Why a ‘close contact’ open source ecosystem is vital

Words like ‘collaboration’ and ‘ecosystem’ are freely bandied about when we’re talking telco transformation but it’s important to understand that turning those abstract concepts into real, on-the-ground reality is critical if the whole software defined virtualization push is to succeed. Red Hat and partner and customer executives explain why bringing open source participants together ‘up-front’ is not just a really nice idea, but a crucial component in the resulting joint offer. 

Featuring: 
Susan James, Senior Director, Telecommunications Strategy, Red Hat; 
Axel Clauberg, VP Aggregation, Transport, IP, Deutsche Telekom; 
Christian Gacon, Orange; 
Ozgur Genc, Director, Core Network Capabilities, Turkcell; 
Verité Warriss, Vice President, Global Strategic Alliances, Mycom OSI; 
DP Ayyadevera, Sr. Director Product Management, Juniper Networks; 
Santiago Madruga, VP EMEA, Telco Vertical, Red Hat; 
Tom Waldrop, Director Consulting Services, Global Telco Practise, Red Hat;