DTW24-Ignite: Blue Planet on modernizing operations support systems (OSS)

Gabriele Di Piazza, VP of Products, Alliances and Architectures at Blue Planet (a Ciena division), shares their expertise on modernizing operations support systems (OSS) with cloud- native and AI-first approaches. Gabriele highlights Blue Planet's journey in transitioning 75% of their implementations to public cloud, the importance of both technology and people aspects in cloud-native transformations, and their collaboration with AWS. Additionally, Gabriele delves into the shift from CapEx to OpEx models, the integration of AI/ML across their portfolio, and the promising role of generative AI in areas like natural language interaction and code generation. Gabriele's perspectives offer valuable insights for communication service providers embarking on digital transformation initiatives.