As convergence solutions encapsulate a diversity of functional integrations and communication protocols, new levels of complexity are introduced in networking, increasing risk and uncertainty. This seminar will help you understand the new technology space, the risks and ways to undertake risk-mitigated adaptations by designing the operating model best suited for you. As mature technologies such as VoIP, DWDM and wireless are handled in the new contexts of evolving technologies such as fixed-mobile convergence, broadband wireless and IPTV, you need to have ways to “simplify the complexity”, which is the underlying theme of this event.

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8:00-8:30AM Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:30-8:45AM WSTA Announcements and 2009 Recap

8:45-9:30AM Keynote – Burton Group
“Next Gen Networks for the Enterprise”
David Passmore, Research Director, Burton Group
Enterprise networks are increasingly shaped by technical developments in video, wireless, and especially consumer/residential networking products and services. Will enterprise networks fade away as 100 Mbps 4G wireless data services obsolete both Ethernet and wireless LANs at remote branches, field offices, and establishments? Is Internet substitution going to obsolete MPLS or other enterprise WANs for linking sites together? Will IP-PBXs disappear as mobile devices augment, and then replace desktop phones, and hosted unified communications services are delivered from the “cloud?” Are we facing a not-too-distant future where most employees use mobile devices to access enterprise data and applications that live in the cloud, addressing many of today’s security and synchronization issues? Attend this presentation to understand how developments in wide area networks, site and data center networking, wireless and mobility, voice, and real-time communications will influence the future of enterprise networks.

9:30-9:55AM “Low Latency Transport Solutions”
Eric Prosser, Director Sales Engineering, Level 3 Communications
Financial firms including hedge funds, broker/dealers, financial exchanges and other trading platforms have intense competition around speed of trade execution. These financial services companies are seeking to eliminate latency in every aspect of their trading infrastructure to deliver high-speed transactions with very low transmission delays. The Tabb Group estimates that one microsecond of trading latency can reduce revenue by $4million for the average broker/dealer. Consequently, when procuring metro and long haul transport to support trading applications, they demand faster transport connections and the most direct routes and connectivity with the lowest latency possible. Learn how low latency transport solutions are solving these and other liquidity connectivity challenges.

9:55-10:20AM “Enterprise Service Management for Networks”
Hal Clark, Senior Manager, Solution Marketing, BMC Software
Network management can no longer remain constrained by device-centric, manual processes. Virtualization and cloud computing initiatives undertaken by enterprises to combat competitive and financial pressures deliver services to customers – packages of IT component technologies. The business service management environment that may already be deployed in an enterprise can be leveraged to better align network management with these new service delivery requirements while improving the overall efficiency and policy compliance of network management.

Key Messages:

1. Network device management has been highly refined over the years for stable network behavior, but is disconnected from the service-oriented management of other data center resources.

2. Network processing functions are becoming virtualized much the same as application processing environments and even becoming part of some server virtualization platforms.

3. Enterprise service management environments are highly evolved for service support and application environment management. Network management should evolve to the effectiveness and efficiency of the mature enterprise service management environment.

10:20-10:45AM "Break and Demo Area Visit"

10:45-11:10AM “Managing Inventory in Today's Changing Network Environment”
Michael Bodetti, CEO President, TnT Expense Management
IT executives are under intense pressure to cut costs but doing so can be challenging as new levels complexities are introduced in networking. Today’s demanding environment necessitates a wide range of telecommunications services and assets and those expenses are historically the second highest expense to an organization, just behind personnel expenses. The key to managing this expense…Inventory Management. This presentation will help you understand the importance of inventory management, significantly reducing spend while at the same time providing transparency and control over your telecom network.

11:10-11:35AM “Leveraging the Benefits of VoIP for Your Trading Floor”
Jonathan Morton, Vice President Product Management, IPC Systems, Inc.
Regulatory pressures, heightened risks from external forces, growth in trading volume, and an increase in market data have all led financial firms to revaluate their infrastructure, unified communication, and BCP solutions to ensure they are scalable and agile. Converged IP trading solutions and VoIP have enabled financial firms to reduce costs, infrastructure, and points of failure, while increasing mobility, resiliency, and productivity. End-to-end IP line delivery with forking and link redundancy, soft turret applications, and standards based integration between trading systems and PBX’s are all available today to deliver these significant benefits. Learn how these applications of VoIP can deliver significant value to your trading operation.

