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Yankee Group “Enterprise Executive Summit” to be held at NXTcomm08

NXTcomm and the Yankee Group will host “The Yankee Group Enterprise Executive Summit - The Network as Platform for the Anywhere Enterprise” at NXTcomm08 on June 16 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Register now.

This summit will feature critical insight and analysis from Yankee Group, NXTcomm08 and multiple industry leaders, and will review trends such as open networking, the future of on-demand computing, the network as a platform for application delivery and securing the ‘anywhere enterprise’ through leading network security technologies.

Summit a must-attend for executives, management and ecosystem players involved in
the future of enterprise communications

May 15, 2008 Arlington, Va. – NXTcomm, the one event delivering the ecosystem of network-enabled voice, video and data, today announced that Yankee Group, an independent technology research and consulting firm, providing deep insight and counsel on the impact of global connectivity evolution on enterprises and consumers, will host “The Yankee Group Enterprise Executive Summit - The Network as Platform for the Anywhere Enterprise” at NXTcomm08 on June 16 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. NXTcomm comes to Las Vegas June 16-19 and will co-locate with InfoComm08, the leading audiovisual business-to-business marketplace. For more information, go to NXTcommShow.com.

This summit will feature critical insight and analysis from Yankee Group, NXTcomm08 and multiple industry leaders, and will review trends such as open networking, the future of on-demand computing, the network as a platform for application delivery and securing the ‘anywhere enterprise’ through leading network security technologies. To register, go to www.
https://nxtcommshow.com/register_overview.html

“The Yankee Group is an acknowledged leader among technology industry researchers and analysts,” NXTcomm Executive Director Wayne Crawford said. “Their presence at NXTcomm and their role in bringing us the best conference programming for enterprise executives underscores our efforts to make NXTcomm the one communications industry event capturing the entire ecosystem of network-enabled voice, video and data.”

“The Yankee Group Enterprise Executive Summit – The Network as Platform for the Anywhere Enterprise” at NXTcomm will be held June 16th from 10am to 5pm. The current schedule is as follows:

•    10:00 – 10:20 a.m. – Welcome and Introduction
Zeus Kerravala, Senior Vice President - Enterprise Research, Yankee Group

•    10:20 – 11:00 a.m. – Keynote: The Network As Platform for the Anywhere Enterprise
Mike Day, CIO, The Cannery Casino & Hotel
The role of today’s network is much different than in years past. Ubiquitous connectivity has taken us to a point where virtually everything is connected and has transformed the network from “plumbing” to a platform. Moving forward the network will become the most scalable, cost effective platform for computing and application delivery. 

•    11:00 – 12:00 p.m. - Roundtable: Open Networking: Myth or Reality?
Moderator: Phil Hochmuth, Senior Analyst-Enterprise Research, Yankee Group
The concept of open system is not a new one to the computing world.  However, it is new to the network industry.  Over the past few years though, a number of vendors have been touting the virtues of “open networks”, the latest Juniper Networks as part of their latest product launch.  This roundtable will look at the pros and cons of open networking and our panelists will give some predictions as to when it may become a reality and how this transition occurs.

•    1:00 – 2:00 p.m. - Keynote: Computing as a Service: Next Frontier in On-Demand Computing
Christopher Gesell, Director of Global Product Marketing, IT Solutions, Verizon 
On-demand is fast becoming a reality. To harness on-demand computing, enterprises require a global platform that separates applications from hardware, creating a shared pool of computing resources that can be allocated. This is Computing as a Service (CaaS). CaaS provides a highly resilient computing infrastructure that enables enterprises to leverage a true on-demand model, employing computing resources (server, storage, security and network) exactly and only when needed via an agile and affordable infrastructure. At the forefront of this movement is Verizon Business. Backed by the world's most powerful global IP network, Verizon Business is poised to help enterprises understand how they can use CaaS to maximize IT resources.  

•    2:00 – 3:00 p.m. - Keynote: The Network as a Platform for Application Delivery
Mark Harris, Application Delivery Architect, Trace|3
KJ (Ken) Salchow, Jr., Manager, Technical Marketing at F5 Networks
Users today can work from anywhere and users expect the same performance in branch offices and other remote locations as they have in the headquarters.  There are many technologies that exist today that can improve the delivery and performance of applications.  This presentation will discuss strategies for optimizing application performance over networks.

•    3:15 – 4:15 p.m. - Roundtable: Securing the Anywhere Enterprise
Moderator: Phil Hochmuth, Senior Analyst-Enterprise Research, Yankee Group
Panelists: Jason Anderson, VP of Engineering, Lancope
Seamus Hourihan, Vice President of Product Management/Marketing, Acme Packet
Steven Teitzel, Global Solution Executive, IBM Global Telecommunications Industry
While the network as a platform creates a unique vision to work towards, it does create some unique security challenges.  This presentation will focus on many of the leading network security technologies such as access control and network behavioral analysis and describe how they can be used to secure the anywhere enterprise.

•    4:15 – 5:00 p.m. – Closing Keynote: Building an Application Developer Ecosystem for the Network Platform
Speaker: Zeus Kerravala, Senior Vice President - Enterprise Research, Yankee Group


Other NXTcomm08 Summits include “INSIGHTS for Next-Generation ILECs: A Telephony Live Summit at NXTcomm,” and “iHollywood Forum: Communications Goes Green.” Visit https://nxtcommshow.com/nxtcomm_summits.html for more information.

NXTcomm08 is expected to draw communications professionals from dozens of countries and U.S. territories and will feature more than 500 companies and exhibits spanning 200,000 square feet, as well as 100 keynote addresses, sessions and conference events and coverage by over 450 press and analysts.

About NXTcomm: NXTcomm has replaced SUPERCOMM. The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the U.S. Telecom Association (USTelecom), the two organizations that owned and produced SUPERCOMM for 18 years, have joined forces again to produce NXTcomm, which replaces SUPERCOMM as the one event delivering the entire ecosystem of network-enabled voice, video, and data.  NXTcomm08 comes to the Las Vegas Convention Center June 16-19 and will co-locate with InfoComm08, the leading audiovisual business-to-business marketplace. For more information, go to NXTcommShow.com.

About Yankee Group: The people of Yankee Group are the global connectivity experts™—the leading source of insight and counsel for builders, operators and users of connectivity solutions. For nearly 40 years, Yankee Group has conducted primary research that charts the pace of technology change and its effect on networks, consumers and enterprises. Headquartered in Boston, Yankee Group has a global presence including operations in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific.

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