Best Practices for Achieving Network Security

Webinar: March 9, 2011 @ 10:00am

In an era of increased network complexity, with technology changes, rapid expansion and outsourcing, it's not easy to secure the network, yet this is an essential component of network integrity. You need the advice of experts who have successfully met the challenge and can explain what is required.

Nakina Systems invites you to join Jay Borden, President & CEO Nakina Systems, and these security experts:

• Blake Lindsay Network Security Advisor, Bell Canada
• Anton Kaska - Head of Security Business Line, North America at Nokia Siemens Networks
• James Heath, Senior Analyst, Technology Research Institute

They will discuss the best practices in network security from their own experience. It promises to be a lively discussion, sharing a lot of practical advice that you can apply to your own network.

Management World Americas

November 9-11, 2010
Rosen Shingle Creek
9939 Universal Boulevard, Orlando, FL

At Management World Americas 2010 you will gain the tools needed to identify when and how to be Smart. Cost cutting and streamline measures will be laid on in real world detail in the Operational Excellence and Customer Experience Summits, providing practices that can be implemented immediately for cost reduction and increase efficiencies. The Cloud, New services and Apps and Defense Summits will explore ways in increase existing revenue streams, how to take advantage of new and growing markets and where investments should be made to guarantee future success and longevity.

Visit Nakina in Booth #30 to learn how our key innovative network integrity management solutions can reduce operating expenses, bolster identity management security and improve operations workflow productivity through automation.

Plan to attend the joint presentation Optimizing Network Operations for Cost-Savings and Improved Profit Margins, by Sandip Patel, Regional OSS architect, Time Warner Cable and Sergio Pellizzari, Founder, Solutions Architect, Nakina Systems

Tuesday November 9, 2010
4:15 pm - 5:45 pm

Revenue Management today not only involves creating services with good profit margins, but understanding how the network is optimized behind the services to ensure a satisfactory return. Service providers have found that not only are their networks not optimized, but that a lack of true network visibility has resulted in service delays and outages that are costing them millions of dollars. These issues are attributed to misconfigurations, lack of security credentials and multiple management systems that have different release schedules and no clear way to integrate the services end to end. This case study shows how Time Warner Cable evaluated their current operations infrastructure and identified multiple areas where improvement was required to save them money and improve their profit margins. This session will present the business case and the functionality of how Time Warner Cable netted a significant savings as well as prevented outages and saved on maintenance charges that had been costing them hundreds of thousands of dollars. The business case study will outline the analysis that was done and what the resulting model will look like.

Nakina Systems – Case Studies Breakfast Session:

Nakina Systems invites you to join Jay Borden, President & CEO Nakina Systems, and these security experts:

• Blake Lindsay Network Security Advisor, Bell Canada
• Anton Kaska - Head of Security Business Line, North America at Nokia Siemens Networks
• James Heath, Senior Analyst, Technology Research Institute

They will discuss the challenges and best practices in network security, and how to keep the network safe in an era of increased outsourcing and massive growth. Start your day with a sociable breakfast and true-life tales from the trenches, including a discussion of new challenges in network security, with case studies outlining the best ways to meet those challenges head-on.

Network Security Case Studies and Discussion
St. John’s Room #34, 2nd floor above Expo entrance
7:45 am
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

OSS/BSS World Summit, London

September 08-09 - 2010
Sheraton, The Park Lane Hotel
Piccadilly, London, W1J 7BX
England, United Kingdom

“OSS/BSS World Summit” is a world-class, exclusive summit, delivering independent and objective thought-leadership for the C-suite within the telecoms industry globally. Based in London, it lays the roadmap for the year ahead in terms of strategy, innovation and investment for the OSS/BSS sectors of telecoms with visionary keynotes from the likes of ATT, BT & Verizon.

On Wednesday, Sept. 8th at 4:50 pm, join Mary O'Neill, VP Sales, Nakina Systems for a presentation on: Beyond the Recession: Managing Large Scale Next Generation Networks

2010 B/OSS World Conference & Expo

June 9-11, 2010
Washington, D.C.
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center

B/OSS Conference & Expo - the place where software for your business and operations comes alive. (Event Website)

Moderator: Greg Gum, Chief Marketing Officer, ANDA Networks
Speakers: Paul Vedam, CEO, TIERONE
Pam Dodge, Senior Director of Marketing, Nakina Systems
Bob Richardson, Manager of Solution Consultants for the Americas, InfoVista

Track Two: Supporting the Business
Location: National Harbor 12

Management World Nice 2010
Acropolis Convention Center, Nice, France
Tuesday, 18 May, 2010 - Thursday, 20 May, 2010

Management World 2010, now in its 11th year is the leading global management conference bringing together industry experts from the mobile, fixed line, cable, defense, internet, advertising, information and entertainment industries. At Management World you can meet with over 3,000+ attendees from 80+ countries and 275+ speakers including representatives from the world’s leading service providers.

Visit Nakina in Booth #25 to learn how our key innovative network integrity management solutions can reduce operating expenses, bolster identity management security and improve operations workflow productivity through automation.

OSS/BSS Transformation Congress
January 18th & 19th, 2010
Radisson Blu Hotel
Frankfurt, Germany

OSS/BSS Transformation Congress will explore what OSS/BSS transformation really means to the industry and how far operators need to go to transform their business to compete in 21st century telecommunications market. If they succeed in doing this and take the right decisions on the way, these companies will grow into the successful businesses of the 21st century.

