The New IP is about enabling network infrastructure to meet the exploding demands of users. It is grounded in a set of principles: open with a purpose, automated by design, programmable, user-centric, systemic and evolutionary. It begins with infrastructure upgrades to fabric-based physical foundations and evolves to software defined virtual services and advanced methods of control and orchestration. This is an end-to-end proposition that federates network, servers, storage, applications and the edge to deliver the unified and rich experience that the end user demands.  Hear from the government and industry about the variety of ways they have started down the path of low risk and cost efficient modernization of their networks.

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) are revolutionary technologies that will change the landscape of networking and the data center. Hear from those who are implementing these emerging technologies about how they have evaluated their options, prepared their people and the lessons they have learned on this uncharted path.

How will requirements-based procurement, open standards, and multivendor networks transform Federal IT acquisition? This government panel will discuss the benefits and dispel common myths associated with the recommended guidelines. It will also cover why the cloud and "as-a-service" models are the most efficient and agile ways to modernize agency IT infrastructures.