Network Automation & Orchestration Day 2018
Event Information
Description
EVENT SUMMARY
Intelligent Network Automation, Lifecycle Service Automation, Orchestrated Assurance and Closed-Loop Automation are becoming increasingly important for the efficient and fully automated operation of network infrastructures at service providers and large enterprises. Organizations strive to make their infrastructure more agile, reliable and cost-efficient. Modern concepts use Network Abstraction, model-based architectures, standardized APIs, Network as Code and NetDevOps principles. They are the key to comprehensive automation of network operations and accelerated development of new network services.
Automation and orchestration solve the challenge of building, operating, and monitoring complex multi-vendor networks. This event will show you how to simplify these tasks with flexible tools and innovative approaches such as NetDevOps, Model-Driven Orchestration, or Orchestrated Assurance.
This is the event where you can meet in person with colleagues and subject matter experts to jointly discuss the question of how you can optimally implement your Network Automation projects by combining state-of-the-art technologies and solutions. We will share knowledge, best practices and discuss evolving requirements, technical aspects, processes and needed skills.
LIVE DEMOS
Product experts will offer live demos for different showcases covering product and service offerings. The products (Red Hat Ansible Engine & Ansible Tower, Cisco Network Services Orchestrator, Itential Intelligent Automation Platform and Netrounds Active Testing and Service Assurance Platform) being demonstrated provide an ecosystem of integrated best-of-breed tools for Network Automation & Orchestration and Orchestrated Assurance.
AUTOMATION IS A JOURNEY – LET US BEGIN!
AGENDA
09:30 am - Registration, Networking & Welcome Coffee
10:00 am - Welcome and Introduction to the Day
Andreas Klinger (Managing Director & Head of Business Unit North, Devoteam)
10:15 am - Network Automation with Ansible Engine and Ansible Tower: Overview & Product Update (DE)*
Götz Rieger (Senior Solution Architect, Red Hat)
11:00 am - Automating your Network with Ansible and Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (EN)
Viktor Leijon (Technical Leader, Cisco)
11:45 am - Intelligent Network Automation for the Modern Network (EN)
Chris Wade (CTO & Co-Founder, Itential)
12:30 pm - Lunch
01:30 pm - The Stereotypical Sluggish Corporate Network – Are the User Complaints Justified? (EN)
Dr. Stefan Vallin (Director of Product Strategy, Netrounds)
02:15 pm - Coffee Break
02:30 pm - How AI/Machine Learning can enhance Network & Service Assurance [DE)
Christos Votskos (Principal Consultant, Devoteam)
03:15 pm - NFV Orchestration with Cisco Network Services Orchestrator – Managing VNFs in Data Center and Branch (DE)
Dirk Radde (Expert Director, Devoteam)
04:00 pm - Wrap-up and Closing Remarks
Andreas Klinger (Managing Director & Head of Business Unit North, Devoteam)
04:10 pm - Join us for Coffee, Drinks, Networking and Live Demos
* Sessions will be held either in German (DE) or English (EN) language and are highlighted accordingly.
SPEAKERS
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Viktor Leijon
Cisco
Technical Leader
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Dirk Radde
Devoteam
Expert Director
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Götz Rieger
Red Hat
Senior Solution Architect
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Dr. Stefan Vallin
Netrounds
Director of Product Strategy
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Christos Votskos
Devoteam
Principal Consultant
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Chris Wade
CTO & Co-Founder
Itential
Goetz Rieger, Senior Solution Architect at Red Hat
Goetz is a Senior Solution Architect for Red Hat in Germany. As a former consultant one of the areas he is most interested in is Open Source systems management. In his current role he works in partner enablement helping Red Hat's business partners to build knowledge and skills in Red Hat's infrastructure product portfolio.
Viktor Leijon, Technical Leader at Cisco
Viktor Leijon is a Senior Architect in the Tail-F team in the Cloud and Virtualization Group at Cisco. He works on architecture and technology questions that arise from the use of Cisco NSO. He is very interested looking for the foundations for network automation and network programmability. He has almost twenty years of experience as an architect and team leader in the network management and automation industry.
Chris Wade, CTO & Co-Founder, Itential
Chris co-founded Itential in 2014 to simplify and accelerate the adoption of network automation and to transform network operations practices. Using a model-based approach, Chris led the innovation and development of the company’s flagship portfolio of dynamic, multi-tiered network automation applications.
Prior to establishing Itential, Chris gained a wealth of experience in the SDN, NFV and OSS/BSS markets and held leadership positions at global organizations including Alcatel-Lucent, ReachView Technologies and Micromuse.
Dr. Stefan Vallin, Director of Product Strategy, Netrounds
Stefan brings over 25 years of experience in automation and the OSS landscape to Netrounds as the Director of Product Strategy. Today, Stefan is also an Advisor to Data Ductus, a System Integrator specialist in Sweden. Prior to joining Netrounds, Stefan was the Director of Product Strategy at Tail-f Systems, followed by a Principal Engineer working on NSO Strategy at Cisco after Cisco’s acquisition of Tail-f in 2014. Stefan holds a Ph.D. in Network Management from Luleå University of Technology and a M.Sc. in Computer Science from Linköping University in Sweden.
Christos Votskos, Principal Technical Consultant and Data Scientist at Devoteam
Christos Votskos is a Principal Technical Consultant and Data Scientist for Devoteam in Germany. He is interested in building intelligent systems by using the power of AI, Machine Learning and in-cooperating those systems into the customer's environment. In his current role he works as a team lead in the area of AI and Machine Learning helping Devoteam's customers to integrate and enhance their business with intelligent systems.
Dirk Radde, Expert Director at Devoteam
Dirk is a senior professional with over 25 years working experience in the data networking and telecommunications industry including roles in technology consulting, product management and project management. Today, Dirk is focusing on Network Automation & Orchestration, Cloud Automation, NFV MANO, NFVI, and OSS/BSS Integration.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any further questions or requirements, contact us.
Mail: dirk.radde@devoteam.com
Phone: +49 6151 868 7739
Postal address:
Gutenbergstrasse 10
64331 Weiterstadt
GERMANY
