Webinars
Deliver On-Demand Triple Play Services with New GPON Products from Occam Networks - the High Definition Access™ Leader
Thursday, November 8, 2007
10:00 am PDT/1:00 pm EDT
On-Demand HD Video. It's already starting to happen, and there's no way to know how fast and how much it will replace broadcast video. Will it bring your access network to its knees? Or will it open up dramatic new business opportunities? How can a cost-effective access network that you install today guarantee that you'll be ready, whatever the future holds?
If these questions keep you awake at night, you'll want to join Russ Sharer, Occam's Vice President of Marketing, as he provides an overview of the company's innovative new GPON products. Every Occam GPON OLT features the Occam Packet Engine, a new processor that supports massive Ethernet and IP processing. Unlike other access products that layer GPON onto ATM-based technology, Occam supports full line-rate bandwidth for every GPON port simultaneously, both inter-blade and onto the backhaul. And they have the advanced IP and Ethernet functionality critical for video on demand and other high-bandwidth services.
Don't miss this terrific opportunity to learn more about this unique and comprehensive GPON solution from Occam Networks.
Presenter Bio
Russ Sharer, Vice President of Marketing, Occam Networks
Mr. Sharer has more than 20 years in the telecommunications and data networking industry. Prior to Occam, Sharer was Acting Vice President of Marketing for Ericsson Datacom, Inc. At Ericsson Datacom, he also served as Vice President of Product Marketing for the IP Network Access and IP Telephony product units and as Director of Global Alliances. Sharer also served as Acting Director of Marketing, Sales and Operations for MediaOne Connect, Inc. Sharer's previous experience includes Director of Sales Operations, Director of Corporate Access, and Director of Client Products at Xircom, Inc. Sharer also worked at Rockwell International's CMC Network Products Division. He holds a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from California Polytechnic State University.
IPTV Mash-Up: More Than Meets the "I"
Thursday, September 27, 2007
10:00 am PDT/1:00 pm EDT
IPTV is one of the areas in which IP technology is changing the broadcasting landscape. Broadband has evolved to the point where IPTV is now viable, and is set to become a key driver in the telco's Triple Play value proposition. However, IPTV is so much more than simply matching what cable TV has been providing for so many years. IPTV delivers a far richer and interactive viewing experience that goes beyond passive television watching.
Join Ken Pyle, President of Viodi as explores the various forms of IPTV and how IPTV's rapidly evolving services and technologies are disrupting old business models while enabling new service offerings. Find out what impact these changes are having on independent telcos and how you can profit from the intersection of these once disparate fields.
Presenter Bio
Ken Pyle, President, Viodi, LLC
Ken Pyle is co-founder of Viodi, LLC and Managing Editor of the Viodi View, a publication focused on independent telcos' efforts to offer video to their customers. He has edited and produced numerous multimedia projects for NTCA, US Telecom and Viodi. Pyle is the producer of Viodi's Local Content Workshop, the Video Production Crash Course at NAB, as well as ViodiTV. He has been intimately involved in Viodi's consulting projects and has created processes for clients to use for their PPV and VOD operations, as well authored reports on the independent telco market. Prior to Viodi, LLC, Pyle was Director of Technical Sales for Demand Video, a Video On Demand application service provider which targeted cable television overbuilders. His independent telco experience dates to 1991 with product, project and sales management roles at Raynet and E/O Networks. His experience in the cable industry dates to 1979 with manufacturing, engineering and field service roles at companies, such as Catel and C-COR.
Merriman Curhan Ford 4th Annual Investor Summit 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
10:00 am PDT/1:00 pm EDT
Join Occam Networks' President and CEO Bob Howard-Anderson for a presentation at the Merriman Curhan Ford 4th Annual Investor Summit 2007, which will be held in San Francisco, September 17-18, 2007. The presentation will provide an overview of the company's business, strategy and growth potential to institutional investors.
Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. is an investment bank and securities broker-dealer focused on fast-growing companies and growth-oriented institutional investors. It provides investment research, brokerage and trading services primarily to institutions, as well as advisory and investment banking services to corporate clients.
