During the Global Network-as-a-Service Event (GNE) in Dallas later this month, Lightwave+BTR Editor in Chief Sean Buckley will lead a roundtable discussion with a group of noted industry analysts who will share their perspectives on the key takeaways from the GNE and what to look for next in terms of the evolving network as a service (NaaS) landscape.
The panel will include:
- Rosemary Cochran, principal and co-founder of Vertical Systems Group
- Grant Lenahan, partner and principal analyst for Appledore Research Group
- Ray Mota, CEO and principal analyst of ACG Research
- Charlie Reed, Partner, ATLANTIC-ACM
NaaS has continued to gain interest among service providers and enterprises.
It presents a new-paradigm solution by combining on-demand connectivity, application assurance, cybersecurity, and multi-cloud-based services delivered across a standards-based automated ecosystem of partners.
MEF has made NaaS a key priority. The organization has created an industry collaborative effort to create a standard blueprint for understanding and further defining NaaS.
It recently issued a white paper called the NaaS Customer Experience. It provides users and providers of NaaS (Network-as-a-Service) offerings with a neutral baseline description of service features.
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