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Video: MEF18 Keynote Panel - Automated, Virtualized & Interconnected Networks Powered by LSO, SDN & NFV

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:
  1. How are SDN and NFV powering the cloudification of service networks?
  2. How scalable are today's SD-WAN services? What is your outlook for managed SD-WAN ...
STATFlash July 2018 - MPLS and IP VPN Market Share

STATFlash July 2018 – MPLS and IP VPN Market Share

In this STATFlash: 
  • Dedicated IP VPN Market Share Results
  • New Dedicated IP VPN and MPLS Research
  • Upcoming SD-WAN Research
  • Live Events: MEF18 Global Event
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NEWSFlash May 2018

NEWSFlash May 2018

In this NEWSFlash: 
  • Fiber Lit Buildings LEADERBOARDs: Year-End 2017 U.S. recap
  • Vertical BLOG: Drivers for Service Innovation, SD-WAN and MEF 3.0
  • Guest Blog from USTelecom: Business Fiber Deployment Accelerates with New Competition and Investment-Friendly Policies
  • Live Events: MEF18 Global Event
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Drivers for Service Innovation, SD-WAN and MEF 3.0

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 ...
STATFlash: U.S. Business Fiber Availability Reaches 54.8%

STATFlash: U.S. Business Fiber Availability Reaches 54.8%

U.S. Business Fiber Availability Reaches 54.8% in 2017. Fiber Gap drops below fifty percent for the first time as more buildings lit with fiber in 2017 than in any prior year ...
Esteemed Panelists to Discuss Cybersecurity on TEX NYC 2018 Roundtable

Esteemed Panelists to Discuss Cybersecurity on TEX NYC 2018 Roundtable

It’s a new year, which means a new Telecom Exchange (TEX) NYC!  Telecom Exchange, presented by JSA, the premier provider of PR, Marketing and Event Planning services to the tech and telecom industries, is an invite-only, C-level networking event that provides unparalleled collaboration, education and one-on-one engagement with the industry’s top thought leaders. As we head ...
Software Defined Everything: Moving from Simple Virtualization to Business-Critical Services

Software Defined Everything: Moving from Simple Virtualization to Business-Critical Services

Posted by Erin Dunne, Director of Research Services, Vertical Systems Group Virtualization and software-defined networks should be a means to an end — not an end to itself. The goal of a data center, after all, is to deliver services (such as applications and microservices) to end users or to drive business processes. It doesn’t ...
STATFlash: Worldwide Ethernet Services: 4.2+ Million Ports by 2021

STATFlash: Worldwide Ethernet Services: 4.2+ Million Ports by 2021

The Carrier Ethernet market has sustained the longest double-digit growth of any wireline service – ever. Driven by digital transformation, customers throughout the world are deploying Ethernet services to support ...
QuickStat: Dedicated IP VPN U.S. projections through 2021

QuickStat: Dedicated IP VPN U.S. projections through 2021

Dedicated IP VPN U.S. projections through 2021. Updated revenue, sites and pricing by speed for MPLS-Based and Site-to-Site IP VPNs ...
Video: MEF 3.0 Looking to Expand the Community

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 and common standards ...