NANOG’s 20th YEAR MILESTONE TO BE RECOGNIZED AT NANOG 61, TAKING PLACE IN BELLEVUE, WA JUNE 2-4, 2014

NTT COMMUNICATIONS SERVES AS HOST OF NANOG 61

NANOGFREEMONT, CA, APRIL 30, 2014 – The North American Network Operator’s Group (NANOG) announces its 20th year commemorative meeting; NANOG 61 will take place at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue June 2-4, 2014 in Bellevue, WA.  NTT Communications serves as the host and Diamond Sponsor of the 61st NANOG meeting, along with Diamond Sponsors Verisign and Google, Platinum Sponsors Netflix and Verizon Terremark, as well as Gold Sponsor Comcast, along with a number of additional event sponsors.     

Hundreds of network engineers and product professionals from major North American carriers, content providers, cloud companies, multi-tenant data centers, hosting companies, and interconnection service providers converge at NANOG’s tri-annual meeting.   

“NANOG is thrilled to commemorate this critical milestone – a benchmark we couldn’t have achieved without the constant guidance of our dedicated Board and committees, as well as support from the NANOG community itself,” says Betty Burke, Executive Director of NANOG.  “NANOG 61 celebrates 20 years of uniting industry experts and facilitating the education, innovation, relationships and insight necessary to improve the performance and accessibility of the ever-evolving Internet.”

The NANOG 61 agenda, strategically set by the NANOG Program Committee, includes peer-reviewed presentations, track discussions, tutorials and lightning talks that focus on overcoming key industry challenges as well as best practices relating to existing and emerging technologies.  NANOG 61 discussions span relevant networking topics including: power and facilities, interconnection, security, Domain Name System (DNS), IPv6, content, disaster recovery, Internet policies, global peering, and more.  This summer’s event will also be prefaced by NANOG’s ‘On the Road’ Meeting in Los Angeles on May 20, 2014 as well as the latest NANOG Education Series workshop, which takes place Sunday, June 1, 2014 in Bellevue, WA. 

NANOG meetings are hosted and sponsored by community-minded companies.  NANOG has a number of Fellowships available.  For more information, refer to: https://www.nanog.org/resources/fellowships.

For a complete list of NANOG 61 sponsors, visit: www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog61/sponsors.  For information about sponsoring NANOG 61 or other events, email sponsor-support@nanog.org.

For more information about NANOG including membership, meetings and sponsorship information, visit www.nanog.org.  

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ABOUT NANOG
NANOG is a community of industry experts that work together for the common good of the Internet.  In many ways, the NANOG community serves as the heart and soul of the Internet.  This close-knit group meets three times a year to discuss all issues, large and small, as they relate to the performance, accessibility and evolution of the Internet. NANOG is dedicated to improving the Internet for all major sectors (public, private, education and consumer) in all corners of the world.  NANOG is a non-profit organization and relies on sponsors to help with costs for its tri-annual conferences as well as managing ongoing communications.  Annual sponsors include Diamond Sponsors NTT Communications, Verisign and Google, Platinum Sponsors Netflix and Verizon Terremark, as well as Gold Sponsor Comcast.  To learn more, visit www.nanog.org.

 

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