Service Provider Summit

Wednesday, March 24, 2010
OFC/NFOEC Exhibit Floor Theater

The Service Provider Summit is open to all Conference and Show-Only Attendees! Join your colleagues for this dynamic program with topics and speakers of interest to CTOs, network architects, network designers and technologists within the service provider and carrier sector. The program includes panel discussions, a keynote presentation, exhibit time and networking time.

The program will be located on the exhibit floor, so attendees can easily attend the sessions and tour the exhibit hall. Audience members are encouraged to participate in the question and answer segments that follow the presentations.

Service Provider Summit Chair:
Karen Liu, Vice President, Components and Video Technologies, Ovum, USA

Service Provider Summit Organizer:
Myo Ohn, Senior Director, Strategic Marketing and Business Development, Oclaro Inc., USA

Schedule-at-a-Glance

Speakers are being confirmed so check this site often for program updates.

Keynote Presentation

Building Very Large-Scale Computer Infrastructure, Vijay Gill, Senior Manager, Engineering and Architecture, Google, USA The talk focuses on Google's approach to building large-scale, warehouse-scaled computers (WSC), the drivers of connectivity between them, the data flows between WSCs and the software approach that enable very large-scale distributed computer applications. The network that connects the globally distributed WSCs is a critical part of infrastructure and we discuss why this is so. Vijay Gill is Senior Manager, Engineering and Architecture, at Google. He is responsible for all network design, expansion and datacenter infrastructure for Google's production network, as well as participating in various industry organizations and advancing the company's efforts in the standards arena. Vijay has co-authored a variety of RFCs on traffic engineering, multihoming and routing. He has also given talks and presentations on network design, BGP scaling issues and traffic engineering in forums such as NANOG and IETF. Vijay is also currently serving on the IETF Internet Architecture Board (IAB). Prior to joining Google, Vijay worked as Sr. Technical Manager for AOL Global Network Operations and was responsible for setting the technical direction and strategy for AOL production. Before AOL, Vijay worked as Manager of Architecture at MFN/Abovenet where he participated in revamping the global backbone, standardization of routing policy and product development. Earlier in his career, Vijay worked as a senior engineer at UUNET, participating in the MPLS and multicast engineering projects.

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Panel I: The Rise of the “Super” Data Center and What it Means to the Network

Moderator: Mike Sapien, Principal Analyst, Ovum, USA Ten years ago, carriers and data center operators were dumping data centers and the equipment sold for scrap, pulling the plug on hundreds of millions of dollars of investment. Presently every major carrier, internet player and services company is investing globally in huge data centers, thereby expanding their capacity and global reach. Moreover, the scope of data center operators have expanded to include large enterprises, application providers and hosting specialists beyond the traditional global carriers and internet/content players. The investment is a critical part of their global expansion of new services and emerging convergence of data, voice, IT and internet-based services and over-hyped “cloud” services. At the same time, they must also invest in the increased network connectivity (including internet transit) to support the required interconnection between customers, carriers, networks and applications. What has changed? Join us in this exciting session where executives from a variety of different data center service providers will present their views on why these data centers and investments are now strategic investments and a required part of their global network infrastructure. The individual presentations will be followed by a panel discussion and open Q&A session.

Speakers

Impact of Super Aggregators on the Internet Stuart Elby, PhD, Vice President – Network Architecture, Verizon, USA With the rise of “super” content aggregators over the last two years, the traffic topology of the Internet has undergone significant and disruptive change. Coincident with this change is a dramatic increase in the volume of high bandwidth video content. Together these changes are challenging the Internet backbone provider community in several dimensions: resiliency, load balancing, bandwidth, and latency. Addressing these challenges will likely change the fabric of the Internet. Dr. Stuart Elby, Vice President of Network Architecture, is responsible for Verizon’s network vision and evolution towards this target. Stuart is also responsible for the design and specification of Verizon’s metro, regional, and long haul optical transport networks; VoIP and IMS networks; and emerging converged services platforms. Additionally, he is responsible for collaborative R&D activities with universities and government, and the Verizon Interoperability Forum. Previously, Dr. Elby was a Research Associate at the NSF Center for Telecommunications Research at Columbia University performing R&D in all-optical networks and developing ATM/WDM platforms. At a laser surgery start-up, he was responsible for FDA clinical trials and product development, and brought the first disposal plastic fiber-optic system to the medical market. In 1982, he worked at StorageTek, contributing to the development of the first commercial optical disk system. Dr. Elby received a BS degree in optical engineering from the University of Rochester (New York) in 1982 and received a MSEE and PhD from Columbia University in 1989 and 1994, respectively.

