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Light Reading Top Picks Light Reading Top Picks 2009 Recognizing products and services that we think best indicate where the communications industry is headed in the next 12 months Welcome to the Light Reading Top Picks main page, home of the most cutting-edge industry-recognition program in the telecom space. Our goal: To use our network of sources, research analysts, and your contributions and opinions, to determine our Top Picks – those products and services that we think best indicate where the communications industry is headed in the next 12 months. And we did it. Click here to see Light Reading's 2009 Top Picks. Thanks to all who participated in this year's contest. Top Picks Message Boards \| Top Picks Nominees \| Nominate a Product or Service Top Picks Message Boards Top Picks Nominations Carrier Transport OPTICAL NETWORKING, ETHERNET, PACKET OPTICAL Comments (32) Nominate a Product Re: Top Picks: Carrier Transport: Thanks Odo. It's true Intune got a good chunk of money, but Matisse has been at this longer ... and we all know stories about startups that didn't succeed despite a stash of funding, right? Kinder and gentler? ... Craig Matsumoto on Carrier Transport Switching & Routing IP/MPLS, DEEP PACKET INSPECTION Comments (25) Nominate a Product Arista, Juniper, et al.: The Arista 7100 series is the same hardware as the Juniper EX2500 and Blade Technologies RackSwitch G8124 (also the EX2500 does not run Junos as it is comes from Blade, probably because Juniper help fund their 2nd round).... clueless on Switching and Routing Fixed Access DSL, GPON, WDM-PON, AND BEYOND Comments (30) Nominate a Product ALU specific OMCI: One could argue that if you comply to the ITU-T G.984.4, G-PON: ONT management and control interface (OMCI) specification, there is no need to publish your OMCI specification. The only benefit I see is when you have a... NextGenerationAccess on Fixed Access Video Infrastructure CABLE TECH, IPTV Comments (21) Nominate a Product Re: What makes DCA cutting edge!: The Dilithium Content Adapter (DCA) is a platform that enables service providers to extend the reach of video value-added content beyond their initial intended device boundaries. The DCA is the only product that... Karen Birnie on Video Infrastructure Consumer Services FIXED OR WIRELESS Comments (21) Nominate a Product Top Picks Winners - Sezmi's Sezmi TV: Sezmi Corp.'s Sezmi TV Sezmi basically aims to take today's TV and IPTV service offerings and do it all better. Sezmi's is unique because of how it divvies up its content delivery over digital TV spectrum... Michelle Donegan on Consumer Services IP Applications VOIP, IMS Comments (13) Nominate a Product IP Applications Top Picks Winners: This wasn't easy, with a few tough decisions. So while Cedar Point, XConnect, and NTT DoCoMo must be applauded as the winners, honorable mentions go to MetaSwitch, FeedHenry, IntelePeer, Ensim, and Acme/Mavenir. See... Ray Le Maistre on IP Applications Wireless Infrastructure ACCESS, BACKHAUL, TOWERS, RADIOS, ETC. Comments (8) Nominate a Product dan's picks -- explained: Dan Jones is on sabbatical this week, but here are some of his remarks on the wireless infrastructure Top Picks: AT&T Inc.'s MicroCell is the first 3G basestation to be launched by a major carrier in the U.S. This... Phil Harvey on Wireless Infrastructure Business Services FIXED OR WIRELESS Comments (20) Nominate a Product winner remarks: Some quick comments on this category's winners: Verizon's Computing as a Service (CaaS) -- We're definitely seeing a trend with all the big telcos wanting to provide the connection to the network, equipment to get you on the... Phil Harvey on Business Services Telecom Software OSS, BSS, SDP, POLICY CONTROL Comments (28) Nominate a Product Telecom Software Top Pick Winners: This was a tough task, especially in the Americas and EMEA region, where there were a number of contenders that could have won. In the end, AppTrigger, the iSMART Consortium and Subex, prevailed (see message... Ray Le Maistre on Telecom Software Top Picks Message Boards Top Picks Nominations Business Services FIXED OR WIRELESS