Driving NaaS Adoption: IT Professionals Prepare

AvidThink’s Founder and Principal, Roy Chua, relates how, as enterprises shift to NaaS for network flexibility and lower costs, IT staff need new skills like automation and security for managing evolving network responsibilities. Service providers are adapting with multi-tenancy, automation, and partnerships. Can NaaS simplify IT while offering flexibility and cost savings for businesses?

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In this Executives at the Edge episode, host Pascal Menezes explores these topics and more with Roy Chua of AvidThink:

Why is NaaS critical in the IT landscape and what factors are driving its rising significance?
How do reskilling and upskilling initiatives support IT professionals in navigating the transition to NaaS?
How are network carriers rearchitecting their infrastructure and business models to deliver robust NaaS offerings?
How do education and certifications help to evaluate NaaS providers and mitigate risks?

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Also read the MEF Edge VIEW blog post spotlighting Roy, Insights from Executives at the Edge: NaaS—The Future of Enterprise Connectivity.
See MEF’s vision for Network-as-a-Service and get the NaaS Industry Blueprint.
Learn about MEF 3.0 certifications for services, technologies, and APIs.

About Our Guest

Roy Chua, Founder and Principal, AvidThink

Roy Chua is a principal at AvidThink, an independent research and advisory service focused on infrastructure technologies. Roy is a frequent speaker at telecom and cloud conferences, and AvidThink has been quoted by and featured in major publications including the WSJ, Fierce Telecom, Fierce Wireless, The New Stack, and Light Reading. Roy was also a co-founder at SDxCentral, a technology publication.

He previously worked as a management consultant for Fortune 500 and startup companies, specializing in go-to-market and product strategy. Roy is a graduate of UC Berkeley’s electrical engineering and computer science program and MIT’s Sloan School of Business. With over 20 years of experience in telecom and enterprise computing, networking, and security, he has also founded several Silicon Valley startups.

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