<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">NANOG ON THE ROAD COMES TO FORT LAUDERDALE, FL </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">NOVEMBER 2, 2017</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt;text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">One-Day Educational Program to Focus on Technical Practices, Current Network Topics, IPv6 Adoption, Internet Governance, and More</span></p><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">The </span><a href="https://www.nanog.org/" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">North American Network Operators' Group</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> (NANOG)</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">is pleased to announce </span><a href="https://www.nanog.org/meetings/road16/home" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">NANOG On The Road</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> to be held Thursday, November 2, 2017 at the </span><a href="http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/florida/hilton-fort-lauderdale-marina-FLLGRHH/index.html?WT.mc_id=zDMSE0US1HI2NaturalSearch3GoogleMyBusiness4GMBL_Aug5GMBL6FLLGRHH7EN8i1" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">. </span><a href="http://www.cvent.com/d/r5qyv7/4W" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Registration</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> for this free-to-attend event</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> features an education-based program </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">offering attendees the opportunity to hear from industry leaders through presentations, tutorials, and interactive discussions. Networking opportunities among industry veterans and budding professionals will also be available.</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:#ffffff;" class=""> </p><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">The NANOG On The Road event includes a series of informational sessions regarding network security; Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) and</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Cambria; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI); and tutorials on Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">DDoS Mitigation</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">. The program also features an open Q&A session for attendees to ask about any of the day’s presentations and NANOG.</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;background-color:#ffffff;" class=""> </p><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">NANOG On The Road will be held from 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, and features a post-event reception concluding at 6:30 PM. There is </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">no fee to attend</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">; however, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">registration is required to reserve a seat. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Attendees can register by visiting:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Cambria; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><a href="http://www.cvent.com/d/r5qyv7" class="">http://www.cvent.com/d/r5qyv7</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Registration is now open.</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;background-color:#ffffff;" class=""> </p><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">NANOG sits at the junction of Internet infrastructure and network operations in North America, sharing a rich cooperative history with the operator community representing a large stakeholder group who works to keep the Internet working through network operations. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">The sixteenth program of its kind, NANOG On The Road provides attendees with greater access to resources, tools and information that will help them excel within the industry and help them do their jobs of managing the Internet more effectively.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">To learn more about NANOG and its regular meetings and events, visit: </span><a href="http://www.nanog.org" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">http://www.nanog.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">About NANOG</span></div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">NANOG is a community of industry experts that work together for the common good of the Internet. In many ways, the NANOG community serves as the heart and soul of the Internet. This close-knit group meets three times a year to discuss all issues, large and small, as they relate to the performance, accessibility and evolution of the Internet. NANOG is dedicated to improving the Internet for all major sectors (public, private, education, and consumer) in all corners of the world. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">NANOG is a non-profit, engineering, educational, and operational forum for coordination of network operations in North America. Every conference is the product of hundreds of hours of volunteer effort from network operators, engineers, and researchers across North America.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> Premium sponsors include Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Netflix, NTT Communications, Verisign, and Yahoo. To learn more, visit: </span><a href="https://www.nanog.org" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">https://www.nanog.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">.</span></body></html>