Bellagio, Las Vegas -- Day three of Metaswitch Forum 2011 comes to a close, and there were, as anticipated, a lot of happy campers. From attendees to partners to vendors to customers, the exchange of information was flowing and fruitful.
The day's first attraction was "The CTO Show" presentation by outgoing CTO, and now Chief Scientist, Chris Mairs, who hosted alongside his replacement, Martin Taylor. They pondered the major technology shifts that will occur and how solutions built on Metaswitch will morph accordingly.
Next, there were 3 separate breakout sessions, each with 4 tracks:
+ Breakout Session 1
Track 1: Mobility-Bring Your Own Wireless
Track 2: Management-Managing the User Experience
Track 3: Migration-Hosted Business Services
Track 4: Market-A Rational Regulatory Strategy 10:50am
+ Breakout Session 2
Track 1: Mobility-Next Generation Applications for Mobile Operators
Track 2: Management-Managing the Border
Track 3: Migration-Managing Migration
Track 4: Market-The Market for Small Business Services
Breakout Session 3
Track 1: Mobility-A Tale of Two Cities - Options for Delivering Rich Communications Services
Track 2: Management-Managing for Growth
Track 3: Migration-Migration Technologies
Track 4: Market-Innovate to Differentiate
Rounding out the day were Partner presentations from Calix, Audio Codes, Panasonic, Dasan Networks and Cisco.
Our Tweet of the Day winner was Dave Holzer - @daholzer. Tweet of the Moment winners were: @ibSeth - Seth Baker (BTC Broadband), @TelaxInTheCloud - Telax, @jerkybird - Jon Deaver (Newroads Telecom), @cpdowell21 - Clayton Dowell (Bristol Tennessee Essential Services), @Bill_Sandiford - Bill Sandiford (Telnet).
Tune-in tomorrow for the much anticipated Keynote from Speaker Richard Noble, OBE. Starts at 10:30AM sharp!
Metaswitch: The Power of M
The day's first attraction was "The CTO Show" presentation by outgoing CTO, and now Chief Scientist, Chris Mairs, who hosted alongside his replacement, Martin Taylor. They pondered the major technology shifts that will occur and how solutions built on Metaswitch will morph accordingly.
Next, there were 3 separate breakout sessions, each with 4 tracks:
+ Breakout Session 1
Track 1: Mobility-Bring Your Own Wireless
Track 2: Management-Managing the User Experience
Track 3: Migration-Hosted Business Services
Track 4: Market-A Rational Regulatory Strategy 10:50am
+ Breakout Session 2
Track 1: Mobility-Next Generation Applications for Mobile Operators
Track 2: Management-Managing the Border
Track 3: Migration-Managing Migration
Track 4: Market-The Market for Small Business Services
Breakout Session 3
Track 1: Mobility-A Tale of Two Cities - Options for Delivering Rich Communications Services
Track 2: Management-Managing for Growth
Track 3: Migration-Migration Technologies
Track 4: Market-Innovate to Differentiate
Rounding out the day were Partner presentations from Calix, Audio Codes, Panasonic, Dasan Networks and Cisco.
Our Tweet of the Day winner was Dave Holzer - @daholzer. Tweet of the Moment winners were: @ibSeth - Seth Baker (BTC Broadband), @TelaxInTheCloud - Telax, @jerkybird - Jon Deaver (Newroads Telecom), @cpdowell21 - Clayton Dowell (Bristol Tennessee Essential Services), @Bill_Sandiford - Bill Sandiford (Telnet).
Tune-in tomorrow for the much anticipated Keynote from Speaker Richard Noble, OBE. Starts at 10:30AM sharp!
Metaswitch: The Power of M