Data and information fragmentation is one of the key problems for delivering any-device, any-network services to users. Data — dispersed in the various network layers from control to application, from access to the Web and even devices — is in fact the key value generator in the new ICMT market.

According to the long-tail ratio, we cannot expect to find a new and unique killer application: the killer application is built on the user experience, which has to be monitored and understood so that service bundles can match it with a network- and device-independent approach.

This session will examine how the data layer as the unique repository of user profiles can enable service and solution providers to study and develop new services converging into users' experience expectation and how users can be enabled to manage their profiles and have an active approach to communications services leveraging on an unique repository, capable to locally retrieve or compose from other network repository their Profile 2.0, and advanced service enablers such as presence and location servers.

Franco Serio Chief Technology Officer Italtel

Mr. Serio has been in his current position since January 2008. He was previously responsible for the technology office since the end of 2005. Prior to that, he was deputy director of the Italtel Proprietary Products business unit, with the responsibility of R&D and product management and planning. From 1998 to 2002, he was the manager of the Italtel Research and Development division, leading a team of more than 1,300 researchers. Mr. Serio initially joined Italtel in 1977, where he dealt with the development of hardware and software products and solutions in various roles in the telecommunications field.

Jeff Cortley Vice President, Subscriber Data Management Alcatel-Lucent

Mr. Cortley is vice president and general manager for the Subscriber Data Management Product Group at Alcatel-Lucent. His team delivers solutions that enable service providers to manage the entire life cycle of subscriber profile information, including storage, access, optimization, federation, integrity management, and analytics.

Vinay Joosery MySQL Telecom Market Development Sun Microsystems

Mr. Joosery heads business development and solution innovation within Sun’s Global MySQL Telecoms Practice. His main focus is to help network equipment providers and communications service providers in their transition to modern carrier-grade database platforms. Before that he served as director of sales and marketing for Ericsson Alzato, an Ericsson-owned venture. Mr. Joosery is a computer science graduate of the University of Hertfordshire.

Simone Pensa Data Layer Product Manager Italtel

Mr. Pensa is responsible for Italtel Data Suite (i-TDS), the Italtel suite for data-layer applications, offering traditional telco database applications as well as Web 2.0 data enablers. He joined Italtel in 2005 as product manager for datalayer products. In this role he was in charge of taking care of high availability, scalability and disaster recovery aspects, long-term technical evolution, and partnerships with suppliers.

Corrado Rocca Senior Vice President, Product Marketing and Development - Broadband Access Products Pirelli Broadband Solutions

Mr. Rocca is responsible for product marketing and development for all the broadband access product lines of Pirelli Broadband Solutions: access gateways, multimedia devices, home networking extenders, fixed-mobile convergence solutions, and element management systems. He represents Pirelli in the broadband access community, sponsoring Pirelli active participation in international bodies such as the Home Gateway Initiative (where since 2006 he has been a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Marketing Committee), the DSL Forum and the Femtoforum, and actively contributing as chairman and speaker to several international conferences. A 14-year veteran of the Pirelli Group, Mr. Rocca has held several senior management R&D positions in Pirelli Submarine Telecom Systems, where he managed several international cooperations with world-renowned telecommunications companies, among which Siemens, Alcatel, Tyco, and NEC. He holds a degree in electronic engineering from the University of Genoa, Italy.

Roberto Saracco Head of Future Center and Technical Communications Telecom Italia

Dr. Saracco is leading the area responsible for future trends and scientific communications at Telecom Italia. He is a senior member of the IEEE and vice president for the Sister Societies Relation. Dr. Saracco has been involved in many standardization efforts and is leading a group of foresight centers in the European Community Project FISTERA to identify technology trajectories in the next 15 years. Dr. Saracco graduated in computer science and has a degree in mathematics and a doctorate in elementary particle physics.