IEC Newsletter
March 2007, Volume 1 go to newsletter archive
Special Edition:
It's All about Networks and Technologies

C5 World Forum
26–29 March
Milan, Italy
Milano Convention Centre
Fiera Milano Congressi
The IEC brings its global C5 World Forum (Customer-Centric Converged Communications and Content) to Milan this month, hosting numerous plenary panels, keynotes by Telecom Italia and BT, a Hot Seat Session, workshops, and more.

We are excited to participate in the C5 World Forum here in Milan. Our six panelists will analyze the latest industry trends and most recent market developments in VoIP and Managed Services evolution...
Roberto Zuccolin, head of marketing and communication at Italtel, chairs the plenary panel: Are Carrier IP Networks Fulfilling the Enterprise Needs and Expectations on The Front of Innovation?
Executive Perspectives
Critical insights from key industry leaders
Massimo Coronaro Massimo Coronaro
Technology and Standard Officer, Wireline
Telecom Italia – Official Host Sponsor of C5 World Forum
Captured at the Executive ComForum 2005
Massimo Coronaro talks about the driving forces behind Telecom Italia's restructuring, his expectations regarding the mobile digital TV experiment, new service offerings from Telecom Italia, the impact video will have, and migration from a PSTN-based network to an IP-centric network.
 
Tim Whitley Tim Whitley
Director, Technology Strategy
BT Group
Captured at the Executive ComForum 2006
Tim Whitley discusses current issues in content and communications; BT's progress in achieving the 21st Century Network and how this network will better enable broadband services; the prospects for fixed-mobile convergence; BT's progress, plans, and vision; and more.

Technology Briefing
Convergence Trends:
The Evolution of Networks beyond IP
Educational content provided by Tony Kourlas, Solace Systems
In the enterprise, the move from centralized data architectures to more flexible approaches based on service-oriented architectures (SOA) is straining application and messaging servers that must deal with ever-increasing inter-application message rates, volumes, and application integration complexity. Traditional solutions do not resolve the scale and performance issues inherent in these demanding environments. This article explains how content-aware networks can provide the ability to deploy application infrastructure as a high-speed, highly available service that can be shared by all applications. Read full article...

Ethernet OAM
Educational content provided by Paul Indoo, Nortel
The emergence of carrier-grade Ethernet has driven the need for improved Ethernet OAM functionality. Ethernet OAM allows the exchange of management information from the network elements to the management layer, and without this capability, it is impossible to provide the comprehensive network management that operators have today in their TDM networks. This article addresses the solution for improved OAM functionality. Read full article...

Media Spotlight
Content And Applications: DRM Role
Educational content provided by Convergence World
Digital rights management (DRM) is a subject that gets a lot of people hot under the collar. Given that, on some levels, the interests of the different parties on either side of the DRM equation are in conflict, this is readily understandable. Read full article. Read full article from Convergence World...

Analyst Corner
The Analyst Corner features perspectives from a range of leading information industry experts.

Alon Lelcuk
Chief Technology Officer
Personeta Ltd.

Jeremy Soref
Marketing Director
Personeta Ltd.

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