Join Sergio Pellizzari, Solutions Architect, Nakina Systems as he presents a case study on 'Challenges and Best Practices in Managing Large Scale Next Generation Networks'

Next generation architectures consist of many smaller, flexible elements that interact. A single regional deployment may involve dozens of different devices, and many thousands of configured parameters, all of which must be aligned for reliable service operation. Managing large scale deployments of next generation architectures leads to new challenges and processes. This case study will examine the challenges and solutions and best practices that can be applied to all next generation network deployments.

Management World Americas 2009

Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando
December 8-10, 2009
Management World Americas reveals light and new opportunities at the end of the tunnel and focuses on operational excellence and new business models for Service Providers. Learn how to make new business models a reality and deliver the efficiencies and new service revenues vital to survival.

Visit us in Booth #312 to find out how Nakina's management software is helping network operations teams efficiently deploy, manage and secure their next generation networks.

Plan to attend the joint presentation by Chris Phelan, Director of VoIP Integration, AT&T, Morgan Stern, Principal Consultant, Alcatel-Lucent and Dean Mechlowitz, Solutions Architect, Nakina Systems: Case Study - Challenges in managing large scale IMS and VoIP deployment

Tuesday, Dec. 8th - 2:00 - 2:30 - OE1
Next generation architectures consist of many smaller, flexible elements that interact. A single regional deployment may involve dozens of different devices, and many thousands of configured parameters, all of which must be aligned for reliable service operation. Managing large scale deployments of next generation architectures leads to new challenges and processes. This case study will examine those challenges and solutions and best practices that can be applied to all next generation network deployments.

IMS Global Congress

Mon 23 Nov 2009 - Tue 24 Nov 2009
Venue: Courtyard by Marriott, Vienna, Austria
Now in its fifth year, IMS Global Congress has firmly established itself as an invaluable networking event for IMS professionals, eager to gain insights into the latest developments and fundamental issues surrounding IMS – from migration, interoperability and standards to business models and service development.

Carrier Ethernet World Congress 2009

MARITIM proArte Hotel, Berlin, Germany
September 21-24, 2009
The Metro Ethernet Forum's preeminent event!

Visit Nakina Systems in Booth #15 to meet our network management experts and learn more about how Nakina solutions enable customers to scale new network service infrastructure more rapidly and cost-effectively.

Hear from Mike Marshall, Nakina’s Director of Business Development, in these presentations:

"Driving Profitability in Business Ethernet Services"
12:00, 23 September 2009 (Day 2, Stream 1)
Assisted by Bill Balmer, Vice-President of Business Development at Accedian, Mike and Bill will present a case study of SLA-grade Ethernet service deployment, which enabled tailored service offerings and built a best-in-class Ethernet service delivery infrastructure that is scalable to a nationwide offering.

"Implementing Ethernet OAM and QoS Mechanisms to Support Mobile Backhaul"
16:30, 23 September 2009 (Day 2, Stream 2)
Mike hosts a problem-solving round table discussion that will provide a lot of practical guidance for service providers and equipment vendors.

Management World Nice 2009
Acropolis Convention Center, Nice, France
Monday, 4 May, 2009 - Friday, 8 May, 2009

Management World Nice 2009 comprises of 5 distinct summits, expert training and a unique technology expo. The Summits will deliver detailed discussions, debates and case studies on creating and delivering profitable services across the value chain; driving up new revenues, increasing customer care and driving down operating costs during the tough economic climate.

• Visit us in Booth #94 to find out how our management software is helping network operations teams efficiently deploy, manage and secure their next generation networks.
  
  
• Don't miss the provocative address by Jay Borden, President & CEO of Nakina Systems, Something Wicked This Way Comes: The Looming Destruction of the Telecommunications Software Industry (Part II) (BT11) on Friday, May 8th at 9am. Consolidation among service providers, risk-averse customer buying behaviors, and increasingly long sales cycles are threatening the very survival of telecom software vendors. Yet stifling innovation in this key area of the value chain will relegate service providers to low-value transport pipes, relative to nimble innovators like Google. Is telecom software innovation really doomed? Will investors flee? Are Europe and North America in the same boat? How can we stop the madness?
  
  
• Attend the joint presentation by Mary O’Neill of Nakina Systems and Robert Ormsby of Verizon Communications – Migrating to a New NGN – Part 3, Verizon’s Implementation of a Common Element Vision in a Post Merger Environment (TT6), on Thursday May 6th at 11:00 AM - Verizon and Nakina Systems successfully implemented a common element management vision, resulting in groundbreaking reductions in integration times for next generation Single Stack back-office initiatives. TMF’s MTOSI standard was the key north bound interface implemented by the common element management system. An update on the evolution of Verizon’s common element management solution, this presentation looks closely at a complex multi-vendor network in post-merger (Verizon/MCI) environment including technology challenges and required extensions to standards.

Management World Orlando 2008
Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando
November 16-20, 2008
Management World Orlando is one of the leading global events focusing on OSS and BSS technology for service providers and equipment vendors alike.

• Visit us in Booth #128 to find out how its management software is helping network operations teams efficiently deploy, manage and secure their next generation networks.


• Don't miss the provocative address by Jay Borden, CEO of Nakina Systems and former founder and CEO of Granite Systems, entitled The Death of Innovation: The Looming Destruction of the Telecommunications Software Industry (TO 3) on Tuesday, November 18^th at 4pm. As Jay Borden sees it, recent trends are threatening to stifle innovation in key areas of the supply chain. As a result, incumbent service providers risk becoming low-value transport pipes vulnerable to more nimble innovators like Google. Is telecom software innovation doomed? What can the industry do to reverse the trend?