September 24, 2018 — PacketFabric, the highly scalable Connectivity-as-a-Service (CaaS) platform and a member of the NantWorks ecosystem of companies, announces today that its President and Chief Operating Officer, Chad Milam, along with its Director of Network Architecture, Mark Calkins, will speak at NFV & Carrier SDN: Automation & Monetization, taking place September 24-26, 2018 at the Westin Westminster in Westminster, Colorado.

On Tuesday, September 25, at 11:30 a.m. MDT, Mr. Milam will join executives from Heavy Reading, Windstream, CenturyLink, Pluribus Networks and Verizon on the keynote panel, “Automation & Applications for Advanced Operations.”  During this session, panelists will discuss why automation is attractive from an operational perspective, what key applications operators are looking to automate, how they will integrate automation into their SDN and NFV networks to achieve seamless, end-to-end service delivery, and what barriers remain when it comes to committing to network automation.

On Wednesday, September 26, at 2:35 p.m. MDT, Mr. Calkins will join executives from Heavy Reading, Happiest Minds, F5 and Huawei Technologies USA, Inc. on the breakout panel, “Automation & The Distributed Edge.” This session will document the progress made to date in implementing multi-access edge compute, examining the leading use cases and drivers, as well as analyzing the enterprise and 5G security-related challenges that must be addressed before mass commercialization and monetization of the edge-driven cloud can be realized.

WHAT:           

  • Keynote Panel Discussion: “Automation & Applications for Advanced Operations”
  • Breakout Panel Discussion: “Automation & The Distributed Edge”

WHERE:        

  • Westin Westminster
  • Westminster, Colorado

WHEN:

  • Tuesday, September 25, 2018 – “Automation & Applications for Advanced Operations”
  • 11:30 a.m. MDT
  • Wednesday, September 26, 2018 – “Automation & The Distributed Edge”
  • 2:35 p.m. MDT

WHO:

“Automation & Applications for Advanced Operations” panel members include:

  • Chad Milam, President and Chief Operating Officer, PacketFabric
  • Jim Hodges, Principal Analyst, Cloud & Security, Heavy Reading
  • Mike Kozlowski, Senior Director – Transport and Access, Product Management, Windstream
  • Kevin McBride, Principal Architect, SDN & NFV Technologies, CenturyLink
  • Steven Shalita, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Pluribus Networks
  • Srilakshmi Valisammagari, Senior Technologies & Strategist – SDN/NFV Innovations, Verizon

“Automation & The Distributed Edge” panel members include:

  • Mark Calkins, Director of Network Architecture, PacketFabric
  • Jim Hodges, Principal Analyst, Cloud & Security, Heavy Reading
  • Dharmraj Jhatakia, General Manager, SDN-NFV, Happiest Minds
  • James Thomson, Solution Architect, F5
  • Nagaraja Upadhya, Fixed Network Product Solutions, Huawei Technologies USA, Inc.

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About PacketFabric

PacketFabric redefines how companies procure, consume, and manage their network connectivity services. Leveraging an innovative, entirely automated SDN-based network architecture and the latest in optical and packet switching technology, PacketFabric enables dynamic, real-time connectivity services between major carrier-neutral colocation facilities at terabit-scale. PacketFabric facilitates coast-to-coast connectivity between more than 150 premier colocation facilities across 18 U.S. markets, and enables simple, cost-effective, and scalable network deployment via its advanced Application Program Interface (API) and web-based portal.  For more information, visit www.packetfabric.com or connect with PacketFabric on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

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