National Communications Forum 2001 Presentations

The following are the presentations offered at the National Communications Forum 2001 (October 29–November 1, 2001; Hyatt Regency O'Hare; Chicago, Illinois, USA), made available in Acrobat PDF format.

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Retrofitting Metro Networks ( 1.8M)
Ahmar Abbas, Director, Product Marketing, ONI Systems

Broadband Servicing Areas: Extending the Reach of Broadband Services
Part 1 ( 6.3M)     Part 2 ( 6.5M)
Mark Abrams, Senior Manager, Product-Line Management, Advanced Fibre Communications

From Feast to Famine: How Do We Cope with the Burst of the Internet Bubble? ( 131k)
Dr. Edward Cornet, Managing Partner, Booz·Allen & Hamilton

Finding the Sweet Spot: The Business Case for Class 5 VoIP ( 4.8M)
Ed Cox, Director, Channel Development, Santera

Broadband Access Technology and Network Architecture ( 98k)
Edward Traub, Director, Advanced Switching Communications

Integrating Gigabit Ethernet into Data Networks ( 187k)
Stuart Elby, Executive Director, Next Generation Network Architecture, Verizon Labs

Profiting through the Telecom Transformation ( 2.6M)
Tony Gale, Vice President, Marketing, Integrated Network Systems, Lucent Technologies

Cost-Effective Migration from Legacy to Next Generation Metro Networks ( 3.7M)
John Gudgel, Senior Marketing Manager, Lightscape Networks

Wireless Now: The State of the Industry ( 208k)
Robin Hearn, Regional Analyst Director and Senior Wireless Analyst, Ovum

Requirements for Managing Optical Networks ( 2.1M)
Matthew Hoffman, Senior Product Manager, Appian Communications

The Network of Tomorrow....How Do We Get There? ( 122k)
Andre Hughes, Global Managing Partner, Network Service Line, Accenture

Service-Driven Optical Networks ( 2.9M)
Kirby Koster, Product Manager, edgeflow

Requirements and Strategies for Migrating Access Network Architectures ( 4.9M)
Larry Kraft, Vice President, Marketing, Advanced Switching Communications

SBC Executive National Communications Forum 2001 ( 1.3M)
Christopher Rice, Senior Vice President, Network Planning and Engineering, SBC Communications

Building the Next Generation Network ( 1.9M)
John Shaw, Director, Cisco Systems