Packet-Optical Networking is your opportunity to meet and debate with the specialists shaping the future architecture of Packet-Optical networks for the new decade. The coming years will be a time of unprecedented change and upheaval for service provider networks. SDH is nearing its end of life and the new optical and packet networking paradigms with which it is being replaced are very different and challenging. This is your opportunity to influence and anticipate the important developments that will impact your short to mid term planning and investment outcomes.

This event is a timely opportunity to get up to speed with packet optical networking ideas and their practical implementation in key application areas – Mobility, Video (Content Delivery Networks/IPTV/MobileTV), Cloud Computing, Data Centre Virtualisation and high performance Ethernet services for business users.

The stage is set for new evolution, new strategies, new optimisation potential and new convergence options. As a stakeholder in the future packet optical transport networking world, you will find this collection of influential people, focused debate and structured networking of significant value.

Operators are looking for answers to the following questions:

• What are the strategic issues facing service providers and how can P-OTN help?
• How can P-OTN be used to build and ease the migration to 4th Generation mobile infrastructure?
• How and why has P-OTN developed as a technology – what are the drivers and origins of P-OTN?
• How are service providers planning to use P-OTN – what services are driving P-OTN and what are the network evolution options?
• What are the key developments in standards from the operator’s point of view, and where are the gaps?
• What role will Ethernet play?
• How will the new MPLS-TP-OTN convergence be applied in mobile networks?
• What are the key issues in evolving from today's heterogeneous mixed-technology networks?
• How can P-OTN help in designing infrastructure to support new business applications and architectures – data centre connectivity, data centre virtualisation, Cloud Computing, video?

This best of breed conference provides a uniquely focused forum to examine this new vision, uncluttered by history and bringing the best of packet and the best of optical together, to formulate a wider understanding of the future Packet Optical Transport Network.

Meet your peers, existing and potential customers, existing and potential suppliers, leading thinkers, technical experts, standards coordinators and specialist analysts and spend 3 days in engaging group discussions, case study examples, ice-breaking speed networking, one to one meetings, lunch debates, relaxed refreshment breaks, drinks reception and knowledge exchange.

It’s good to specialise and it’s very important to get a strategic view of the industry. Hear from knowledgeable and influential experts representing the systems, networks and applications point of view on packet transport. Find out how they are developing, implementing and leveraging packet-optical transport networking systems, architectures and networks to generate new business and reduce the cost of data transport.

Join the Layer123 packet transport community and connect with the experts – start networking now

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28 November 2012 – IP router/switch market dips 5% in Q3; Juniper reclaims #2 spot in routers The performance of the router/switch market roughly reflects economic conditions, and true to form economic weakness in Europe, North America, and Latin America drove down IP router and switch revenue in the third quarter
Source: Infonetics Research

25 October 2012 – Dante's SDH Inferno How many transport networks have actually ripped out and replaced their SDH/SONET kit?
Source: Light Reading

10 August 2012 – Flexible Virtualized Optical Transport Networking Technology Network and computing resource sharing technology, such as network virtualization and cloud computing, is becoming more important
Source: NTT Technical Review

19 July 2012 – OIF Takes on Technology for 100G and 400G, and Addresses Emerging Control Plane Applications The OIF Q3 meeting last week was a flurry of activity with three new projects
Source: OIF

13 June 2012 – Verizon-Juniper: It's All in the Timing Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) was definitely looking for processing power and scalability when it chose Juniper Networks Inc. (NYSE: JNPR)'s PTX Series, but it turns out that timing was a big factor as well
Source: Light Reading

11 June 2012 – Verizon begins backbone convergence Verizon has begun work on converging its four packet backbone networks into a single global IP infrastructure based on MPLS, Executive Vice President and CTO Tony Melone told attendees yesterday at TIA 2012: Inside the Network during his keynote address
Source: Lightwave

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

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

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

10 May 2012 – ADVA Mixes OpenFlow With Optical ADVA Optical Networking (Frankfurt: ADV) has run an experiment using OpenFlow to control wavelength-switched networks, showing that the software-defined networking (SDN) technology has some usefulness at the optical layer
Source: Light Reading

10 May 2012 – Operators confirm transition to OTN switching is underway Wavelength efficiency remains the key application for OTN, but service providers are rolling out more sophisticated management control planes as part of OTN switching deployments
Source: Infonetics Research

9 May 2012 – Terabit Optical & Data Networking talk shifts to 100G Several speakers, including those from AIT (Athens Information Technology), Ethernet Alliance, OIF, and Microsoft, talked about changing traffic patterns and the necessity to reconfigure network assets to support unpredictable demand
Source: Ovum

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