Ribbon
Executive perspectives from Ribbon across NextGenInfra's event and research showcases.
7 video interviews · 2023–2026
AI-Driven Network Automation: The Future of IP and Optical Solutions
- Ribbon applies automation and AI to move beyond traditional networking and optimize user experience
- Advances in IP and optical networking are enabled by domain-level automation platforms
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David Stokes, Head of IP Solutions & Portfolio Marketing at Ribbon, discusses how the industry is evolving beyond traditional networking by incorporating automation and AI to optimize user experience. He showcases advances in IP and optical networking capabilities enabled by domain-level automation platforms.
AI Automation for Real-Time, Multi-Vendor Networks
- Ribbon centers on cloud-native technology and AI-driven automation via a three-layered architecture for carriers and enterprises.
- The platform delivers deployment automation, cloud monitoring, and security management.
- Ribbon maintains a vendor-neutral strategy across its automation stack.
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Ram Ramanathan, VP Product Management at Ribbon, outlines the company's focus on cloud-native technology and AI-driven automation through a three-layered architecture approach for carriers and enterprises. He describes how Ribbon provides deployment automation, cloud monitoring, and security management while maintaining a vendor-neutral strategy.
AI Automation for Real-Time, Multi-Vendor Networks
- Ribbon moves beyond siloed automation toward outcome-driven architecture tied to specific network problems.
- The company is investing in agentic AI development.
- Enhanced network data analysis is a key pillar of Ribbon's practical AI strategy.
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Ram Ramanathan, VP Product Management at Ribbon, discusses the company's practical AI implementation strategy that moves beyond traditional siloed automation toward outcome-driven architecture addressing specific network problems. He outlines Ribbon's investments on agentic AI development and enhanced network data analysis.
Network Automation: The Key to IP & Optical Network Convergence
- Ribbon points to growing adoption of pluggable optics in routers.
- Network automation is key to IP and optical network convergence.
- The industry is moving toward a unified network resource model to support advanced services and AI deployments.
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David Stokes, Head of IP Solutions & Portfolio Marketing at Ribbon, discusses key takeaways, including the adoption of pluggable optics in routers and the importance of network automation for IP and optical network convergence. He explains how the industry is moving toward a unified network resource model to support advanced services and AI deployments.
What Network Operators Really Want
- Ribbon's David Stokes emphasizes the event's focus on real operators' needs.
- He notes the shift from CLI to automation and the importance of cloud-native, AI, ML, and big data analytics.
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David Stokes, Head of IP Solutions & Portfolio Marketing at Ribbon, emphasizes the event's focus on real operators' needs. He also touches on the shift from CLI to automation, the importance of cloud-native, and AI, ML, and big data analytics in networking.
DDoS, Cloud-Phone Wars & AI Ops Surge
- Ribbon's Ram Ramanathan forecasts a surge in sophisticated DDoS attacks in 2024.
- He expects intensified Microsoft-Cisco competition for cloud phone seats and more AI Ops in service provider core networks.
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Ram Ramanathan, Senior Director of Product Management at Ribbon, forecasts a surge in sophisticated DDoS attacks, heightened competition between Microsoft and Cisco for cloud-based phone seats, and increased adoption of AI Ops in the core networks of communication service providers.
What's next for IP infrastructure in 2023?
- Ribbon's David Stokes weighs whether network disaggregation is here to stay.
- He asks whether network automation has passed a tipping point.
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Is network disaggregation really here to stay? Has network automation passed a tipping point? Ribbon's David Stokes makes predictions for IP infrastructure in 2023.