NFV Movers & Shakers Unveiled by Light Reading

NEW YORK, Jan. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The most influential individuals in the critical network functions virtualization (NFV) realm have been identified in a new feature published by Light Reading, the market-leading online community for the global communications sector.

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NFV, a telecom operator-led initiative to replace function- and vendor-specific network infrastructure elements with industry-standard hardware housing virtualized (software) functions, is one of the most radical and important developments in the global communications sector.

Light Reading has been reporting on this hot development, which promises to reduce costs, improve efficiency and increase agility for telecom operators, since it emerged on the coat-tails of software-defined networking (SDN) in late 2012.

Now, in a feature titled Top 5 NFV Movers & Shakers, Light Reading's Editor at Large, Carol Wilson, has identified the five key individuals who stand out as the most influential in NFV. The five individuals work at AT&T, CIMI Corp., Deutsche Telekom, Metaswitch Networks, and Verizon Communications. 

"There are many individuals from across the world who are helping to shape NFV's roadmap, but Carol has identified five industry movers and shakers who, we believe, are having the greatest influence on NFV developments," said Ray Le Maistre, Light Reading's Editor in Chief.
Find out more by reading the following Light Reading article:

Top 5 NFV Movers & Shakers
http://www.lightreading.com/carrier-sdn/nfv-(network-functions-virtualization)/top-5-nfv-movers-and-shakers/d/d-id/707072

Keep up to date with all the latest NFV developments by visiting the Light Reading NFV news channel:
http://www.lightreading.com/nfv.asp

Contact:
Ray Le Maistre
Editor in Chief, Light Reading
ray.lemaistre@ubm.com

Carly Cohen
Marketing Manager, Light Reading
cohen@deusm.com

About Light Reading
Light Reading (www.lightreading.com) combines its research-led online communities and targeted events portfolio to help those in the global communications industry make informed decisions. Lightreading.com is the ultimate source for telecom analysis for more than 300,000 subscribers each month, leading the media sector in terms of traffic, content. and reputation. Light Reading produces targeted communications events and focused one-day conferences each year for cable, mobile, and wireline executives across five continents.

SOURCE Light Reading