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Wireless Internet access as an incentive for economic growth in Bulgaria |
| Author: |
Veselin Bozhkov |
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Chairman, Communications Regulations Commission |
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Bulgaria |
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Veselin Bozhkov is Chairman of the Communications Regulations Commission, Bulgaria.
Previously, Mr Bozhkov has held the following posts: Deputy Chairman of the Commission for Protection of Competition; Chief Auditor in the ‘European integration and EU funds’ Department of the Bulgarian National Audit Office; Chief expert in the Commission for Protection of Competition Planning Department of the City Council; part-time lecturer at the University of National and World Economy - Sofia; lecturer at the International Business College; guest lecturer at Moscow State University ‘M.V. Lomonosov’ and also at Madrid State University.
Mr Bozhkov holds a PhD in Economics from the Russian Academy of Management. |
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| A national strategy for broadband Internet access has recently been adopted in Bulgaria, recognising broadband as one of the main tools for improving economic and social well-being. Within the plan, wireless access is seen as a viable alternative for providing Internet connectivity in remote and underdeveloped areas. Across the country, information and reservation services are developing rapidly, projects for mobile learning and e-health have been launched, and mobile commerce services are imminent. |
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Growing mobile broadband adoption with future-proof backhaul networks |
| Author: |
Robin Mersh and Nikhil Shah |
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Robin Mersh, COO, Broadband Forum and Nikhil Shah, Head of Wireless Segment Development (Asia-Pacific) |
| Organisation: |
Juniper Networks |
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273KB |
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Robin Mersh is the Chief Operating Officer of the Broadband Forum and an ex-officio member of the Broadband Forum Board of Directors.
Mr Mersh joined the Forum as COO in July 2006 and is the senior full-time executive. He has worked in the telecommunications industry for over 17 years, starting in sales and sales management for Cable & Wireless, moving onto BT, and then working in business development and alliance management for various OSS software companies in the USA.
Robin Mersh received a BA degree (with Honours) from Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London in 1992.
Nikhil Shah is a VP of International Development on the Broadband Forum Board of Directors and a Head of Wireless Segment Development for the Asia-Pacific region at Juniper Networks. Mr Shah has over 15 years of global telecom industry experience including eight years at Lucent where most recently he developed and managed integrated solutions with Juniper, Riverstone, and OSS vendors.
Nikhil Shah received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Computer Science from India. He holds a diploma in Business-Management from Mumbai, has completed the Greater Boston Executive Program at the MIT Sloan School in Cambridge, MA, and Advanced Project Management from Stanford University, California.
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| A new approach to mobile backhaul infrastructure is needed to cope with the explosive growth in mobile data traffic. Any such approach must bridge the gap between legacy and next-generation networks and services. The traditional time division multiplexing approach to mobile backhaul networks has limitations that make it difficult to meet the evolving demands of mobile networks. Multiprotocol label switching, however, is a promising candidate to meet these challenges with flexible, scalable and economical backhaul networks. |
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3 |
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How cloud communications is changing today’s business |
| Author: |
Dorota Oviedo |
| Title: |
Research Analyst |
| Organisation: |
Frost & Sullivan |
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199KB |
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Dorota Oviedo is a Research Analyst with the Frost & Sullivan Europe Information & Communication Technologies Practice.
Dorota focuses on monitoring and analysing emerging trends, technologies and market dynamics in the unified communications and collaboration market in Europe. Prior to joining Frost & Sullivan, Ms Oviedo was a Research Associate at Addison Whitney and a Research Assistant at the Economics and Geography Department of the University of North Florida, Coggin College of Business.
Dorota Oviedo holds a Master of Arts in Marketing from Warsaw University and an MBA degree from the University of North Florida. |
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| Unified communications simplifies the user experience by integrating several real-time and non-real-time communication tools. Cloud-based unified communications takes this further by hosting applications as a shared service provided to end customers over a network, removing the need for on-premise equipment. Such services have great appeal during the current economic downturn and are expected to grow substantially over the next five years. |
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4 |
| Topic: |
Next generation services and the consumerization of IT |
| Author: |
Russ Daniels |
| Title: |
VP and CTO |
| Organisation: |
HP Enterprise Services |
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216KB |
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Russ Daniels is Vice President and CTO of HP Enterprise Services. Previously, he was CTO of cloud services strategy. Mr Daniels has more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry, specializing in software architecture, enterprise management, and software development methodologies. In 2006, InfoWorld declared Mr Daniels one of the industry’s top 25 chief technology officers.
