PacketFabric to Speak at PTC’18

PacketFabric, the highly scalable network-as-a-service platform and a member of the NantWorks ecosystem of companies, announces today that its Senior Vice President of Business Development, Jezzibell Gilmore, will speak at Pacific Telecommunications Council 2018 (PTC’18), taking place in Honolulu, HI.

On Sunday, January 21, 2018, Ms. Gilmore will participate on the roundtable, “Software Defined… Everything.”  The roundtable will discuss concepts such as virtualization and software-defined infrastructure as foundational elements of cloud computing. Panelists will explore the ways in which adoption of cloud computing is driving “as-a-service” consumption models for enterprises in all areas of IT.

On Tuesday, January 23, 2018, Ms. Gilmore will explore interconnection at the edge during the topical session, “The New Edge Fabric.”  She will join other industry-leading executives to discuss how changes in the edge of the network will impact the evolution of connectivity fabrics as they work to support new applications and meet enterprise connectivity requirements.

WHAT:          

Roundtable: “Software Defined… Everything”

  • Sunday, January 21, 2018 at 3:30 PM

Topical Session 12: “The New Edge Fabric”

  • Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 2:00 PM

WHERE:

  • Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort
  • Mid-Pacific Conference Center
  • South Pacific 1

WHO:

“Software Defined… Everything” roundtable members include:

  • Jezzibell Gilmore, SVP, Business Development, PacketFabric
  • Tony Fallows, VP, Global Sales and Operations, Versa Networks
  • Joshua Merrill, Principal Architect, Business Services, Global Service Provider, Cisco
  • Christopher Pickard, IP and Optical Transport Business Developer, Nokia   
  • Moderator: Jim Poole, VP, Business Development, Equinix

“The New Edge Fabric” participants include:

  • Jezzibell Gilmore, SVP, Business Development, PacketFabric
  • Clifford Federspiel, Founder, President and CTO, Vigilent
  • Joe Zhu, CEO and Founder, Zenlayer
  • Moderator: Tom Paseka, Lead Network Architect, Cloudflare

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About PacketFabric

PacketFabric redefines how companies procure, consume, and manage their network connectivity services. Leveraging an innovative, entirely automated SDN-based network architecture and the latest in optical and packet switching technology, PacketFabric enables dynamic, real-time connectivity services between major carrier-neutral colocation facilities at terabit-scale. PacketFabric facilitates coast-to-coast connectivity between more than 150 premier colocation facilities across 17 U.S. markets, and enables simple, cost-effective, and scalable network deployment via its advanced Application Program Interface (API) and web-based portal.  For more information, visit www.packetfabric.com or connect with PacketFabric on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

About NantWorks 

NantWorks, LLC, founded by renowned physician scientist and inventor of the first human nanoparticle chemotherapeutic agent Abraxane®, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, is the umbrella organization for the following entities: NantHealth, NantMobileHealth, NantOmics, NantBio, NantCell, NantPharma, NantCapital and NantCloud. Fact-based and solution-driven, each of NantWorks’ division entities operate at the nexus of innovation and infrastructure. The core mission of NantWorks is convergence and a systems approach to human biology: to develop and deliver a diverse range of technologies that accelerates innovation, broaden the scope of scientific discovery, enhance ground-breaking research, and improve healthcare treatment for those in need. NantWorks is building an integrated fact-based, genomically and proteomically-informed, personalized approach to the delivery of care and the development of next generation diagnostics and therapeutics for life threatening diseases such as Cancer, Infectious Diseases and Alzheimer’s. For more information please visit www.nantworks.com and follow Dr. Soon-Shiong on Twitter at @DrPatSoonShiong.

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