JULY 2016

The agenda will cover top-of-mind topics such as the new technologies driving orchestration and optimization and the security challenges data centers are facing today. Learn from our experts, engage directly with peers, and hear first-hand from customers ready to share their roadmap development. Open to all Intel Builders ecosystem partners, this is a not-to be-missed event and the perfect way to kick off this year's IDF activities.

The event will take place from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm, with an evening meet-up from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Visit our website to check out the full agenda.

To see all our ecosystem members, visit the Ecosystem Partners page and the End User Members page on our website.

• Network Virtualization is the first course in the SDN and NFV Essentials Series. It provides an overview of the fundamental changes that SDN and NFV will bring to the network of today to evolve into the network of tomorrow. You will learn the key ideas behind why virtualization has become the cornerstone of the evolved service provider network and understand the fundamental shift in considerations for looking at the capabilities of the virtualized network.

• Course two of the SDN and NFV Essentials Series is Virtualization Concepts. It provides a high-level description of the key technologies that enable network virtualization, including:

  • How hypervisors and vSwitches play a key role as building blocks for virtualization.
  • Cloud and how it enables network virtualization.
  • How orchestration plays a key role in providing automation and efficiencies in managing the virtualized network.

The Intel Network Builders University online course content is growing. There are now 29 courses covering a broad spectrum of topics of varying technical difficulty. You can access the content by creating a login here, or for Intel Network Builders members can use their existing member login. We welcome your feedback and new topic ideas for future course development. Email us at university@networkbuilders.intel.com.

In this blog post, Lynn Comp, Senior Director of Industry and Sales Enabling for Intel, discusses how network transformation is a path to 5G. Smart phones have become an integral part of our lives, enabling us to keep in touch with family, friends, and co-workers all over the world. Away from home, our phones tell us how to get to places, which items to buy, what's trending on social media, and much more. Where 3G and 4G were about making data faster, 5G is about connecting billions of things to billions of people: sensors, cities, cars, appliances, jet engines, wind farms, agriculture, hospitals, factories, and people. In the next few years, 5G will be here, raising the ante on what's possible.

Don't miss these recent and upcoming webinars from our ecosystem:

"IP Flow Analytics Enabled by Saisei and DPDK," with Bill Beckett, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Saisei* on July 12 – Register Now

"Validation of Virtual VoLTE using TCS's NFV Concerto," with TCS* and Brocade* on July 14 – Register Now

"What's New with Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8," with Rimma Iontel, Red Hat* Senior Solutions Architect – View On Demand

"A Major Threat Looms to CSP and Enterprise SDN/NFV Success," with Jeremy Rossbach, Senior Product Marketing Manager, and Tim Diep, Director, Product Management, CA Technologies* – View On Demand

• Follow @IntelNetwork on Twitter* or use the Intel Network Builders hashtag, #IntelBuilders.
• Connect directly with ecosystem members through NetworkIn, the Intel Network Builders online collaboration tool, available through the member portal of the Intel Network Builders website.