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Executives at the Edge
Join Mplify Alliance CTO Pascal Menezes as he explores thought-provoking perspectives from the leaders and changemakers propelling AI-powered digital transformation. Each episode delves into leading-edge business insights from top network, cloud, technology, industry analysts and other top executives—leaving you with key takeaways to help grow your revenue and bring services and solutions to market faster.
Episodes
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Telecom Carrier Insights: Deciphering Network Evolution
Vertical Systems Group Principal and Co-Founder, Rosemary Cochran, explores how telecom carrier landscapes are adapting to evolving enterprise network trends…
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Telecom Operating Models: Envisioning a Zero-Touch System
Enxoo’s Head of Marketing, Maciek Simm, considers the challenges telecom providers face in digitally transforming their operations to enable truly…
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Driving NaaS Adoption: IT Professionals Prepare
AvidThink’s Founder and Principal, Roy Chua, relates how, as enterprises shift to NaaS for network flexibility and lower costs, IT staff need new skills like…
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Software-Defined Edge: Unraveling Complex Distributed Environments
VMware by Broadcom’s VP & General Manager for SD-WAN and SASE, Abe Ankumah, shares why managing security, performance, and complexity at the edge is crucial as…
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Supply Chain Automation: Building the Global Business Internet
Connectbase Founder & CEO, Ben Edmond, discusses how fragmented supply chains and business systems force enterprises to stitch together global networks through…
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Zero Trust: Closing the Cybersecurity Gap
Darwinium CEO and Co-founder, Alisdair Faulkner, discusses vulnerabilities of siloed security functions. Unifying fraud prevention and cybersecurity at the…
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OuterNET Unveiled: Networks in Orbit
Rivada Networks’ CEO and Executive Chairman, Declan Ganley, considers the increasing convergence of terrestrial and satellite networks, and discusses the…
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Satellite Tech: Beyond Earth’s Business Horizons
Kratos’ SVP of Product Management, Greg Quiggle, explores the transformative impact of satellites on global connectivity. Increased bandwidth and reduced costs…
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The Rise of Campus NaaS: Revolutionizing Connectivity
Nile’s Co-founder and CPO, Suresh Katukam, shares how campus Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) and AI integration can address Wi-Fi challenges and security concerns…
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Unifying NaaS: Shifting the Network Infrastructure Paradigm
Singtel’s Senior Director, Zulkifli Ahmad, discusses “Unified NaaS” (Network-as-a-Service), an integrated networking approach that consolidates…
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AI, Blockchain, and DOAs: Private Data, Public Trust
DCConnect’s CCO, Charmond Tsang, and Principal Architect, Paul Parker, discuss how blockchain-based Decentralized Autonomous Organizations can transform…
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Transforming Telecom: New Technologies and Global Regulations
China Telecom Americas’ VP, Luis Fiallo, discusses the telecom industry’s response to changing connectivity demands, global regulations, and…
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SASE: On the Edge of Securing the Digital Future
Dell’Oro Group’s Senior Research Director, Mauricio Sanchez, explores the paradigm-shifting world of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and its impact on…
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Navigating NaaS: Beyond the Hype
Vertical Systems Group’s Director of Research, Erin Dunne, explores Network-as-a-Service (NaaS), its evolution from data centers to cloud, and the challenges…
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The Shift to NaaS: Where Connectivity and Security Converge
AvidThink’s founder and principal, Roy Chua, discusses enterprise challenges in wide area connectivity and security. To simplify operations, many turn to…
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Network-as-a-Service: The Utility of Networking
Frost & Sullivan’s Senior Industry Director, Steve Thomas, explores the rise of NaaS adoption, driven by its OpEx model, dynamic scalability, and alignment…
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Service Orchestration: Automating Good Intentions
Inmanta’s Co-founder and CTO, Bart Vanbrabant, explains the importance of intent-driven service orchestration in the telecommunications industry and the…
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Blockchain: Unchaining the Blocks to Accurate Billing and Ordering
Sage Management’s CEO, Tiffany Brown, explains blockchain’s impact on telecom and why it is essential to address outdated billing and ordering systems prone to…
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Edge Compute: Defining the Edge of Digital Transformation
Zayo’s CTO, Frank Cittadino, explains that as security, mobility, and hybrid workforce environments become increasingly important for companies, so does…
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Network-as-a-Service: The Enterprise Cloud Revolution
Console Connect’s CTO, Paul Gampe, explains why Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) is poised to play a major role in the future of enterprise networking. What will it…
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Automation and Standard APIs: The Key to Network Transformation
Amartus’ Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Michael Kearns, discusses how multinationals and large enterprises increasingly want to connect to multiple…
