IEC Newsletter
March 2007, Volume 2 go to newsletter archive
In This Issue:
Network and Services Management
Executive Perspectives
Critical insights from key industry leaders
Steven Pickett Steven Pickett
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Optical Networks
Alcatel
Captured at the Executive ComForum 2006
Steven Pickett discusses the evolution of the network toward a data transport layer; developments and growth from Alcatel; the differential services and features that telcos can offer; Alcatel's progress, plans, and vision; and more.
 
Mohammad Shakouri Mohammad Shakouri
Corporate Vice President, Strategy
Alvarion
Captured at the Executive ComForum 2006
Mohammad Shakouri shares his executive perspective on the next era of personal mobile broadband; Alvarion's latest corporate strategies; the development of BreezeMAX; Alvarion's progress, plans, and vision; and more.

Technology Briefing
Broadband Trends:
Web of Protection
Educational content provided by Genius Wong, Asia Netcom
One of the biggest questions since the recent earthquakes off the southern coast of Taiwan is, what can we do as an industry to better prepare ourselves for the future? Asia Netcom considers GMPLS, a technology platform that exhibits all the promises of recovering quickly from outages, as it has proven in the real world. Read full article...

Executives Think IPTV Likely to Generate Significant Revenue within First Three Years of Service, Accenture Survey Finds
Confidence in Long-Term Technology Potential Remains Strong

Educational content provided by Ray Dogra, Accenture
Accenture and the Economist Intelligence Unit have completed a second wide-ranging global survey assessing the future of IPTV, based on responses from nearly 350 technology, communications, high-tech, and media company executives. Despite some advanced marketplace tests of IPTV, and despite the confidence felt by the executives in our survey about revenue patterns over the next three years, the fact remains that IPTV technologies and solutions are immature and the market is fragmented. Read full article...

Media Spotlight
Faster, Greener, Cheaper?
Educational content provided by ITP Report
With the emphasis squarely on more powerful software and the hardware to run it, there are questions as to whether the IT industry has a sustainable future ahead of it as the costs to the environment and the business escalate. Read full article from ITP Report...

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

Carlos Ruiz Gómez
Manager, Telecommunications
Everis

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