Optimum Lightpath - Virtual Private Ring Service (VPRS) Comcast Corp. - 100-Mbit/s Business Internet Service Bundle Telx - The Telx Video Exchange Tata Communications - Open Exchange Nominate a Product Carrier Transport OPTICAL NETWORKING, ETHERNET, PACKET OPTICAL Matisse Networks -- EtherBurst technology Intune Networks -- Products TBA Polatis Inc. -- 2000n all-optical switch Cyan Optics Inc. -- Z77 and Z33 multilayer cross-connects Infinera Corp. -- Metro version of the DTN Alcatel-Lucent -- Converged Backbone Transport Ciena Corp. -- 5400 Reconfigurable Switching System Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. -- OSN8800 Version II Nominate a Product Consumer Services FIXED OR WIRELESS Sezmi Corp. – Sezmi TV Safaricom Ltd. - M-PESA International Money Transfer (IMT) E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH - Gettings Mobile Ad Service FLO TV Inc. - Personal TV Service Nominate a Product Fixed Access DSL, GPON, WDM-PON, AND BEYOND 2Wire Inc. - HomePortal GEM Hitachi, Ltd. - MW-PON Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. - 160 Gbit/s Asymmetric PON System Alcatel-Lucent - Green DSL Iskratel - Gemini40F Calix Networks Inc. - 766GX ONTs Occam Networks Inc. - ON 2540 series ONTs Nominate a Product IP Applications VOIP, IMS Cedar Point Communications Inc. - SafariFusion XConnect Global Networks Ltd. - Carrier ENUM Registry NTT DoCoMo Inc. - IMS Apps development Nominate a Product Switching & Routing IP/MPLS, DEEP PACKET INSPECTION Alcatel-Lucent -- 100 Gbit/s interface for 7750 Service Router Arista Networks Inc. Cisco Systems Inc. -- 16x10-Gbit/s card for ASR 9000 Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. -- NE40E Universal Service Router Juniper Networks Inc. -- 100 Gbit/s interface for T1600 router ipoque GmbH -- PRX-10G Traffic Manager Allot Communications -- Service Gateway Sigma Nominate a Product Telecom Software OSS, BSS, SDP, POLICY CONTROL AppTrigger Inc. - Ignite Service Broker iSMART Consortium - iSMART DSM L3 Subex - Rocware 2.0 Nominate a Product Video Infrastructure CABLE TECH, IPTV BigBand Networks – Converged Video Exchange (CVEx) Motorola - Transport Gateway Harmonic - MediaPrism Wyplay - Wyplay Modular Solutions (WMS) Nominate a Product Wireless Infrastructure ACCESS, BACKHAUL, TOWERS, RADIOS, ETC. Alcatel-Lucent - 9412 LTE Compact eNodeB AT&T - 3G MicroCell Ericsson - RBS 6000 software basestation ip.access - nano3G Enterprise Solution Huawei - LTE eNodeB basestation Motorola - WBR 500r LTE eNodeB basestation Starent - ST40 Multimedia Core Platform VNL - WorldGSM solar basestation Nominate a Product								Events Webinars Carrier Cloud Forum Collocated with Cloud Connect Monday, February 13, 2012 Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara Cable Next-Gen Broadband Strategies: Wideband, Wireless, PON & Beyond Tuesday, March 20, 2012 The Cable Center, Denver Ethernet Europe 2012 Tuesday & Wednesday April 17 & 18, 2012 Hilton Munich Park Hotel, Munich, Germany Strategic Opportunities in Service Provider Wi-Fi Tuesday, April 24, 2012 The Landmark, London, U.K. Tower Technology Summit Collocated at International CTIA Wireless Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday May 8-10th, 2012 Morial Convention Center, New Orleans MORE EVENTS Events Webinars High-Performance Firewalls for 4G-LTE Networks* 2/7/2012 Telco Cloud Proposition: Making Cloud Profitable for CSPs* 2/8/2012 Making the IPv6 Transition for Cable* 2/8/2012 Considerations for a Next Generation of Mediation – Addressing the Data Explosion vs. Monetization Balancing Act 2/9/2012 Optimizing Telecommunications Links for Data Center Connectivity 2/14/2012 MORE WEBINARS Most Popular Read Blogs Talk Tellabs to Restructure, Cut 530 Jobs 1/31/2012 Photos: AT&T Developers Conference 2012 1/10/2012 Cisco Pitches MPLS Alternative 2/1/2012 CES 2012: Photos From the Show 1/12/2012 Juniper Points to the Economy 1/26/2012 Is Google Fueling BTI's Growth? 