Designing a complex information model for Provider Network Operations, while providing a flexible infrastructure for business rules and workflow is a difficult task. Portico Foundation provides an agile technology framework leveraging a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Combining an extensible data repository with configurable services, Portico Foundation is a pre-assembled, highly scalable solution-manufacturing framework that empowers plans to successfully respond to market drivers.

Portico Foundation has three integrated building blocks enabling a solution-manufacturing framework. The first building block is an extensible, high performance relational repository that houses provider information, reference data and configuration metadata. The second building block is a collection of configurable service engines including workflow, business rule, security, audit, reporting and integration. The third building block is a library of configurable presentation layer components that orchestrate tailored user experiences. Portico Foundation leverages an open architecture based on Java EE standards to ensure platform independence. Comprehensive manageability features such as health profiling, traceability, and deployment support are built into the Foundation framework and can be easily plugged into enterprise operations management tools.

Portico Foundation delivers powerful benefits, including:

• Reduced deployment risk and time-to-market of provider network management initiatives through leveraging proven, pre-fabricated components
  
• Reduced cost of integration driven by the interoperability of the platform
  
• Enables creation of reusable corporate assets
  
• Decreased total cost of ownership through support for flexibility, manageability, and low cost configuration
  
• Extensive reporting features promote operational visibility
  
• Granular security model engenders business integrity and limits exposure
• Ubiquitous auditing and history tracking enables end-to-end traceability