NaaS Platforms and Infrastructure

Overview

This programme helps service providers, technology suppliers, financial institutions and regulators to understand the implications and opportunities in the network-as-a-service (NaaS) market. It examines architectural building block technologies (such as cloud-native and software-defined networks, automation solutions, network APIs) and related market trends, tracks the evolving and complex value chain of NaaS, and assesses service provider and vendor strategies.

Themes

• NaaS infrastructure. Examining the software-defined transformation of automated, programmable IP/transport underlay networks for delivering connectivity services with cloud-like service experiences.
• Multi-cloud networking. Assessing the development of cloud-native overlay networks and value-added services.
• Network exposure. Exploring opportunities for exposing network assets to developers programmatically through APIs.

Questions answered

• NaaS infrastructure. What is the state of the NaaS market? Who are the key service providers and technology suppliers in the NaaS value chain? What is the market opportunity for these players?
• NaaS infrastructure. What is the state and role of software-defined networking (SDN), cloud-native, AI/automation, slicing and network disaggregation technologies to support NaaS? 
• Multi-cloud networking. What are the market trends for application-centric, multi-cloud networking? Who are the service providers and technology suppliers in the value chain? What is the market opportunity for these players?
• Multi-cloud networking. What is the impact of cloud-native transformation of Layer 4–7 services (security, optimisation, network intelligence) on the value chain and NaaS ecosystems?
• Network exposure. What role will the various network APIs have in building NaaS platforms?