Russ Daniels holds a bachelor’s degree from Ohio University. |
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| The Internet is evolving into a new phase characterised by ‘everything as a service’ and enabled by the cloud. This involves a shift to technology-enabled services which will allow businesses to differentiate and compete. The scale is vast, entailing massive amounts of data and inexpensive large scale computing resources, and will open up new opportunities for social, business and technology innovation. But such services demand a new approach to design and will require a hybrid service delivery model, with services delivered through a mixture of internal and external infrastructures. |
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5 |
| Topic: |
Reaching for the cloud |
| Author: |
Jürgen Walter |
| Title: |
Head of Business Solutions |
| Organisation: |
Nokia Siemens Networks |
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211KB |
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Jürgen Walter is Head of the newly formed Business Solutions Business Unit at Nokia Siemens Networks and is a member of Nokia Siemens Networks’ Global Executive Board. He previously headed the Converged Core business at Nokia Siemens Networks, was Head of Integration Planning of Nokia Siemens Networks, and Head of Strategy at Siemens Communications.
Jürgen Walter holds a degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Munich. |
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| Cloud computing has to demonstrate it is robust and reliable enough for the needs of the telecom business. Cloud computing for telecom will need to be implemented in a controlled and planned manner in order to avoid problems experienced in the past with public clouds and disaggregated value networks. Security and quality of service are critical success factors that have to be considered. Defining roadmaps and service level agreements will be key to operators’ success. |
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Article no.: |
6 |
| Topic: |
Why CSPs should embrace the cloud |
| Author: |
Gordon Rawling |
| Title: |
Senior Marketing Director, EMEA Business Development |
| Organisation: |
Oracle Communications |
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196KB |
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Gordon Rawling is Senior Marketing Director for the EMEA region at Oracle Communications. Prior to Oracle Mr Rawling worked for Amdocs where he was instrumental in the development of the company’s Integrated Customer Management vision.
Gordon Rawling has more than 17 years of experience in IT service delivery and marketing.
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| The hype surrounding ‘cloud computing’ has steadily increased, but corporate customers on the whole have yet to be convinced of its merits. Communication service providers have much to gain from cloud computing through the generation of new untapped revenue streams. However, the business issues surrounding the cloud and its relevance for communication service providers raise many questions that still need answering. |
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Article no.: |
7 |
| Topic: |
Cloud computing - you might be missing the point |
| Author: |
Ric Telford |
| Title: |
Vice President |
| Organisation: |
IBM Cloud Services |
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216KB |
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| About author: |
| Ric Telford is Vice President of IBM Cloud Services. His professional business career highlights 26 years of product and service development experience. During his tenure at IBM, Mr Telford has played a number of key roles in various software and service initiatives, including Autonomic Computing, IT Infrastructure Services, and IT Optimization Services. |
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| Cloud computing has the potential to completely transform and connect entire industries. The cloud computing model goes far beyond the business benefits of energy efficiency, cost cutting and scalability - it has the potential to revive today’s antiquated global technology infrastructure. Cloud computing could be the missing link that provides a deeper intelligence in the systems and processes of our business and institutional infrastructures - enabling goods to be produced, distributed and recycled, and services to be delivered to consumers in new, exciting ways. |
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UMTS femtocell solutions - The need for standards adoption |
| Author: |
Jonathan Morgan |
| Title: |
Service Provider Solutions Marketing |
| Organisation: |
Cisco Systems |
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204KB |
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Jonathan Morgan is Senior Manager of service provider product marketing for Cisco Systems. Mr Morgan was previously Vice President of Product Marketing for Tatara Systems, Director of Product Management for Appian Communications and has also held numerous management positions at Fujitsu Network Communications.
