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Conference Sessions
 Network Design for Video Conferencing and TelepresenceIf you are deploying video conferencing as a mission critical communications service, you must navigate a variety of challenges. Deploying a network to support video conferencing and/or telepresence requires understanding real-time traffic, Quality of Service, bandwidth management and specialized test tools. The right agreements for service must be worked out with the WAN service provider. Security issues must be addressed to manage video security and not violate network security. Supporting business-to-business calling, especially with telepresence, requires a new model of WAN service provider deployment. This session will shed light on how to approach each of these challenges, and will provide a forum in which to explore the solutions available to fit your specific needs. Speaker - John Bartlett, Voice, Video and Data Application Performance, NetForecast, Inc. John Bartlett is a leading authority on real-time traffic, application performance and Quality of Service (QoS) techniques. He specializes in helping enterprises manage voice, video and data application performance. John has engaged with over 50 enterprises and over 20 network vendors to analyze network performance problems, design network solutions, and support network deployments. John has 30 years of experience in the semiconductor, computer and communications fields in marketing, sales, engineering, manufacturing and consulting roles. He has contributed to microprocessor, computer and network equipment design for over 40 products. He has been consulting since 1996. Prior to working as a consultant, John was a founder and VP of Engineering and Manufacturing at Agile Networks, now part of Lucent Technologies. Under his leadership, the company designed and built a high performance Ethernet switch implementing VLANs, and one of the first commercial ATM switches. Both products were successfully introduced to the market and the firm became profitable before it was acquired. John also served on the IEEE 802.1 committee during this period, and contributed to the development of the IEEE 802.1P and IEEE 802.1Q standards (priority and VLANs.) John is a graduate of Dartmouth College, and Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering.
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Conference Sessions
Video Conferencing Overview - Where do I Start?The promise of increased productivity, more difficult and expensive travel and other business factors are propelling forward-thinking enterprises to IP-based video conferencing. But the range of options and products is so wide it's hard to distinguish hype from reality, and determine what's right for your enterprise. This session will present an overview of available video conferencing, solutions and outline a simple approach to narrowing the choices to select an optimal solution. We will describe options for video formats, PC versus room-based versus telepresence, unified conferencing and more. A panel of video conferencing vendors will be on hand to answer questions and present the merits of their offerings. Bring your tough questions and get answers about how best to deploy video conferencing in your enterprise.
Moderator - Andrew Davis, Senior Analyst and Managing Partner, Wainhouse Research Andrew W. Davis has more than fifteen years experience as a successful technology consultant and industry analyst. Prior to independent consulting, Andrew held senior marketing positions with several large and small high-technology companies. He has published over 200 trade journal articles and opinion columns on multimedia communications, image and signal processing, videoconferencing, and corporate strategies. Andrew has published numerous market research reports and is the principal editor of the conferencing industry's leading newsletter, The Wainhouse Research Bulletin. Andrew specializes in videoconferencing, rich media communications, strategy consulting, and new business development for Wainhouse Research. A well-known industry guest speaker, Mr. Davis holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in engineering from Cornell University and a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard University.
Speaker - Greg Edwards, Distinguished Communications Architect, Cisco Greg Edwards is a Distinguished Communications Architect working on current and next generation architectures in unified communications and video. Greg's role includes working with customers to understand how technology supports their strategic business initiatives, and then applying those solutions. Greg Edwards has 29 years of industry experience spanning voice, video and data technologies. During his 12 years at Cisco Greg has been a leader in the evolution of IP communications for voice, and video. Prior to Cisco Greg was a senior Engineer at Codex, then Motorola and began his career in the USAF designing, and implementing mission critical communications in AsiaPac. Greg lives in Ohio with his wife and enjoys designing Home Theaters.
Speaker - Michael Helmbrecht, Director of Product Management , LifeSize Communications Michael Helmbrecht is Director of Product Management for LifeSize Communications. His responsibilities include product lifecycle management as well as sales and partner enablement. Michael joined LifeSize after nine years with Dell, Inc. where he was Director of Marketing. Michael held a number of key marketing roles at Dell, most recently leading product line management for data storage and networking in the Americas. Michael holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BA in Political Science from Colgate University.
Speaker - Peter Nutley, Director of Product Marketing, Tandberg Peter Nutley has more than 20 years of experience in videoconferencing, data communications and telecommunications. At TANDBERG Peter serves as Director of Global Product Marketing, where he is responsible for working closely with TANDBERG R&D and product management to deliver products to market worldwide, identify market opportunities and provide input for product roadmaps. In addition, Peter and his team develop and deliver sales tools, collateral, and product promotions and training. Prior to joining TANDBERG Peter held key marketing and technical positions at SeaChange International, IBM, and PictureTel Corporation. At both PictureTel and SeaChange Peter served as Vice President for Product Management, where he was responsible for product strategy, new product development, partner and business development and international market cultivation. During his tenure at PictureTel, Peter also held positions including senior product manager and senior sales engineer.
Speaker - Stefan Karapetkov, Emerging Technologies Director, Polycom, Inc. Stefan Karapetkov is Emerging Technologies Director at Polycom, Inc. where he focuses on visual communications market and technology analysis. Prior to Polycom, he spent more than 10 years with Siemens in product management, new technology development and enterprise product definition. He has been involved in Voice over IP since 1997. Stefan Karapetkov has MBA from Santa Clara University and an MS degree in Engineering from the University of Chemnitz (Germany). He is fluent in English, German, Russian, and Bulgarian.
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