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What's the Story? These tech MVPs eat R&D for breakfastWhat's the Story? These tech MVPs eat R&D for breakfast
Light Reading's Phil Harvey, Tereza Krasova and Kelsey Ziser join the podcast to discuss impressive industry MVPs, challenges public and private companies faced in boosting their bottom lines, advances in disaggregated networks and more.
Kelsey Kusterer Ziser
September 18, 2023
Light Reading's Phil Harvey, Tereza Krasova and Kelsey Ziser join the podcast to discuss tech trends they identified while selecting finalists for the Leading Lights Awards. They cover impressive industry MVPs, challenges public and private companies faced in boosting their bottom lines, advances in disaggregated networks, unique approaches to adding network automation, momentum in R&D and more.
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Here are a few topics we covered:
Company of the Year (Private and Public): More progress needed in middle and last mile infrastructure (01:25)
Most Innovative Optical Networking Product: More AI and hyperscaler use cases for optical solutions (07:41)
Most Innovative Routing and Switching Solution: Improvements in disaggregated networks (10:47)
Liquid cooling in optical networking to improve energy efficiency (14:13)
Light Reading MVPs: Impressive company co-founders with numerous patents and R&D backgrounds; community and public policy engagement (16:59 and 27:57)
Outstanding Use Case – Customer Experience: BSS deployments for service providers in new markets, reduction of manual processes, addressing challenging geopolitical situations (19:21)
Outstanding Use Case – IoT: IoT sensors used to automate processes and battery performance emulators (22:39)
Outstanding Use Case – Network and Service Automation: Multi-vendor NaaS platforms and process automation (24:28)
Digital Equity All-Stars: Use of FWA technology and other approaches to lessening the digital divide (31:14)
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