NetCracker Named as Platinum Sponsor at TM Forum’s Management World Americas 2009
Conference Theme Surviving to Thriving: New Business Models, New Services, New Profits
MORRISTOWN, NJ — July 30, 2009 — TM Forum, the world’s premier industry group focused on improving business effectiveness for the communications and media sectors, today named NetCracker as Platinum Sponsor for Management World Americas 2009.
Management World Americas, the premier US conference connecting communications, entertainment and media organizations will be held at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Florida from December 8 to 10, 2009 and is expected to attract more than 1500 industry professionals from around the world.
“NetCracker is a key advocate for the work that TM Forum does as the leading standards body in the communications industry,” said Andrew Feinberg, President and CEO of NetCracker. “Its practical solutions, guidance, and leadership have helped service providers and their suppliers transform the way that digital services are created, delivered, and monetized. By sponsoring Management World Americas, NetCracker is demonstrating its commitment to TM Forum and to the communications industry throughout the Americas.”
Interest in the event is already high and the theme of this year’s conference is Surviving to Thriving: New Business Models, New Services, New Profits and will include keynotes, discussions and presentations spread across four concurrently running summits: New Services and Business Models, IT and Operational Excellence, Revenue Management and Billing, and Customer Experience.
An impressive line-up of senior executive keynote speakers from the communications, entertainment and media industries have confirmed participation, including:
• Virgin Mobile USA COO Jonathan Marchbank
• Verizon Communications CIO Fari Ebrahimi
• Qwest Executive VP and Board Member Neil Cox
• Frontier Communications CIO Steve Ward
They are joined by leaders from other convergent communications organizations including Tom Lam, Advisor to the Secretary of Defense for the US Department of Defense’s NetOps initiative; Peter Feldman, Net Neutrality and Broadband Stimulus expert for telecommunications law firm Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth PLC; and Jim Donio, President of the National Association of Recording Merchandisers. Management World Americas will also include a series of in-depth, hands-on, TM Forum-certified training courses on the Business Process Framework (eTOM), Information Framework (SID) and an Introduction to Revenue Assurance. To get more information on TM Forum programs, standards and activities, visit
www.tmforum.org.
For further details on the Management World Americas 2009 agenda, confirmed speakers and to register to attend the conference or any of the available on-site training courses, please go to the Management World Americas homepage.
Mark your calendar now to join these and other leading companies at this year’s Management World Americas – December 8 to 10, 2009.
