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Ethernet Innovation Summit May 22nd-23rd 2013
Guest Commentary: Carrier Ethernet APAC Conference
Highlights: Fall 2012 Carrier Ethernet World Congress
Transforming Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Concepts into Business Winning Realities
Wrap Up of Carrier Ethernet World Asia Pacific
Last Week's Ethernet Europe Event
7 Things to Know About Carrier Ethernet
Report from Ethernet Expo, New York City
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Ethernet Innovation Summit May 22nd-23rd 2013
Explore CEN Feature (Apr 4 2013)
May 22, 1973 was the day the Ethernet concept was first outlined in a memo from the young Bob Metcalfe at Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and, forty years on, this key moment in the history of human communications is being celebrated in the form of a two day Ethernet Innovation Summit looking at past, present and future innovations in networking.
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Observations from Comptel PLUS Spring 2013 in Las Vegas this Week
Explore CEN Feature (Mar 14 2013)
COMPTEL PLUS, the annual gathering of competitive carriers and their ecosystem, took place this week in Las Vegas at the Aria Resort and Casino. As is usually the case at this well-orchestrated event, there were ample opportunities for networking and education on topics ranging from regulatory issues facing the carriers to Carrier Ethernet and Software Defined Networking. The following is a loose compilation of my observations and a few photos to spice things up a little.
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Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum MegaPath Overture Networks
Guest Blog: Observations from Metro Connect 2013 in Miami this Week
Explore CEN Feature (Feb 21 2013)
For 13 years, Capacity Media has hosted the wholesale carrier conference Metro Connect in Miami. This event brings together the most senior executives from leading US service providers, and every year proves to be a fabulous forum for the big ideas in telecom. The following is a loose compilation of my observations and a few photos.
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Mentions: Cyan XO Communications Zayo Group
Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Service Differentiation & Visibility
Explore Proactive Network News (Feb 12 2013)
During the past year, competition in the Ethernet services market has expanded beyond a focus on service types, technical details and coverage to include an increased emphasis on service performance and the service wrap.
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Mentions: Heavy Reading Metro Ethernet Forum tw telecom
Don't miss MEF’s Carrier Ethernet Services Seminar in Stockholm
Explore CEN Feature (Feb 4 2013)
The MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum), the global industry organization at the forefront of Ethernet Services definition and development would like to cordially invite you to join us for a unique Nordics Carrier Ethernet event. The event will be taking place in Stockholm, Sweden on February 20th, 2013.
Carrier Ethernet News and its lead sponsor, Overture Networks, are contributing members of the MEF and we believe that this seminar represents an excellent opportunity for representatives of your company to become fully briefed on all major aspects of Carrier Ethernet development.
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Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum Overture Networks
Carrier Ethernet Preps for a Busy 2013
Explore Light Reading (Dec 31 2012)
The coming year looks to be packed with Ethernet trends and milestones. Of course, Ethernet's ubiquity means that in any given year, something is happening, but 2013 is looking particularly busy. When we say that, we've got three specific events and one general trend in mind. Explanations below, along with some comments from an analysts' panel that wrapped up Ethernet Expo 2012 in November.
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Mentions: IEEE
Guest Commentary: Carrier Ethernet APAC Conference
Explore CEN Feature (Dec 6 2012)
I recently attended the Carrier Ethernet APAC conference in Hong Kong. I had the honor to speak at a panel on behalf of the MEF, as well as to chair the first day afternoon sessions on “Advances in Cloud and Data Centres”.