Jonathan Morgan holds a BSEE from Washington University in St. Louis and an MSEE from Rutgers University.
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In order to address coverage and capacity requirements in the home, enterprise and hotspot markets, mobile operators need to expand service offerings over multiple new access networks. Femtocell technologies are a promising solution but are currently suffering from a lack of standardized deployments in the industry. Only truly standard multi-vendor plug-n-play femtocell solutions can lower the total cost of ownership, enable new services and provide a seamless evolution to LTE and IMS.
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| Topic: |
Smart offload for smartphones |
| Author: |
Steve Shaw |
| Title: |
Vice President, Corporate Marketing |
| Organisation: |
Kineto Wireless |
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227KB |
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Steve Shaw is Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Kineto Wireless. Prior to joining Kineto, he worked as the Marketing Director of net.com and the Director of Market Development for Jetstream Communications. Mr Shaw began his career with Dialogic, eventually becoming the director of Dialogic’s CBF product line.
Steve Shaw holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Southern California.
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| The popularity of smartphones has resulted in a surge in mobile data traffic. Mobile operators now need additional offload solutions to handle coverage and capacity demands. Although many mobile operators are already using Wi-Fi for offload, the initial solutions are often rather simplistic. Smart Wi-Fi offload solutions now available can improve indoor coverage and capacity, and enhance the user experience through a comprehensive service offload strategy. |
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10 |
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How to stay secure in the wild west of cloud offerings |
| Author: |
Ville Laurikari |
| Title: |
Vice President R&D |
| Organisation: |
SSH Communications |
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198KB |
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Ville Laurikari is Vice President, R&D, of SSH Communications Security Corp. Prior to his current role, Mr Laurikari has served in numerous engineering management and software development positions at SSH and other software companies.
Ville Laurikari holds an MSc in Computer Science from Helsinki University of Technology.
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| Confidential data is increasingly being stored and maintained by companies specializing in cloud services. But are these companies trustworthy? The cloud comes with its risks and, as with all IT outsourcing, recognizing and managing those risks is paramount. Identifying reputable cloud service providers and learning how to deal with them in a way that ensures the security of services as well as your data has to be a priority. |
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11 |
| Topic: |
The virtual reality of the cloud |
| Author: |
Roger Baskerville |
| Title: |
VP of Sales for EMEA |
| Organisation: |
Vizioncore |
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201KB |
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| Roger Baskerville is VP of Sales, EMEA at Vizioncore. Mr Baskerville joined Vizioncore in November 2008 from Citrix Systems where he was Regional Director for Server Virtualisation in Northern Europe following their acquisition of XenSource, where he was Sales Director EMEA. |
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| Server virtualisation hosts various virtual machines and appliances in one place and delivers huge potential for consolidation and cost-savings, both in terms of IT assets and energy consumption. But all this new power is accompanied by a fresh set of responsibilities and associated risks for those not managing it appropriately. Properly managed, virtualisation enables viable service level agreements and improves performance for end users. The same factors apply to the cloud - but on a larger scale. |
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12 |
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Virtualization 2.0: A required paradigm shift |
| Author: |
Pete Malcolm |
| Title: |
CEO |
| Organisation: |
Abiquo |
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216KB |
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Pete Malcolm is the CEO of Abiquo and joined the cloud management solution provider in 2009. Mr Malcolm is a serial entrepreneur and technologist and was the founder and CTO of Orchestria Corporation, Benchmark Capital Europe’s first Entrepreneur in Residence, and Senior VP of Business Management with CA Inc.
Pete Malcolm is the inventor of more than 150 granted and pending software patents.
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| Virtualization has not realized its early promise. A paradigm shift is now required to get cloud strategy off the ground and to enable cloud management to be truly effective in organizations. Virtualization 2.0 provides this by: separating physical infrastructure and the virtual world; delegating authority for creating virtual machines; and allocating provisioning according to centralized policy. Virtualization 2.0 will change the way IT manages the physical and virtual worlds. |
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Defining the business value of cloud computing |
| Author: |
Larry Beck |
| Title: |
Senior Director, Cloud Strategy |
| Organisation: |
Avanade |
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219KB |
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Larry Beck is a Senior Director of Cloud Computing Strategy at Avanade. He also serves as the Technology Director for the Accenture and Avanade Solutions Showcase at Microsoft.