2/2/2012 Read Blogs Talk Another Congestion Culprit: OS Updates 1/31/2012 AT&T Blames FCC for Price Hikes 1/26/2012 Retail Gets Mobilized 1/30/2012 Ting: Bad Name, Great Idea 2/3/2012 Honorable Mentions: Jan. 30 1/30/2012 Sprint's Got Some Explaining to Do 1/17/2012 Read Blogs Talk Tellabs to Restructure, Cut 530 Jobs upd: 2/2/2012 Fujitsu Joins AT&T's Domain upd: 1/31/2012 Cisco Pitches MPLS Alternative upd: 2/3/2012 JDSU's Ready for Gridless ROADMs upd: 2/3/2012 Carrier Bug Bypasses Infinera, Bites Acme Packet upd: 2/3/2012 Infinera Q4 Loss Totals $19.4M upd: 2/3/2012 White Papers SPONSORED CONTENT Featured New Popular ABI Report: Huawei and Ericsson the Leaders in LTE RAN Standard and Patents - by Huawei 2/1/2012 Deploying 100G Transport Networks Today - by Heavy Reading 1/27/2012 Examining the Case for VoLTE & Rich Media Communications - by Heavy Reading 1/25/2012 Conducting the Orchestration - Order Management at the Speed of Business - by Frost & Sullivan 1/23/2012 Customer-Focused Experience Management - Must Be an End-to-End Process - by Yankee Group 1/20/2012 Testing High-Performance Mobile Firewalls for 4G-LTE Networks – by Heavy Reading 1/19/2012 Telco 2015: Five Telling Years, Four Future Scenarios - by IBM 1/13/2012 Manage and monitor LTE with IBM Tivoli Netcool solutions - by IBM 1/13/2012 Optimize availability and performance of your 4G Network - by IBM 1/13/2012 Session Border Controllers: Addressing Tomorrow's Requirements - by Heavy Reading 1/12/2012 Creating the Enterprise-Class Tablet Environment - by Yankee Group 1/1/2012 How To Regain IT Control In An Increasingly Mobile World - by BlackBerry 1/1/2012 The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet’s Good Bones - by BlackBerry 1/1/2012 Red Alert: Why Tablet Security Matters - by BlackBerry 1/1/2012 Cloud computing insights from 110 implementation projects - by IBM 12/31/2011 The Emerging 100GE Network Era - by Heavy Reading 12/27/2011 Monetizing Mobile Data: Top 10 Pricing and Charging Innovations - by Openet 12/5/2011 Exceptional Experiences: The key to customer engagement - by IBM 11/29/2011 Smarter Collaboration Solutions from IBM 11/29/2011 Engaging the Subscriber: Simplifying and Enriching the Mobile Customer Experience - by Openet 11/28/2011 Success of Cloud Services Will Depend on Robust Service Assurance Solution - by Heavy Reading 11/28/2011 SeaChange Multiscreen Video Report - by Heavy Reading 11/28/2011 Business agility powers innovation, transformation and growth - by IBM 11/25/2011 A Hand-book of emerging Policy Management use cases - by Elitecore Technologies 11/15/2011 Business Analytics and Optimization Jumpstart: Embedding analytics to transform insights into action - by IBM 11/9/2011 IBM's Watson and the Future of data - Turning Insights into Action - by IBM 11/9/2011 Smarter communications through analytics - by IBM 11/9/2011 The Business Value of Predictive Analytics - by IBM 11/9/2011 Embracing Real-Time for an optimal Customer Experience - by Heavy Reading 11/7/2011 End-to-End Virtualization: A Holistic Approach for a Dynamic Environment - by IBM 10/17/2011 Getting cloud computing right - by IBM 10/17/2011 Private Clouds float with IBM systems and software - by IBM 10/17/2011 Becoming a Social Business: The IBM Story - by IBM 10/17/2011 The New Voice of the CIO - by IBM 10/18/2010 The New Value Integrator - by IBM 10/18/2010 Capitalizing on Complexity - by IBM 10/18/2010 ALL WHITE PAPERS Featured New Popular ABI Report: Huawei and Ericsson the Leaders in LTE RAN Standard and Patents - by Huawei 2/1/2012 Cell C – Huawei NGBSS Implementation - by Pyramid Research 1/31/2012 Deploying 100G Transport Networks Today - by Heavy Reading 1/27/2012 Examining the Case for VoLTE & Rich Media Communications - by Heavy Reading 1/25/2012 Conducting the Orchestration - Order Management at the Speed of Business - by Frost & Sullivan 1/23/2012 Customer-Focused Experience Management - Must Be an End-to-End Process - by Yankee Group 1/20/2012 Testing High-Performance Mobile Firewalls for 4G-LTE Networks – by Heavy Reading 1/19/2012 Safaricom: CBS Implementation - by Pyramid Research 1/17/2012 KPNI: Huawei OSS/BSS Implementation - by Pyramid Research 1/17/2012 Telco 2015: Five Telling Years, Four Future Scenarios - by IBM 1/13/2012 Manage and monitor LTE with IBM Tivoli Netcool solutions - by IBM 1/13/2012 Optimize availability and performance