Interop Announces Carrier Cloud Forum New York

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Interop®, produced by UBM TechWeb, today announces Carrier Cloud Forum, a first-time program at Interop New York featuring a service-provider focused Cloud Services conference, hosted by Light Reading and Heavy Reading. The Carrier Cloud Forum will take place during Interop New York on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at the Javits Convention Center. For more information or to register, visit: http://www.interop.com/newyork/.

The Carrier Cloud Forum is a one-day intensive designed to provide high-quality education and peer-to-peer interaction on the core issues around building a cloud infrastructure and developing a cloud services business model that works.  At Interop New York, Carrier Cloud Forum will feature keynotes by Kerry Bailey, Group President, Terremark Inc.; and Scott Cain, Head Global Portfolio Manager at British Telecom. The program will highlight ways to capitalize on existing network and data center resources while building in new flexibility for delivery of on-demand services and management of user experience. Platinum sponsors include Alcatel Lucent, Cisco and Ericsson.

"We are extremely happy to be partnering with Interop to produce the largest and most comprehensive carrier-focused cloud conference series in the US," said Joe Braue, Executive Vice President of the Light Reading Communications Network. "As with all our Light Reading conferences, we're providing a pre-qualified audience of service provider and hosting executives access to top research content from Heavy Reading, best practices from leading-edge service providers and in-depth discussion and opinions from industry leaders on panels moderated by our knowledgeable analysts and editors."

"With the warm response of Carrier Cloud Forum at Interop Las Vegas this Spring, we are pleased to bring this comprehensive cloud program for the first time to New York," said Lenny Heymann, Interop General Manager. "Interop is pleased to partner with Heavy Reading and Light Reading to present service providers with insight on building and selling cloud services as cloud technology continues to be a priority area within business technology."

Interop New York, which will take place Oct. 3-7, 2011, at the Javits Convention Center, has a multi-year history of providing cloud computing and data center education, including the Enterprise Cloud Summit conference and a Cloud zone on the expo floor.  Interop's full educational program includes 14 conference tracks focused on the most important topics shaping the future of business technology including cloud computing, virtualization, data centers, information security, enterprise 2.0, mobility, video and more.

About Interop®

Interop® drives the adoption of technology, providing knowledge and insight to help IT and corporate decision-makers achieve business success. Part of UBM TechWeb's family of global brands, Interop is the leading business technology event series. Through in-depth educational programs, workshops, real-world demonstrations and live technology implementations in its unique InteropNet program, Interop provides the forum for the most powerful innovations and solutions the industry has to offer. Interop Las Vegas is the flagship event held each spring, with Interop New York held each fall, with annual international events in Mumbai and Tokyo, all produced by UBM TechWeb and partners. For more information about these events visit, www.interop.com.

About Light Reading (www.lightreading.com)

Light Reading combines its research-led online communities and targeted events portfolio to help those in the global communications industry make informed decisions.   Lightreading.com is the ultimate source for telecom analysis for more than 300,000 subscribers each month, leading the media sector in terms of traffic, content, and reputation. Light Reading produces targeted communications events and focused one-day conferences each year for cable, mobile, and wireline executives across five continents. As part of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lrcn.com), Light Reading leverages the industry's most trusted telecom research brands, Heavy Reading and Pyramid Research, to contribute to the only integrated business information platform serving the $4 trillion global communications industry. 

About Light Reading Communications Network (www.lrcn.com)

The Light Reading Communications Network combines the most trusted telecom research brands with award-winning online communities and a rich events portfolio to deliver the only integrated business information platform serving the global communications industry.  With the power of this platform, leaders who build, deploy, finance, and regulate next-generation telecom networks are able to make more informed decisions on emerging market and service opportunities. The Light Reading Communications Network is a division of UBM TechWeb (www.ubmtechweb.com), the global leader in technology media and business information.  

Contact:

Carolyn Herr
Director of Events
Light Reading
1-949-223-3614

SOURCE Light Reading