Diamond Sponsor PCCW Global and Platinum Sponsors AT&T, Bell Canada, Comcast Business, Spectrum Enterprise, Verizon, and NEC/Netcracker anchor world-class networking event
Los Angeles, 15 October 2019 – MEF is pleased to announce outstanding industry support for the MEF19 global networking event, held November 18-22, 2019, at the JW Marriott LA LIVE in Los Angeles, California. 115 supporting companies and organizations are lined up so far, including 67+ service provider and technology-related sponsors and 48+ enterprise, cloud, industry organization, analyst research, media, and other partners.
“We are thrilled with the tremendous show of support for MEF19. As always, our goal is to uniquely empower attendees with extraordinary peer-to-peer networking opportunities, high-quality content, live demonstrations of cutting-edge services and technologies, and valuable insight needed to successfully navigate through industry transformation,” said Kevin Vachon, COO, MEF. “We are assembling a stellar line-up of world-leading innovators with a common goal of accelerating the transition to dynamic, assured, and certified communications services across a global federation of automated networks, as envisioned with MEF 3.0.”
MEF19 is on track to draw more than 1,000 attendees from 270+ companies and 35+ countries.
MEF19’s record number of 67+ sponsors includes leading service providers, technology vendors, and software services, network consulting, and testing companies.
Diamond Sponsor: PCCW Global
Platinum Sponsors: AT&T, Bell Canada, Comcast Business, Spectrum Enterprise, Verizon, and NEC/Netcracker.
Gold Sponsors: Orange Business Services, Sparkle, Amdocs, Equinix, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Infinera, Infovista, RAD, Silver Peak, and Spirent Communications.
Silver Sponsors: CenturyLink, PLDT, ADVA, Ciena, Fortinet, Intraway, and Nokia.
Bronze Sponsors: Colt Technology Services, Tata Communications, Zayo, Accedian, Amartus, Canoga Perkins, CDG, Champion ONE, Clear Blockchain Technologies, Datavision, Ekinops, Inmanta, Iometrix, Neustar, NoviFlow, Telco Systems, and Vitria.
Activity Sponsors: BT, CMC Networks, Cox Business, Intelsat, NTT Communications, NTT Labs, Okinawa Open Laboratory, Tata Communications Transformation Services (TCTS) , Telia Carrier, TELUS, Ufinet, Unitas Global, Cataworx, Ciena/Blue Planet, Cisco, Cloudify, DCConnect Global, Kontron, Nefeli Networks, Nuage Networks from Nokia, Perpetual Solutions, Polis, R3, SDWAN Academy, Sedona Systems, Tech 2000,and Versa Networks.
MEF19 enjoys the support of 48+ enterprise, cloud, industry organization, analyst research, media, and other partners.
Enterprise, Government, and Cloud Organizations: Speakers from multi-national enterprises, the US federal government, and a major cloud provider are participating.
Participating Industry Organizations: MEF, ONUG, and TM Forum.
Media and Analyst Relations: Witz Communications
Participating Industry Analyst Firms: ACG Research, ATLANTIC-ACM, AvidThink, Broadband Success Partners, Dell’Oro Group, Frost & Sullivan, Futuriom, Heavy Reading, IDC, IHS Markit, Insight Research, Ovum, TeleGeography, and Vertical Systems Group
Media: Light Reading, Capacity, Converge! Network Digest, SDxCentral, Telecom Review, Broadband Communities, Carrier Ethernet LinkedIn , CIO Review, Diario TI, Enterprise Networking Magazine, My Security Media, Newsbytes, Telecom Engine, Telecom Reseller, Telecom Times, TelecomDrive, Telecompetitor, Telesemana, TMCnet, TyN Magazine, and Vanilla+.
MEF19 Registration
Register here for MEF19. Qualified enterprise, government, press, and industry analyst professionals attend for free.
MEF19 Preview Videos
See the MEF19 promo video and many MEF19 preview videos on the MEF YouTube Channel .
Sponsorship Opportunities
For information on MEF19 sponsorship, see the MEF19 Sponsor Price List and contact Alysia Bennett, alysia@mef.net.
About MEF19
MEF19 is the global event showcasing network services for the digital economy, where transformation leaders converge and innovate. MEF19 focuses on accelerating the industry transition to dynamic, assured, and certified services across a global federation of automated networks. Emerging cloud-centric “MEF 3.0” services provide an on-demand experience with user- and application-directed control over network resources and service capabilities. These services are orchestrated across automated, virtualized, and interconnected networks powered by LSO, SDN, and NFV. MEF19 has a target audience exceeding 1,000 professionals from 270+ organizations and 35+ countries. See a complete and frequently updated list of MEF19 sponsors and partners here.
About MEF
An industry association of 200 member companies, MEF has introduced the MEF 3.0 transformational global services framework for defining, delivering, and certifying assured services orchestrated across a global ecosystem of automated networks. MEF 3.0 services are designed to provide an on-demand, cloud-centric experience with user- and application-directed control over network resources and service capabilities. MEF 3.0 services are delivered over automated, virtualized, and interconnected networks powered by LSO, SDN, and NFV. MEF produces service standards, LSO frameworks, LSO APIs, MEF 3.0 Proof of Concept Showcases, and certification programs for services, technologies, and professionals. MEF 3.0 work will enable automated delivery of standardized Carrier Ethernet, Optical Transport, IP, SD-WAN, Security-as-a-Service, and other Layer 4-7 services across multiple provider networks. For more information:https://www.MEF.net and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter @MEF_Forum.
Media Contact:
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