The program allowed Telus to comb through siloed data sources and eliminate more than 30% of unneeded data.

SDxCentral was again on the forefront of covering the player and technologies in 2024, helping enterprise decision-makers navigate this growing complexity.

Customers have been struggling to unpack what impact a consolidated company might have on operations.

That interest included focus on new platform launches and advances that refined underlying SD-WAN architectures in support of growing cybersecurity services.

Verizon is tapping Nvidia to power enterprise services running over the carrier’s 5G private network and mobile edge compute infrastructure.

"We expect that 50% of operating profit going forward will come from Juniper," HPE CFO Marie Myers said.

“Not a lot of specificity coming out of operators in our industry related to actual O-RAN deployments," Verizon's Adam Koeppe said.

“It's moving from I don't want to tell the network exactly what to do, I want to tell it what I want to achieve," Ericsson's Gabriel Foglander said.

ReThink Technology Research predicts 74% of data will be processed outside of traditional data centers by early in the next decade.

The company has signed up more than 400 network-as-a-service customers over the past year, which CEO Kate Johnson noted was “a good start for sure.”

AvidThink's Roy Chua explained that while “certification can be helpful,” the current process should not be viewed as an absolute.

Broadcom also launched a pair of high-end VeloCloud SD-WAN edge devices that are targeted at high-scale and artificial intelligence needs.

Analysts predict the private 5G market could finally be gaining its legs.

Timing of that API-fueled edge revolution remains in question.

Why network-as-a-service providers are better positioned to meet enterprise cloudification needs when transitioning from on-premises to cloud-based networking.

Analysys Mason's Gorkem Yigit noted that while the multicloud networking market “is expanding, it has lost some of the initial momentum.”

The Stade Vélodrome in France has become the arena for the telco's latest innovations

Gartner noted that the top seven SD-WAN vendors accounted for two-thirds of the market.

Gartner’s latest SD-WAN ranking also included Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Versa Networks, and Palo Alto Networks in the “leaders” quadrant.

A strategic secure access service edge approach goes beyond security and network convergence. It unlocks a transformative power for the entire business.

A GSMA Intelligence report found 24% of operators view hyperscalers as formidable competitors in edge networking and cloud

“It's going to enable businesses that have a need for a private network, but only on a temporary basis," T-Mobile US' Mishka Dehghan said.

As valuable as zero-trust network access can be on its own, it’s even more powerful when it’s managed as part of a larger secure access service edge.

Edge deployments at the tower company continue to gather pace