Are you a company offering subscriptions and usage-based billing to your clients for different services? If so, you undoubtedly use a rating and billing solution. Maybe you developed your solution in-house, or perhaps you purchased it as a one-time fee or as a service? Companies such as Zuora, Chargebee, and Chargify, specialize in offering rating…
Competition between companies has become much fiercer in the digital era. It’s not something anyone can – and should – get involved with. If you’ve been in business for a long time now, such as over 20 years, then you have to be extra careful of the industry “disruptors”. Some of the biggest companies in…
It seems like there’s always someone talking about the Internet of Things (IoT), connected homes, and smart homes whenever we put on the TV and watch news on the internet. That’s to say nothing about smart control systems and smart automobiles, such as self-driving cars. What does it all mean though? As a company that…
In this article we have question ourselves when and what would be the next Oracle BRM version. Oracle has released a new version of Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management 12 (Oracle BRM 12). New capabilities include: New unified functionality available in the modern, browser-based Billing Care user interface, Advanced customer and asset management….
Our reason to start analysing and testing Oracle BRM pin_del_closed_accts tool was GPRS Article 17: “Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’)“. To meet all the GDPR requirements, all closed accounts must be deleted from Oracle BRM after a 24 months retention period. Till now we anonymized all customer information directly in the Oracle BRM…
First, let’s take a look at an overall picture of what the Oracle BRM billing process does: Compiles the total amount of balance impacts that have occurred in the past month. This can include usage fees and subscription fees. Changes the status of all the bill items associated with the bill from pending to open…