 My name is Eileen Healy and I'll be moderating the Networks in the Cloud panel on day one of the upcoming Telecom World 2014 conference. Actually, the panel has a question mark. Networks in the cloud? How will it happen? Indeed, is it happening now? Come and find out. As we all know, most of our businesses have now realized the advantages of delivering functions in the cloud. In other words, delivering functions using software on general purpose computers and data centers. Now the cloud is poised to do the same for public networks. Networks in the cloud promises reduced cost, elasticity, scalability, on-demand provisioning, better performance, and of course, faster time to market. This year has seen major progress in essentials to make mobile clouds viable. Both software-defined networks and network function virtualization have garnered significant industry resources to standardize the interoperability of network clouds. In addition, operators have signal changes in traditional supply chains and a willingness to consider new vendors offering powerful solutions using these new technologies. Please join me in exploring these areas with an amazing group of panelists from around the world. Here are their expert opinions on the expected roadmap and the reality versus the hype of mobile clouds. Put yourself in a position to drive how the cloud evolves. Remember, if you want to understand how to plan and deploy these capabilities, come to this not-to-be-miss session on Monday afternoon. I look forward to seeing you.