Uber-less Austin virtually full of common themes at Light Reading's BCE

In the “Silicon Hills” capital of the deep South, the world of technology movers and shakers descended upon Austin’s Convention Center for Light Reading’s Big Communication Event to discuss the latest disruptive technologies ripe to revolutionize the way we communicate.

Meanwhile, in the streets of Austin, a prickly regulation battle forced ultra-hip transportation companies Uber and Lyft to move their businesses out of the metro area. As a result, community engineers rallied around the clock to create a new app, called Ride-Austin, to fill the void – and reportedly in only 2 weeks’ time! This is only fitting in a startup town like Austin, as modern businesses everywhere are confronted with the reality of offering services to consumers in a nimble, automated, intelligent, dynamic, and virtual manner.

I found the ride-share issue to be a microcosm of the all the themes woven throughout keynote speeches, panel discussions, and hallway conversations at BCE. Among the hubbub, the topic of Information Security in the new era of NFV and SDN came to the forefront.

Follow this link to read more on the conversations I had on virtualized security:

https://blog.radware.com/serviceprovider/2016/05/uber-less-austin-virtually-full-of-common-themes-at-light-readings-bce/