Michael Heffner joins NFV & Carrier SDN panel to discuss operations at the network edge
Industry experts to address challenges of huge growth in edge compute, network and storage
- Panel: Michael Heffner, VP, PLM, Ensemble division, ADVA; Reinhard Florin, GM, North America, Telco Systems; Vikram Saksena, chief solutions architect, NetScout Systems; Roz Roseboro, principle analyst, cloud infrastructure and management, Heavy Reading
- Topics: Operations at the edge: More locations, more problems
- When: Tuesday, September 25, 2:30 p.m.
- Where: NFV & Carrier SDN: Automation & Monetization conference, Westin Westminster, Denver, Colorado, USA
To better support latency-sensitive applications and reduce transport costs, communication service providers are deploying more intelligence and processing power at the edge. Central offices, base-stations, and the customer premises will soon see more compute, network and storage resources. While the benefits are clear, the operational impact promises to be significant. Service providers and organizations such as OpenStack are raising the alarm now in an effort to get the industry thinking about how to manage so many more resources in so many more locations.
Michael Heffner and other industry experts will discuss the challenges that have already been identified and the concerns yet to be addressed. The panel will debate possible solutions to the efficient management of operations at the network edge as it grows in complexity.