Meraki to Discuss Wireless and the Cloud at 2011 Interop Conference
Kiren Sekar joins executives from Cisco, Aruba and other WLAN vendors for two Interop panels: “Both Sides of the Link: Wireless and the Cloud” and “Breakthrough WAN Technologies”
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – May 2, 2011 Meraki, the cloud networking company, will be featured in two talks at the upcoming Interop Conference taking place in Las Vegas on May 8-12, 2011. Kiren Sekar, director of marketing at Meraki, will join a panel of experts from Cisco Systems, Aruba Networks, and other WLAN vendors to discuss “Both Sides of the Link: Wireless and the Cloud.” He will also join the “Breakthrough WAN Technologies” panel.
Interop Session Details
What: “Both Sides of the Link: Wireless and the Cloud” Panel Discussion. With the advent of much improved WLANs and WWANs, it’s now practical to consider both public and private clouds as key elements in a mobile IT solution. This session will explore the requirements to make such a strategy operational, including the tools and procedures required, and will also consider the requirements of collaboration and the role of both virtualization and the mobile device capabilities in a cloud-computing environment.
When: Wednesday, May 11 from 11:30 am-12:30 pm
Who: Kiren Sekar, Director of Marketing, Meraki; Mathew Gast, Director of Product Management, Aerohive; Ben Gibson, Chief Marketing Officer, Aruba Networks; Jeff Abramowitz, President and CEO, PowerCloud Systems; Bob Friday, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Cisco Systems. Moderator: Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton Metzler & Associates.
What: “Breakthrough WAN Technologies” Panel Discussion. The consolidation of applications and servers out of branch offices and into centralized data centers has driven an increased amount of delay sensitive traffic over the WAN. Now the WAN is being challenged to support the adoption of desktop virtualization and to enable both SaaS and the dynamic movement of VMs. Unfortunately the WAN is not experiencing the same type of price reduction as is computing and storage resources. The panelists in this fast-paced session will discuss some of the most promising emerging WAN technologies and services that you can utilize today to successfully support emerging requirements.
When: Wednesday, May 11 from 2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Who: Kiren Sekar, Director of Marketing, Meraki; Jae Lee, Director, Product Management, Vyatta; Qing Li, Chief Scientist, Blue Coat Systems, Inc.; Andy Gottlieb, Founder and CEO, Talari Networks; VP of Business Development, Ipanema. Moderator: Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton Metzler & Associates.
Speaker Bio
Kiren Sekar leads marketing efforts at Meraki. Prior to Meraki, Kiren has held leadership positions in a number of Silicon Valley startups, and was a software engineer at Apple, where he was responsible for Apple’s networking and collaboration platform. Kiren holds numerous patents for networking protocols and collaboration systems. Kiren received his degree in computer science from Stanford University.
Register for Interop here: https://interop.reg.techweb.com/lasvegas/2011/Registrations
About Meraki
Meraki is the leader in cloud networking with over 17,000 networks deployed worldwide. Meraki’s cloud networking solutions combine rich enterprise features with intuitive web-based management that eliminates specialized training and certifications. Meraki is located in San Francisco, California and is funded in part by Sequoia Capital and Google. For more information, visit http://meraki.com/
Contact:
Kiren Sekar
Director of Marketing
Meraki, Inc
pr@meraki.com
(415) 632-5800
Julie Tangen
Kulesa Faul for Meraki, Inc
Julie@kulesafaul.com
(831) 425-1083
