Crucial Players
Tuesday, March 8, 2005, 3:45pm - 5:00pm

It's a free-for-all and anybody who tells you they know for sure who's going to win should be treated like a five-dollar fortune teller. Cable, telcos, satellite, WiMax, and powerline are all looking for their piece of the future. Will Cisco and Juniper rule the backbone, or will the Chinese come in? Will the Verizons and Comcasts of the world rule? Or will innovators like Yahoo BB, Free.fr, and Speakeasy in the U.S. find a place? Is Vonage the hottest company of 2005 or a flash in the pan that will be only a memory after four years?

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James Southworth, CEO & CTO, Secure Pathways, Inc.

CEO & CTO, Secure Pathways, Inc., CHS-V, Jim has been focused on the business of bringing new technologically disruptive products to the US Government markets and to the private sector that supports them. In his thirty plus years in the telecommunications and computing industries, Jim’s professional experience in technology management spans everything from operating system software and computer security to high-speed digital transmission facilities.
Jim is recognized internationally in various Internet access technologies such as DSL, two-way satellite and wireless, as well as in security and enterprise applications. He has been active in industry standards-setting, serving on the Board of Directors of the DSL Forum for four years. His visionary technology leadership was recognized in EE Times Magazine as one of the 21 people in the world they consider to be the architects of the next generation of the Internet.