Presenter Bio
Bob Howard-Anderson, President and CEO
Bob Howard-Anderson joined Occam Networks in March 2002 from Procket Networks, where he was Vice President of Product Operations with responsibility for R&D, product management, and manufacturing operations. He has over 20 years experience in the data and telecommunication equipment industries, managing large R&D and product development organizations at an executive level. Prior to Procket Networks, Howard-Anderson was Vice President of Engineering for Sun Microsystems, Inc., where he was responsible for developing and introducing a broad portfolio of products for central office and service provider markets, including the highly successful line of carrier-grade Netra servers. Prior to Sun, he held positions of VP of engineering at First Pacific Networks and Network Equipment Technology, as well as management positions at Bolt Baranek and Newman (BBN), and Octocom, Inc. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Physics from Tufts University.
Delivering High Definition Access in High Density Subscriber Buildings
Thursday, August 23, 2007
10:00 am PDT/1:00 pm EDT
According to the National Multi-Housing Council (Lightwave, July 2006) more than 14 percent of all US residences are multiple dwelling units (MDUs). That is approximately 16 million households in the United States alone. The number is even higher in other countries. These high density buildings present special challenges to service providers as subscribers are demanding more than just high-speed Internet access. Today's more sophisticated subscribers require a variety of new services-from low cost voice over IP (VoIP) service to very high bandwidth high definition TV and video on demand (VoD) service-and building owners are hot to be able to offer them to tenants as a competitive offering.
Join Occam as we discuss the special challenges of high density residential and business service deployment. Learn how Occam can help you deliver:
- Lifeline POTS
- VoIP
- High-speed data
- Multiple video streams
- IP-based security
With the new ON 2351, delivering new revenue generating services in high density environments is a snap!
Presenter Bio
Jim Soriano, Director of CPE Business
As the leader of Occam Networks' Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) business, Jim Soriano has more than twenty years of experience identifying, designing, and driving telecommunications, data communications and consumer networking technologies, standards, and partnerships. Before joining Occam, Jim was president of TagStream, an innovative developer of process data management and regulatory compliance software using RFID and wireless networks. Previously, Jim was CTO and co-founder of Ectogenic, a software company specializing in secure networking for embedded and consumer devices such as game consoles and digital cameras. He also served as the founding Vice President of Engineering at Occam Networks and was Chief Technologist and Vice President of Product Development at Xircom, a pioneering mobile networking company acquired by Intel. During his tenure at Xircom he had operational responsibilities as General Manager of the company's Wired Business Unit, responsible for over $150M in annual revenues. He also drove several PCMCIA and IEEE standards. Earlier in his career Jim held a variety of engineering and product management positions at Rockwell Network Systems, InteCom and Texas Instruments.
Canaccord Adams' 27th Global Growth Conference
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
10:00 am PDT/1:00 pm EDT
Join Occam Networks' President and CEO Bob Howard-Anderson for a presentation at the 27th Annual Canaccord Adams Global Growth Conference held in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Howard-Anderson will join executives from nearly 270 public and private companies for the conference, one of the longest-running institutional events focused exclusively on growth companies.
Presenter Bio
Bob Howard-Anderson, President and CEO
Bob Howard-Anderson joined Occam Networks in March 2002 from Procket Networks, where he was Vice President of Product Operations with responsibility for R&D, product management, and manufacturing operations. He has over 20 years experience in the data and telecommunication equipment industries, managing large R&D and product development organizations at an executive level. Prior to Procket Networks, Howard-Anderson was Vice President of Engineering for Sun Microsystems, Inc., where he was responsible for developing and introducing a broad portfolio of products for central office and service provider markets, including the highly successful line of carrier-grade Netra servers. Prior to Sun, he held positions of VP of engineering at First Pacific Networks and Network Equipment Technology, as well as management positions at Bolt Baranek and Newman (BBN), and Octocom, Inc. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Physics from Tufts University.
Growing Your Community through Advanced Broadband Services
Thursday, July 26, 2007
10:00 am PDT/1:00 pm EDT
It's not often that service providers get the chance to affect the lives of individuals directly, but at this moment in history you have that opportunity. With the full-spectrum of next generation services that you deliver you can help start a cycle of growth and improvement for communities across our nation.
Clearly jobs are the key to enabling social and economic growth. One of the key questions that many service providers and community planners have to answer is how to attract highly qualified professionals to create a labor pool that will ultimately attract employers. By attracting these people, communities can start a self-sustaining cycle that will lead to improvements in infrastructure, education, goods and services, and businesses.
