5G—Driving the Evolution of Interconnection

In this short Tech Talk, we'll review how your organization can reap the benefits of 5G as it evolves—through incremental, proven steps.

Through our experts, you'll learn how to solve the common challenges associated with 5G and the ways that Equinix has invested in key physical and interconnection assets for its value chain stakeholders to build on, as well as: 

• What 5G means now and its impact on application traffic flows and devices
• How network service providers are preparing for 5G vs. enterprises
• The benefits of deploying a network performance hub at Equinix
• Interconnecting core and hybrid multicloud networks to foster innovation

In just 20 minutes, you'll discover the common critical contributors to success when meeting 5G's challenges—across physical and network assets, as well as through application enablement.

Speakers:

William Lloyd, Corporate Development Director, 5G/Evolving Edge, Equinix

With over 10 years in telecom and technology, William has led various leadership efforts from managing teams overseeing LTE deployments early in his career to developing and launching next generation SDN-enabled network services. Currently, William serves as Equinix's Corporate Development Director overseeing thought-leadership for Equinix's global efforts in support of 5G developments while consulting with various ecosystem stakeholders on the evolving nature of Edge solutions.

Rodney Elder, Global Principal of Solution Architecture, Equinix

Rodney is a Global Principal at Equinix in the Evolving Edge Development and Incubation group, collaborating with colleagues, corporate leaders and strategists to demonstrate, test and develop how entire industries are extracting value, seizing opportunities and fulfilling obligations using the Equinix Interconnected Oriented Architecture framework. He works with customers to achieve a thorough understanding of their requirements and enable them to execute rock solid end-to-end architectures on Platform Equinix.