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Networks are evolving at an accelerating pace with our lives now fully intertwined with the digital world. The nature and sophistication of security threats have also evolved, but have your defenses kept pace with it? Nokia operates ethically to deliver secure products and services to meet your security requirements and those of relevant governmental agencies. Learn how Nokia Professional Services can help fortify your defenses and securely evolve your network while you focus on the growth and the future of your business.

Unlock future success by identifying and developing essential skills today. Explore new learning methods and chart your path with our innovative learning and certification programs.

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Find out how extending fixed broadband access with 5G can help bridge the digital divide in the most cost effective way. 

In this session, Alfred will highlight some of the key software features to be delivered in SR OS Release 23

The Nokia PSE-6s ushers in a new frontier in optical transport network evolution, enabling massive network scale. Implemented in a multi-channel linecard, PSE-6s technology delivers the industry’s first 2.4Tb/s coherent transport solution, enabling network operators to scale transport capacity to unprecedented levels across metro, long-haul and subsea networks.

Find out how automation leverages intents, workflows, and API’s. Northbound interfaces (NBIs) play a crucial role enabling seamless communication and integration between OSS and tools. Gain insight into the world of NBIs and their impact on DevOps. Learn more about the NBI evolution in NSP, and explore real-world use cases showing how NSP NBIs are being used today for automation. 

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As networks become open and seamless, operators will require innovative automation to accommodate and secure a broad set of service requirements. While the journey to full automation will likely take years, operators are already benefiting today from fully validated automation solutions developed by Nokia Professional Services. With automation solutions covering the full network lifecycle, from discovery to integration, and an emphasis on how to build the most secure networks, this session will illustrate how Nokia Professional Services can deliver results in weeks rather than months.

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This hardware product update will review the fundamental functions of FP5. Session content will include a review of FP5 enabled hardware, both released and upcoming. Predictable and consistent performance under all loading conditions is a key part of the value proposition that only Nokia in-house designed silicon can offer. Join this session to understand why that is the case and why FP5 silicon and platforms continue to lead the industry.

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Get ready to modernize your network operations! See how critical  evolving your NSP is to achieving your automation goals. Analyze the current network automation landscape, including the challenges you face with the wide variety of network elements involved, legacy devices and vendor lock-in. Learn the latest on Nokia’s NSP platform and how it can help bridge the gap between your legacy network and your modern network evolution initiatives. Don't miss this opportunity to start your evolution journey today. 

How to evolve and create a very flexible and modern Datacenter Network Fabric Interconnection to meet the most critical enterprise chalenges by using Nokia IP & Optics products portfolio with a wide powerful tools for open and standards tools for a better visibility, control, security and automated mission critical Datacenter network.

This session will present a step change in how to accelerate the selection and validation of the best and most secure network solutions. Operators can benefit from pre-validated solution blueprints to ensure best-in-class performance and the right level of security, while eliminating months of planning, testing and validation. Learn how Nokia creates blueprint solutions for use cases, designs, configurations and management solutions. In addition, through the introduction of network test automation in the validation flow, Nokia ensures continuous improvement and accelerated implementation of 5G Anyhaul and Telco Cloud, Data Center.

Discover how to achieve a set of service-level objectives across a multi-domain network by using the SR OS segment routing toolkit. This is referred to as intent-based, or sometimes color-aware, networking. Learn about the various mechanisms available to map each flow to its corresponding intent and how that intent is signaled and enforced within and across the domains at both the service and transport layers. Segment Routing MPLS (SR-MPLS) plays a key role in this application. See how the toolkit addresses the interworking and transparent enforcement of the intent across SR-MPLS and Segment Routing IPv6 (SRv6) domains and the emerging role of SRv6 in specific use cases.

This presentation will cover the latest hardware features in 7250 IXR platforms and some of the key software features in SR OS Release 23 relating to the IXR product family.

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Learn how NSP is transforming device configuration, service fulfillment and network service assurance. Enjoy increased flexibility and customization with intent-based service fulfillment and device configuration management, including a new configuration assurance feature to quickly identify and correct misalignments. Discover a comprehensive and integrated solution for real-time supervision of multivendor IP/optical networks with advanced analytics, inventory management, and OAM. Experience enhanced visualization and a highly customizable user journey with unprecedented scale and performance. 

Are you supporting teleprotection on your network? Learn how segment routing-based MPLS (SR-MPLS)  delivers the very low latency, very low jitter and and symmetry you need. See how it supports the creation of explicit hops just like RSVP but with better scalability. Understand the differences between teleprotection services signaled using RSVP vs. segment routing and the impact on your existing MPLS network.

