Executives at the Edge

TIM’s Chief Network, Operations, and Wholesale Officer, Elisabetta Romano, explains the need for telecom operators to evolve infrastructure and services to support new technologies like 5G, cloud computing, and IoT. To develop and deliver new services, collaboration amongst operators, and with other industries, is a must. Can operators come together rather than compete? In this... Read More The po...

Netcracker Technology’s Senior Vice President, Strategy, Ari Banerjee, shares how automation is becoming increasingly important in the telecommunications industry given its tremendous business benefits; however, implementing automation end-to-end can be daunting. Fortunately, it’s not an all-or-nothing proposition. How can organizations ease into automation? In this Executives at the Edge episode,...

Versa Networks’ CEO, Kelly Ajuha, emphasizes the need to protect users, data, and networks as cloud migration increases. 5G with SASE enables users to connect to applications across multiple locations while delivering security from the cloud. Can adopting 5G with SASE streamline enterprise security and improve overall efficiency? In this Executives at the Edge episode,... Read More The post SASE a...

Expereo’s Chief Product Officer, Sander Barens, explains why enterprises need to change the way they work to stay competitive. But migrating from legacy networks to more dynamic and scalable internet WAN connectivity can be complex. Can the right partnerships help deliver a comprehensive connectivity and security solution?  In this Executives at the Edge episode, host... Read More The post In...

Verizon’s Chief Product Officer, Debika Bhattacharya, explains why APIs are critical for information exchange with partners and customers, and how standard service definitions create a broad base for impact while allowing for differentiation. How can standards expand the pie so everyone wins? In this Executives at the Edge episode, host Pascal Menezes explores these topics... Read More The post St...

Lumen’s CTO and MEF Chairman, Andrew Dugan, discusses how enterprises’ changing expectations for on-demand services are driving service providers to automate network and operational processes and deliver a higher level of service to customers. What will it take to automate across carriers and deliver a global service? In this Executives at the Edge episode, host Pascal... Read More The post E...

Orchest Technologies’ COO, Jeremy Villalobos, describes the current state of connectivity services throughout the Latin American market. Can new technologies disrupt traditional processes and lead to more efficient and transparent service delivery? And will it ensure a better customer experience? In this Executives at the Edge episode, host Pascal Menezes explores these topics and more with.....

CyberRatings.org’s Chairman and CEO, Vikram Phatak, discusses the current cybercrime ecosystem and explores the shift to innovative cloud services, which reduces complexity but adds a new level of due diligence for the enterprise. How can organizations ensure cloud services are secure and performing as ordered while protecting the enterprise network? In this Executives at the... Read More The post...

Comcast Business’s Head of Customer Solutions, Bob Victor, relates their impressive journey from extending residential triple play to small businesses, to delivering secure network services to both SMBs and very large enterprises with thousands of distributed locations globally. How have technologies such as SD-WAN and SASE advanced to enable Comcast to take the complexity out... Read More The pos...

Fortinet’s EVP of Products and CMO, John Maddison, delves into the main drivers in the cybersecurity threat landscape today, the complexity they’re creating, and the universal Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solutions enterprises need to solve them. Can SASE create an integrated zero trust architecture across the entire infrastructure in a hybrid world where applications... Read More The post SAS...

ServiceNow’s Vice President, Rohit Batra, explains how purpose-built workflows can create a common platform for better customer engagement and service management. Can organizations work together to meet common challenges and share the value chain within a connected ecosystem?  In this Executives at the Edge episode, host Pascal Menezes explores these topics and more with Rohit... Read More Th...

Bell Canada’s SVP, Jeremy Wubs, relays key lessons learned in building a network-as-a-service offering and the value of great customer experiences.  In this Executives at the Edge episode, host Pascal Menezes explores these topics and more with Jeremy Wubs of Bell Canada: About Our Guest Jeremy Wubs, SVP, Product, Marketing and Professional Services for Bell... Read More The post Network as a...

