The emergence of modern technologies such as 5G, cloud-based services, and application use cases present new possibilities and business growth opportunities for service providers. The April 2022 Heavy Reading global survey of 76 service providers shows that most are shifting away from the traditional metro, and are at some stage of metro network modernization, driven by both business and application drivers.

AI-ops-driven automation, future-proof network systems, transport (100GE, 400GE), service assurance, and network security, are service providers' topmost metro requirements to build a future metro infrastructure and deliver differentiated user experiences. It is time to rethink current metro design beyond connectivity.

Join this webinar to learn: How current metro fails to thrive in the prevailing digitalization era Why service providers should consider moving to Cloud Metro How Juniper Cloud Metro sets service providers

Sterling Perrin, Senior Principal Analyst, Heavy Reading

August 2, 2022

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Enable sustainable business growth with Cloud Metro

Date: Aug 30, 2022

Duration: 1 Hr

About the Author(s)

Sterling Perrin

Senior Principal Analyst, Heavy Reading

Sterling has more than 20 years of experience in telecommunications as an industry analyst and journalist. His coverage area at Heavy Reading is optical networking, including packet-optical transport and 5G transport.

Sterling joined Heavy Reading after five years at IDC, where he served as lead optical networks analyst, responsible for the firm’s optical networking subscription research and custom consulting activities. In addition to chairing and moderating many Light Reading events, Sterling is a NGON & DCI World Advisory Board member and past member of OFC’s N5 Market Watch Committee. Sterling is a highly sought-after source among the business and trade press.

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