Transport network spending is increasing and vendors must adapt to the changing market

Network convergence, xHaul and subsea/longhaul network investment are key emerging growth areas in the transport network market, and it will be...

Broadcom should not miss the opportunity to shape the future of multi-cloud networking with VMware

Broadcom entered into an agreement on 26 May 2022 to acquire VMware for USD61 billion. In this article, we analyse the potential value and synergies...

Cloud networking promises to resolve multi-cloud connectivity issues but will disrupt the industry

Digital transformation is driving enterprises to use high numbers of distributed private and public clouds. Enterprises must navigate an increasingly...

Data center network automation for CSPs: key trends, challenges and requirements for the cloud-native networking era

Data center automation is becoming a strategic imperative for all communication service providers (CSPs) as a result of the increasing roll-out of 5G...

SDN in the age of multi-cloud connectivity: the case for a converged programmable network

The market need for app-to-app connectivity across multiple public, private and edge clouds will disrupt vendors of networking and security products...

Making the case for the true costs, benefits and risks of disaggregation in CSP IP networks

In this perspective, we discuss the key findings of Analysys Mason’s total cost of ownership (TCO) study that analyzes the capex and opex...

CSP IP network disaggregation: understanding the vendor landscape

This report analyses the propositions of selected hardware and software vendors that play a role in the telecoms network disaggregation value chain....

Network disaggregation: reshaping CSPs’ IP networks for 5G, cloud and edge

Network disaggregation provides the foundation for open, cloud-based operations in CSPs' IP networks, which traditionally have vendor-proprietary,...