To deliver on its promise of ultra-low latency and a high volume of connectivity, 5G uses a large number of Edge Datacenters located close to the market they serve. Agile, composable infrastructures are must-haves in such Edge Centers that can cater to changing customer demands from evolving 5G/IoT use-cases. If you are deploying or managing such a 5G infrastructure, how do you secure your Edge Infrastructure and make sure it is not compromised? How do you ensure that your VNFs (virtual network functions) are getting deployed on a secure platform? What are your options for remediation if one of your Edge Infrastructures are compromised? Attend this session to learn how you can leverage Quanta’s Edge Servers along with AMI Composer to solve these questions.

Technology executive with around 24 years of experience in providing engineering leadership, product development and product management. At AMI, Joseprabu oversees implementation of Manageability and Security Solutions for Telco infrastructure. In his previous roles, he was instrumental in creating several remote infrastructure management products from concept to completion, targeting Enterprise and Datacenter market. He has extensive experience collaborating with Fortune 100 customers, vendors and strategic partners. His diverse background covers technology leadership, setting product strategies, vendor management and process improvement. He was awarded around 25 patents across different technology areas like Platform Management, SDI, VDI and IOT. He holds two Master's degrees, one in Business Administration and another in Computer Applications.

This presentation will discuss how Open Source software is changing the landscape for Telecommunication Service Providers, citing examples of NFV, VNF, and CNFs on Red Hat OpenStack and Red Hat OpenShift.

Paul has been with Red Hat for over 6 years, working in the Cloud Platforms Business Unit with strategic partners in the Telecommunications ecosystem.

When deploying virtual functions/services at scale, network admins quickly realize the high CPU utilization and low overall performance. This poor performance is mainly attributed to the virtual switch – a logical switching entity usually built into the software infrastructure. The virtual switch is responsible for connecting Virtual Machines in a virtual network. At scale, and with increased data center traffic, this type of switching consumes precious CPU cycles. Mellanox ASAP2 - Accelerated Switch and Packet Processing® solution combines the performance and efficiency of server/storage networking hardware with the flexibility of virtual switching software. ASAP2 offers up to 10 times better performance than non-offloaded OVS solutions. This provides the NFVi & SDN with the highest total infrastructure efficiency, deployment flexibility and operational simplicity.

Gopan is Senior Director of Business Development for the Telecom Vertical @ Mellanox. He leads segment strategy, end user and eco system engagement and product/solution strategy for the Telecom Service Provider Market. Gopan has spend over 25 years in the hi-tech industry managing various portfolios from product management to services. Prior to Mellanox, Gopan used to work for Intel’s Datacenter groups Cloud Service Provider segment for EMEA and manage APAC DCG business. He also was responsible for the Intels industry engagements like Open Compute Project. Gopan holds a BE in Electronics Engineering from Cochin University.

With the emerging and diversified needs on 5G, the definition of new architecture of 5G SA Core Network only marks the beginning of architectural evolution. There are more challenges in designing and deploying the 5G SA Core to suit needs, e.g. edge computing, enterprise on-premise, cloud native. In additions, the virtualization architecture to provide flexibility to deploy, scale and manage plays important roles for 5G. We will explore those challenges in 5G SA Core in this talk and how QCT and ASTRI work together to address them.

Alex Mui is the Director of Network Software in ASTRI managing R&D on 5G core network and Smart Mobility. Alex has over 20 years of experience in communications software industry. He and his team are now focusing 5G core network R&D with considerations on how to enable new deployment models, including on-premise, distributed edge, and cloud based architectures. ASTRI is also working closely with operator and government agencies in realizing 5G based Smart City adoptions in Hong Kong.

Ensuring interoperability is critical for a multi-vendor ecosystem to be commercially viable, and the Open RAN ecosystem is no exception. The role of the systems integrator in these new open ecosystems is to integrate the software and white-box hardware to deliver a complete end-to-end solution. The Open Test and Integration Center (OTIC) initiative is focused on facilitating product readiness and interoperability for next-gen 5G wireless networks based on the O-RAN Alliance architecture, specifications, and interfaces. This presentation will provide lessons learned from a systems integrator that was tasked with ensuring end-to-end compliance with O-RAN specifications in a multi-vendor environment for the China Mobile plugfest held at OTIC-Beijing.

Rishi serves as a sr. product line manager for Radisys, focusing on the company’s mobility access technologies. Rishi works directly with the RAN eco-system & service providers to re-architect and move their networks to open software-centric architectures. He joined Radisys in 2009 and has held both engineering & product management positions. Rishi holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science.

Data centre costs are rising, with reports citing double digit growth over the next five years driven by increased demands for cloud-based services, IoT, analytics, and other factors. Taming these costs require cloud service providers to utilize their resources more efficiently by spinning workloads up and down in accordance with demand. Techniques such as elasticity and cloud bursting (placing loads on third-party clouds) can help cloud providers stabilize costs through higher efficiency and right sizing. This session examines how cloud providers can use automation in optimization use cases which would normally overwhelm manual processes due to the variety and scale of data centre applications. Coupled with advanced analytics, such automation can realize the efficiency goals and service guarantees of an intelligent cloud.

René is responsible for leading the launch of RIFT’s new products and evolution of existing products, to meet the needs of RIFT’s global customer base. René has over 20 years of experience in mobile and broadband data networks and has been directly involved in the successful placement of new, innovative products in Tier 1 Service Providers worldwide. Prior to his current role, René was Vice President of Product Management at Movik Networks (now part of Ribbon Communications) where he was responsible for leading Movik’s product strategy, and Senior Director of Product Management at Starent Networks where he was responsible for the GSM/UMTS, LTE, CDMA, and WiMAX packet core product portfolios. René has also held senior positions in product management and engineering at Redback Networks, Cisco Systems, and Nortel Networks.

It’s no secret that enterprises have found it challenging to succeed in digital transformation initiatives. With access to edge infrastructure and 5G, there is no longer a gap in enterprise ability to provide real-time digital operations and to optimize end user experiences. Trusted, repeatable solutions and event-based insights are now possible based on edge infrastructure adjacent to end users and devices, either in private edge (on-premises) deployments, or in public edge networks. There is a growing ecosystem aligning around the power of edge and 5G to finally enable enterprise digital transformation and at MobiledgeX, we’re proud to be central to that ecosystem and to be partners with the end to end value chain of leading vendors.

Jason Hoffman is President and CEO of MobiledgeX, where his decades of experience in telecommunications and cloud infrastructure have driven him to design the future of mobile edge services, applications, and devices. Jason is considered one of the architects of large scale cloud computing, having led the development of container technologies, asynchronous, high concurrency runtimes, and converged server, storage, and networking systems. For over a decade, he was CTO and Founder of pioneering IaaS and software provider Joyent (now owned by Samsung). Jason ran product, engineering, and operations launching the most popular asynchronous runtime (node.js), most secure KVM-based VMs, and the world’s first serverless and first container-as-a-service offering. Most recently, Jason was CTO for Digital Services at Ericsson, where he led a 30,000 person unit responsible for multinational cloud and datacenter infrastructure. Jason’s group led the market in the modernization of telecom infrastructure, creating the world’s first hyper-scale, disaggregated system.