Network management: future capability paper

Network Management is fundamental to the provision of secure and reliable networks, from configuration, implementation of security policies, through monitoring, fault detection and resolution. As networks continue to sharply scale to support ever increasing data growth whilst managing more sophisticated security threats, the world of Network Management is and will continue to become more and more complex. In fact, it is now predicted that humans alone will soon not be able to effectively manage networks, and that automated software solutions will be essential to the delivery of future networks, we see this today in cyber security defence industries

This paper, along with the other Future Capability Papers will elaborate on the ever increasing complexity of the technical, commercial, and regulatory aspects affecting the management of contemporary and future telecoms networks, and then make recommendations to address these challenges, to assure the continuity of telecommunication services in the UK, and how the UK can return to be a global leader in this industry.

It should be noted that ultimately, exact measures will come down to why a customer pays for a telecoms service and the telecoms industry assures that service. Our recommendations as a team are all based on facilitating this future. We believe that the challenges our industry and our customers face, will be met through trust and collaboration, enabled by a truly long term, sustainable UK cross-industry telecommunications vision and strategy.