Webinar description
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The telco innovation dilemma and the velocity of change.
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How the telco cloud has evolved and why a multi-cloud approach should be considered.
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Why Service Assurance is more important than ever.
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Benefits of OSS platform-as-a-service
Presenters
Jim Hodges
Research Director – Cloud and Security, Heavy Reading
Jim leads Heavy Reading’s research on the service assurance and security impact of the virtualized cloud on the control plane and application layers, both in the fixed and mobile core and at the enterprise edge. Jim focuses on the security impacts that cloud-based technologies such as 5G introduce from a cyber-threat detection perspective, as well as billing and service assurance transformation implications. Jim joined Heavy Reading from Nortel Networks, where he tracked the VoIP and application server market landscape and was a key contributor to the development of Wireless Intelligent Network (WIN) standards. Additional technical experience was gained with Bell Canada, where he performed IN and SS7 network planning, numbering administration, technical model forecast creation and definition of regulatory-based interconnection models. Jim is based in Ottawa, Canada.
Kris Philpott
Senior Vice President, Planview
As a founding partner of Planview Utility Services Limited, Kris Philpott helped build the organization on the principle of never missing an opportunity to gather data. It is because of this founding principle that Planview USL has remained at the forefront of asset-based location intelligence solutions and services in the telecommunications and utility sectors. Kris has successfully established Planview USL as a leading provider of telecom and utility professional services in Canada. Planview USL provides Engineering, Subsurface Utility Engineering and GIS services to utilities and infrastructure owners. In his 20+ years experience, Kris has advanced these industries on how they can leverage geospatial data to support optimal asset management, network planning and design. Kris has been an integral advisor to a multitude of industry associations and has served as a progressive advocate for a “data first” approach to provincial governments and publicly traded corporations.
Mick McCluskey
VP Product Management, Enghouse Networks
Mick McCluskey is VP of Product Management at Enghouse Networks, a leading software solutions provider, assisting operators in leveraging digital transformation to drive profitability in fast-changing and emerging markets. In the area of OSS, Mick is leading the transformation of Enghouse’s solutions to ensure they enable multiple existing and emerging services to be deployed efficiently across fiber and mobile networks. In video solutions, Mick has been pivotal in creating the EspialTV solution – a truly disruptive TVaaS solution that permits TV to be delivered over fiber networks profitability. He is currently working on solutions that help operators take advantage of key technology and industry trends like digital transformation, AI, fiber-based networks, OTT video, IoT, and 5G.
