In telecommunications, provisioning involves the process of preparing and equipping a network to allow it to provide new services to its users.
[citation needed] Accordingly, provisioning configures any required systems, provides users with access to data and technology resources, and refers to all enterprise-level information-resource management involved.
Organizationally, a CIO typically manages provisioning, necessarily involving human resources and IT departments cooperating to: As its core, the provisioning process monitors access rights and privileges to ensure the security of an enterprise's resources and user privacy.
[citation needed] Once provisioning has taken place, the process of SysOpping ensures the maintenance of services to the expected standards.
Provisioning thus refers only to the setup or startup part of the service operation, and SysOpping to the ongoing support.
Electronic invoice feeds from your carriers can be automatically downloaded directly into the core of the telecom expense management (TEM) software and it will immediately conduct an audit of each single line item charge all the way down to the User Support and Operations Center (USOC) level.
Typically an internet service provider (ISP) or network operations center will perform these tasks to a well-defined set of parameters, for example, a boot image that the organization has approved and which uses software it has license to.
Further questions are addressed in academia such as when provisioning should be issued and how many servers are needed in multi-tier,[2] or multi-service applications.
The use of a hardware or software component (e.g. single/dual processor, RAM, HDD, RAID Controller, a number of LAN cards, applications, OS, etc.)
User objects may represent employees, contractors, vendors, partners, customers or other recipients of a service.
On-demand self-service is described by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as an essential characteristic of cloud computing.
A mobile user who is using his or her device for voice calling may wish to switch to data services in order to read emails or browse the Internet.
Such a platform can automatically detect devices in the network, sending them settings for immediate and continued usability.
Mobile content provisioning facilitates a common user experience, though delivered on widely different handsets.
Depending on the connection technology (e.g., DSL, Cable, Fibre), the client system configuration may include: There are four approaches to provisioning internet access: