service ecomp frequently asked questions feedback contact us ecomp the engine behind our software centric network defining the ecomp architecture creating new harmonies in vnf automation ecomp s dynamic pantry for our software centric network application controller the care and feeding of virtual functions software defined networking controller the brain of ecomp dcae enabling big data in our software centric network network designer s dilemma at & t labs advanced technologies goes beyond today s current solutions to invent disruptive technologies that will drive future innovations . our research programs are at the tip of the spear in creating advanced technologies in data analytics cloud services intelligent systems and networking and service quality management . at & t labs draws on a rich heritage of innovation including eight nobel prizes and a strong culture that encourages openness teamwork and collaboration across at & t and within the industry . data analytics at & t is building platforms technologies and techniques for analyzing data that help us improve the customer experience and develop new services . rcloud enables developers to see and deploy code that their peers have already created across coding languages . nanocubes simplifies interaction with billions of data points through data visualization technology . tigon with this open source software users can create applications for analyzing large data sets with a constant flow of new information . intelligent services through our intelligent services research program we are creating entirely new ways for at & t s customers to seamlessly interact with their world . federation as a service easily unites messages calendar im and presence across different systems to enable businesses to more effectively communicate and collaborate . omnichannel analytics improves the customer experience with behind the scenes technology to provide proactive customer care . cloud services at & t s vision for the connected future is rooted in the work our cloud technologies and services research program is driving around the network capable cloud . cloud qos delivers dedicated bandwidth on demand in a cloud architecture to provide the best possible quality of service qos . software defined storage using innovative algorithms at & t labs invented a unique technology to solve business storage challenges . networking and sqm our networking and service quality management research program is creating technologies that deliver a superior service experience for our customers . service quality management sqm uses smart data analytics to get a customer eye view of how well the network is performing for our customers . behind at & t netbondsm how to provide the benefits of a private network and the flexibility of the cloud . sdn between data centers using sdn to create a cloud to cloud connection in under a minute leading innovation chris rice senior vice president domain 2.0 architecture and design chris rice is senior vice president of domain 2.0 architecture and design responsible for delivering the architecture and design of at & t s software centric network . this transformation uses software defined networking and network function virtualization to deliver products and services to the customer . alicia abella assistant vice president inventive science at & t labs alicia manages the cloud services research platform specializing in data analytics user interfaces iptv mobile services and sip voip technology . she is an expert in collaboration technologies data analytics and spoken dialog systems . mazin gilbert assistant vice president inventive science at & t labs mazin leads at & t s research in intelligent services including speech language and dialog processing machine learning business analytics and statistics machine vision and video processing . he brings more than two decades of experience within the industry . jennifer yates assistant vice president inventive science at & t labs jennifer heads the networking and service quality management research platform . her organization is focused on inventing prototyping and driving new technologies that enable network operations to enhance the network service experience for customers . chris volinsky assistant vice president inventive science at & t labs chris leads the big data research platform with a focus in the field of statistics and data analytics . since joining at & t in 1997 chris brings particular expertise on large scale data analytics recommender systems social networks statistical computation and anomaly detection . kathleen meier hellstern assistant vice president inventive science at & t labs kathleen leads the optimization reliability and customer analytics department orca . her team provides at & t with statistical and data analysis optimization and performance and reliability modeling to optimize at & t s networks services and customer experience . kathy joined at & t in 1984 . paul bartoli assistant vice president at & t ecomp architecture paul bartoli leads at & t s ecomp architecture organization at at & t. ecomp enhanced control orchestration management and policy is the brain providing the lifecycle management and control of our software centric network resources infrastructure and services . the team is responsible for the definition of the ecomp framework platform architecture its constituent components and their capabilities technical roadmaps as well as oss transformation and bss evolution to support at & t s software centric network and service virtualization initiatives . chaker al hakim assistant vice president at & t ecomp chaker al hakim supports at & t s development of two critical ecomp components the master service orchestrator mso and software defined networking controller sdn c . his team is responsible for defining the detailed requirements development testing and support of these ecomp functions as well as many virtual network functions vnfs that need to be orchestrated and on boarded onto the at & t aic cloud infrastructure . sal talamo assistant vice president at & t ecomp sal talamo supports end to end systems engineering across all ecomp components to advance at & t s software centric network goals and the development of active & available inventory a & ai a critical ecomp component . his team is responsible for defining the detailed requirements development testing and support of a & ai as well as many virtual network functions vnfs inventoried as part of orchestrating and onboarding onto the at & t integrated cloud aic infrastructure . blogs & amp ; amp ; amp ; nbsp ; in the news at & t ready for next gen nfv light reading at & t labs new gigabit wi fi project will piggyback on power lines the verge at & t s rice stamp out nfv snowflakes light reading with at & t ecomp at & t hopes to help drive the sdn ecosystem telecompetitor carrier sdn survey 75 % to deploy or have deployed this year telecompetitor move it telcos 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