WEBINAR
 
    Beyond MPLS: the Network as the Cloud-Computing Delivery Platform  
    Tuesday JANUARY 17, 2012 12:00pm EST / 18:00pm CET  
   
             
 
   
  DATE:
Tuesday JANUARY 17, 2012		  
     
  TIME:
12:00pm EST / 18:00pm CET 		 
     
  MODERATOR:  
     
   
     
  Sarah Wallace
Analyst, Heavy Reading 		 
     
  SPEAKERS:  
     
   
     
  David White
Senior VP Global Business Development, Ipanema Technologies		  
     
   
     
  Mitchell H. Auster
Senior Advisor, Market Development, Ciena 		 
     
  SPONSORED BY:  
     
   
     
   
     
   
 
Beyond MPLS: The Network as the Cloud-Computing Delivery Platform
 
Telecom and cable operators are both moving to develop cloud-based services to entice enterprises customers to outsources their IT operations. These services typically use existing data center and network infrastructure, and offer the hope of value-added revenues, in addition to traditional data transport. How much transport networks evolve to deliver on-demand computing resources, software, security and other services? A webinar on this same topic was held a year ago. This webinar will take an updated look on how service providers are preparing their networks to offer cloud-based services at scale, to the full range of their customers, from global enterprises to the SMB market.
 
This webinar will explore:
   
The challenges service providers face in preparing their networks to offer cloud-based services,
   
How cloud computing - whether implemented as a private cloud, public cloud or both - increases the complexity of enterprise WANs,
   
MPLS is a 15-year old technology... and under threat of revenue erosion from enterprise IT transformations and a commoditization of MPLS services,
   
Cloud computing in fact creates tremendous business opportunities for providers through the value-added VPN services,
   
Network service providers delivering cloud-ready networks will take pole position in the cloud-computing market.
 
Who should attend:
   
Carriers
   
Network Service Providers
   
Network Managers