Flexible networking for edge to the cloud offered as a service

Faster, efficient connectivity matters from edge to cloud! Network-as-a-service is a cloud-like consumption model offering the ability to deploy infrastructure with flexible charge options verses traditional fixed pricing. Edge to cloud infrastructure when offered as a service, high-performance networking is emerging as the basic building block.

Faisal Hanif
1 min readMar 22, 2022

We have started to see industry wide adoption for the flexible consumption-based business models instead of traditional fixed pricing. This as-a-service approach offers users more efficient and flexible product delivery, lifecycle, and payment options. According to IDC by 2025, 60% of midsized-to-large enterprises will adopt networking as a service (NaaS) to enable operational agility, service customization, and flexible consumption models that support complex network and multi-cloud environments.

Figure 1: Consumption-based as-a-service models allow for more efficient, flexible product delivery, lifecycle, and payment options

Consumption based as-a-service offerings launch you on a journey to take advantage of flexible charge models, billing options with recurrence period, plus access to multiple infrastructure services and product lifecycle. As-a-service models can be offered for a combination of hardware, software, and orchestration systems allowing maximum flexibility through a complete offering.

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Faisal Hanif

Product guy leading Product Management and GTM for next generation products/solutions for Data Center connectivity, orchestration & as-a-Service offerings