ONX: Open Network Exchange 2014
 
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014
8:00 am - 5:30 pmRegistration Open
8:00 am - 9:00 amContinental Breakfast and Conversation
9:00 am - 9:15 amWelcome and Opening Remarks
Derek Hulitzky, VP, Content Development and Strategy, IDG Enterprise
John Dix, Editor in Chief, Network World
9:15 am - 10:00 amNetwork Virtualization and SDN: A Reality Check
Jim Metzler, Network World Columnist; Vice President, Ashton Metzler & Associates

Whether you are already using them, or don’t know much about them, network virtualization and software defined networking (SDN) are changing the way we may deploy enterprise networks. But just what are they and what is the state of current implementations? And what can today’s networking and data center executives and managers expect over the next 12 months from these new approaches? Join us for this overview from one of the industry’s leading experts.

10:00 am - 10:30 amNetwork Virtualization and the Software-Defined Data Center
Brad Hedlund, Engineering Architect, VMware

Network virtualization promises the same transformative impact to changing data center agility and economics that was experienced with server virtualization. To date, the network virtualization conversation has focused on well-documented and customer-proven benefits of agility, flexibility and cost improvements.  In this session, we'll give an overview of the software-defined data center and VMware NSX — and outline how network virtualization will enable advanced capabilities such as network visibility and troubleshooting, network-wide policy and a new security paradigm.

10:30 am - 11:00 amNetworking and Refreshment Break
11:00 am - 11:30 amThe Evolution of SDN: Application-Driven Network Virtualization and Beyond
Bryan Stiekes, Chief Technologist, SDN and Cloud, HP Networking, Hewlett-Packard Company

Software Defined Networking (SDN) began with goals of openness, innovation, eliminating legacy human middleware and automating orchestration and control — all while lowering cost and complexity.  Where are we at today?  Where is the architecture taking us, not just in the data center, but across the campus and branch to encompass the entire enterprise?  Join us to review the state of SDN and how it’s addressing the goals and promises it set out to achieve.

11:30 am - 12:00 pmGetting to Reality: Is SDN Ready for Prime Time?
Brad Casemore, Research Director, Datacenter Networks, IDC
John Dix, Editor in Chief, Network World
Jim Duffy, Managing Editor, Network World
Jim Metzler, Network World Columnist; Vice President, Ashton Metzler & Associates

With the previous sessions as a backdrop, our panel of experts will discuss the benefits and challenges of today's offerings, citing key architectural decision points and recommending possible next steps.

12:00 pm - 1:15 pmNetworking Lunch
1:15 pm - 2:00 pmRapid-Fire Solution Sessions

Join us for two consecutive 15-minute presentations, followed by a 15-minute panel discussion where the moderator contrasts the various approaches described by the presenters.

SDN and Traditional Networks:  Peaceful Co-Existence and Migration
Chip Copper, Principal Engineer, PhD, Brocade Communications, Inc. 

As the industry considers the large scale deployment of software defined networks, strategies are needed that allow migration from existing infrastructures to next generation protocols.  In this session, we’ll introduce several of these strategies that provide not only viable alternatives, but a sliding scale of adoption of NFV and SDN — all of which allows a degree and rate of migration that suits changing application needs.

Cisco’s Innovations Enabling Open Networking and Group-based Policy
Frank D'Agostino, Senior Director, Technical Marketing and Solutions Engineering, Cisco

Join us to hear how Cisco is contributing to open networking and application policies to drive automation and network virtualization via open API's, OpenStack, Open Layer 4 through Layer 7 appliances, enabling application alignment with group-based policy.

2:00 pm - 2:30 pmBuilding an RFI: A Step-by-Step Approach
Jim Metzler, Network World Columnist; Vice President, Ashton Metzler & Associates

With so much at stake -- yet so much unknown — with SDN and virtualized networking technologies, organizations can find it difficult to navigate the first steps to finding solutions. This is where a well-developed Request for Information (RFI) process can help. Join us for this session to understand the best ways to start and manage your RFI process.

2:30 pm - 3:00 pmNetworking and Refreshment Break
3:00 pm - 3:45 pmWho’s Adopting SDN, and Why?
Brad Casemore, Research Director, Datacenter Networks, IDC

SDN and related technologies are full of questions. What workloads can they help? How can enterprises see payoff — and when? What are the Open Networking Foundation (ONF), Open Compute Project (OCP) and OpenDaylight? Who’s behind these initiatives, and why? And what are the implications of all of of these these things on the business, the IT function and today's IT/networking manager? Join us as IDC reveals some of it’s just-completed research to answer these questions and more.

3:45 pm - 4:30 pmOrchestrating Applications to the Network Using a Top Down Approach with SDN
Robert Cannistra, SDN Innovation Lab, School of Computer Science and Mathematics, Marist College

Join us for this session as we discuss how applications can be streamlined with SDN and NFV. We’ll also explore custom developed applications/modules for the Floodlight and OpenDaylight controller.

4:30 pm - 5:00 pmBusiness Agility through Network Virtualization
John Brady, Sr. Manager Network Engineering, Leidos
Kumar Velayutham, Senior Cloud Architect, Leidos

Leidos is a start-up company with over 43 years of history providing vital services in the national security, health and engineering industries. A start-up with 43 years of experience may not sound quite right but the transformation to create Leidos took just over a year as one well established company became two. The journey would not have been possible without leveraging the full potential of network virtualization capabilities and technologies in ways that directly enabled the business vision, mission and singular objective: to successfully establish two world-class organizations from one while supporting the diverse ongoing needs of both government and commercial customers. With that challenge met, Leidos IT continues to lean forward to explore how the use of software defined networks can empower the enterprise by delivering the flexibility, speed and agility needed to drive business success for the future.

