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Mobile workers want access to cloud-based services and data, but supporting those workers creates potential new security breaches and a major challenge for enterprise, says BT Assure's Toby Weir-Jones
Heavy Reading’s Sterling Perrin and Doug Junkins, CTO of NTT Communications, discuss the rapid rise of 100G transport and the drivers and requirements for a terabit transport future
After 20 years of providing business services, Cox Business is still seeing double-digit growth rates, driven by SMB sales and sustained by a strong local presence, says SVP Phil Meeks
Kevin O'Toole of Comcast Business Services explains how the operator is beginning to use Ethernet-over-coax to complement a Metro Ethernet platform it's using to target mid-sized business customers
Heavy Reading's Alan Breznick says cable's haul of the business services market is set to eclipse $7B in 2012, but that still represents a small piece of the overall take
CoreSite COO Jarrett Appleby discusses CoreSite's focus in building data center campuses to support and scale cloud and private networking solutions as well as the company's work with the networking and cloud community to build a home for the cloud
Software defined networking presents some challenges for hardware vendors. We've discussed SDN's impact with execs from Contrail Systems, Extreme Networks, vArmour, Embrane and HP
Glenn Calafati, vice president of product development at Sidera Networks, talks about the drivers for network investment, the move towards 1 Tbit/s, and the need for greater clarity on carrier-grade SDN
Donald MacNeil, CMO at XO Communications, discusses Carrier Ethernet 2.0, the timing of the operator's 100Gbit/s service launch and the potential for software-defined networking (SDN)
Doug Junkins, CTO of NTT America, reveals how SDN shortens the time it will take NTT to bring new services to market during his keynote in New York City
Chief Revenue Officer Ben Edmond explains the business model of this unique service provider with its automated platform for interconnecting service providers
Comcast's Karen Schmidt explains how the company is targeting mid-sized businesses with Metro Ethernet and aiming even higher when the opportunity arises
At Ethernet Expo, NTT America CTO Doug Junkins talks about his company's leap into software-defined networking (SDN) and explains why more standards are needed for SDN-based service management
CoreSite COO Jarrett Appleby discusses CoreSite's focus in building data center campuses to support and scale cloud and private networking solutions as well as the company's work with the networking and cloud community to build a home for the cloud
8:15 AM All the effort service providers put into a simple, powerful network experience is wasted if the bills they send to consumers are confusing and full of unnecessary jargon and analytics
7:30 AM Our salary report is making the rounds here at 4G World and carriers may need to fill very different types of jobs as more consumers start using LTE
11:00 AM Metaswitch CEO John Lazar and CTO Martin Taylor talk about the company's place in an evolving network and its future as a software-focused business
10:45 AM Saar Gillai, the CTO of HP Networking, discusses the overall opportunity for software-defined networking and HP's perspective on this new way of thinking about networks
8:00 AM As Infonetics Research says small cell volumes won't be big enough to support the current crop of vendors, I've chosen some potential M&A candidates
7:00 AM With no iPhone 5 coming this week, MetroPCS relies on unlimited data plans and contract-free devices to promote its LTE network and to communicate its value to customers
Zhensheng Jia, assistant director at ZTE, introduces the technical advantages of 100G product especially on DSP and SD-FEC modules, a number of field deployments worldwide, and also the pioneered achievements on 400G and 1T research
At the SDN Summit 2012, Li Sanqi, CTO of Huawei’s Carrier Network Business Group, and senior expert Dai Libin discuss what is driving the transformation toward SDN and present the company’s SDN ambitions and 'SoftCOM' corporate strategy for SDN
Ethernet Service Quality Visualization goes beyond SLA reports. It is an opportunity for communication service providers to make their services more valuable and provide a better customer experience by extending the transparency of their services
Ron Johnson, director of high-end routing and optical at Cisco, discusses some of the emerging trends in the marketplace. Ron addresses things that are driving the demand for Ethernet along with the challenges and advances to meet this demand
Sunrise describes the need for a robust and flexible IP RAN network to meet the ever growing demands of the telecoms consumer, highlighting its partnership with Huawei as a key strategy in the current and future development of the network
Ralph Santitoro, director, Carrier Ethernet market development, Fujitsu, discusses the MEF Carrier Ethernet Study Guide and new announcements from Fujitsu, including the FLASHWAVE 9500 and NETSMART 1500 Software
Zeev Draer, VP of strategic marketing at MRV, discusses how convergence of layers and monetization of services drive networking for service providers and how real estate issues are creating the need for efficient optical and packet platforms
T-Marc 3312SC from Telco Systems brings Ethernet/MPLS mobile backhaul to
the cell site with best in class density size and price performance for
mobile operators and wholesale backhaul providers, learn more in this
interview at Ethernet Expo NYC
Toshal Dudhwala, product manager at Ixia, talks about the some of the initial OpenFlow/SDN applications in the networks, testing requirements and Ixia OpenFlow test solution
In the Ethernet world, it's about customer experience. Speed is the key to success; with focus on service delivery, agility and assurance working in concert. John Hawkins of Ciena shares his insights on what it takes to win in today's market
Overture CEO Mike Aquino discusses virtualization, cloud and SDN – and how it can accelerate service providers' ability to create, sell and activate services
Yacov Cazes, business development director at RAD, discusses how carriers can increase profitability using RAD's Carrier Ethernet ecosystem to lower TCO
Alcatel-Lucent is providing flexible, scalable, simplified solutions for the next generation of heterogeneous networks. From 100GB interfaces to 60GHz radios, Alcatel-Lucent is driving mobile backhaul innovation
tw telecom has one of the most secure, scalable and resilient business Ethernet networks in the country. Adam Saenger, senior director of portfolio management, shares how customers can flex their bandwidth with Dynamic Capacity
David Wang, president of Huawei’s Wireless Network Business Unit, discusses the importance of providing operators with the best mobile broadband solutions for the best quality of service as the overall MBB market is projected to grow to $2 trillion
Weijun Lee, VP TV and cloud computing solutions at ZTE USA, shares what North American telcos can learn from overseas IPTV operators, how ZTE helps IPTV operators embrace new technologies and ZTE's trusted delivery model for cyber-security
Vitesse Semiconductor CTO Martin Nuss discusses the unique challenges for small cell deployments and the importance of nanosecond-accurate timing in 4G/LTE and LTE-Advanced networks
Adtran is working with customers to deliver new, innovative solutions for every ingress point in the network. These innovations are enabling service providers to accelerate change; quickly launching next-gen services. The only constant is change
IP Hong, head of Global Marketing, Samsung Telecommunication Systems Business, discusses the electronics powerhouse's advanced network solutions and business status
Ericsson North America CTO and Head of Strategy & Marketing Vish Nandlall discusses the cloud, its importance to operators moving forward and how it should be viewed as a new way to deliver services.