LOS GATOS, CA — (Marketwired) — 06/11/13 — , a company reinventing networking for the cloud era, today announced that Craig Elliott, CEO of Pertino, will participate in an “” panel discussion of new and innovative technologies at being held this week in Washington DC. The Cable Show brings together invention, commerce and progress through the digital media revolution with leaders from content, devices, applications and education.
Pertino launched limited availability of its SDN-powered Cloud Network Engine in February. Since then, customers have built over 750 cloud networks using the service and the company secured a $20 million Series B round of venture funding.
As part of the “Innovation Showcase” at The Cable Show, Elliott will present Pertino-s vision of networking for the cloud era and engage in a discussion about new and provocative broadband applications and technologies. The other panel participants include: John Civiletto, VP technology architecture of Cox Communications; Terry Cordova, senior vice president and CTO of Suddenlink Communications; Mike Hayashi, executive vice president of Time Warner Cable; Mike Lee, managing partner of Rogers Venture Partners.
Elliott spent 10 years at Apple in network-related senior product, marketing and general management roles. After Apple, he became the CEO of Packeteer where, under his leadership, the company created and led application-intelligent WAN performance and optimization market.
Innovation Showcase: What-s New and Next in Cable-Powered Possibility
Craig Elliott, CEO and co-founder of Pertino
John Civiletto, VP technology architecture of Cox Communications
Terry Cordova, senior vice president and CTO of Suddenlink Communications
Mike Hayashi, executive vice president of Time Warner Cable
Mike Lee, managing partner of Rogers Venture Partners
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET
The Cable Show
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
801 Mount Vernon Place NW
Washington DC, 20001
For a complete schedule visit The Cable Show .
Founded in 2011, Pertino has an inspired vision for reinventing networking for the cloud era, and in the process, being a catalyst for . Globalization, cloud-enabled IT, and growing demand for always-connected people, devices, and things is affecting businesses of all sizes — making the “outside network” as critical as the inside one. However, traditional wide-area networks have not kept pace. Pertino-s revolutionary Cloud Network Engine enables any business to build a simple and secure cloud-based network that connects people and IT resources from anywhere on the planet. No new hardware. No expertise. No upfront investment. To achieve this breakthrough, Pertino has developed a software platform that combines the power and pervasiveness of the cloud with Software-defined Network (SDN) and network virtualization technology, and a social-inspired user management paradigm. The company is venture funded and headquartered in Los Gatos, Calif. For more information or to try Pertino for yourself, please visit .
Megan Grasty
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