Evolving to the next generation networks can be done faster, smarter and much more securely with the right toolset, utilizing proven migration processes and best practices. Faced with new business needs driven by rapidly changing socio-economic, geopolitical, and technological factors, combined with changing end-user requirements and expectations, the need to transform has never been greater. In this session we will demonstrate through real-life use cases how the Nokia approach can accelerate successful and secure migration to the future networks.

Have you heard? The industry is moving to model-driven router management. Join us to discover why and what this move can do for your business.  See how model-driven management provides consistency in network automation with a demonstration using SR OS, containerlab and multiple automation tools.

The IP Router (IPR) pluggable optical roadmap will cover off the latest generation of pluggable optical modules for the IP product portfolio.   This session will detail the latest innovations in the industry and how it compliments the IPR product portfolio.

With the rapid development of quantum computing, the security of traditional cryptography methods is at risk. Quantum-Safe Networks, an evolved solution, blends the best of key distribution methodologies to secure your most sensitive in-flight information. Learn how Quantum-Safe Networks can help you start your Quantum-Safe roadmap today and keep your organization's critical data secure for years to come.

In this session we discuss the pros and cons of hierarchical control and the extent to which it is covered by standards. Special attention is paid to multi-PCE scenarios. The presentation concludes with Nokia’s recommendations on a practical adoption of multi-controller architectures.

Matt Deibel from SCE will take you though his journey toward zero touch provisioning using Nokia's router configuration automation tools. Denis Proulx will follow up with an overview of how Nokia's Professional Services team can help you accomplish the same in your network

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Technology leadership is one of the critical enablers for continued evolution of Optical Networks. This session will explore new innovations in optical line systems, high-speed electro-optics, and network automation. We will cover the latest innovations of 6th-generation PSE-6s coherent optics that enable 800GE IP-Opticals networking, C+L and ROADM line system advances, and Nokia’s vision for efficient Optical Networks.

Pluggable digital coherent optics such as 400ZR and ZR+ have rekindled the discussion of IP-optical convergence. To optimize the potential deployment synergies between these two complementary network technologies requires a good understanding of their applicability and the new operational requirements this will introduce. Join us for a fun session to hear the perspectives of an IP guy, an optics guy, and an automation guy on what this means for them.

In this session, Dr. Craig Labovitz, Head of Technology at Nokia Deepfield, will delve deep into the contemporary landscape of DDoS security, pinpointing dominant trends (such as botnet DDoS) and their ramifications for service providers. These threats shape the IP network security battlefield, demanding agile, adaptive solutions that must evolve from 20+ year-old approaches and paradigms. Reflecting on this, Craig will spotlight the latest additions to the Nokia Deepfield DDoS security portfolio. Join us in this session as we chart the present trajectory of DDoS threats and unveil the cutting-edge defenses we developed to counteract them.

Highlight how leading enterprises are leveraging networks for the greater good through a diverse panel of engaging leaders representing 

• SDG&E Sempra (Utility FAN, taken to the next level w/falling conductor innovation)
• EPB (uTelco services as an extension to utility services)
• UPMC (superior patient & clinician outcomes amplified by data-intensive research needs e.g. genomics)
• ESnet (The fabric that connects national labs across the US to enable extreme collaboration at incredible speeds, removing obstacles to the advancement of science)

In today's data center networks, automation is needed to scale and overcome the massive increase in operational overhead. To address this issue, many operators are building their own automation tools and are leveraging opensource projects as a foundation to their strategy. In this session, you will learn from Scott Brookshire, CTO and founder of OpenColo, how SR Linux was leveraged to automate across the lifecycle of his operational environment. The session closes with a demo that further emphasizes the flexibility and openness of SR Linux.

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Learn about the evolving threat landscape for IP networking in the context of current innovations including virtualization, software defined networking, segment routing, and quantum computing.  See, from the Bell Labs Consulting perspective, how to secure your network for the future using foundational security principles such as zero-trust, the use of advanced and adapted security frameworks, and the use of proactive security measures, advanced analytics, automation of security and the use of AI/ML.

Learn about the latest advancements of EVPN - in the IETF, in the industry, and in both SR OS and SR Linux. See how EVPN’s extensibility addresses networking issues arising from new transport technologies such as SRv6 and data center containerized applications.

This talk will discuss the design challenges that need to be overcome – and the innovations developed within Nokia – to enable next-generation 800G coherent small form-factor pluggables.

Learn how NSP is evolving towards a cloud-native architecture. See how you can deploy NSP through commercial off the shelf on-prem container management systems, as a step towards the eventual target of having NSP running on public clouds. This evolution towards cloud-native, together with a model-driven API centric architecture, allows NSP-based network services deployed across the WAN to be consumed by automated systems through the northbound APIs of NSP. See this in action with new use cases leveraging cloud native computing foundation systems together with NSP. 

