Sigma Systems and NetYCE Bring Idea-to-Install to Software Defined Networks

TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - Mar 31, 2014) - Sigma Systems, the leader in catalog-driven Idea-to-Install products, today announced it has signed a technology agreement with NetYCE that will accelerate new service fulfilment for complex business data services including Carrier Ethernet, Metro Ethernet and layer 2/3 VPN business connectivity. The companies will work together to ensure seamless integration of the Sigma Idea-to-Install product portfolio and the NetYCE platform for Design Driven Networking.

"The Sigma Idea-to-Install portfolio provides full automation of service fulfillment for communications service providers, eliminating the need for the hard-coding that is required with many legacy back-office systems. Software defined network (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) have emerged as key new network capabilities that give CSPs an advantage. NetYCE's expertise in network automation, coupled with Sigma ensures that CSPs can finally automate end to end fulfillment of business data services in both traditional, SDN and NFV networks," said Catherine Michel, CSO and VP Product, Sigma Systems.

The NetYCE platform offers a robust commercial platform with multi-vendor, -tenant -domain and -technology support for service providers and enterprises. Its unique Design Drive Networking approach offers a single source for all networking knowledge, processes and architectures are managed to fully standardize and automate networks. When deployed along with the Sigma Idea-to-Install portfolio, operators can ensure rapid, accurate provisioning of services across all networks.

"CSP's have come to realize that network automation is key. They want to be able to automate both their existing legacy networks and have a transition strategy to implement new technologies such as SDN and NFV. This is exactly what NetYCE offers," said Wim Gerrits, CEO of NetYce.

About NetYCE 

With its unique 'top down' Design Driven Networking approach NetYCE delivers standardization and network automation across traditional networks and enables orchestration across new technology networks, using Virtualization, SDN or NFV. The netYCE platform enables (Managed) Service Providers and Enterprise customers to provision and automate network changes fast and reliable in a standardized, collaborative and transparent way between all teams involved (architects, designers, engineers and operators).

About Sigma Systems (sigma-systems.com or Twitter @SigmaSystems)
Sigma Systems is the pioneer in catalog-driven Idea-to-Install products for Communications Service Providers (CSPs), entertainment and high tech companies. The company's BSS/OSS product portfolio spans cloud brokerage, product & service catalog, configure price quote, order management, service provisioning, service inventory and device management. Sigma products manage 100's of millions of services exceeding $150b of products defined and installed at over 70 customers in 26 countries including Charter, Belgacom, BSkyB, Chorus, Cox, Orange, Rogers, Level 3, CenturyLink, TELUS, Bell Aliant, American Movil, JCOM and ZON.