Our 2022 predictions highlight reel includes predictions from industry's thought leaders including Kevin Vachon (MEF), Bindu Sundaresan (AT&T Cybersecurity), Sanjay Mewada (Microsoft Azure), Gary Bolton (Fiber Broadband Association), Sally Bament (Juniper Networks), Pascal Menezes (MEF), Prayson Pate (ADVA), Richard Piasentin (Accedian), Andrew Coward (IBM), Timon Sloane (ONF), Jason Hoffman (MobiledgeX), Jonathan Nguyen-Duy (Fortinet), Özer Dondurmacıoğlu (Celona), Stephan Rettenberger (ADVA), Shekar Ayyar (Arrcus), Kate Adam (Juniper Networks), Daniel Bar-Lev (MEF), Noah Drake (Telstra), Tom Sego (BlastWave), Tim Doiron (Infinera), Mattias Fridström (Telia Carrier)
2021 Select Report Collection
Download our 2021 Select Report Collection including the (1) 2021 Telco Infrastructure Report, (2) 2021 Private Mobile Networks Report: Separating Hype from Reality, (3) 2021 Service Assurance Report – A Critical Telco Capability, (4) 2021 Open Ran Report: Unlocking Open RAN — An Infrastructure Viewpoint, and (5) The 2021 SD-WAN and SASE Report Refresh
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2022 Predictions from Industry Thought Leaders
Our 2021 Select Report Collection captures exclusive insights and research findings from service providers, enterprises, and vendors, on hot topics including: Private Mobile Networks, Open RAN, Service Assurance, Telco Infrastructure, and SD-WAN/SASE.
2022 Predictions from Thought Leaders
The following media comprises interviews and other content related to 2022 industry predictions. Views expressed are those of the presenting individuals and companies and may not necessarily represent views of Converge! Network Digest or AvidThink.
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Top 5 Cybersecurity Trends this Year
Bindu Sundaresan, Director at AT&T Cybersecurity
Cloud-driven Economic Disruption for Services
Sanjay Mewada, Worldwide Marketing Leader at Microsoft Azure
Network Sophistication and More Bandwidth
Mattias Fridström, Vice President & Chief Evangelist at Telia Carrier
Next-gen Satellites, Hybrid Work, Emerging Markets Infrastructure
Noah Drake, Vice President of Customer Solutions, Americas at Telstra
More Predictions from Industry Thought Leaders
Metro Networks, Hyperscalers, Open RAN
Sally Bament, VP of Cloud and Service Provider Marketing at Juniper Networks
Private Networks, Security, Boutique Public Clouds
Richard Piasentin, Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Strategy Officer of Accedian
Neutral Host Networks, 4G and 5G Coverage, Microslicing
Özer Dondurmacıoğlu, VP of Marketing at Celona
Technology Accelerators and Fresh Perspectives
Rebecca Weekly, Board Chair at Open Compute Project
Focus on SASE and Application Performance
Dave Ginsburg, VP Product and Solutions Marketing at Aryaka
A New Wave of Virtualization, Stronger 5G, and The Edge
Sylvain Quartier, VP, Marketing and Product Strategy at Ekinops
10x Edge Site Deployments, Hyperscalers, ML and 6G
Jason Hoffman, President and CEO of MobiledgeX
Cyber Attacks, Supply Chains, and Critical Infrastructure
Kate Adam, Senior Director of Security Product Marketing at Juniper Networks
Disaggregation and Reaggregation
Arpit Joshipura, GM/SVP Networking + Edge/IOT at The Linux Foundation
Telco Cloud, Managed Security, Disaggregation
Marc Cohn, Principal Technology Strategist at Spirent
Multi-Cloud Networking, Private 5G, AI-Enabled Edge
Andrew Coward, GM, Software Defined Networking at IBM
Coherent Pluggables, Cloud RAN, Cloud Silicon
Radha Nagarajan, SVP & CTO, Optical & Copper Connectivity at Marvell
Rising Demand HPC + ML, Open Compute, AI + 5G
Alan Chang, Vice President, Technical Operations at Inspur Systems
Critical Infrastructure, Mid-Band 5G, Private Cellular
Todd Krautkremer, Chief Marketing Officer at Cradlepoint
Co-Packaged Prototypes as Photonic Integration Accelerates
Vikas Gupta, Director of Product Management and Marketing at GlobalFoundries
Edge Clouds, Digital Transformation and the Great Resignation
Todd Rychecky, VP of Sales at Opengear
Wi-Fi Upgrades, SASE, Infrastructure Automation
Neil Anderson, Senior Director of Network Solutions at World Wide Technology
Automotive Ethernet, Car-to-Cloud, Custom Silicon
Will Chu, SVP & General Manager, Automotive at Marvell
Energy-Efficient Data Centers, Healthcare, Mobility
Jake Joo, Technical Manager, DuPont Silicon Valley Technology Center
Rising Demand for Predictable Connectivity
Derek Granath, SR Director, Product and Technical Marketing at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
3 Massive Trends that will Reshape Private Networks in 2022
Iyad Tarazi, President, CEO, and Co-Founder of Federated Wireless
AI-Driven Virtual Assistants, Mobility, Remote Work
Bob Friday, VP and CTO, AI-Driven Enterprise Business at Juniper Networks
Cloud Optimized Infrastructure
Nigel Alvares, Vice President of Solutions Marketing at Marvell
Top Trends in Cybersecurity this Year
Jonathan Nguyen-Duy, VP, Global Field CISO at Fortinet
Expedited Fiber Rollouts, Cable Operators Go All-Fiber, 5G Use Cases
Kevin Morgan, Chief Marketing Officer of Clearfield
Automation for Enterprises, SMBs, and Service Providers
Kevin Vachon, Chief Operating Officer of MEF
Cloud Services, DPUs, and Private 5G Predictions
Eddie Ramirez, VP of Marketing, Infrastructure Business at Arm
Private 5G, Open RAN
Thierry Maupilé, Executive VP, Strategy and Product Management at Rakuten Symphony
5G Adoption, Cloud and RAN Ecosystems, Private 5G
Joel Brand, Senior Director, Product Marketing at Marvell
5G Infrastructure, Cloud-Centric, Multi-Cloud, and the Edge
Prayson Pate, CTO, Edge Cloud at ADVA
A shift from Agility to Reliability
Mike Bushong, VP of Data Center Business at Juniper Networks
Edge Computing, Composable, Silicon, and Data Center Sustainability
Cliff Grossner, Vice President, Market Intelligence at Open Compute Project
Once in a Generation Opportunity
Gary Bolton, President and CEO of Fiber Broadband Association
Networking, Digitalization, Edge, Supply Chains, Whiteboxes
Stephan Rettenberger, SVP Maketing and Investor Relations at ADVA
Cyber Defenses, Digital Identities, Digital Ledger Technologies
Daniel Bar-Lev, VP Strategic Programs, Business Development at MEF
AI Assistants, Automation, Network Security
Jeff Aaron, VP of Enterprise Marketing at Juniper Networks
O-RAN, Whiteboxes, Private 5G
Timon Sloane, VP of Marketing and Ecosystems at Open Networking Foundation
Industrialization of the Internet, Service Economy, ML & AI
Khalid Raza, Founder and CEO of Graphiant