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AT&T Tackles Utility Computing As It Kicks Off the GLOBALCOMM(TM) 2006 Master Class Series

Posted on: Tuesday, 13 December 2005, 12:00 CST

Light Reading and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) announce the launch of a new signature event: The GLOBALCOMM(TM) 2006 Master Class Series. Join the analysts and editors of Light Reading and Heavy Reading for the inaugural session Monday, December 19 in New York City. The series will provide a preview of the critical industry issues to be covered at GLOBALCOMM 2006, June 4-8 in Chicago.

Next-generation communications technologies are changing the way people work, live, communicate, shop and stay informed - and savvy carriers are evolving their networks and services to meet the demands of a globally connected, interdependent marketplace. To help the industry understand how carriers are rising to the challenge, Light Reading and TIA have created the GLOBALCOMM 2006 Master Class Series. Each Master Class will feature a keynote from a leading service provider or enterprise on a topic vital to the industry, explaining how its organization will address this particular challenge.

Scott Clavenna, Heavy Reading Chief Analyst, will introduce the keynote speaker - Joe Weinman, Strategy and Emerging Services Vice President, AT&T Business Services - and kick off the GLOBALCOMM 2006 Master Class Series at 6:00 p.m. on December 19 in the auditorium of the historic AT&T Building in the heart of downtown Manhattan.

Weinman will deliver a 40-minute lecture, exploring the evolving realization of a global, virtualized utility computing and storage grid. His lecture will move beyond the conventional wisdom on next-generation technologies to explain how management systems and processes will evolve, from pure monitoring and management to complex policy-based orchestration and dynamic resource allocation. He will evaluate the challenges this new and diverse world of occasionally connected devices will present in terms of compliance, security, and end-to-end management.

A question-and-answer session will follow Weinman's remarks. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served until 8:30 p.m.

Register today! www.lightreading.com/live/masterclass

About the Speaker:

Joseph B. Weinman Jr., Strategy and Emerging Services VP, AT&T Business Services

A 25-year veteran of AT&T Labs and AT&T, Mr. Weinman helps assess, create, and integrate strategic, emerging technologies and business models, such as utility and grid computing, Web services, advanced optical networking, storage and information life-cycle management, and intelligent networking, into AT&T's offer portfolio. He has been awarded eight U.S. patents in line-coding, simulation and workflow, consumer goods, wireless technologies, and telecommunications and has more than 30 pending in software technology, telecommunications customer premises equipment, network services, wireless devices, Internet browsers, graphics compression, distributed storage networks and Internet services.

About the GLOBALCOMM 2006 Master Class Series

The GLOBALCOMM 2006 Master Class Series was created by Light Reading and TIA to allow service providers to regularly convene with the leading minds in telecom services to discuss in depth next-generation networks and the services they carry. The series previews the critical topics and industry leaders that GLOBALCOMM 2006, June 4-8 in Chicago, will bring together. The Master Class lectures will take place evenings in the historic AT&T Building in downtown Manhattan, in a convivial and relaxed atmosphere.

About Light Reading

Founded in 2000, Light Reading (www.lightreading.com) is the ultimate source for technological and financial analysis of the communications industry. It leads the media industry in terms of traffic, content, and reputation. It reaches an extensive audience of executives and technologists within the telecommunications and enterprise networking communities, as well as the financial/industry analysts and investors that track these sectors.

About Heavy Reading

Heavy Reading (www.heavyreading.com) is an independent market research organization offering quantitative analysis of telecom technology to service providers, vendors and investors. Its mandate is to provide the comprehensive competitive analysis needed today for the deployment of profitable networks based on next-generation hardware and software.

About TIA

TIA is the leading trade association for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry. As owner and producer of GLOBALCOMM(TM), TIA serves ICT suppliers serving global service provider and enterprise customers through its leadership in standards development, domestic and international policy advocacy, and facilitating member business opportunities. TIA represents the communications sector of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA). Visit us at http://www.tiaonline.org.

About GLOBALCOMM(TM)

GLOBALCOMM(TM) is a trademark of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). The Next-Generation Communications Marketplace and Summit will take place June 4-8, 2006, at McCormick Place in Chicago. Visit www.globalcomm2006.com.

Source: Business Wire

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