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Industry's Leading Carrier Ethernet Event, Ethernet Expo Americas 2009 Next Week in
New York
NEW YORK, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
22 service providers, 22 Carrier Ethernet network solutions
suppliers, industry analysts, and more all speaking at Ethernet Expo
Americas 2009
leading online publication for the telecom industry, and Heavy Reading
as the industry's leading Carrier Ethernet event in terms of speaker line up and
attendee quality and quantity.
"The key movers and shakers in the Carrier Ethernet world will be
gathering in New York City during November 3 and 4 to discuss the latest
services and technology trends, said Stan Hubbard, Heavy Reading Senior
Analyst and Ethernet Expo Chairman. "This year's event represents a unique,
unprecedented opportunity for enterprise CIOs and other communications
network professionals to engage with operators regarding next-generation
Ethernet business connectivity services and applications tailored to meet the
needs of different industry verticals. It also is a great chance for
communications service providers to explore the industry's most advanced
solutions for building high-performance networks based on Carrier Ethernet,
MPLS, and packet optical technologies."
Keynote speakers include:
- Russell Shriver, VP Product Management, IP & Data Services, Level 3
Communications
- Kevin Daines, Chief Technologist, Ciena
- Michael Joseph Volgende, Director of Ethernet Services, Verizon
- Margaret Chiosi, Executive Director, Optics & Ethernet Service
Development, AT&T Labs
- Wendell Kadunce, Vice President, Americas, Reliance Globalcom
- Nan Chen, MEF President
Other speakers from leading carriers, network solutions suppliers, and
industry analysts include: Ciena, Anda Networks, AboveNet Communications,
Accedian Networks, ADVA Optical Networking, Alcatel-Lucent, Canoga Perkins,
COLT Telecom Group, Covad Communications, Cox Business, ECI, Elevate
Research, Equinix, EXFO, Extreme Networks, Fujitsu, Global Crossing, Hatteras
Networks, Heavy Reading, Hibernia Atlantic, IDC, Interoute, JDSU, Juniper
Networks, Level 3, Lightower, MetroNet, MRV, Mzima Networks, Nokia Siemens
Networks, NTT Americas, Optimum Lightpath, Overture Networks, Positron Access
Solutions, RAD Data Communications, Reliance Globalcom, RCN Metro Optical
Networks, Telco Systems, Tellabs, Time Warner Business Class, Transmode, tw
telecom, Verizon, XO Communications, and Zhone.
Ethernet Expo registration is over 700 with expected attendance between
400 and 500 Ethernet technology executives. Ethernet Expo 2009, which
includes a conference and exposition, will take place at the Hilton New York
on November 3 and 4. This year's Ethernet Expo will be open to all press and
analysts. Registration for press and analysts is free. To register, go to
Contact:
Amy Averbook
Director of Corporate Marketing
Light Reading Inc.
averbook@lightreading.com
212-600-3373
About Light Reading
online media, research, and focused event company serving the $3 trillion
worldwide communications market. Lightreading.com is the ultimate source for
technology and financial analysis of the communications industry, leading the
media sector in terms of traffic, content, and reputation. Light Reading's
research arms, Heavy Reading and Pyramid Research, provide the most
comprehensive communications research, market data, and technology analysis
in close to 100 markets around the world. Light Reading produces nearly 20
targeted communications events including TelcoTV, Ethernet Expo New York and
Ethernet Expo London, The Tower Summit @ CTIA, and Optical Expo, as well as
focused one-day events tailored for cable, mobile, and wireline executives.
Light Reading was acquired by United Business Media in August 2005 and
operates as a unit of TechWeb.
About TechWeb
technology media, is an innovative business focused on serving the needs of
technology decision-makers and marketers worldwide. TechWeb produces the most
respected and consumed media brands in the business technology market. Today,
more than 13.3 million* business technology professionals actively engage in
our communities created around our global face-to-face events, Interop, Web
2.0, Black Hat, and VoiceCon; online resources such as the TechWeb Network,
Light Reading, Intelligent Enterprise, InformationWeek.com, bMighty.com, and
The Financial Technology Network; and the market leading, award-winning
InformationWeek, TechNet Magazine, MSDN Magazine, and Wall Street &
Technology magazines. TechWeb also provides end-to-end services including
next-generation performance marketing, integrated media, research, and
analyst services. TechWeb is a division of United Business Media, a global
provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a
market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.
*13.3 million business decision-makers: based on number of monthly
connections.
About United Business Media Limited
global media and marketing services company that informs markets and brings
the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print, and with
the information they need to do business successfully. UBM serves
professional and commercial communities, from IT professionals to doctors,
from journalists to jewelry dealers, from farmers to pharmacists around the
world. UBM employs more than 6,500 people in more than 30 countries. UBM's
businesses operating in the US include CMPMedica, Commonwealth Business
Media, Everything Channel, PR Newswire, RISI, TechInsights, TechWeb, and
Think Services. UBM is listed on the London Stock Exchange (UBM.L) and has a
market capitalization of $2.5 billion.
SOURCE: Light Reading
CONTACT: Amy Averbook,
Director of Corporate Marketing,
Light Reading Inc.,
+1-212-600-3373,
averbook@lightreading.com
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