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Light Reading's NFV & Carrier SDN Event Tracks Heartbeat of Virtualization Movement

Two days of real-world answers to virtualization challenges from industry leaders returns to Denver on Sept. 27-28

/EINPresswire.com/ -- NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jun 13, 2017) - Light Reading's (www.lightreading.com), NFV & Carrier SDN Event (https://tmt.knect365.com/nfv-and-carrier-sdn/) has joined forces with KNect365 to deliver two days packed with keynotes and panels featuring the most up-to-date information on network deployments, service successes, operations challenges and standards/open source dilemmas.

Set for Sept. 27-28 in Denver, NFV & Carrier SDN showcases industry thought leaders from across service provider segments -- telecom, CLEC, cable and OTT -- to discuss the progress and challenges of notable industry trends, including the state of NFV/SDN deployment and co-opetition, interoperability, open source efforts, strategic approaches to managed SD-WANs, making VNFs cloud native and more. NFV & Carrier SDN also features a demo area, networking opportunities and insights from expert speakers and Heavy Reading's principal and senior analysts, including:

  • Jim Hodges, Principal Analyst, Cloud & Security, Heavy Reading
  • Sterling Perrin, Principal Analyst, Optical Networking & Transport, Heavy Reading
  • Roz Roseboro, Senior Analyst, Telco Data Center, Heavy Reading

"At NFV & Carrier SDN, the industry's leading experts converge to debate not only the technology key to the software-defined future, but also the critical business drivers surrounding the communication industry's transformation to a virtualized environment," says Carol Wilson, NFV & Carrier SDN conference chair and Light Reading editor-at-large. "Service providers must act fast in navigating business challenges and opportunities for security, internal operations, process automation, the optical network evolution and the role of open source. NFV & Carrier SDN provides industry leaders with the must-have knowledge to capitalize on the business case for the software-driven ecosystem."

The NFV & Carrier SDN Event is sponsored by headline sponsor Huawei; super platinum sponsors ADVA Optical Networking and VMware; platinum sponsor Netscout; gold sponsors Agema, Big Switch Networks, Cumulus Networks, Metaswitch, SevOne, Sonus and Versa Networks; demo sponsors Azul Systems, Trend Micro, RAD and SDN Essentials; and partner summit sponsor Intel.

Speaking, sponsorship, panel and partner opportunities are available. For more information, contact events@lightreading.com.

To view the full NFV & Carrier SDN, agenda, click here. To register to attend, click here.

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Light Reading (www.lightreading.com) combines its research-led online communities and targeted events portfolio to help those in the global communications industry make informed decisions. Lightreading.com is the ultimate source for telecom analysis for more than 400,000 subscribers each month, leading the media sector in terms of traffic, content and reputation. Light Reading produces targeted communications events and focused one-day conferences each year for cable, mobile and wireline executives across five continents.

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