Layer 123 - Knowledge exchange events in 2012

Knowledge exchange events in 2012

“The event [Cloud-Net Summit] provided an invaluable snapshot of
what is current with SDN and OpenFlow and
an indication of what we can expect as they evolve” – BT

“It was an excellent event [LTE/EPC & Converged Mobile Backhaul 2011]

..already looking forward to next year!” – Juniper Networks

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NEW Testing-Interop WG: Interoperability Event White Paper Interoperability of OpenFlow in a multi-vendor environment is critical to its success. The Testing-Interop WG performs... Source: Open Networking Foundation >> DOWNLOAD NOW NEW Terabit Optical & Data Networking Conference 2012: Roundup This year’s conference appeared to be more concrete than last year’s: a natural evolution considering the... Source: Current Analysis >> DOWNLOAD NOW NEW Software-Defined Networking: The New Norm for Networks Traditional network architectures are ill-suited to meet the requirements of today’s... Source: Open Networking Foundation >> DOWNLOAD NOW OFC/NFOEC 2012: Transport and Routing Roundup Advisory Report.. 100G products were the big story at OFC/NFOEC 2012, with practically all systems vendors exhibiting... Source: Current Analysis >> DOWNLOAD NOW LTE Backhauling Deployment Scenarios Reference architectures and topologies for migrating to a packet infrastructure supporting eNodeB, MME, S/P-GW connectivity... Source: NGMN Alliance >> DOWNLOAD NOW
	MEMBER DOWNLOADS
NEW Transforming Carrier Business using Innovation enabled by SDN From Cloud-Net 2012, a new vision of how DT intends to address Carrier challenges by adopting a new SDN-based TeraStream Architecture... Source: Deutsche Telekom >> DOWNLOAD NOW (members only) NEW Building modern 100G transport networks for Mobility, Video and Cloud This presentation from Terabits Cannes 2012 examines FT-Orange NGN Photonics evolution and IP/Optic convergence strategy... Source: France Telecom-Orange >> DOWNLOAD NOW (members only) NEW Call for Proposals: Packet-Optical Networking Speak at the 3rd annual Packet-Optical Networking conference, 25th October 2012... Source: Layer123 >> DOWNLOAD NOW (members only) NEW Microwave in Future Mobile Networks Making the right choices for LTE: Microwave radio systems must continue to evolve (from Packet Microwave Forum 2011)... Source: Everything Everywhere >> DOWNLOAD NOW (members only) NEW Call for Proposals: SDN & OpenFlow World Congress Speak at the very first SDN & OpenFlow World Congress, 22-24 October in Frankfurt... Source: Layer123 >> DOWNLOAD NOW (members only) NEW Enabling Elastic Bandwidth for Terabit-Scale Clouds From Terabits Cannes 2012, Microsoft and Infinera present key Optical tools for large-scale Cloud infrastructure... Source: Microsoft >> DOWNLOAD NOW (members only)

COMING NEXT

Packet Microwave & Backhaul Forum

Expanding the role of Microwave in LTE

1-3 October
London, UK

Is your Microwave strategy ready for LTE and Small Cells?

The 2nd edition of this well-supported industry event is your opportunity to develop your Microwave evolution plans and to ensure that you are getting the best deal from your Microwave supplier/managed service provider.

Join your peers - experts in Microwave technology, senior strategists and planners from service providers - and the systems vendors in London in October and capitalise on the transition to Packet Microwave.

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SDN & OpenFlow
World Congress

Realising the
Potential of SDN

22-24 October
Frankfurt, Germany

Europe's first SDN Knowledge Exchange

SDN World is a ground-breaking event addressing the rapidly emerging market of Software-Defined Networking.

Co-hosted by the Open Networking Foundation, this will be the first opportunity in Europe to discover and debate face-to-face the full potential of SDN.

Join industry leaders, activists, pioneers and market-makers from key functions within the network ecosystem to define and shape the future network!

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CHANNEL123

16 May 2012 – Software-Defined Networking: A No-Hype FAQ
The biggest buzzword at this year's Interop conference in Las Vegas was software-defined networking ...OpenFlow in particular caused near constant debate in the convention center.
Source: InformationWeek
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16 May 2012 – OFC/NFOEC 2012: Some of the exhibition highlights
A round-up of some of the main announcements and demonstrations at the recent OFC/NFOEC 2012 exhibition and conference
Source: Gazettabyte
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15 May 2012 – The capacity limits facing optical networking
Ever wondered just how close systems vendors are in approaching the limits of fibre capacity in optical networks? Kim Roberts, senior director coherent systems at Ciena, adds some mathematical rigour with his explanation of Shannon's bound, from a workshop he gave at the Terabit Optical and Data Networking conference held in Cannes
Source: Gazettabyte
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14 May 2012 – TeliaSonera International Carrier to provide Pan-European Managed Optical Network for Facebook
The next-generation multi-terabit optical network will provide Facebook with connectivity between Internet exchange points in multiple European cities and their newest data center on the edge of the Arctic Circle in Luleå, Sweden
Source: TeliaSonera International Carrier
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14 May 2012 – Overview and Status of Future Networks Standardization in ITU-T
To overcome the limitations of the current Internet, research and development of future network technologies has been undertaken extensively
Source: NTT Technical Review
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14 May 2012 – New Strategic Initiatives Advance Transformation of Verizon's Global Optical Network
Expansion of Control Plane Strategy, 100G Metro Deployment Further Enhance Ability to Provide Integrated Industry Solutions
Source: Verizon
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14 May 2012 – IBM, Juniper, and open data center architectures – our shared view
This week at Interop in Las Vegas, IBM released a series of technical briefs that present a vision for the creation of an open data center with an interoperable network
Source: Juniper Networks
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11 May 2012 – Searching for an SDN Definition: What is Software-Defined Networking?
This week at Interop, the term software-defined networking (SDN) was used in such varying contexts that I wondered if it was going to go the route of terms like cloud, NAC, APT and any other catchy phrase
Source: Network Computing
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