SIMPLE Cable

Bear Systems is building on its next generation cybersecurity platform to provide a range of SIMPLE (Secure Integrated ML Platform Leveraging Expertise) solutions for the world’s most pressing needs.  This blog entry is one of a series of introductions showing how Bear can provide a SIMPLE solution for specific vertical challenges.

The cable industry is one of the more unique fields given its scope of operations and the massive push to migrate from current cable plant-centralized operations platform into a true mobility capability.  Cable operators are also pushing for more intelligence at the edge, reducing common tasks’ overhead, and enabling a better real-time, interactive, visual portal that captures domain expertise in a manner that reduces service call times for technicians.

To this end, many cable providers have been pushing IoT devices, smarter routers/boxes, and other options into households and buildings.  Despite these efforts, these providers are not realizing the increases in efficiency that they desire.  Compounding these challenges is the multi domain communications platforms being deployed – mainly over Internet, Cellular, and Wi-fi – that are resulting in increased cybersecurity challenges.

SIMPLE Cable addresses these issues by transparently placing a small software agent on each managed device.  That agent provides cable providers with the ability to run any level of sophisticated workflows on any device without unwanted disruptions.  In the simplest case, cable providers can finally leverage Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in order to automate common maintenance tasks, overcome redundant customer complaints (such as running a router through updates/basic remediation), and preparing customer endpoints for maintenance.  In this latter case, not only can reports be created prior to a visit, SIMPLE Cable can have matching remediation options ready for the technician as they get to a given location.

SIMPLE Cable also provides advanced peer-to-peer capabilities that will connect technicians together in a private social network.  Within this network, techs can post questions, obtain real-time answers, and even look at visualizations drawn between techs to quickly solve issues.  Along these lines, SIMPLE Cable is based on the core ability to enable providers to encapsulate their learnings and domain expertise into visual, reusable, tools that can be proactively pushed to technicians at scale.  With SIMPLE Cable, new equipment can be thoroughly tested, maintenance plans developed, and the long-term management can be automated at scale.  Any issues will already have expert solutions waiting for the techs and this combination will significantly reduce overhead and service time costs.

There is obviously more, much more, to our SIMPLE Cable Services solution, including next generation cybersecurity. If you are interested in learning more, please contact us to learn more!