- Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nokia tackles energy management with SaaS; Telia workers get trained up in the cloud; Tesco Mobile takes the pistachio.
- Verizon will deploy a Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) solution across Bertelsmann's operations in the Americas as well as subsidiaries across the APAC and EMEA regions. #pressrelease
- CTO Pascal Menezes says the new advisory board will give technology supplier members more of a voice in MEF's strategic vision around cybersecurity, business automation, SD-WAN, underlay connectivity and edge computing.
- This is a considerably large SD-WAN deployment for an enterprise with 370,000 employees. Orange's John Isch usually sees an SD-WAN deployment of this size in retail locations.
- Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: A1 has a decent first quarter, faces possible trouble in Belarus; Airties bought by private equity firm; Orange Business Services completes Siemens' SD-WAN.
- The MEF's work on a universal SD-WAN edge standard is good for equipment vendors and service providers. But does it go far enough?
- Edge computing use cases, an increased use of machine learning and artificial intelligence, and growth in IoT are also increasing demand for SD-WAN services, said Omdia.
- Versa to enable S-NET's multi-location clients to simplify branch security services deployment, standardize network operations and reduce IT expenditure. #pressrelease
- Also in today's SASE roundup: Palo Alto expands availability of its Okyo Garde Enterprise Edition router to the US and Canada.
- Juniper's M&A strategy is helping it build a managed services arsenal that adds more value to service provider connectivity in the enterprise market.
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