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What to expect from NaaS in 2025

Network World

NaaS vendors should focus on automation, platform openness, and the development of a broad ecosystem that makes it easier for enterprises to deploy NaaS across LAN, campus, and WAN environments, Hayden recommends. NaaS vendors, led by several innovative startups, are addressing those issues, which points to adoption picking up steam in 2025.

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SASE 2025: Impact grows despite adoption hurdles

Network World

Secure access service edge technologies will garner a lot of attention in 2025, according to a recent survey, but despite the many benefits SASE promises, network and security leaders face an equal number of challenges in successfully implementing the technology.

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Ericsson unveils genAI assistant for 5G network operations

Network World

ANA provides wireless network administrators with additional security by hosting all AI components within Ericssons environment and avoiding API calls to third-party consumer genAI applications. Configuration assistance: Accelerates Day 1 deployments with step-by-step guidance for WAN edge device configuration based on best practices.

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MEF has a vision for NaaS: Easy provisioning and integrated security across a federated network of providers

Network World

At this week’s MEF Global NaaS Event held in Dallas, Texas, the organization released its 2025 NaaS Blueprint while highlighting significant momentum in API adoption and security certifications, marking major steps toward achieving its vision. Application assurance : Incorporating SD-WAN overlays and network slicing capabilities.

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Alkira expands NaaS platform with ZTNA capabilities

Network World

Its “backbone as a service” gives customers the ability to connect branch locations, cloud workloads and applications through Alkira’s fabric. The company was founded in 2018 by former Cisco employees who had previously founded SD-WAN vendor Viptella. NaaS buyer’s guide: Who is selling network as a service and what do you get?

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Cisco launches intelligent Wi-Fi 7 access points

Network World

The Cisco Wireless 9178 Series supports Software-Defined Access (SD-Access), which lets customers automate network configuration and management based on user identity, device type, and application needs. Wi-Fi 7 set to rise Wi-Fi 6E adoption is still growing, but industry watchers predict Wi-Fi 7 will eclipse previous generations in 2025.

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Wi-Fi 7 brings enterprise-caliber predictability to wireless networks, says Cisco CTO

Network World

Now it’s exciting to see Wi-Fi 7’s “deterministic” features come to fruition, because that means Wi-Fi can be used for next-generation networking requirements, including distributed data centers, SD-WAN and more, said Matt MacPherson, wireless CTO at Cisco. “One

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