What points will you be discussing during your panel at the TEF? My talk will be primarily focused on things that have progressed from R&D and are quite real in the things we are doing today in our data centers. We are currently in the process of building a brand new data center that, to [...]

Todd Roth is Vice President of Technology for Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. As part of Harris’ Broadcast Communications group, he is responsible for incorporating and leveraging critical enabling technologies, including Ethernet. Q: What is, in your opinion, the biggest connectivity [...]

  The Ethernet Alliance is proud to bring a cadre of end users together at the upcoming End Users Speak! Technology Exploration Forum (TEF).  While past TEFs were mainly deep dives into emerging technologies, this TEF – the 5th – has a different perspective as it seeks to gather input regarding the needs from the [...]

What will end users want to hear about during your panel? As an “energy person”, I am mindful that the biggest driver for people being concerned about energy is saving money. While other goals often get people’s attention, it’s the money savings that usually ultimately dominate how they make decisions. This is okay, because there [...]

What are you looking to accomplish at the Technology Exploration Forum? When it comes to small network equipment (SNE), there are a lot of products that are deployed on an annual basis, and the great majority of these have Ethernet ports.  From an Energy Star program perspective, we see an opportunity to improve energy use [...]

         Welcome to the new Ethernet Alliance website.  We’re continually improving the website and the way that we operate. Here’s a list of what we’ve done or are going to do soon: We’ve added a Newsroom to the home page. Check out www.ethernetalliance.org and scroll down to see how we have a list of [...]

What most interests you about this Technology Exploration Forum? TEF 2012 will provide the Ethernet industry ecosystem, and standards development organizations, with end-user input on their evolving requirements for Ethernet in their particular applications. I’d like to hear whether the end-user community feels like the vendors are supplying solutions to the particular problems they are [...]

What are the top three things you’d like to take away from the Technology Exploration Forum (TEF)? I’m interested in hearing what kinds of problems end user’s are running into and what kind of solutions they are seeking. I’d also like to get a sense of where Ethernet is headed from here, especially in terms [...]

Why is the Ethernet Alliance focusing on end users at the upcoming Technology Exploration Forum? We wanted to do this TEF in a new way because in the last year, we’ve seen that people appreciate a forum where they can come together to discuss their future needs from Ethernet. At previous meetings, we had a [...]

The Ethernet Alliance’s Technology Exploration Forum (TEF) brings together a diverse array of stakeholders, including industry experts, technology innovators, and end users. In this Q &A, Ethernet Alliance Chairman, John D’Ambrosia, offers an inside look at TEF 2012 – The End Users Speak!