More than 50 companies will demonstrate services and technologies aligned with MEF 3.0 in interactive showcase
Los Angeles, 15 August 2018 – MEF is pleased to announce that more than 50 service providers and technology solution providers will participate in 20 interactive Proof of Concept (PoC) Showcase demonstrations at the MEF18 global networking event, 29 October – 2 November 2018. The showcase will reveal the real-world value and applications behind the MEF 3.0 framework that is defining how assured communication services can be orchestrated across a global ecosystem of automated networks.
The PoC Showcase will take place in the MEF18 Networking Hall at the JW Marriott LA LIVE, in Los Angeles, California, and will focus on five main areas of MEF 3.0 services of interest to enterprises, service providers, and technology vendors:Click for more details
“MEF18 Proof of Concept demonstrations are crucial to accelerating the development and worldwide adoption of assured services orchestrated across automated networks with MEF 3.0,” said Pascal Menezes, CTO, MEF. “We are delighted by the tremendous support of leading service and technology solutions providers who are participating in this year’s PoC Showcase. The fact that we have more than double the number of participants compared to last year’s popular showcase illustrates the strategic importance of MEF 3.0 in driving industry innovation.”
A list of PoC participant groups and preliminary titles of their demonstrations can be found on the PoC Showcase page . A final PoC list will be available in September 2018.
MEF18 attendees can look forward to seeing a wide range of topics covered in this year’s PoC Showcase, including:
About MEF18
MEF18 focuses on enabling agile, assured, and orchestrated communications services for the digital economy. MEF18 is on pace to be bigger and better than last year’s popular MEF17 event, with a target audience of 1,000+ attendees from 275+ companies and 35+ countries; 250+ service and technology executives; 120 expert speakers, 115+ sponsors and partners; and more.
MEF18’s content, networking, and special activities are designed to appeal to executives and other senior experts from communication and cloud service providers; enterprises; government organizations; network technology suppliers; systems integrators, open source projects, standards organizations; industry and financial analysts; investors; the press; and others.
MEF18’s program will build upon popular elements of last year’s event while introducing several new activities. Elements include: world-class plenaries and sessions with service, technology, and enterprise expert speakers; MEF Workshops; the WAN Exchange (brought by WAN Summit); PoC demonstrations; MEF 3.0 implementation demonstrations; a vibrant Networking Hall; MEF Awards Dinner; Global Media Hub; LSO Hackathon; and on-site MEF professional certification exam preparation courses. This year, the 4Q18 MEF Members Meeting will be collocated with MEF18. For more information: www.MEF18event.com
Early Bird Registration Expires 31 August
Register now to save $100 on MEF18 registration though 31 August 2018. Qualified enterprise, government, press, and industry analyst professionals attend for free.
2018 MEF Awards Submission Deadline – 7 September
The 2018 MEF Awards program is open for entries until 7 September 2018. The program recognizes service, application, technology, and professional excellence and innovation. To view the full listing of 44 award options and to submit an entry, visit the awards’ website.
Sponsorship Opportunities
For sponsorship information, please visit the MEF18 Sponsor Price List and Sponsorships and Benefits pages or email Alysia Bennett at alysia@mef.net.
About MEF
An industry association of 200+ member companies, MEF recently introduced the MEF 3.0 transformational global services framework for defining, delivering, and certifying assured services orchestrated across a global ecosystem of automated networks. MEF 3.0 services are designed to provide an on-demand, cloud-centric experience with user- and application-directed control over network resources and service capabilities. MEF 3.0 services are delivered over automated, virtualized, and interconnected networks powered by LSO, SDN, and NFV. MEF produces service specifications, LSO frameworks, open LSO APIs, software-driven reference implementations, and certification programs. MEF 3.0 work will enable automated delivery of standardized Carrier Ethernet, Optical Transport, IP, SD-WAN, and Layer 4-7 services across multiple provider networks. For more information: https://www.mef.net.
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