10th Annual MPLS International Conference to take place in October 2007 in Washington, DC.RESTON, Va. -- Isocore, the technology validation leader for the next generation networks, services and applications, announced today the program for the 10th annual Multi Protocol Label Switching International conference. MPLS (1) (MultiProtocol Lambda Switching) The earlier name for GMPLS. See GMPLS. (2) (MultiProtocol Label Switching) A standard from the IETF for including routing information in the packets of an IP network. 2007 will be held October 28 through 31 in Washington, DC. The MPLS conference brings service providers, large enterprise and government network community, and networking equipment vendors together. The event is the premier conference on next generation Internet See Internet2. technologies. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the conference which has brought successful together the industry's major service providers and vendors to exchange ideas and discuss the future of the industry. "This series of conferences was begun by UUNET (UUNET Technologies, Inc., Fairfax, VA, www.uunet.net) Founded in 1987, UUNET was the first commercial Internet service provider. Originally offering e-mail and news, it became a full Internet service organization providing dial-up and leased line accounts as well as archive space for in 1998, and has covered leading edge topics on MPLS and its extensions, such as, GMPLS (Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching) In a WDM optical networking system, it is the ability to route a data transmission based on the wavelength of light that carries it. , BGP-based MPLS VPNs and Pseudowires over the past decade. This year, hot topics include the use of MPLS in multipoint applications, mobile networking and possible directions for the future of MPLS," said Dr. David McDysan, of Verizon. MPLS 2007 will include an extensive four day program that will consist of tutorials, technical sessions, panels, and exhibits. Other topics to be discussed at this year's conference include: Carrier/Ethernet Metro, Triple-Play applications on MPLS and many more. Sponsors of this year's MPLS conference include Cisco (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CSCO), Juniper Networks (NASDAQ:JNPR), Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit) The high-speed CPU circuit that does calculating and comparing. Numbers are transferred from memory into the ALU for calculation, and the results are sent back into memory. Alphanumeric data are sent from memory into the ALU for comparing. ), Redback Networks (an Ericsson Company (NASDAQ:ERIC)), Foundry Networks (NASDAQ:FDRY), Fujitsu, Tellabs (NASDAQ:TLAB), Nortel (NYSE:NT), Ipanema, Packet Design, Netformx, WANDL WANDL Wide Area Network Design Laboratory , Agilent (NYSE:A), Ixia (NASDAQ:XXIA), and Cariden. Registration for MPLS2007 is now open on the conference website (www.mpls2007.com). For further information about MPLS2007 please visit: www.isocore.com/mpls2007. About Isocore Isocore provides technology validation, certification and product evaluation services in emerging and next-generation Internet and wireless technologies. Isocore is leading validation and interoperability of novel technologies including Carrier Ethernet, IPv6, IP Optical Integration, wireless backhauling and Layer 2/3 Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), and currently focuses on IPTV service deployment architecture validation and design. Major router and switch vendors, service providers, and test equipment suppliers participate in Isocore activities. Isocore has major offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia. |
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