COMTECH Forum

“The technologies that are changing the communications industry can come from anywhere- other countries even other industries; we find many of them here.”

—Jean-Marc Frangos / BT

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JUN 1

ComTech Forum: SD-WAN & the Disruption of Virtualization

Jun 1, 2017, 8:30am - 1:00pm Orange Silicon Valley, 60 Spear Street, Ste 1100, San Francisco, CA 94105 SUMMARY

ComTech Forum's meeting on SD-WAN will explore virtualizing networks, and disrupting the provisioning of connectivity for enterprise VPNs. MPLS and other services are under threat from this agile new alternative. Join ComTech Forum members, telcos, vendors, and startups meet to learn about SD-WAN and the disruptions and opportunities it presents.

ABOUT COMTECH FORUM

Members of the ComTech Forum meet monthly to discover trends, technologies, products, services and new companies in the communications industry. Meetings range from private lunches and startup pitches to large public meetings. Members choose the topics and host the meetings at their facilities around Silicon Valley. Annual membership includes introductions, a library of startup pitches and research, an online networking group and access to Telecom Council’s quarterly general interest meetings including TC3 and Innovation Showcase.

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The ComTech Forum lists their meetings in the bi-monthly Telecom Council newsletter and sends 2 reminder emails to Comtech Forum subscribers before each meeting. To subscribe to these invitations click below.

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While many ComTech Forum meetings are restricted to ComTech Forum members, speakers, sponsors and guests, some meetings are open to the public. Current meetings, both private and public, are listed in our calendar, where you can also link to attendee lists, agendas and an archive of previous topics, agendas, attendee lists and videos of the demo tables.

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With more than 12 meetings each year on topics ranging from cloud, analytics and subscriber management to SDN, artificial intelligence, enterprise services and NetOps, there are 100s of speaking opportunities each year – including analyst, keynote, panel, unpanel, and startup pitch. Though members, sponsors and hosts get priority for speaking, we always make room for good startups and technology pitches – free of charge.

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SPONSOR

Companies may not sponsor the ComTech Forum or the Telecom Council, though occasionally individual meetings will be open for sponsorship. Meeting sponsors may chose between branding, speaking, or topic sponsorship based on how much they want to influence an agenda. Click below for a list of meetings currently open for sponsorship along with the benefits and cost of the sponsorship options.

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PITCH

Several ComTech Forum meetings each year have a session dedicated to startup pitches. These are free, 5-minute, Rapid-Fire pitches that are intended to introduce startups to 100s of potential partners from telcos, investors and vendors. Startups apply online and are chosen based on input from the members on what technologies and stages they want to review.

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DEMO

Every ComTech Forum meeting makes space inside the meeting room for up to 10 demo tables. Demo tables allow any company - new or established, member or not - to show their technology at networking breaks before, after and during Forum meetings. Tables are available first-come, first-served through the meeting’s online registration. Meetings with demo tables currently available can be found in the calendar.

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HOST

Companies with a meeting room that holds over 50 people may host a ComTech Forum meeting. For the cost of catering, you can bring the communication industry - including global telcos, major vendors, leading investors and entrepreneurs - to your facility and build your brand as an integral part of the communications ecosystem. Plus, you get to sit in on these private meetings for an insider’s view.

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