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Mentions: NTT Infonetics Metro Ethernet Forum
MEF announces winners of the APAC, North America and Global Carrier Ethernet Awards – 2012
Explore telecomkh (Nov 15 2012)
The winners of the prestigious 2012 MEF Carrier Ethernet Awards for the APAC, North America and Global regions were announced recently, with the APAC awards being presented at the recent MEF APAC Summit in Shanghai and the North America and Global award winners being named at the Light Reading Ethernet Expo in New York
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Mentions: Informa IDC Frost & Sullivan
Guest Commentary: Ethernet Expo 2012
Explore CEN Feature (Nov 13 2012)
I always look forward to the Light Reading Ethernet Expo in New York. The city and the staff of Light Reading deserve a lot of credit for pulling off this event a week after super storm Sandy. And people were excited to be at the event because there was a lot to discuss and debate. There has been a lot of change since last November, with the introduction of Carrier Ethernet 2.0 and the rise of Software Defined Networking (SDN), and the most interesting ideas centered on their relevance to the cloud.
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Mentions: Overture Networks
Carrier Ethernet Has a Job for SDN
Explore Light Reading (Nov 7 2012)
Software-defined networking (SDN) can do a lot of things, but one application emerged as the favorite among the Carrier Ethernet crowd: dynamic bandwidth allocation. The ability to increase or decrease bandwidth on demand came up during multiple sessions Tuesday as speakers expounded on why they think SDN is going to be important in the Ethernet services sector. SDN encompasses a lot more than that, of course. The model espoused by the Internet Engineering Task
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Mentions: AT&T Inc. Heavy Reading Metro Ethernet Forum
Carrier Ethernet Heads to the Next Level
Explore Light Reading (Nov 6 2012)
The demands placed on Carrier Ethernet service providers are changing rapidly, and tw telecom inc. (Nasdaq: TWTC) is addressing some of them by allowing customers to scale bandwidth on demand and to manage the performance of their applications. "We're moving from delivering circuits to customers to delivering services," said Michael Rouleau, tw telecom senior vice president of business development and strategy, in his keynote here Tuesday morning. "Our industry
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Mentions: tw telecom
Ethernet Exchanges Shift From Public to Private
Explore Light Reading (Nov 6 2012)
Carrier neutral exchanges have gone from a frumpy off-the-rack service to a custom, tailored fit and finish As Ethernet Expo Americas 2012 kicks off, Ethernet exchanges are shifting away from being public marketplaces for physical Ethernet interconnection to focus on software-based or cloud-based back-office processing to support privately created interconnections.
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Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum CENX Inc. Neutral Tandem Inc.
Ethernet Expo Americas 2012 On Record Track
Explore CEN Feature (Oct 25 2012)
According to Stan Hubbard, Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading and Chairman of Ethernet Expo Americas 2012, this year’s conference is shaping up to once again be the world’s largest event focused on Carrier Ethernet-based business/cloud, wholesale, mobile backhaul, and residential services and the converged Ethernet/MPLS/packet-optical network infrastructure used to deliver them.
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Mentions: Heavy Reading
CT Panel Discusses Trends In Metro Ethernet
Explore Welcome To Cable360 (Oct 18 2012)
What are the issues facing cable operators as they seek to deploy metro Ethernet services? Communications Technology assembled a panel of experts to address this topic at its Platinum Awards breakfast held yesterday in conjunction with the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo.
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Mentions: Juniper
GTS Central Europe wins Metro Ethernet Forum awards
Explore Telecompaper (Sep 27 2012)
GTS Central Europe has won awards in two out of four categories in a contest organised by Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF). GTS was recognised in the categories The Best Ethernet Wholesale Service and The Best Supplier of Ethernet Business Applications. The awards were granted at the World Congress of Ethernet Services in Barcelona.
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Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum GTS Central Europe
Highlights: Fall 2012 Carrier Ethernet World Congress
Explore CEN Feature (Sep 25 2012)
Last week, while attended the Carrier Ethernet World Congress in Barcelona, I saw a great turnout of service providers and equipment manufacturers, as well as a lineup of interesting speakers representing the MEF. The hot topics dominating the show were Software Defined Networks (SDN), virtualization and cloud computing.