As businesses embrace Private Wireless Networks and Edge Computing in their digital transformation journey, there is a perception that network security has already been addressed by the standards that define it. While 3GPP has done excellent work to secure the numerous interfaces used for communication within a mobile core, there are still steps that should be taken to bring visibility and security to the entire mobile network, including the users and the array of devices operating there.

Palo Alto Networks software Next-Generation Firewalls deployed on Nokia’s industrial edge platform (MXIE) use AI and ML to prevent sophisticated cyber threats in OT and IT environments, without adding physical hardware to the network. Our collaboration with Nokia enables advanced security on both the IT and OT sides of the network to bring a multi-factor zero trust model to the entire organization.

Amidst the complexities of modern business environments, automation becomes a crucial solution to tackle talent shortages, rising costs, and integrated technology challenges. Discover how Nokia's Digital Process Automation (DPA) empowers operators to streamline their backend operations and workflows, translating theory into practice. With DPA, operators can significantly reduce total cost of ownership (TCO), accelerate time-to-market, and expedite revenue realization. Benefit from personalized consultancy and tailored network and business process automation solutions, designed to meet your specific operator business objectives

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How will you address the challenge of encryption in a quantum-computing world? Discover a solution that is:

• Quantum safe
• Low latency 
• Encrypts at any network speed, from 1GE to 400GE 
• Offers a single encryption and authentication algorithm for MAC, MPLS, IP

SRv6 is emerging in edge data centre and new IPv6 backbone use cases. It also provides a framework for programmability of IPv6 networks that takes advantage of the large IPv6 address space. Discover the key SRv6 features implemented in SR OS and learn a few best practices to achieve a successful introduction of SRv6 that includes seamless interworking with MPLS/SR-MPLS network domains.

In the ever-evolving world of networking, building new networks, expanding capabilities, or implementing changes requires seamless and efficient delivery. Join us to explore how Digital Twin network emulation revolutionizes teamwork, enabling parallel collaboration and faster progress. Delve deep into the architecture of DTaaS (Digital Twin as a Service) and its transformative impact on network development. Discover the game-changing potential of Network Test Automation (NTA) in reducing time-to-market and the seamless integration with emulated networks unlocking unprecedented velocity and effectiveness for your projects.

See how the Analytics suite of applications can make sense of the vast amount of data available in NSP, and present it in intuitive and readily consumable formats for troubleshooting, monitoring, and event-driven automation. Take a look at the advanced machine learning use cases available now, and what is on the horizon.

This session will investigate the key components that form the anatomy of a peering router and provide an overview of how the Nokia 7750 with SROS addresses these components to provide a robust, scalable, and high performance platform.

Optical networks that sense, think, and act. Demonstrate the ability to transform high-performance optical fiber network into a network that can increase security, quality of service, optimize total cost of ownership and streamline operations. We are going to explain how we can move from sensing with dedicated sensor to sensing with coherent transponder utilizing installed fiber base and transponders.

Customer Insights: Why a large CSP choose to deploy Deepfield; how the operator innovated to make analytics happen at very large scale

As a key part of the Nokia Data Center Fabric solution, SR Linux is our open, extensible, and resilient network operating system (NOS). In this session, we will be covering new updates to the software capabilities and hardware options of this next-generation platform. 

This session will walk you through using WaveSuite-Planner to design the network and to maximize network capacity and performance.

We will discuss how to leverage tie-in with WaveSuite-NOC for Flow-thru, On-line Sync (network discovery) and on-demand service creations.

Today`s modern networks are more complex and dynamic than ever, that entails automatically responding the changes in the networks to resolve issues faster. 

With the power of Model-Driven management and python, Nokia`s SROS and SR-Linux event-handling system (EHS) achieves seamlessly connecting data, analytics, and service requests to automated actions. 

Let`s see how Nokia powers operational capabilities up by letting NetOps teams to manage automating target specific actions in if-this-then-that fashion. 

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The need for AI and ML in DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) mitigation arises due to the evolving and sophisticated nature of DDoS attacks. This session covers Deepfield’s Big Data-driven approach applying AI/ML technology to DDoS mitigation which changes the paradigm compared to traditional approaches which have proven to be insufficient against modern DDoS threats.

This presentation reviews the OAM features in SR OS Rel. 23 for IP and Ethernet performance monitoring

In this introduction to the containerlab project, you will discover a modern approach that simplifies and accelerates network lab creation and management. Containerlab leverages the power of containerization technology, providing a lightweight and flexible environment to run rich network topologies. Learn the underlying principles and concepts behind containerlab, and see how it can facilitate the creation of reproducible and isolated network labs.

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Overview and challenges of deploying Nokia’s subsea solution.