In a constantly-changing market, network providers must master even greater agility than previously thought possible. Critical to building a self-optimizing network is the ability to intelligently automate services across multiple domains and network layers. This is at the heart of what Ciena delivers as they partner with clients to realize to realize the Adaptive Network. Is your network ready to adapt?
Join Kailem Anderson, Ciena’s Vice President of Product Management for Software and Services, as he sits down with Sterling Perrin, Principal Analyst at Heavy Reading. In this important conversation, Kailem shares the roadmap toward a network that is self-healing and self-optimizing.
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Autonomous networking appears to be all the rage. A recent Google search for the term ‘network automation’ delivered 314,000,000 results. Networking vendors have spent the last year touting their automation visions, and service providers have spent their time creating and delivering automated processes. Everyone seems to be all in. But, I would like to ask – in our haste to replace, are we creating “automation islands”?
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Artificial intelligence (AI) and the elements that make up the cloud are converging to enable the next level of smart technology, which will allow networks to run with minimal to no human intervention. With AI, future networks will be more predictive and intelligent, programmed to automatically make recommendations, implement policies and respond to changes instantly. Tune into this podcast to hear from Ciena’s Kailem Anderson as he discusses how AI makes it possible for an autonomous network to configure, monitor and maintain itself independently.
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