5:00 pm - 5:00 pmClosing Remarks
Derek Hulitzky, VP, Content Development and Strategy, IDG Enterprise
5:00 pm - 6:00 pmTake Me Out to the Ballgame Reception

Tonight we all "bleed Cubbie blue" as we raise a glass to toast the 100th Anniversary of Wrigley Field. Pretzels, popcorn, hotdogs and a cold beer will hit the spot as you battle it out for a chance to win Cubs tickets.


Wednesday, May 14, 2014
8:30 am - 3:30 pmRegistration Open
8:30 am - 9:00 amContinental Breakfast and Conversation
9:00 am - 9:15 amOpening Remarks
Derek Hulitzky, VP, Content Development and Strategy, IDG Enterprise
9:15 am - 10:00 amTaking Open Networking from Ideas to Research to Production
William Thirsk, Vice President of Information Technology/CIO, Marist College

Few organizations have as much experience and expertise with open networking as Marist College. In addition to managing three data centers, Bill Thirsk's team provides an environment where open networking ideas lead to research, and then to applied research, and then are brought into a live production environment. In the process, students, faculty, the IT team -- combined with outside companies and partners — participate and contribute in an orchestrated effort. All of this has made Marist College not only an open networking thought leader, but a place where students get a unique view of the real world before they graduate.

10:00 am - 10:30 amThe Network Before and After SDN
Don Clark, Director of Business Development and Strategy, NEC

Join us for this session to get a picture of the network before and after SDN.  We'll illustrate specific use cases and results from enterprise, service provider and datacenter deployments. And you’ll learn about some of the dramatic benefits that have been reported by production installations — with new tools for greater control, significant reductions in operating expense, and better use of all IT assets.

10:30 am - 11:00 amPractical Matters: Moving to Proof of Concept and Beyond
Brad Casemore, Research Director, Datacenter Networks, IDC
John Dix, Editor in Chief, Network World
Jim Metzler, Network World Columnist; Vice President, Ashton Metzler & Associates
William Thirsk, Vice President of Information Technology/CIO, Marist College

With the previous sessions as a backdrop, our panel of experts will discuss the benefits and challenges of today's offerings, citing key architectural decision points and recommending possible next steps.

11:00 am - 11:30 amRefreshments and Networking Break
11:30 am - 12:15 pmSmackdown with Industry Leaders
Jim Metzler, Network World Columnist; Vice President, Ashton Metzler & Associates
Brad Hedlund, Engineering Architect, VMware
Don Clark, Director of Business Development and Strategy, NEC
Jacob Rapp, Sr. Manager Product Marketing, HP

Join us for this moderated debate style session where the industry’s major players will answer the tough questions posed by our expert moderator and the IT audience.

12:15 pm - 1:30 pmNetworking Lunch with Discussion Tables
  • SDN Innovations – Applications and Use Cases, HP 
  • Optimizing Network Policy and Security Using SDN, NEC
  • Network Virtualization - Job Today, Career Tomorrow, VMware
  • How to Optimize the Network for Security Flexibility, Reliability and Scale — While Increasing Asset Utilization and Delivering Customized Network Services, Brocade
  • Cisco’s Innovations Enabling Open Networking and Group-based Policy, Cisco
  • SDN - Software Defined Networks and Application Awareness, Arista Networks
  • Benefits of Network Overlays for Enterprise and Service Providers, Midokura
  • Advancing SDN via the Integration of Compute & Network Automation, Pluribus Networks
1:30 pm - 2:00 pmFinding the Best Fit for SDN at NASDAQ OMX
Tom Koukourdelis, Director Global Infrastructure, NASDAQ OMX

As a leading provider of trading, exchange technology, information and public company services around the globe, NASDAQ OMX has a sophisticated network environment covering both regulated and non-regulated products and services. As a result, it has carefully evaluated the best fit for SDN/network virtualization and its ability to automate workflows and share resources across compute and networking. Join us to hear more about their virtualized network and the progress they’re making with SDN.

2:00 pm - 2:30 pmImproving Agility and Security with a Software Defined Data Center Architecture
Richard Sillito, Technologist, IT Security, WestJet Airlines Ltd

Using network virtualization as the foundation, WestJet has developed a new IT model that aligns network, security and virtualization — ultimately creating a truly aligned software-defined data center architecture. In this session, we’ll understand how the company is deploying a network virtualization platform over its existing hardware infrastructure to achieve a more agile, automated and secure network while maximizing past IT investments.

2:30 pm - 3:00 pmHow to Get Started with SDN in the Enterprise
Robert Cannistra, SDN Innovation Lab, School of Computer Science and Mathematics, Marist College

One of the best ways to integrate SDN into the enterprise is by leveraging a small, pilot network to gather knowledge, experience and expertise — and then slowly add traffic to this portion of the network. Join us for this session as we explore how to get a pilot like this going, along with some examples of SDN use cases and best practices.

3:00 pm - 3:00 pmWrap-Up, Takeaways and Closing Remarks
Derek Hulitzky, VP, Content Development and Strategy, IDG Enterprise