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Event | 14th Internet Telephony Conference & Expo West

• Date: October 10-13, 2006
• Event: Communications Platforms Trade Association's (CP-TA) Interoperability Efforts
• Location:
  San Diego Convention Center | Map
  111 West Harbor Drive
  San Diego, CA 92101
  Phone: +1.619.525.5000
• Featured Speaker: Chuck Hill, Principal Architect, Continuous Computing
• Speaking Time: October 11 at 11:15am - 12:00pm

Event Description

The adoption of open industry standards-based Communications Platforms is now achieving broad market acceptance by major TEMs and Service Providers. While open standards from PICMG are firmly in place in the industry, a barrier to broad adoption is the lack of uniform interoperability standards of building block implementations by vendors. To achieve true interoperability, the Communications Platforms building block providers must coalesce around a set of procedural standards on how to interoperate. This effort will benefit TEMs by providing predictability of integrated solutions, faster time-to-market, lower integration costs, alternative sourcing and product choice, and COTS market dynamics. This session will focus on driving a common understanding of the interop landscape including the Communications Platforms Trade Association (CP-TA) and the path to achieve a true COTS environment.

Featured Speaker

Chuck Hill, Continuous Computing's Principal Architect, has a Master's in Engineering from Arizona State University and a Master's in Business from DeVry University. He has 27 years of experience in system design, including 11 years in designing Fault Tolerant and High Availability systems for telecom. Chuck is a contributing member and editor of multiple PICMG specifications, including one of the original architects for AdvancedTCA. He is currently task group chair for the data plane extensions task group for RapidIO.