Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010
Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Cost: Free
Discussion: The ATIS Service Oriented Networks (SON) Forum defines framework and data model standards critical to the continued growth and interoperability of service domains such as Web 2.0, Cloud, SOA, and IMS. Each of these architectures provides a rich inventory of complementary, but incompatible service enablers.
While Service Enablers (SEs) are recognized as the fundamental building blocks in Next Generation Network environments, the ability to reuse them is key to agile service creation and the ability to speed the launch of new products. The SON Forum has recently published the Service Enabler Characterization Technical Report. This report uniquely offers critical implementation details by providing a standard, machine-readable mechanism for describing the non-functional attributes of a service enabler. A companion file containing a formalization of the set of characteristics in an XML format is also included.
This webinar will focus on: how to characterize service capabilities to maximize adoption; the importance of amortization of service enabler startup and lifecycle costs across multiple products; and how non-functional attributes such as availability, reliability and capacity enable scalable adoption of service technologies.
Mahesh Dalvi
Senior Director of IT, Qwest Communications International, Inc. |
 Mahesh Dalvi is the Senior Director of IT at Qwest Communication International Inc, a leading provider of high speed Internet, data, video and voice services. Mahesh has responsibility for Qwest's Enterprise Architecture organization as well as the company's Quality Assurance (QA) & Shared Services departments.
In his 15 plus years of IT & Telecom experience, he has managed & led areas of Enterprise OSS/BSS Architecture, Technology Management, large complex global software development and Infrastructure operations. He has published articles in technology magazines, participated on technology advisory councils, and spoken at conferences.
Mahesh has a BE in Electronics & Telecom Engineering from the University of Bombay, a MS in Computer & Electrical Engineering from the Ross School at OU, and an MBA from the Fischer School of Business, The Ohio State University. He is also a PMI certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and TOGAF architect.
Andrew White
Chair, ATIS SON Forum; Principal Consultant for Business Solutions, Nokia Siemens Networks |
 Andrew White joined Nokia Siemens Networks as a Principal Consultant for Business Solutions in 2010. He brings twelve years of experience designing, engineering, and deploying communications systems. For the past six years, Andrew has focused on service oriented architectures blending best of breed capabilities from Web 2.0, IMS, and SOA.
Previous to joining NSN, Andrew was Director of NGN Architecture for Qwest Communications. At Qwest, he managed teams deploying a wide range of VoIP, SDP, and Cloud technologies that expanded capacity, reduced cost, and supported new product deployments.
Andrew is Chair of the Alliance of Telecommunications Industry Standards (ATIS) Service Oriented Network (SON) Forum. He has also actively contributed to ATIS’ Convergence and NGN efforts since 2005.
Prior to joining Qwest, Andrew managed mobile battlefield communications in the U.S. Army Field Artillery. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Mathematics from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
Gary Munson
Vice Chair, ATIS SON Forum; Lead Member of Technical Staff, AT&T |
 Gary Munson is a Lead Member of AT&T's Architecture & Planning Technical Staff, and currently focuses on service standards. Gary currently serves as ATIS SON Forum's Vice Chair, and in various working groups in the OMA, 3GPP, TM Forum, and IETF.
Since beginning with AT&T in 1981, Gary has worked intelligent network architecture, capabilities and services. His work has spanned areas including IP services migration to next-generation standards planning, including: IMS architecture, charging, network management, information modeling, network service APIs, service-oriented networks, service activation, operator services, VoIP network interface testing.
Gary holds a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Delaware and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Cornell University.
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2010 ATIS Webinar Schedule
Please join us for one or all of the following Webinar:
Taking Subscriber Data Management to the Next Level
11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
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IPTV Service Quality – a Standards Perspective
1:00 – 2:00 pm EST
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* Let us know what Webinar topics would be of interest to you. Contact Lois Rude at 202-434-8836 or lrude@atis.org.
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