Lightwave+BTR to lead MEF GNE analyst roundtable panel
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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About the Author
Sean BuckleySean Buckley
Sean is the Editor-in-Chief of Lightwave. He establishes and executes Lightwave's editorial strategy across its website, email newsletters, events, and other information products. Before coming to Lightwave in July 2023, he served as editor of Broadband Communities. Earlier, he served as senior editor of FierceTelecom and the editor of the former Telecommunications Magazine. He got his start in the optical industry in 1998 when he became the editor of enterprise and optical networks at Information Gatekeepers. He has a BA in English from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and lives in Dracut, Mass, with his wife, two sons, and his cat, Dove.
