SAN FRANCISCO (June 1, 2017) – IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced it is partnering with The Telecom Council of Silicon Valley on the inaugural VNF World conference at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport taking place on September 21, 2017. VNF World represents an opportunity for start-ups, established network vendors, and carriers/operators to discover what works (and doesn’t); new ideas to drive revenue; and how to form partnerships to build networks of the future.

The Telecom Council of Silicon Valley is the event’s media sponsor. Telecom Council's Forums connect global communication service providers and vendors with innovation and startups to push the industry forward. Since 2001 the Forums have engaged over 2,000 executives from 750 communication companies, including 60 carriers, across 30 meetings each year.

Metaswitch, the world’s leading cloud native communications software company, is the event’s platinum sponsor. Metaswitch constructively disrupts the way service providers build, scale, innovate, and account for communication services, providing solutions that power more than 1,000 service provider networks.

VNF World will feature two high profile keynote speakers:

• Josh Goodell, ‎vice president, network on demand at AT&T
• Christos Kolias, co-founder of NFV, principal research scientist at Orange

These industry experts from IHS Markit will lead or participate in the discussions:

• Michael Howard, senior research director, carrier networks
• Stephane Teral, research director, mobile infrastructure and carrier economics
• Diane Myers, senior research director, VoIP, UC and IMS
• Clifford Grossner, senior research director, data center, cloud and SDN
• Sarah Wallace, director, service enablement, AI and analytics
• Jeff Wilson, research director, cybersecurity technology

Attendees can plan to attend the following parallel tracks:

• VNFs for Business Services
• VNFs for Mobile Services
• VNF Delivery Environments
• VNFs for Next Gen Voice, IMS
• Security using VNFs and Security for VNFs
• Using VNFs for PCRF, policy

NOTE: Accredited journalists can attend the conference free of charge by registering here and entering discount code MEDIA17.

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