MSX

March 7, 2019

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Helping Service Providers Keep Up with the Pace of Innovation

Disruptive innovation was top of mind at Mobile World Congress last week. Service providers are constantly exploring new ways to bring compelling service offers to their customers quickly. One of the challenges, however, is that many of these new services exist in their own technology and operationa…

November 26, 2018

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Going Beyond the WAN – a Bridge to SD-WAN

The modern workforce is highly distributed – more users, devices, locations. Applications are more decentralized across multiple clouds and data centers.  The security perimeter has greatly expanded; more difficult to protect. A large business opportunity awaits the service provider – how will you g…

SD-WAN – Hitting its Stride with Managed Services

June 11-14 2018 saw another hugely successful Cisco Live US event in Orlando FL.  If you missed it, you can access most of the sessions through the on-demand library. During and around Cisco Live US, there was a lot of activity and several exciting announcements one of which I wrote about then ̵…

Finally! An Open Intent-Based Networking Platform Managed Service Providers Can Embrace

Today marks another milestone in the journey to Intent-based Networking. Today is good news for Managed Service Providers! First though, some data points regarding the current state of managed network services. There are fewer than 25% of US businesses using managed LAN/WLAN services from providers.…