of your 4G Network - by IBM 1/13/2012 Session Border Controllers: Addressing Tomorrow's Requirements - by Heavy Reading 1/12/2012 Balancing Act: Data Explosion vs. Revenue Monetization : Considerations for a Next Generation of Mediation - by Heavy Reading 1/4/2012 Creating the Enterprise-Class Tablet Environment - by Yankee Group 1/1/2012 How To Regain IT Control In An Increasingly Mobile World - by BlackBerry 1/1/2012 The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet’s Good Bones - by BlackBerry 1/1/2012 Red Alert: Why Tablet Security Matters - by BlackBerry 1/1/2012 Cloud computing insights from 110 implementation projects - by IBM 12/31/2011 The Emerging 100GE Network Era - by Heavy Reading 12/27/2011 ALL WHITE PAPERS Featured New Popular Cloud computing insights from 110 implementation projects - by IBM 12/31/2011 Creating the Enterprise-Class Tablet Environment - by Yankee Group 1/1/2012 Exceptional Experiences: The key to customer engagement - by IBM 11/29/2011 Cell C – Huawei NGBSS Implementation - by Pyramid Research 1/31/2012 Deploying 100G Transport Networks Today - by Heavy Reading 1/27/2012 Smarter Collaboration Solutions from IBM 11/29/2011 Business agility powers innovation, transformation and growth - by IBM 11/25/2011 Examining the Case for VoLTE & Rich Media Communications - by Heavy Reading 1/25/2012 The New Voice of the CIO - by IBM 10/18/2010 Metropolitan Optical Networks 6/23/2000 Business Analytics and Optimization Jumpstart: Embedding analytics to transform insights into action - by IBM 11/9/2011 IBM's Watson and the Future of data - Turning Insights into Action - by IBM 11/9/2011 Telco 2015: Five Telling Years, Four Future Scenarios - by IBM 1/13/2012 ABI Report: Huawei and Ericsson the Leaders in LTE RAN Standard and Patents - by Huawei 2/1/2012 End-to-End Virtualization: A Holistic Approach for a Dynamic Environment - by IBM 10/17/2011 Getting cloud computing right - by IBM 10/17/2011 Customer-Focused Experience Management - Must Be an End-to-End Process - by Yankee Group 1/20/2012 Smarter communications through analytics - by IBM 11/9/2011 Safaricom: CBS Implementation - by Pyramid Research 1/17/2012 Balancing Act: Data Explosion vs. Revenue Monetization : Considerations for a Next Generation of Mediation - by Heavy Reading 1/4/2012 ALL WHITE PAPERS Resource Library SPONSORED CONTENT On-Demand Webinar: Infusing Cloud Services with Ecosystem Innovation - by IBM Presenters: Scott Stainken, General Manager, IBM Global Telecommunications Industry; Melanie ... Podcast: Best Practices for Communications Service Providers when Deploying New Services - by IBM Overview: Translate cost savings into competitive advantage Communications Service Providers ... An e-Guide to Policy Control, July 2011 - sponsored by Openet Overview: This new Light Reading e-Guide takes a look at some of the key developments in the ... Evolve Your Network - Simpler, Smarter, Faster - by Alcatel-Lucent Presenters: Salvador Lopez, Senior Manager, Optical Business Development-Solutions and ... Chalk Pushcast Software Webcast: Media Rich Training and Compliance Communications on BlackBerry Smartphones - by BlackBerry Presenters: Jody Glidden, Director, Chalk Media Overview: More and more, workforces are ... IT Best Practices Webcast: Mobile Policies and Processes for Employee-owned smartphones - by BlackBerry Presenters: Mark Keating, Director - Platform Marketing, Research In Motion; Maribel Lopez, ... On-Demand Webinar: Introducing BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express: Mobility for your Business Presenter: Erin Ransom, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Research In Motion Overview: Learn how ... On-Demand Webinar: BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express for the Small-to-Medium Sized Business Presenter: Shabbir Lasani, Product Marketing Manager - Small and Medium Business, Research In ... On-Demand Webinar: Deploying BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express Presenter: Ajay Malhan, Technical Account Manager - IT Channel, Research In Motion Overview: ... ALL RESOURCES




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