of the network with the subscriber identity, profile, and service data residing in the IT applications platform."