Ethernet Alliance - August 2011 Newsletter

ETHERNET ALLIANCE HOSTS SUCCESSFUL WEBINAR

On Thursday, August 25, 2011 the Ethernet Alliance (EA) hosted an industry webinar titled "The Current State of Affairs for Data Center Convergence," the first in a series of webinars coming later this year from EA.

Henry He and Chauncey Schwartz of the EA DCB subcommittee discussed with over 100 attendees the current definition of convergence and data center bridging, what are the standards and their state of adoption, and what are best practice test methodologies.

"Probably THE BEST webinar I have ever attended and I attend a lot! Henry and Chauncey's depth and breath of knowledge of the subject was incredible and inspiring, but what also shined was their natural class and ability to present the content in a solid educational manner that was devoid of hype, politicis, advertising and commercialization. They also harmonized very well together like they've been doing this gig together forever, but my guess is that is a product of their intense pro-ness!" - Webinar Attendee

To view the recording of this webinar, visit

http://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/6205/33181.

REGISTER NOW! ETHERNET ALLIANCE VIRTUAL MEMBERS MEETING

The Ethernet Alliance will be holding it's first ever virtual members meeting on September 8, 2011. This event will give members the opportunity to hear organizational updates as well as provide feedback to the key players. To register for this event, visit http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=iejgf4bab&oeidk=a07e4mb9drmf5c406a5.

PROPOSED AGENDA

� Message from the Chairman

� Organizational Update

� Financial Update

� Work Group Overviews

� MWG Update

� Website Update

� SC11

� TEF 2012

� EA Birthday Party

� Members Meeting

� TWG Update

� Subcommittee Updates

� Upcoming White Papers

� Interoperability Events

� Webinars

� Questions and Wrap Up

If there are any questions regarding this event, contact [email protected].

CARRIER ETHERNET WORLD

Ethernet Alliance is participating in two different panel sessions at Carrier Ethernet World Congress, October 10-13th, in Amsterdam, Netherlands at the Hotel Okura.The sessions are:

Session 4: WDM Service Evolution: 100G, TERABIT and Beyond will be represented by JDSU.
Closing Plenary: Delivering Next Generation Networks with Carrier Ethernet with be represented by ADVA Optical.

Both sessions will take place on October 13th. Please join us for these sessions and support our fellow member companies!

ECOC 2011

EA panel discussions in ECOC in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday, September 19th.

The first panel will be from 10:00AM - 11:00AM

Moderator: Dr. Paul Brooks, JDSU

Topic: Introduction to 40GE & 100GE from a Test and Measurement Perspective

The second panel will be from 11:00AM - 12:00PM

Moderator: Dr. Jon Anderson, Opnext

Topic: Next Generation 100G Ethernet Optical Interconnects and Module Form Factors

For more information, contact [email protected].

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