Dear colleagues,
The UKNOF26 meeting took place in London on Friday, 13 September, and we would
like to thank everyone who helped make it a great success.
There were 214 attendee registrations along with 70 people participating via
the live webcast - our biggest and most vibrant meeting so far.
PRESENTATIONS ON YOUTUBE
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All the presentations and panel session at the meeting were webcast and
recorded. The video recordings are now available in our YouTube Channel
"UKNOFConf" and directly via the UKNOF26 Playlist at:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjzK5ZtLlc936VGecqfuKmR12Usr_Kp57
PARTICIPANT SURVEY
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We are constantly looking at how we can improve UKNOF meetings, and would
appreciate your feedback if you attended or watched the webcast. Please fill
out the feedback form at:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/UKNOF26
UKNOF IN 2014
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UKNOF27 - 21 January @ Manchester Central Convention Complex (Registration now
open - http://indico.uknof.org.uk/event/uknof27 )
UKNOF28 - 24 April @ Huawei, Reading
UKNOF29 - 1.5 days meeting (incorporating ISOC ION Conference), Venue and Date
TBC soon (within 8-11 or 15-18 September), Belfast
The date for UKNOF29 is dependent on various factors, including venue choice
and availability. To assist us in our decision, we would also like to poll for
one of the factors - the preferred week for the meeting. We are looking at
confirming the venue and dates by close of business on 8 November 2013. You may
lodge your preference at the following link:
http://www.quicksurveys.com/s/p2BZz4
UKNOF27 CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
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If you would like to present at UKNOF27 in Manchester, please submit your
abstract for the Programme Committee to consider. The submission deadline is 4
November, however please send these through as soon as possible. Further
details are at:
http://indico.uknof.org.uk/conferenceCFA.py?confId=29
SPONSORING UKNOF
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UKNOF meetings are free to attend, thanks mainly to our sponsors. We still have
some sponsor opportunities available for meetings in 2014 and if you are
interested in supporting us, please take a look at the Sponsor Document at the
link below and email [email protected] to discuss. In addition to being open
to Patron Sponsors, we currently have some sponsor opportunities available for
UKNOF27 and are also soliciting for sponsorships for UKNOF28 and UKNOF29.
http://wiki.uknof.org.uk/Sponsorship/Overview
Finally, some words from the UKNOF26 Gold Sponsors, Alternative Networks and
Ciena:
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ALTERNATIVE NETWORKS
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Thank you for attending UKNOF26. We were very pleased to sponsor the event and
meet so many of you either by our stand or through our presentation on SDN.
Alternative designs, builds, implements and runs network infrastructure and
communications solutions for UK businesses. In 18 years, we have developed a
wide-ranging communications and technology group that leads its part of the
market in what is one of the fastest-growing industries.
For those of you who were not able to speak to us or did not have any business
cards to hand, please do contact us by contacting Rob Neep
([email protected] / +44-7880-202213) or Scott Ofield
([email protected] / +44-7887-051868). We look forward to
meeting you again at the next UKNOF meeting.
CIENA
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The UKNOF26 meeting is behind us and as a sponsor Ciena would like to thank you
all for making it another success!
Ciena has the number one selling packet-optical solution, according to analyst
firm Dell’Oro Group (free report downloadable at
www.ciena.com/about/packet-optical-leadership/?campaign=X411013&src=blog),
thanks to the global success of our 6500
(www.ciena.com/connect/blog/Ciena-6500-Extreme-Packet-Makeover-Edition.html)
and 5400 platforms and as the network specialist, we understand the challenges
that operators are facing, created by ever growing demand of businesses and
end-users. We know that your network and services have to keep on transforming
to keep up the demand for Cloud computing, the internet and Mobility; the 100G
market is exploding!
Ciena is at the forefront of innovation that does and will not compromise and
we continue to find better solutions for you to build Network Services that
deliver excellence, meeting yours and your customer requirements and
expectations.
We are looking forward to seeing you at UKNOF27 in the New Year!
PS: if you would like to know more about our cohesive approach to
packet-optical networking, then please visit our website at
www.ciena.com/?campaign=X402013 or feel free to contact us for more information
on [email protected] or +44 (0)2070125555.
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We look forward to seeing you in Manchester on 21 January for UKNOF27:
http://indico.uknof.org.uk/event/uknof27
Kind regards,
Denesh Bhabuta
UKNOF Event Manager