And, the time has never been better. Today's modern professionals have unprecedented freedom and flexibility to choose where they live, where they work and how they communicate with corporate entities. Many are choosing mid-sized cities and smaller towns for quality of life reasons. As traditional Service Providers, you have the opportunity to create a telecommunication environment that meets the needs of this new generation of professionals. However, to exercise their geographic freedom these professionals must have access to the advanced communications services that keep them connected to the world, their jobs, their partners and their friends.
Join Occam Networks as we discuss how service providers can play a major roll in revitalizing your community's economy. Here are a few of the topics we will cover:
- Building the right technology infrastructure
- Delivering the appropriate mix of advanced services
- The role RUS can play in building an advance infrastructure
Let Occam show you how you can help start a cycle of growth and prosperity for your community!
Presenter Bio
Juan Vela, Director of Strategic Products and Markets
With more than 10 years experience in last mile access technologies, Juan is responsible for development of new product and market strategies for Occam. Prior to joining Occam, he split his time between telecom service providers and broadband equipment suppliers, holding a variety of positions including member of technical staff and network engineering positions with national ILEC and CLEC companies, as well as product management and systems engineering positions with global communications equipment manufacturers. Juan is a well-versed industry professional who brings a unique perspective to the BLC supplier community. He holds a BSEE degree from FAMU/FSU College of Engineering in Tallahassee, Florida.
BLC 6450 and RTC 4033: An Overview
Thursday, May 31, 2007
10:00 am PDT/1:00 pm EDT
Occam has just added the BLC 6450 10GbE Aggregation Blade to its lineup of blades for its award-winning BLC 6000 System. This new blade delivers access aggregation with 10 Gigabit Ethernet capacity, scalability and ease of deployment that surpasses other state-of-the-art access solutions. When configured in topologies using Occam's patented Ethernet Protection Switching (EPS) technology, the BLC 6450 delivers the redundancy and reliability of traditional SONET rings with twice the bandwidth of an OC-192 at a fraction of the cost. Join Chris Cotter, Senior Product Manager at Occam Networks for an in depth look at the features and benefits of the new BLC 6450 blade, as well as a discussion of the following topics:
- Recent trends in network evolution
- Cost-effective Layer 2 aggregation
- Expanded scalability in access networks
- Enhanced load balancing and fault isolation
- Business Ethernet Services
We've also begun shipping the RTC 4033, a new remote cabinet that provides a cost-effective cabinet for delivering copper and fiber solutions for voice, high speed data, and entertainment. Fully wired for 144 copper and 60 fiber lines, the new RTC 4033 cabinet provides line scalability to enable you to grow your outside plant as network requirements grow. Bill Bittancourt, Product Manager will discuss how the modular design of the cabinet makes cost-effective upgrades easy and ensures that you can deploy the exact configuration to suit your needs, now and into the future. The cabinets' compact footprint allows for turnkey installations and easy deployment to existing right-of-ways and easements. And, the Occam RTC 4033 features a service friendly design that provides easy access for set up, installation and maintenance and that makes it easy to upgrade the cabinet from copper to fiber. Learn how you can add the RTC 4033 to your outside plant.
Planning Your Next Generation Network
Thursday, April 26, 2007
10:00 am PDT/1:00 pm EDT
Planning your network strategy in an ever evolving market environment can be extremely challenging. What will Washington do? How do you prepare? What is the best infrastructure? Occam believes there are four important steps you can take to better prepare your company to meet the challenges of the ever changing telecommunications industry. They include: Retaining Customers, Taking Action, Focusing on Services, and Building a Low Cost Infrastructure.
Join Clive Hallatt, Vice President of Business Development, as he reviews these important steps and shows you can put them to work for you as you plan your next generation network.
10G Ethernet - Drivers for Increasing Capacity
Thursday, March 29, 2007
10:00 am PDT/1:00 pm EDT
Ethernet has been evolving steadily to meet the increasing bandwidth, scalability and resiliency demands of packet-based telecommunications networks. Advancements in carrier grade components and value added software has vaulted Ethernet from the local area network to Last Mile, Metro and Wide Area Networks. In addition, consumer electronics such as High Definition Television have reached mass market acceptance and affordability to drive consumer demand for advanced telecommunications services. The result has been a growing appetite for increased network speeds – an appetite that translates into new requirements for Service Provider networks and new challenges for the Service Provider.
