- mobile backhauling
- wholesale offerings
• Determining how VPLS meets the needs of the business and the challenges of evolving to
multipoint services
• Assessing the business benefits what is the real driver for developing VPLS?
Rafal Zakrzewski, Senior Network Architect, Telekomunikacja Polska
14:30 MPLS-TP and its application in supporting next generations services
Simon Spraggs, Distinguished Consulting Engineer, Cisco
14:50 Assessing the development of Packet Optical Transport Networking and the benefits for service providers
• Understanding how service providers can benefit from the latest optical and Ethernet networking solutions
• Evaluating vendor approaches to Packet Optical Transport and the alternative solutions available
• Determining how service providers can migrate from existing networks to P-OTNs
• Assessing the need for connection oriented Ethernet
• Considerations for a unified control plane to deliver profitable services that meet the customer needs
Andreas Hegers, Director Market Development NGN Architectures EMEA, Ciena; Rafal Zakrzewski, Senior Network Architect, Telekomunikacja Polska; Bart Van de Velde, Sr. Manager, Business Development, Cisco;
15:30 Optimising Carrier Ethernet networks to deliver scalable, multi-service applications
• Understanding service provider needs what are they looking for in CE infrastructure
• Assessing where and how intelligence can be added to the network to optimise network performance and service delivery
• Determining how optimisation can enable service providers to reduce capacity costs whilst enabling scalable, differentiated applications and services
• Addressing the challenges of multi-technology access
Dave Stehlin, President, Overture Networks
15:50 Examining CE network requirements for service delivery, scalability
and availability
Jan Hof, Senior Director of Field Marketing, Extreme networks
16:10 Afternoon refreshmentsSTREAM B: GLOBAL SERVICES & GLOBAL INTERCONNECT
Chair: Andre Viera, Program Manager, Network Infrastructure, IDC
11:50 Global Interconnect - the building blocks
• Standardised retail services and certification: a stepping stone
• Key MEF specifications and implementation agreements and how the pieces fit together to achieve interconnect
• Completed ENNI, CoS, OAM works
• Standardized Access Service definition, Cos (2) OVC and Tunnel Works in Progress
• Implementation considerations: Bliateral connection vs. The Exchange model
Phil Tilley, Representative, MEF
12:10 Creating a transparent connection over an E-NNI and managing the service end to end
• Determining how much certainty specifications offer and what guarantees there are in existing SLAs - what is included in the specs and what isnt?
• Minimising troubleshooting and payouts and maximizing customer satisfaction
• Evaluating when a standardized approach or when commercial bi-lateral agreements are the right way forward
Cees van Duijn, Product Manager, KPN
12:30 Managing QoS and SLAs across the interconnect
• Understanding the management tools needed to support Ethernet services across an interconnect are these tools sufficiently developed?
• Understanding the features supported within the ENNI
• Developing the processes around global interconnect to monitor and manage services
• Developing an end to end view of interconnected services
• Addressing the challenges of provisioning, management and billing for global interconnect services
Justin Fielder, CTO, Easynet
12:50 Examining the status of Ethernet Business service adoption.
What, where and why are customers buying?
Ian Redpath, Principle Analyst, OVUM
13:10 Lunch
14:10 Assessing the development of Ethernet exchanges and their place in the CE market
• Understanding the role of Ethernet Exchanges in enabling and developing the global Ethernet services market
• Detailing the development of exchanges to date and how they are being used by service providers
• Understanding who is benefiting from the development of exchanges
• Assessing the benefits for service providers including time taken to access new markets and standardisation of services
• Outlining further developments of Ethernet exchanges where is there most need and how can the benefits be optimised for service providers and their customers?
Michael Howard, Principal Analyst, Infonetics Research
14:30 Developing attractive Ethernet service offerings through Ethernet Exchanges
• Outlining the processes for enabling interconnection through an exchange and detailing the role of MEF ENNI
• Defining SLAs and managing QoS through Ethernet exchanges
• Maintaining differentiation how can service providers prevent commoditisation of servicesthrough exchanges?
• Developing a global Ethernet service offering through the use of Ethernet Exchanges and rapidly responding to customer needs
Panellists include: Justin Fielder, CTO, Easynet; Cees van Duijn, Product Manager, KPN
15:10 Developing attractive global Carrier Ethernet Services that meet the needs of different customers
• Understanding how the needs of different business customers are driving the development of global CE services
• Assessing the challenges of delivering an array of global services from P2P to MP2MP and
10Mbs to 10Gbs
Peter Lawson, Strategic Marketing Manager, Global Crossing
15:30 Capitalising on global connectivity developing global Carrier Ethernet Services
• Detailing the opportunities for international Carrier Ethernet services and how customer needs are driving this opportunity
• Understanding the maturity of access markets and the implications for international service offerings
• Leveraging partnerships to enhance international service offerings
• Developing a compelling sales proposition for global Ethernet services
Mattias Fridstrom, Director, Portfolio Management, TeliaSonera
15:50 Service OAM for SLAs in Global, multi-operator networks
• Assessing the challenges of providing unified, multi-provider services - service reliability - class of service consistency - end to end SLA enforcement
• Evaluating the latest approaches to demarcation and how these meet the needs of all parties
• Enabling end-to-end visibility of services delivered across multi-operator networks
Arie Goldberg, President & CEO, Omnitron Systems
16:10 Afternoon refreshmentsPLENARY
16:40 TECHNOLOGY PANEL: Comparing approaches to implementing Carrier Ethernet to support multi-service requirements
Panellists include: Mattias Fridstrom, Director, Product Management, TeliaSonera; Darija Novic, Carrier Relations Centre, BH Telecom
17:20 Assessing the advances in Carrier Ethernet and implications for core metro and access network design
Panellists include: Hector Acalos, Director of Technology and Solutions, Ericsson; Kireeti Kompella, Junos CTO, Juniper Networks; Bart Salaets, Director of Product Management, Alcatel-Lucent; Simon Spraggs, Distinguished Consulting Engineer, Cisco; Francois Tournesac, Head of Carrier Ethernet Business Development, Nokia Siemens Networks; Dave Wilkinson, Director of Network Architecture, ECI Telecom; Dr. Xipeng Xiao, Director of Product marketing for Data Communications, Huawei Technologies
18:30 CEWC Networking Drinks Reception:
Your chance to continue the debate with other delegates and speakers
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