04 Dec Video: Reality Check for SD-WAN Services Market
Erin Dunne, Director of Research Services, Vertical Systems Group, provides a reality check on the SD-WAN services market for Converge Digest at the MEF19 conference....
21 Nov Video: Standards & Managed Approach to SD-WAN
Erin Dunne, director of Research Services, Vertical Systems Group, expects the SD-WAN market to benefit from the SD-WAN standards efforts initiated by MEF since their Carrier Ethernet standards have also been successful. Dunne also explains why enterprises are interested in utilizing managed SD-WAN services to...
16 Nov Video: SD-WAN and Zero-Touch
Zero-touch provisioning and plug-and-play are still buzzwords where SD-WAN is concerned, but not reality, says Erin Dunne, director of research services for Vertical Systems Group in a Light Reading video with Carol Wilson shot at MEF18. Getting there today requires weeks or months of network...
31 Oct Video: MEF18 Keynote Panel – Automated, Virtualized & Interconnected Networks Powered by LSO, SDN & NFV
Moderator: Rosemary Cochran, Principal & Co-Founder, Vertical Systems Group Andrew Dugan, CTO, CenturyLink Kevin Sheehan, CTO of the Americas, Ciena Daniele Mancuso, EVP ICT Engineering, Sparkle Key questions: How are SDN and NFV powering the cloudification of service networks? How scalable are today's SD-WAN services?...
29 May Drivers for Service Innovation, SD-WAN and MEF 3.0
Panel discussion moderated by Rosemary Cochran, with Shawn Hakl, Verizon’s Senior Vice President, Business Products and an MEF Director; Josh Goodell, Vice President, Intelligent Edge at AT&T; and Gunnar Peters, Sr. Director of Emerging Network Products at Spectrum Enterprise....
03 Dec Video: MEF 3.0 Looking to Expand the Community
Will MEF 3.0 help to expand the community beyond the Tier 1 Service Providers who have been the biggest backers of MEF to date? Erin Dunne, Director of Research Service, Vertical Systems Group, comments on how the provisioning of automated, agile services presumes a deep ecosystem...
14 Nov Video: MEF17 – Service Innovation Panel: AT&T, Verizon, Spectrum Enterprise
Experts explore what is driving service innovation and where the market is headed. What are the hot service innovations, how will they impact customers, how are service providers taking advantage of new technologies to be more efficient and responsive to customer needs, what will be the...
26 Jan Video: The Evolution to Third Network Services
TelecomTV video featuring: Rosemary Cochran, Principal, & Erin Dunne, Director of Research Services, Vertical Systems Group ...
29 Nov MEF16 Takeaways: Energy + Urgency + Collaboration
Takeaways from MEF16 can be summed up with three words - energy, urgency and collaboration. High energy was palpable throughout the four-day event, generated by attendees who represented more than 250 organizations from 30+ countries. ...
13 Jun Research Results: MEF-CECP Effectiveness Benchmark Study
Topline and detailed research results from the MEF-CECP Effectiveness Benchmark Study. Listen to MEF Webinar replay Business Benefits of Becoming a MEF Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional to hear about the MEF-CECP program and benchmark study findings, plus the certification benefits experienced by Level 3 and...