citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message osi type private company industry software for communications service providers operational support systems headquarters northern california products netexpert website www.osi.com objective systems integrators osi is a multinational computer technology corporation that develops manufactures licenses and supports software products which automate the monitoring control delivery and management of services for multinational corporation service providers including wireless service providers iptv service providers transmission service providers osi was acquired by mycom and mycom osi was formed in 2014 . contents 1 history 1.1 sobha group ownership 1.2 agilent technologies ownership 1.3 pre agilent history 2 products 3 see also 4 reference books 5 references 6 external links history edit this article appears to contain a large number of buzzwords . specific concerns may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article if you can . february 2016 sobha group ownership edit osi a wholly owned subsidiary of the sobha group develops and markets an oss suite targeted for communications service providers . february 2008 longview software and osi sign an asset purchase agreement for osi to acquire longview intellectual property products and technology . longview software is a maker of off the shelf tools and custom applications that add value to many operational support system oss and business support system bss frameworks in the telecommunications industry . agilent technologies ownership edit agilent acquired osi in january 2001 for approximately 665 million . agilent subsequently built an oss business around this and other technology but decided in 2007 to exit this market segment and focus on its test and measurement and life sciences businesses . 1 2001 2007 osi is acquired by agilent technologies to help integrate test and measurement into the oss market . netexpert integrated test & measurement probe solutions to provide overarching service management integration . osi was under agilent s oss division assurance services division as a netexpert business unit . pre agilent history edit during the period of 1995 2001 osi was traded on nasdaq as osii . osi introduces the master series of products to the market aligned around key technology areas such as fixed line networks sonet sdh network and wireless networks . in 1997 osi reached its 100th worldwide communications service provider csp customer base . citation needed 1998 2001 osi s netexpert virtual service management vsm and virtual process management vpm frameworks leverage the uma unified management architecture . osi introduces several new applications in key communications service provider functional areas namely fault management performance management configuration management and accounting management . solutions are introduced to accelerate time to value for wireless wireline and the internet protocol suite of services . citation needed products edit osi launches netexpert neon may 2009 for service assurance solutions focused on services and customers service health service quality and impact management leveraging industry standard portal technology for a holistic view of critical customer services . clarification needed customer health customer sla experience analysis and insight of corporations groups within corporations and individuals . see also edit agilent technologies sobha renaissance information technology operations support systems communications service provider service management expert system reference books edit plunkett j 1996 . plunkett s infotech industry almanac page 75 books minoli d golway t and smith n 1996 planning and managing atm networks google books prentice hall ptr . terplan k 1998 . telecom operations management solutions with netexpert amazon google books crc press llc terplan k 1999 . web based systems & network management page 185 google books terplan k 1999 . applications for distributed systems and network management page 101 google books van nostrand reinhold references edit agilent acquired osi in telephony mcelligott april 18 2007 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title objective systems integrators & oldid 743977012 categories telecommunications companiestelephony softwaresoftware companies based in californiahidden categories articles needing additional references from april 2012all articles needing additional referenceswikipedia articles containing buzzwords from february 2016all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2016wikipedia articles needing clarification from february 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk 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