Pre-event workshops run on Monday, May 14, at the Austin Convention Center, alongside Light Reading's Annual Women in Comms Luncheon
New York, NY, April 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Light Reading (www.lightreading.com) has partnered with CORD, Linux Foundation and Open Compute Project to host three pre-conference workshops at its fifth-annual, flagship Big Communications Event (www.bigcommunicationsevent.com) taking place on May 14-16 in Austin, Texas. The workshops, held on Monday, May 14, run alongside Light Reading's popular, annual Women in Comms luncheon.
Taking place on Monday, May 14 from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m., the CORD Workshop discusses how CORD, a division of the ONF, provides a complete platform for delivering services to mobile, residential and enterprise customers by leveraging the best of cloud, NFV and SDN.
"The ONF is thrilled to be partnering with Light Reading at their Big Communications Event. Our CORD workshop will bring together operators and our broader community to share the latest developments in CORD. We'll also provide insight into the new project Stratum, and share our operator leadership's recent announcements around building Reference Designs for the industry upon which operators plan to procure and deploy white-box open-source based solutions for production deployments," said Timon Sloane, Vice President, Marketing and Ecosystem, ONF.
This workshop is free for all Big Communications Event attendees. To learn more or register for this workshop, click here.
Taking place on Monday, May 14 from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., this workshop specifically examines Linux Foundation Networking's collaborative approach to enabling automation across the networking ecosystem and how service providers are implementing that approach today.
"LF Networking is delighted to be collaborating with Light Reading at their Big Communications Event again this year," said Heather Kirksey, Vice President, Community and Ecosystem Development, The Linux Foundation. "Our workshop will discuss the Linux Foundation's approach to enabling open network automation across the ecosystem, with sessions focused on harmonizing various layers of the network stack. We're looking forward to a great event.”
This workshop is free for all Big Communications Event attendees. To learn more or register for this workshop, click here.
Open Compute Project Telecom Workshop
Taking place on Monday, May 14 from 11:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. this workshop covers several ongoing work streams from both the Telco and Networking Projects.
"We are excited to be partnering with Light Reading at their Big Communications Event for the third year. This year's workshop will discuss ongoing work streams in our Telecom & Networking Projects. The community has collaborated on numerous edge product specifications and is working with open source software communities to deliver the complete HW and SW solution. We are looking forward to another great workshop this year," said Bill Carter, Chief Technology Officer, Open Compute Project.
This workshop is free for all Big Communications Event attendees. To learn more or register for this workshop, click here.
About the Big Communications Event
The Big Communications Event (BCE) is Light Reading's flagship event and the next-gen communications industry's meeting point to discuss the major changes affecting its future. Registration for the workshops takes place on the Big Communications Event registration page. Workshops are free with all BCE event passes. Click here to register.
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Light Reading (www.lightreading.com) 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 400,000 subscribers each month, leading the media sector in terms of traffic, content and reputation. Light Reading produces targeted communications events and focused one-day and two-day conferences each year for cable, mobile and wireline executives.