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Toward NaaS: A New Model for Global Operators
TIM’s Chief Network, Operations, and Wholesale Officer, Elisabetta Romano, explains the need for telecom operators to evolve infrastructure and services to…
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Business-Driven Automation: Don’t Boil the Ocean
Netcracker Technology’s Senior Vice President, Strategy, Ari Banerjee, shares how automation is becoming increasingly important in the telecommunications…
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SASE and 5G: Delivering Cloud-based Security and Connectivity
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…
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Internet-based Networks: Going the Extra Mile
Expereo’s Chief Product Officer, Sander Barens, explains why enterprises need to change the way they work to stay competitive. But migrating from legacy…
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Standards-based LSO APIs: Expanding the Industry Pie
Verizon’s Chief Product Officer, Debika Bhattacharya, explains why APIs are critical for information exchange with partners and customers, and how standard…
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End-to-End Automation: Differentiating Digital Experience
Lumen’s CTO and MEF Chairman, Andrew Dugan, discusses how enterprises’ changing expectations for on-demand services are driving service providers to automate…
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Disruptive Technologies in the LATAM Market: The Rising Tide
Orchest Technologies’ COO, Jeremy Villalobos, describes the current state of connectivity services throughout the Latin American market. Can new technologies…
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Ransomware-as-a-Service: Securing the Enterprise
CyberRatings.org’s Chairman and CEO, Vikram Phatak, discusses the current cybercrime ecosystem and explores the shift to innovative cloud services, which…
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Secure Networking: Turbocharging Global Strategy
Comcast Business’s Head of Customer Solutions, Bob Victor, relates their impressive journey from extending residential triple play to small businesses, to…
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SASE Convergence: Civilizing the Wild West of Cybersecurity
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…
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Experience-Led Transformation: How We Meet Customer Demands
ServiceNow’s Vice President, Rohit Batra, explains how purpose-built workflows can create a common platform for better customer engagement and service…
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Network as a Service: Putting the Customer in the Driver’s Seat
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. Subscribe…
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In the Industry: The Future is Now
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…
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Automating Inter-Carrier Ordering: A Transformational Effort
Neustar’s Senior Vice President, John Denemark, explains how Neustar and MEF LSO APIs are helping wholesale carriers to transform manual processes and…
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People-Centric Automation: Integrating the Service Provider Ecosystem
Salesforce’s Senior Director of Product Management, Abhi Sur, details how communication service providers (CSPs) can apply a people-centric lens when…
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AI on the Edge: Data Served from Bento Boxes
Cachengo’s CEO, Ash Young, highlights the innovations in data storage with parallel processing that are empowering the deep neural networks required for AI…
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Telco Clouds: Putting Virtual Networks to the Test
Spirent Communications’ CTO, Dave Larson, explores how telecom providers are overcoming the technical debt associated with tightly integrated virtual private…
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The SD-WAN Cake: Cutting Through the Underlay
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…
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5G and Network Slicing: Hybrid Clouds with Silver Linings
Microsoft’s VP of 5G Strategy, Shawn Hakl, discusses how 5G’s inherently cloud-friendly architecture excels opportunities to skyrocket the efficiency and…
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Integrating the IoT: Beyond the Yellow Submarine
Sparkle’s SVP, Daniele Mancuso, highlights how a company that built submarine cables has transformed to enable IoT connectivity by bundling LSO Sonata…
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Disruptive Innovation and LSO APIs: Shifting the Mindset
Colt Technology Services’ Vice President, Mirko Voltolini, discusses how MEF LSO APIs provide the common language needed for both inter-provider…
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5G and Intelligent Automation: The Truth Is Out There
Blue Planet’s Vice President, Kailem Anderson, highlights the critical role of intelligent automation in the transition to 5G in multi-vendor, multi-layer…
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Digital Transformation: What Does It Take?
Orange Business’ Vice President, Franck Morales, discusses the intricacies of orchestrating true digital transformation in which human and AI users perform all…
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SASE: Journey or Destination?
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…
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Transforming the WAN: Bringing Applications to the Users
Cisco’s Vice President, JL Valente, discusses the challenges IT groups face to support work from anywhere and the greater distribution of applications…
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Trailer: Executives at the Edge
Join host and Mplify CTO, Pascal Menezes, as he explores thought-provoking perspectives from the leaders and changemakers who are propelling enterprise digital…