MEF President, Nan Chen, highlights the evolution from Carrier Ethernet to beyond the wide area network and into the realm of connected cloud computing, and how MEF’s newest standards and LSO automation APIs are paving the way.  In this Executives at the Edge episode, host Pascal Menezes explores these topics and more with Nan Chen... Read More The post In the Industry: The Future is Now appeared...

Neustar’s Senior Vice President, John Denemark, explains how Neustar and MEF LSO APIs are helping wholesale carriers to transform manual processes and proprietary APIs to modernize their legacy systems for buying and selling wholesale connectivity access—and enabling automation through interoperability.  In this Executives at the Edge episode, host Pascal Menezes explores these topics and mor...

Salesforce’s Senior Director of Product Management, Abhi Sur, details how communication service providers (CSPs) can apply a people-centric lens when developing automation strategies and processes, with the end game of delivering great customer experiences. In this Executives at the Edge episode, host Pascal Menezes explores these topics and more with Abhi Sur of Salesforce: About... Read More The...

Cachengo’s CEO, Ash Young, highlights the innovations in data storage with parallel processing that are empowering the deep neural networks required for AI computing and machine learning in the automotive industry and everything else right out on the edge–and how SD-WAN and the Integrated Trust Network are bringing it all together.   In this Executives at... Read More The post AI on the...

Spirent Communications’ CTO, Dave Larson, explores how telecom providers are overcoming the technical debt associated with tightly integrated virtual private networks to leverage the cloud’s virtualized framework.  In this Executives at the Edge podcast episode, host Pascal Menezes explores these topics and more with Dave Larson of Spirent Communications: About Our Guest Dave Larson, Chief......

Industry expert Sunil Khandekar highlights SD-WAN’s central role in the shift from bottom-up to top-down software-defined networking. He discusses how service providers can have their automation cake and secure it too by embracing SASE, SSE, and Zero Trust industry standards. In this Executives at the Edge episode, host Pascal Menezes explores these topics and more... Read More The post The...

Microsoft’s VP of 5G Strategy, Shawn Hakl, discusses how 5G’s inherently cloud-friendly architecture excels opportunities to skyrocket the efficiency and effectiveness of the network with finely tailored network slices—including private 5G networks and hybrid clouds with private mobile edge compute solutions. In this Executives at the Edge episode, host Pascal Menezes explores these topics and......

Sparkle’s SVP, Daniele Mancuso, highlights how a company that built submarine cables has transformed to enable IoT connectivity by bundling LSO Sonata underlays with a highly intelligent overlay that classifies applications within an intelligent WAN—enabling a new business model, new revenue streams, and clear use cases on land and sea. In this Executives at the... Read More The post Integrating t...

Colt Technology Services’ Vice President, Mirko Voltolini, discusses how MEF LSO APIs provide the common language needed for both inter-provider automation within the service provider ecosystem, as well as intra-provider connectivity within the enterprise stack. What does it take to shift the industry to an automation-first approach? In this Executives at the Edge episode, host Pascal.....

Blue Planet’s Vice President, Kailem Anderson, highlights the critical role of intelligent automation in the transition to 5G in multi-vendor, multi-layer, service provider networks as they become more dynamic, and workloads are distributed further out to the edge. With multiple cloud applications from different vendors being utilized across networks, is there such a thing as a... Read More T...

Orange Business’ Vice President, Franck Morales, discusses the intricacies of orchestrating true digital transformation in which human and AI users perform all tasks in the cloud. Businesses need a defined infrastructure strategy that delivers a cloud platform capable of hyperscaling their federated resources. Can today’s service providers be the providers of all? In this Executives at... Rea...

VMware’s Vice President, Craig Connors, discusses the evolution of Secure Service Edge (SSE), on one side and SASE on the other, with SD-WAN as the foundation. As workers stay remote, applications on distributed devices move from centralized locations to the edge, and the world goes cloud native, how do we securely connect users and devices running... Read More The post SASE: Journey or Desti...

Cisco’s Vice President, JL Valente, discusses the challenges IT groups face to support work from anywhere and the greater distribution of applications. Users need to connect to applications and get the best user experience from anywhere they work and from any device. How has networking and particularly SD-WAN evolved to address these requirements and support hybrid,... Read More The pos...