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Live from Carrier Ethernet World Congress «
Explore iirtransmissionseries.wordpress.com (Sep 18 2012)
So here we are in Barcelona for the first conference day of Carrier Ethernet World Congress, and things are going well so far. Chair by the estimable Michael Howard of Infonetics, opening with an introduction on how to unlock revenue opportunities in the business and enterprise sector: This was followed by a presentation from Nan Chen, President of the Metro Ethernet Forum, giving an all-important global perspective of Carrier Ethernet 2.0. It’s always a pleasure to have Nan at this event, as on
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Mentions: Infonetics
Carrier Ethernet Makes Its Mark
Explore Better Bank Systems (Aug 13 2012)
Carrier Ethernet is more flexible. Service providers typically install lines into customer premises that can deliver as much as 10Gbps of bandwidth, but generally, customers provision far less. But later, upgrades are easy to do, for all that's needed is a reconfiguring of network equipment. And this takes only a few days, at most, versus the weeks often required to modify a TDM-based network.
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Mentions: Infonetics
Ethernet Exposed - Carrier Ethernet Service & Technology Trends
Explore Light Reading (Jul 23 2012)
Heavy Readings new Carrier Ethernet Service & Technology Trends & Issues: Europe 2012 report is now available for purchase. This report draws upon the views shared by more than 20 senior service provider experts who participated in Light Readings Ethernet Europe 2012 event jointly held with the MEF in Munich, Germany, during April 2012. Nearly all of these professionals are members of Heavy Readings global Ethernet Executive Council (EEC). Senior experts from the following service
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Mentions: Deutsche Telekom Heavy Reading Metro Ethernet Forum
We're sorry you missed this week’s Webinar
Explore CEN Feature (Jun 25 2012)
On behalf of our sponsors, Overture and Cyan, we would like to thank you for registering for the second in the 2012 series of webinars brought to you by Carrier Ethernet News to learn how service providers are Unleashing LTE Backhaul with Carrier Ethernet 2.0 and SDN/Virtualization Strategies. Unfortunately, our records show that you were not able to join us for the live event this week.
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Mentions: Cyan Overture Networks Mark Durrett
Thank you for Attending
Explore CEN Feature (Jun 25 2012)
On behalf of our sponsors, Overture and Cyan, we would like to thank you for joining us for the second in the 2012 series of webinars brought to you by Carrier Ethernet News to learn about Unleashing LTE Backhaul with Carrier Ethernet 2.0 and SDN/Virtualization Strategies. We hope you found the webinar useful.
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Mentions: Cyan Overture Networks Mark Durrett
Game on for Colt at Summer Olympics
Explore CEN Feature (Jun 21 2012)
The Olympics ultimately are a quest to set new records. At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, that could include record amounts of Carrier Ethernet traffic for London-area service providers.
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Mentions: Ip Vpn
Photos and Insights from MEF's Carrier Ethernet Seminar Series in Bogota, Colombia and Santiago, Chile
Explore CEN Feature (Jun 11 2012)
Last week, my company, Overture, had the honor of sponsoring and participating in two incredibly well-organized Carrier Ethernet Seminars put on by the MEF. These were our third and fouth such events with the MEF and they were held in Bogota, Colombia and Santiago, Chile. The MEF hold these educational seminars periodically around the world, with a particular emphasis on Latin American region where it hopes to build-up its nascent membership base. The audience of nearly 120 at each event were very engaged and were treated to a full-day of material and sustenance.
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Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum Overture Networks Mark Durrett
Carrier Ethernet Technology Underpins Much of Upcoming TIA 2012: Inside the Network Show
Explore CEN Feature (May 17 2012)
Carrier Ethernet will be part and parcel of many of the nine educational tracks at the Telecommunications Industry Association’s second annual TIA 2012: Inside the Network Conference & Exhibition. The technology is integral to most of the topics that are on the schedule, according to Tim Downs, Content Director, TIA2012: Inside the Network Conference & Exhibition.
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Mentions: Vertical Systems Group Telecommunications Industry Association
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