Join Juan Vela, Director of Strategic Products and Markets, as he discusses the issues such as the drivers for next-generation capacity in Service Provider Networks and the way in which service demands are impacting network design and capacity.
Presenter Bio
Juan Vela, Director of Strategic Products and Markets
With more than 10 years experience in last mile access technologies, Juan is responsible for development of new product and market strategies for Occam. Prior to joining Occam, he split his time between telecom service providers and broadband equipment suppliers, holding a variety of positions including member of technical staff and network engineering positions with national ILEC and CLEC companies, as well as product management and systems engineering positions with global communications equipment manufacturers. Juan is a well-versed industry professional who brings a unique perspective to the BLC supplier community. He holds a BSEE degree from FAMU/FSU College of Engineering in Tallahassee, Florida.
CALEA: Striking Fear in the Hearts of Telco Managers
Thursday, February 22, 2007
10:00 am PDT/1:00 pm EDT
As the May 14, 2007 deadline for FCC filings on CALEA support rapidly approaches, many telcos are looking for answers to a variety of CALEA-related questions, such as:
- What are the requirements?
- What do I have to add to my network?
- Where does liability reside?
- What are my options?
Join Russ Sharer, Vice President of Marketing, as he answers these and many more pertinent questions concerning CALEA support. This webinar will provide you with a wealth of information on CALEA network architectures, their impact on your network design and operations, and how today's decisions may impact your compliancy with future requirements for VoIP. Russ will also provide valuable insight into how Occam customers can make their networks CALEA compliant.
Make sure you are on the right track with your CALEA support.
Presenter Bio
Russ Sharer, Vice President of Marketing, Occam Networks
Mr. Sharer has more than 20 years in the telecommunications and data networking industry. Prior to Occam, Sharer was Acting Vice President of Marketing for Ericsson Datacom, Inc. At Ericsson Datacom, he also served as Vice President of Product Marketing for the IP Network Access and IP Telephony product units and as Director of Global Alliances. Sharer also served as Acting Director of Marketing, Sales and Operations for MediaOne Connect, Inc. Sharer's previous experience includes Director of Sales Operations, Director of Corporate Access, and Director of Client Products at Xircom, Inc. Sharer also worked at Rockwell International's CMC Network Products Division. He holds a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from California Polytechnic State University.
Occam Networks and Aware: Dr. DSL Line Diagnostics Platform
Thursday, January 25, 2007
10:00 am PDT/1:00 pm EDT
Are you in need of better diagnostic tools for prequalification, provisioning and troubleshooting of bandwidth hungry services such as IPTV? In one information-packed hour Occam Networks and Aware will introduce its new Dr. DSL Line Diagnostics Platform.
Join us for Occam Networks Thursday webinar series and gain valuable insight on real-world issues and challenges you deal with everyday. This months webinar will feature Chris Cotter, Occam Networks Senior Product Manager and Aware VP of Marketing Peter LeBlanc, and Jim Wahl, Director of Product Management. Join us on January 25, 2007 at 10:00 AM PST/1:00 PM EST.
This new platform is a software based solution which collects single ended (SELT), dual ended (DELT) and metallic (MLT) raw diagnostics data from Occam's Broadband Loop Carrier to the Aware centralize server where it is interpreted and analyzed using Dr. DSL expert analysis software. This webinar will give an in-depth overview of the Aware Dr. DSL Line Diagnostics Platform including functionality, key benefits, field case examples and service requirements. This is a not-to-be missed webinar!
Great information delivered straight to your desktop - for free! Does it get any better? We're looking forward to your participation!
Peter LeBlanc is Aware's vice president responsible for marketing and sales for Aware's DSL and intellectual property and test and diagnostics businesses. He formerly managed Aware's CPE products and hybrid-fiber coax (HFC) cable telephony businesses. He is a member of the DSL Forum Board of Directors and holds a BS in engineering from Northeastern University and a Masters degree from Babson College
Jim Wahl is a director of product marketing responsible for Aware's test and diagnostics products. Prior to joining Aware, Mr. Wahl was a product manager at HarvardNet, a regional data CLEC. He was also an analyst at the Yankee Group and a program manager in MediaOne's cable modem unit. Jim holds a bachelor's degree in management from MIT.