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Sr. Director and Head of Marketing at Radisys
Named last year as one of the Global Telecoms Business “50 Women to Watch,” Dr. Natasha Tamaskar brings years of telecom industry experience with particular expertise in strategy, business development and marketing for cloud, cPaaS, wireless, SDN/NFV, and networks security solutions. In her role at Radisys as Senior Director and Head of Marketing, Natasha is responsible for overall strategic and corporate marketing. Prior to Radisys, she was responsible for Kandy.io PaaS strategy and business development as the VP of Cloud Strategy at GENBAND. Natasha also spearheaded and launched several of GENBAND’s key strategic solutions including Wireless Gateway, Network Security and WebRTC as the VP of Strategic Marketing. While at GENBAND, she launched and chaired the Small Cell Forum's first interoperability charter and group. Prior to GENBAND, Dr. Tamaskar held various senior leadership positions in Product Management, Product Development, Solutions Marketing and Technology for NextPoint Networks, Reef Point and Nortel. Dr. Tamaskar holds a Ph.D. in Computational Physics from the Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University.
Is the Price Too High for Open Source?
One of the most talked about topics in the industry is around Communications Service Providers (CSPs) transforming their Central Offices into virtualized telco data centers built with open source hardware and software. This transformation is being driven by CSPs that are grappling with the “4th Industrial Revolution,” as they shift from connecting people to connecting everything.
But some sceptics are crying foul. They believe that open source has not delivered on its promise to accelerate innovation while lowering costs. And that the cost of integrating a variety of open source software and hardware and then maintaining it in a sustainable manner is high. Other voices raised cite “where’s the RoI?” Why should vendors create new technologies and then be expected to just give it away?
This panel session will feature a lively discussion that will address these RoI concerns and explain why an open architecture decision can provide significant economic value to CSPs and their customers. Attendees will gain deeper insight into the following: