April 3, 2018 — PacketFabric, the highly scalable Connectivity-as-a-Service (CaaS) 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 WAN Summit New York 2018, taking place April 16-17 2018, at the Marriott Marquis Times Square in New York City.

On Tuesday, April 17, at 11:50 a.m. ET, Ms. Gilmore will join executives from Azure Networking Microsoft Corporation, Cisco and Gate Gourmet on the panel, “Delivering the Cloud: CSP Connection Models, Security and Performance.”  During this session, she will discuss how cloud service provider geography and different strategies for connecting to cloud providers can affect enterprise application performance and have a direct effect on WAN design.  Ms. Gilmore will also examine the costs and network factors enterprises should consider when moving an application to the cloud, and what specific methods to employ to secure this new cloud environment.

WHAT:          

  • Panel Discussion: “Delivering the Cloud: CSP Connection Models, Security and Performance”

WHERE:       

  • Marriott Marquis Times Square
  • New York City

WHEN:

  • Tuesday, April 17, 2018
  • 11:50 a.m. ET

WHO:

  • Panel members include:
    • Jezzibell Gilmore, Senior Vice President of Business Development, PacketFabric
    • Ross Ortega, Partner Program Manager, Azure Networking Microsoft Corporation         
    • Lloyd Noronha, Head of Global Marketing, Cisco
    • Barry Bonson-Bruce, Gate Gourmet

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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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