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The world is clearly moving toward IP for all forms of communications. Building a reliable, flexible and cost-effective infrastructure amidst the current telecom turmoil presents a formidable challenge for the enterprise.
CIOs, senior IT and network managers and those involved in customer care and outward-facing business activities. Also useful for VCs and financial advisers following emerging networking technologies.
Tutorial: Video Streaming: The Other Voice Over IP
(04B)
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm 23 March 2003
Fabbi, Mark
What will be the fate of streaming media in the enterprise? Is it destined to follow the route of videoconferencing and become a niche solution, or will it become widely adopted for deploying applications such as corporate communications and e-learning?
- Through 2005, how can enterprises justify expenditures on new technology to support streaming media?
- Through 2007, which enabling technologies will drive the adoption of video for enterprise deployments?
Lead Presentation: Converged Networking: More Than Voice
(16D)
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm 24 March 2003
Hafner, Bob
Converged voice, video, storage and data applications are beginning to appear on corporate networks. Most early implementations fail and are plagued with difficulties. Understanding how to build a true multiservice infrastructure is key to delivering new applications.
- Through 2008, how will convergence impact enterprise applications and architectures?
- Through 2008, how should enterprises prepare their network infrastructure to support converged applications?
Network Service Providers: Is AT&T The Only "Safe" Choice?
(22H)
10:00 am - 11:00 am 25 March 2003
Pultz, Jay
With the market in turmoil, enterprises are anxious that their network service providers (NSPs) will fail. Should enterprises be hopeful as NSPs emerge from bankruptcy? NO! But the industry will regain its health from a re-evolution of network services. We explore how and when this turnaround takes place, which NSPs will be left standing -- and how enterprises should best cope in the meantime.
- Through 2008, what key drivers will reshape network services and providers?
- During the planning period, how will enterprise network services change?
- By 2008, which NSPs will survive (and thrive)?
- Which best practices will enterprises adopt to deal with the NSP crisis and prepare for next-generation network services?
Optimizing Web-Enabled Applications
(32F)
9:30 am - 10:30 am 26 March 2003
Fabbi, Mark
As Web-enabled applications and Web services continue to permeate the enterprise, finding ways to optimize the performance and scalability of these applications becomes increasingly important.
- Through 2008, how would enterprises architect the end-to-end application environment?
- What networking technologies will emerge by 2008 to help provide increased availability, performance and scalability?
- Which vendors are leaders in providing solutions to optimize Web-based applications?
Wireless LANs and Personal-Area Networks: Broadband Between the Wires
(33G)
11:00 am - 12:00 pm 26 March 2003
Dulaney, Ken
As wireless LANs (WLANs) continue to succeed in vertical applications and demand grows in the office, organizations must ask themselves some key questions. What is the future technology and application path for WLANs? How do you keep up as capability increases for business users at work, home, and in public spaces? Will Bluetooth and 802.11 WLANs co-exist or compete? And what are the best practices for implementing and managing a WLAN?
- What product vendors will make a successful contribution to the mobile enterprise and how?
- What strategies and technologies will impact enterprise security?
- Which vendors will deliver effective mobile and wireless technologies, devices, infrastructure, applications and content?
Security on the Run: Implementing Wireless and Mobile Security
(35D)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm 26 March 2003
Girard, John Pescatore, John
The two "Wireless Brothers," aided and abetted by audience participation, man-on-the-street video interviews and other multimedia support present an entertaining and informative session on mobile and wireless security issues, standards and approaches.
- What are the risks facing users of Wireless LANs, and what are some solutions?
- What is the status of wireless security standards?
- How should enterprises approach vendor lock-in versus open standards in wireless security?
Unified Communications, IP Telephony and the RTE
(37C)
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm 26 March 2003
Elliot, Bern
Achieving real-time enterprise (RTE) goals requires re-thinking how enterprise communications are designed and used in light of emerging technologies. Central among these are recent advances in unified communications and applications that use Voice over IP (VoIP). However, leveraging these will require changes in the usage models, as well as in how the business cases and the technology plans for enterprise communications are developed. In this session, we examine:
- What are the underlying models and architectures for unified communications?
- How does VoIP change the business case for communication applications?
- How should enterprises approach implementation of unified communications applications?
- How do you identify application areas and determine the ROI?
How to Implement VoIP Today
(45H)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm 27 March 2003
Neil, Dave
While it is clear that the voice market will end up as all IP in the future, the migration toward the future state is the challenge that must be addressed today. Understanding implementation hurdles and vendor strategies are key to success.
- Through 2005, what are the principle hurdles when adopting VoIP in the enterprise?
- Through 2007, which vendors will deliver the most compelling IP voice implementations?
The Internet as Your Corporate Backbone
(47A)
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm 27 March 2003
Paulak, Eric
The Internet has long been touted as the ultimate network. Assessing the implications of moving corporate applications onto the Internet is a critical first step towards the Internet's ascension as the one backbone network.
- By 2008, how will service providers deliver enterprise class service across the Internet backbone?
- Thru 2008, what are the enabling technologies required to move the internet into mainstream corporate communications?
- Through 2008, how can enterprises use the Internet as a part of building a high availability network?
- How should enterprises measure ROI when evaluate Internet transport alternatives?
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