THEME: Everything Wireless

Networking and telecommunications is in the midst of a major transformation – one at least as significant as migration to the Internet Protocol in the 1990s. With approximately three billion mobile phones extant, one of every two people on earth now has a wireless communications device. Most new PCs are now laptops with built-in Wi-Fi, and most enterprise voice calls are now made from mobile phones. In response, mobile operators have proliferated their service offerings and geographic coverage to address customer demand for ubiquitous, always-on wireless connectivity.

Many enterprises have been slow to embrace or recognize this major trend. While wired network infrastructures are hardly disappearing, users have shown a clear preference for mobility and wireless communications. Consequently, organizations must increasingly address issues such as mobile devices management, security, applications development, fixed mobile convergence, and mobile operator service selection.

Attendees can expect to hear how wireless and mobility will affect their IT infrastructures and applications, including:

• Security of mobile devices and data
• Applications development and data storage strategies for mobile devices, including thin client
• Accommodation of user-owned and controlled mobile devices
• Next generation enterprise wireless infrastructures
• Selection of mobile operator services
• Enabling the mobile workforce

TOPICS:

Planning for Pervasive Mobility
Wireless access from mobile devices is becoming the preferred form of communications and applications delivery. Enterprises increasingly have to deal with mobile management, security, and application development issues, in addition to wireless communications.
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WANs and Telecom: Services and Providers in Transition
WAN service choices available to enterprises continue to be affected by new business models and carrier acquisitions. At the same, Internet subsitution, WAN optimization, and new wireless/wireline broadband services offer ways to improve performance and save money.
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Unified Communications: Real-time Enterprise Collaboration and Networking
This topic explores realities and misconceptions regarding unified communications (UC). How well do vendor platforms satisfy enterprise requirements? How will enterprises migrate their IP phone, videoconferencing, IM/presence and related apps to UC?
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