Defense Initiative
Martin Creaner, President, TM Forum“Defense is another large scale industry which is already using TM Forum standards. By launching the Defense Interest Group, we’ve created a community of interest focused on exploring new areas of standardization as well as enriching existing TM Forum standards for the defense industry.”
- Martin Creaner, President, TM Forum

TM Forum Management World Orlando Conference
Satellite over Earth - Dense Interest Group.The following presentations were part of the Defense Networks and IT Infrastructure Management Track in the Transformation Summit and cover current, hot topics as well as real-world examples of TM Forum Standards implementation.


“Policy Management” Workshop at Management World Orlando
Download the following for an increased understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing PBNM in the defense operating environment as well as PBNM-related work underway and more on TM Forum standards and Defense Interest Group.

Standards & Best Practices Adopted by Defense

Information Framework (SID)
TM Forum Interfaces and Prosspero
Business Process Framework (eTOM)
eTOM and ITIL Together

Team Action Week Agenda
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 The agenda and registration information for Team Action Week is available here. There is no obligation to attend all days or all Defense related activities. I would encourage you to look through the entire TAW agenda, so that you can maximize your participation. Each of the teams will be finalizing their agendas by Friday of this week, so there may be changes to the posted schedule through early next week.

I need to book meeting rooms by Friday. So, if you are planning to attend and would like to propose changes to the agenda, please let me know soonest. Early bird
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Industry standards can help you take advantage of consolidation
Monday, December 15, 2008
DOD's shared interest
Monday, December 15, 2008
TM Forum Defense Interest Group Focuses On TM Forum Standards Deployment
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Management World Orlando
Friday, September 14, 2007
Join Defense Interest Group
Collaborate on key industry issues of special relevance to defense organizations, including special requirements known as “military unique features”, and the identification and development of supporting standards.
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Contact Christy Coffey to join.

Next meeting: Thursday, January 8, 11:00 EDT

What's New
Members of the Defense Interest Group have proposed a Catalyst for Management World 2009 in Nice: “Collaborated End-to-end Operation and Service Management in Satellite Communications.” Click here for more information.

A whitepaper, Integration of Defense Applications into the TM Forum Framework – System of Systems Roadmap, is now available for download. Click here to read the executive summary, or to download a copy.

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