Cloud Computing and Hosting Centers Intertwined with Network Service Providers Joseph D. Houle, Principal Technical Architect, AT&T Business Solutions, USA Providing cloud computing or hosting center services is a natural fit for AT&T. Just as we have been providing voice, TDM, DWDM, IP, and Ethernet bandwidth services for years, even decades, processing and storage services have been added to the portfolio. We will review the direction of the hosting and cloud computing market, AT&T’s portfolio for this market and the network requirements needed to support this market. Joseph Houle has been with AT&T for 25 years. He has extensive experience in data communication with a background in equipment design, service definition and network implementation. Joe is most recently working on the network capabilities to enable cloud computing. Previously Joe had focused on content delivery technologies including studies on the economics of Net Neutrality. Joe also contributed to early IPv6 service provider industry evolution plans and some preliminary Wi-Fi offers. Joe has an MS in computer science from Johns Hopkins University and a BS in IE/OR from Rutgers University.

Leveraging Carrier-Neutral Colocation to Deliver and Expand WAN Services David R. Pickut, P.E., Chief Technology Officer, Equinix, USA In the current capital-constrained market environment, the challenges of increasing network footprint and capabilities have increased significantly, especially for new markets. We discuss how carriers can leverage a carrier-neutral colocation provider to expand network reach and deliver additional service capabilities by accessing a large community of providers with complimentary offerings and reach, and how a carrier-neutral facility can maximize flexibility and ensure optimal use of capacity deployed. We highlight how to reduce operational costs via IP traffic peering, as well as the ability to increase reach for carrier ethernet and MPLS services via network-to-network interfaces (NNI). Also covered will be how to increase revenue potential and reduce time to market by using these providers. Finally, we discuss what features and services to look for when assessing carrier-neutral providers to ensure maximum operational reliability and future expansion potential. Mr. Pickut has significant experience in engineering and management, with substantial focus on data centers, critical facilities and networks. Dave has worked in consulting engineering, computer equipment power systems manufacturing, IT management and data center operations. In his current capacity as Equinix CTO, he is responsible for research and evaluation of new technologies related to the Internet and network products/service, energy, power systems and cooling systems. Mr. Pickut is a registered professional engineer with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering. He is a member of the IEEE Communications Society, the NFPA, AFCOM and the Uptime Institute.

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Panel II: FTTx—The Bright Spot in the Access Market

Moderator: Christoph Pfistner, Vice President, Product Marketing, NeoPhotonics, USA The FTTx market defies the economic downturn and keeps growing at a double digit rate while most other segments of the communications market experience limited growth. Both GPON and GEPON have become mainstream network architectures and video has established itself as the key bandwidth driver. Geographically China is gearing up to challenge Japan for the top position in terms of number of homes deployed, but all regions around the globe are experiencing significant growth as many governments have started to work on national broadband strategies. In the meantime the standards bodies are defining the next-generation access networks supporting bandwidth of 10G and beyond. Join us in this exciting session where executives from different service providers will present their views on the evolving FTTx market. The individual presentations will be followed by a panel discussion and open Q&A session.

Speakers

Verizon FiOS Deployment Five Years On Vincent O’Byrne, Director of Technology, Core-Network Technology Group, Verizon, USA Verizon has deployed PON systems since early 2004 and continues to expand its deployment, augmenting it with GPON in late 2007. This presentation looks at the current status of this deployment and what's under development within Verizon to meet customer's needs. Vincent O’Byrne has over 25 years of experience in telecommunications in both the wireless and wireline arenas. Vincent is the Director of the FTTP Architecture and Design Group and his team is responsible for defining the access requirements for BPON and GPON as well as its evolution to meet the continued growth in demand and services. His present interests are in continuing to reduce the cost for FTTP and the possible deployment of next-generation technologies in the access space. Vincent attended Kevin St. College of Technology in Dublin, received his BSc from Trinity College Dublin IRL, MSc from the University of Essex, UK, a PhD from the University from Wales, UK, and an MBA from Babson College, USA.

Towards Full-Scale FTTH Hiromichi Shinohara, Senior Vice President and Senior Executive Director R&D Planning Department, NTT, Japan Mr. Hiromichi Shinohara has been a Senior Vice President of NTT, Senior Executive Director of Research & Development Planning Department since June 2009. He joined NTT Laboratories in 1978. He has consistently focused his carrier on the development and implementation of FTTH. In addition, he has recently been engaged in strategic planning and promotion of research and development for NGN architecture and platform technologies.

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