Leaders of Carrier Ethernet Industry to Gather at Ethernet Expo Europe in London
LONDON, May 7 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Key speakers from telecom leaders BT, Colt, and Tata will join with top
Enterprise CIOs and key vendors such as Alcatel-Lucent and Cisco in
Europe’s major event focused on the red-hot Carrier
Ethernet market
Hundreds of telecom service provider executives and enterprise information
technology managers are expected to attend Ethernet Expo: Europe 2009, May 13-14
at the ExCel Conference Centre in London, to hear leading carriers and enterprise
CIOs explain how they are optimizing the red-hot Carrier Ethernet technology,
which is a crucial driver of growth in an otherwise tepid global communications
marketplace.
Ethernet Expo features a number of firsts, including the industry’s first
live Global Interconnect demonstration, in which multiple carriers and the
leading equipment vendors that serve them demonstrate how a multi-vendor Carrier
Ethernet service can be ordered and managed around the world. In addition,
Ethernet Expo will have a strong voice from the customers of these services,
including enterprise CIOs such as Dr. Bhaskar Dasgupta, from HSBC Holdings, and
senior managers from Reuters, IPSOS, and local government who will describe how
they are using and buying these services.
Finally, key speakers from the regulatory environment and industry
organizations focused on Ethernet-related standards development – Ofcom (Office
of Communications), MEF (MetroEthernet Forum), and MSF (MultiService Forum) –
will authoritatively describe the latest developments and trends. The Conference
is chaired by Stan Hubbard, Senior Analyst at Heavy Reading, and recognized to be
a leading authority on the Carrier Ethernet market.
”This is the one place in Europe where the entire Ethernet ecosystem of
service providers, vendors, and enterprise execs are getting together to advance
the Carrier Ethernet industry,” says Joseph Braue, Group Director/Senior Vice
President, Light Reading. ”At the same time, providers can find out in detail
what their customers and prospects are thinking, learn from best-practice
experience of other carriers, and gain real insight into some of the difficult
issues being tackled right now by the regulators. Ethernet Expo Europe is right
at the forefront of the Carrier Ethernet revolution.”
The world’s first Global Interconnect demo will be demonstrating how MEF-
certified services perform under realistic conditions from London to USA to Asia
and back again in a single interconnected broadband network. The demonstration,
led by Bob Mandeville and his team at Iometrix, the leading telecom testing
company, will allow attendees to see worldwide carrier Ethernet in real-time on
the big screen, then have them stroll over to the Vendor Showcase to get the
detailed business case, how the services are delivered to the organization, and
how the customer will benefit. The participating service providers include: COLT,
ntl:Telewest, and Tata Communications. Equipment manufacturers participating in
the interconnect vendor showcase include Alcatel-Lucent, Anda, Cisco, Creanord,
Matisse, Omnitron, and Spirent.
Keynotes from leading telecom carriers include: Dr. Alireza Mahmoodshahi, CTO
of Colt; Matthew Finnie, CTO of Interoute; and Dr. Kamran Sistanizadeh, CTO of
Reliance Globalcomm. Key executives from BT, Verizon, Telefonica, XO
Communications, and ntl:Telewest will also be speaking.
Among enterprise IT speakers, Dr. Bhaskar Dasgupta, Global Head, Programme
Management Office for Global Finance, HSBC Holdings, is on Wednesday’s enterprise
panel, together with John Jackson, Assistant Director, Corporate ICT, Camden
Borough Council; John Lyons, Global Head of Network Architecture and Design,
Sales & Trading, Thomson Reuters; and Dimitri Koveos from IPSOS. Also on
Wednesday, the Enterprise Workshop provides an introduction to Carrier Ethernet
services and the importance of MEF certification for enterprise professionals.
Thursday’s Ethernet Standards workshop features Craig Easley, Marketing
Committee Co-Chair, MEF; and Roger Ward, President, MultiService Forum; with
Chinyelu Onwurah, Head of Telecoms Technology, Ofcom also featuring in the day’s
program that includes debates, success stories, and ”Think Tank” presentations.
All presentations are open to questions from the audience and a valuable
opportunity to tap the experience and creativity of the industry’s best brains.
Ethernet Expo: Europe 2009 is one conference you cannot afford to miss! The
full program and demonstration details can be found on Light Reading’s Ethernet
analysts is free.
Contact:
Amy Averbook
Director of Corporate Marketing
Light Reading
averbook@lightreading.com
212-925-0020 x112
About Light Reading
Founded in 2000, Light Reading (www.lightreading.com) is the leading 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
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SOURCE: Light Reading
CONTACT: Amy Averbook
Director of Corporate Marketing
Light Reading
+1-212-925-0020 x112
averbook@lightreading.com
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