11:35-12:00N “Leveraging existing network infrastructure to deliver the benefits of convergence today.”
Joseph Fuccillo, Co-Founder, President & CTO, Juma Technology Corp.
Learn how to capitalize on the promise of flexibility and cost-savings with IP, network consolidation, virtualization and management for the converged network. Gain insight on effective initiatives to maximize existing network infrastructure to gain the benefits of a converged network today, without ripping and replacing existing gear. This presentation will discuss strategies to meet growth requirements and how to leverage SIP and unified management to drive operational efficiencies and meet growing demand.

12:00N Seminar Concludes

Westin New York at Times Square
270 West 43rd St., New York, NY 10036

Burton Group, David Passmore, Research Director

David Passmore is Research Director for the analyst firm Burton Group, originally NetReference, Inc., which he founded. He was previously a Gartner VP running their local and wide-area networking services, and a Partner with Ernst & Young. Mr. Passmore wrote a monthly column for Business Communications Review magazine for 14 years, and was past chairman of the Next Generation Networks (NGN) conference.Dave has been recognized as being one of the top six consultants in the IT industry, featured in an Information Week cover story on "Hot Consultants,” named as one of the "most influential industry analysts" by Technology Marketing magazine, and made Network World's list of the 50 "most powerful" people in networking.

Level 3 Communications
Eric Prosser, Director Sales Engineering
Eric Prosser is Director of Sales Engineering at Level 3 Communications. In this role, he oversees Customer Solution Engineering for Business Markets, with a focus on developing voice, video, and data networking solutions for large and mid-market enterprise customers. Prior to this, Eric has held various management positions within engineering, planning, and architecture. He holds his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech, and his MBA from University of Tennessee.

BMC Software
Hal Clark, Senior Manager, Solution Marketing
Hal Clark is a Senior Manager of Solution Marketing of Service Automation products. Prior to joining BMC, Hal was a product manager for telephony-enabling business process applications using Service Oriented Architectures (SOA). He has held product management and operations positions at Avaya, Bay Networks, EDS, Nortel and Wellfleet. Experience with service providers and consumers of many sizes and industries has centered on fast adoption and integration into service management environments. Hal is certified on ITIL v3 fundamentals.

TnT Expense Management
Michael Bodetti, CEO President
Michael founded TnT Expense Management in 1999 and continues to drive TnT’s overall strategic vision and key business priorities that have been necessary to maintain the Company’s reputation for leadership, quality, and superior customer service in the Telecom Expense Management (TEM) industry. Over the past ten years, he has successfully grown TnT Expense Management, serving global enterprises such as Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Cisco and Priceline.com. His innovation has solidified TnT in the forefront of international expansion.

Michael has over 25 years experience in the telecommunications and technology industries and has worked with all size companies, from start-up entities to Fortune 50 corporations. Michael received his Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, his MBA in Finance from Sacred Heart University, and is an adjunct professor at the graduate level. He currently serves as a member of the Executive Advisory Board at the University of Bridgeport Graduate Center, helping to formulate UB’s graduate curriculum.

IPC Information Systems
Jonathan Morton, Vice President Product Management
Jonathan Morton, Vice President, Product Management, is responsible for IPC’s core product lines – the Alliance and IQ/MAX turrets – as well as its recording solutions. Mr. Morton’s expertise in trading communications systems stems from having designed specialized, VoIP-based communications solutions for some of the world’s largest global trading enterprises, as well as for small- and medium-sized trading floors.

Before his current role at IPC, he was based in Paris, France, and responsible for the company’s Western European business. He has held several key engineering and sales engineering positions with IPC, including oversight for opening the company’s Tokyo office, and has extensive experience in designing, developing, marketing and selling innovative communication products and solutions that meet customer needs.

Prior to joining IPC in 1996, Mr. Morton managed international products and projects and conducted educational seminars for Pierce Phelps and NEC.

Juma Technology Corp.
Joseph Fuccillo, Co-Founder, President & CTO
Joseph Fuccillo is a seasoned technologist with an expansive range of experience in all aspects of telecommunications, communication networks, storage solutions and systems integration. With deep roots in network engineering, he has imparted a visionary foresight as co-founder, President and CTO of Juma Technology; bringing converged networking to the forefront of the industry. Fuccillo has been influential in creating and shaping the IT infrastructure for hundreds of organizations, including NASDAQ. He is also a highly regarded advisor for today’s major manufacturers and vendors, providing counsel on product development, strategies and architectures. Fuccillo was formerly Vice President for managed services provider Xand Corporation and Director of Technical Services for Westcon. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College and multiple vendor certifications.