Larry Beck has more than 25 years of IT consulting and leadership experience and has authored several papers on enterprise integration, service-oriented architectures and cloud computing.
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| Cloud computing is widely recognized as a viable way to reduce capital expenditures and operational costs. But the hype around cloud computing has created often unrealistic expectations about what cloud computing can deliver; promising that return on investment will rise, costs will contract and revenues will improve. Companies should approach the cloud through considerations of business value, starting with a clear plan, sound analysis and proven methodologies and practices. |
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14 |
| Topic: |
Evaluating the needs and requirements for successful cloud services |
| Author: |
Kent Erickson |
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Vice President, Product Management |
| Organisation: |
Zenoss Inc. |
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201KB |
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Kent Erickson is Vice President of Product Management at Zenoss, Inc. He previously ran product management for Operations Manager at Mission Critical Software and AppManager at NetIQ.
Kent Erickson received Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Mathematical Sciences from Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA.
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| Cloud services provide a flexible IT infrastructure that can support peak business computing requirements. They can level the playing field for all businesses. But there are concerns, ranging from lack of service level agreements in the public cloud to release failures and security in the private cloud. Strategic planning that identifies projects that are well-suited for cloud computing can help to determine the critical requirements for success. |
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15 |
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Top things you should consider when selecting a cloud application |
| Author: |
Tom Fisher |
| Title: |
Vice President Cloud Computing |
| Organisation: |
SuccessFactors |
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187KB |
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Tom Fisher is Vice President of Cloud Computing at Success Factors. Mr Fisher most recently served as CIO and Senior VP of Engineering at DriveCam, and previously was VP of IT for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies Group. Prior to joining Qualcomm, Mr Fisher was VP for architecture and technology strategy and acting CTO at eBay.
Mr Fisher has also worked as a senior executive in technology strategy, business development and M&A for a variety of software and technology companies including Gateway, IBM, KnowledgeWare, Exactium and Seer Technologies.
Tom Fisher graduated summa cum laude from the University of North Carolina - Charlotte.
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| The cloud can be ideal for business applications. Not only can the overall total cost of ownership be dramatically less than a comparable on-premise solution but the cloud can also free up management resources to focus on specific business challenges. However, close attention needs to be paid to security considerations and best practices in application design. Key success factors when selecting cloud service providers include regular innovation cycles, the availability of integrated solutions, and the presence of relevant technical expertise. |
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16 |
| Topic: |
Cloud computing: Future directions and management implications |
| Author: |
Richard Davies and Doug Neal |
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Richard Davies, VP & Managing Director and Doug Neal, Research Fellow - Executive Programme |
| Organisation: |
CSC’s Leading Edge Forum |
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212KB |
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Richard Davies is VP and Managing Director of CSC’s Leading Edge Forum. Prior to joining the Leading Edge Forum, Mr Davies was
with CSC Index, AT&T, Morse Group and Teradata where he held a variety of commercial roles.
Mr Davies has a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Business Administration from the University of Wales, and has attended the INSEAD Advanced Management Programme.
Doug Neal is a Research Fellow - Executive Programme at CSC’s Leading Edge Forum. Prior to joining the Leading Edge Forum, he worked at two international management consulting firms and founded an organization specializing in systems for executive management.
Doug Neal received a BA from Haverford College, conducted special studies at the Ruhr University, and has an ABD from the University of Michigan.
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| Cloud computing is a rapidly changing information technology - but it is not alone. It is part of an accelerating wave of change impacting business and society. The world is becoming virtual and businesses are increasingly being defined by information and how it flows. IT is steadily becoming more integral to business and the cloud will not only facilitate and accelerate this integration but will also both enable and support fundamental changes in the nature of the management model. The cloud is emerging as a rapid and powerful platform for innovation and experimentation that just about every company can afford. |
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