Fireside Chat with Red Hat
This event will be live streamed on YouTube on Friday 2nd July at Midday. We will be inviting the Chief Technologist from Red Hat to join our host & founder Maria Lema!About Red Hat:
Red Hat, Inc. is an American multinational software company that provides open source software products to enterprises. Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. They help you standardize across environments, develop cloud-native applications, and integrate, automate, secure, and manage complex environments with award-winning support, training, and consulting services.
Red Hat Special Guest is Timo Jokiaho:
- Timo Jokiaho is Chief Technologist, Global Telco Technology & Architecture at Red Hat, focusing on network functions virtualisation and transition to containers in telco networking domain.
- He works with service providers, network equipment providers, system integrators and independent software vendors to progress the open source and horizontal platform approach in the industry.
- Previously Jokiaho led software technology planning in Huawei Technologies, focusing on the base platform domain (operating systems, virtualization, and telco cloud), and also planning for terminal software platform, including Android and some experimental technologies. Jokiaho also led Samsung’s device software R&D in Finland, and prior to this, he led the Strategy, Technology & Architecture section at Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks.
What topics we will cover in the discussion
- Open Source and open platforms in Telecoms
- The potential of O-RAN and how the industry is adopting open interfaces
- The role of hyperscalers, new business models and the future of softwarised networks
The event will be streamed Live on Youtube via Crowdcast; https://youtu.be/cFqH0BwSwHQ
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