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Explore the global business of connectivity with TeleGeography’s Greg Bryan.
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Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
James “Jim” Capuano has logged over 30 years in the telecommunications industry. And he's the CEO of Horizon, a service provider with more than 125 years of telecommunications experience.
We recently asked Jim to share some of his knowledge on TeleGeography Explains the Internet. In this episode, we view middle mile problems and solutions from a provider perspective and discuss how the middle mile is developing in the current WAN environment.
Then we turn our focus to the digital divide. Why do we need to bridge it—and how?
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Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
Last year, MEF CTO Pascal Menezes walked us through the work MEF is doing on standardizing the enterprise network.
Nearly a year and a half later, Pascal is back on the pod to discuss what MEF has been doing since then.
Our first topic: Lifecycle Service Orchestration. What is it, how has it progressed, and what does it do for the carrier community?
We also get into enterprise automation, operational APIs, new SASE and ZT standards, and more.
This episode of TeleGeography Explains the Internet ties in perfectly with last week's, where Orchest's Jeremy Villalobos—who I actually met at a MEF event—helped us tackle why automation is so important from a carrier perspective.
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Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
This week, with the help of Jeremy Villalobos, COO of Orchest (formerly known as GoldConnect), TeleGeography Explains the Internet tackles automation from a carrier perspective.
What is it? How is it being used in telecom? And why is it crucial that carriers move toward automation?
Of course, we had to tie in the impact on the enterprise WAN, as well as the future of automation—including practical uses for blockchain telecom.
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Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
This week, we're talking about NaaS.
We've covered NaaS in various contexts on TeleGeography Explains the Internet, but this episode focuses on fabric providers and where they're headed.
For that, we're so glad to have on our outspoken and knowledgeable friend Michael Wynston, Director of Network Security Architecture & Automation at Fiserv.
Michael has now been on TeleGeography's podcast not once, not twice, but three times—and it's safe to say that he really knows his stuff.
What are fabric providers doing and how do they fit into the context of the traditional WAN? Alongside your typical MPLS-Internet hybrid network? As a replacement for some of that WAN? Listen to our conversation to find out.
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Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
If you want to review the state of the corporate WAN—in light of digital transformation, the cloud, SD-WAN adoption, and MPLS utilization—there's no one better to talk to than Phil Gervasi, Director of Technical Evangelism at Kentik.
Lucky for us, he was this week's guest on TeleGeography Explains the Internet.
We covered the state of lift-and-shift into the cloud, the perseverance of MPLS, real use cases of SD-WAN, and, of course, lots on how network changes have impacted the visualization of network performance and security. (And how that needs to evolve.)
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Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Let's do it. Let's talk satellites!
And we have the perfect person to help us out. We're thrilled to welcome Dr. Peter Wood—TeleGeography analyst and resident satellite guy—to the pod.
We discuss how—while wires still reign supreme—satellite is having a bit of a resurgence. And maybe even the potential to disrupt the wireline market? Listen to our conversation to find out.
It was also a great opportunity to get Alan Mauldin on the line to talk more about his latest blog post, which is all too relevant to our satellite chat.
From This Episode:
- Cutting off Europe? A Look at How the Continent Connects to the World
- How LEO Satellite Connectivity Might Change Enterprise Networks
- How Will Broadband Prices Fare Against a Satellite Boom?
- The International Satellite Broadband Battle Intensifies
- Will New Satellites End the Dominance of Submarine Cables?
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
Our guest today is Waheed Adam, Global Board Director of the Mobile Ecosystem Forum and Executive Chairperson at iTouch Messaging Service.
He was a fantastic guest who brought a wealth of knowledge—and some really excellent stories—about mobile adoption as infrastructure in Africa. Senior Research Manager Patrick Christian joined in to discuss mobile-first economies, the role of hyperscalers/data centers in Africa, and the future of African telecoms.
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Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
When we reached out to today's podcast guest—Jim Poole, Vice President of Business Development at Equinix—about being on the show, we asked if he'd be willing to dig into NaaS or edge data centers.
But as we got to talking before our interview, we realized that these two topics are deeply interrelated. And Jim has lots of insight to share about where the market is headed.
We waded through how Equinix is approaching NaaS from a solutions standpoint and what it means to truly be an edge data center.
Join us for a conversation about NaaS, Equinix’s role in that market as a data center provider, how traditional telcos are positioned to provide NaaS, how Equinix is developing edge services in conjunction with emerging networking solutions, and much more.
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
To kick off Season 4, we're going deep into the supply chain as Greg welcomes Dr. Michael Lebby, CEO of Lightwave Logic.
The pair get into making a better mousetrap for the light-switching world. Listen up if you're into the technology that makes optical transport possible—and specifically how this technology fits into the telecom transport ecosystem.
Fasten your seatbelts. This episode has new tech talk, optical transport pricing intel, a big Shannon Limit shout-out, and lots more.
Friday Sep 23, 2022
Friday Sep 23, 2022
Get ready. There's a new season of the WAN Manager Podcast coming to your feeds next week.
This season will be our biggest yet. It’s so big, we couldn’t contain our conversations to just the WAN. That’s why the WAN Manager Podcast is now: TeleGeography Explains the Internet.
New name. More content. Same great show. See you next week.