IP forum has new name, faces

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: OPTICAL NETWORKING
06/29/05

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Today's focus: IP forum has new name, faces

By Jim Duffy

The forum that was formed earlier this month from the
dissolution of Juniper's Infranet Initiative Council now has a
name and leadership.

IPsphere Forum's board members and officers include individuals
representing Alcatel, BT, Cisco, France Telecom, Huawei, Juniper
Networks, Lucent Technologies, Red Zinc, Siemens, T-Com,
Telenor, and Tellabs.

The officers are Chair Kevin Dillon of Juniper Networks; Vice
Chair Monique Morrow of Cisco; Secretary Omar Elloumi of
Alcatel; and Treasurer Tom Walsh of Lucent.

The IPsphere Forum is a member-funded association focused on the
"business of IP" and coordinating efforts to develop the
architecture for an IP infrastructure able to support service
provider and network user business/service models. Juniper
ostensibly formed the IIC to achieve the same goals but it
lacked the participation of Cisco and Alcatel, and was viewed by
some as dedicated more to Juniper marketing than to industrywide
progress.
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has 18 years of high-tech reporting experience, including over
12 years at Network World. Previously, he was senior editor at
Computer Systems News and associate editor/reporter at
Electronic News and MIS Week. He can be reached at
<mailto:jduffy@nww.com>.
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to achieve a "360-degree view" of customers for better selling
and marketing.
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