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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – MEF is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 MEF Awards, the world’s largest awards program focused on emerging dynamic network services powered by LSO (Lifecycle Service Orchestration), SDN , NFV Technologies, SD-WAN and Carrier Ethernet. This year’s MEF awards recognized 21 companies for service, application, technology and professional excellence and innovation. The winners were recognized during the MEF Awards gala dinner at MEF18 this week in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n
“MEF received countless submissions this year from innovative companies showcasing transformative services and technologies,” said Nan Chen, President of MEF. “We are delighted to see all the excellent work of dozens of companies and thought leaders who are helping to accelerate the industry’s transition to orchestrated insured services through automated networks. We are pleased to congratulate the winners of this year’s awards.”<\/p>\n
About MEF
\nMEF, an industry association of more than 200 member companies, recently introduced the MEF 3.0 global transformation services framework to define, deliver and certify orchestrated assured services in a global ecosystem of automated networks. MEF 3.0 services are designed to provide an on-demand, cloud-centric experience with user- and application-driven control over network resources and service capabilities. MEF 3.0 services are delivered over automated, virtualized and interconnected networks with LSO, SDN and NFV technology. MEF produces service specifications, LSO frameworks, open LSO APIs, software-driven reference implementations and certification programs. MEF 3.0 work will enable automated delivery of standardized Carrier Ethernet, Optical Transport, IP, SD-WAN and Layer 4-7 services across multiple vendor networks. For more information: https:\/\/www.mef.net.<\/p>\n
About MEF18
\nMEF18 focuses on enabling agile, assured and orchestrated communications services for the digital economy. MEF18 content, networking and special activities are designed to attract executives and other high-level experts from communication and cloud service providers; enterprises; government organizations; network technology providers; system integrators; open source projects; standards organizations; industry and financial analysts; investors; the press; and others. For more information: http:\/\/www.MEF18event.com.<\/p>\n
Additional News at MEF18<\/p>\n
MEF18 Spotlights MEF 3.0 Momentum, global service and support for technology providers (Press release, Oct. 30, 2018)
\nMEF announces industry’s first SD-WAN service specification (Press release, October 30, 2018).
\nLaunches LSO’s Sonata APIs enabling, for the first time in the industry, automation of potential $250B+ MEF services market (Press release, Oct. 30, 2018)
\nMEF launches Business Advisory Council to support digital transformation across the MEF 3.0 ecosystem (Press release, Oct. 30, 2018)<\/p>\n
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