Islamabad
\nDuring the \u2018Network-as-a-Service Forum\u2019 held recently at Atlantis Hotel, Dubai, Huawei announced its latest & innovative Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) offering for the Middle East region, powering enterprises across different industries to build a strong foundation for digital transformation.
\nThese new-generation services will enable enterprise businesses from government, education, healthcare, retail, banking, manufacturing industries and other SMEs to keep pace with innovation, meet rapidly changing business needs and optimize network performance and user experiences through a cloud-like subscription model.
\nEnterprise NaaS models allow enterprises to outsource provisioning, deployment, ongoing management, and decommissioning and end of life for their enterprise networks.
\nThe advantages of enterprise NaaS models include faster access to new technology, simplification of network deployment and management, and improved refresh cycles for enterprises to dynamically scale network components as needed.
\nIDC predicts the enterprise NaaS market will mature rapidly in 2022 and beyond, growing to become a prominent way that enterprises procure, operate, and manage their networks. Close collaboration of technology vendors with their carrier\/MSP partners is essential to leverage new growth opportunities fuelled by digitalization.
\nLen Padilla, Senior Research Director at IDC spoke at the event and said, \u201cHuawei have clearly understood the enterprise demand for Network-as-a-Service (NaaS). In order to meet that demand they are investing in systems and enablement for their network operator partners, equipping them to address the requirements of current and future clients.\u201d
\nUsing Huawei\u2019s NaaS offering built on the CloudCampus MSP platform, carrier\/MSP partners can provide a depth of services to enterprise customers. CloudCampus MSP combines AIOps and a unified infrastructure for wired, wireless and SD-WAN management, providing MSPs a single platform to manage all customers in their environment.
\nWith best-of-breed network hardware, a comprehensive set of APIs, and integration with hundreds of smart solutions offered by Huawei\u2019s technology partners, the CloudCampus MSP platform enables partners to quickly build and deliver a wide variety of managed service offerings that meet their customers\u2019 specific needs.
\n\u201cDigital transformation requires a network that features integrated security, scalable advanced routing, full visibility into network traffic and sophisticated analytics.
\nEnterprises today need the flexibility and security of cloud as well as the agility and ability to scale up infrastructure as per customer demand – and all of this in a cost effective, simple yet comprehensive manner.
\nThis is where Huawei\u2019s NaaS solution comes in – it is built with the focus on business agility & continuity, security & compliance resulting in achieving greater efficiencies & optimization for our customers,\u201d said David Shi, President, Huawei Enterprise Business Group, Middle East.
\nZarrar Hasham Khan, Group Chief Business Solutions Officer, PTCL & Ufone, spoke at the event about \u201chow carriers are transforming from being a pure-play connectivity provider to an end-to-end solutions provider.
\nPTCL is launching a series of smart solutions for digital transformation across various industry verticals in Pakistan, such as workplaces, banks, educational institutes & healthcare.
\nFurthermore, he shared the experience of PTCL\u2019s Smart HealthSuite solution as an example, that integrates several technologies like Fiber-to-the-Room, Wi-Fi 6, IoT asset tracking and patient medical record management, to deliver a single medical center solution for better experience and high reliability.
\nIn the future, these smart solutions will offer a one-stop shop, pay as you grow & cost-effective services model to help businesses contribute effectively to the digital vision of Pakistan.\u201d
\nDuring the forum, Ooredoo Business and Huawei signed an MoU to launch a new generation of cloud-optimized managed network services in Kuwait called \u201cCloud Connect\u201d to improve business performance & enable them to establish secured high-speed connections.
\nThrough this partnership, Ooredoo Business will be able to deliver SD-LAN and SD-WAN managed services to their customers by leveraging leading technologies such as 5G, Wi-Fi 6, AI, SD-WAN, Passive Optical LAN (POL) from Huawei.
\nThese services deliver a variety of benefits, including a single management platform, technical consulting resources and advanced service delivery. Through this offering, customers would be able to focus on their core business without worrying about network complexity.
\n\u201cLast year, we officially launched the Cloud Managed Network service strategy with our partners.
\nNow we strengthen the approach to support our partners to take this business to new heights, with intelligent upgrades and comprehensive solutions.
\nWe believe, with the support and collaboration from our partners, together we can help our customers go digital successfully and accelerate industry digital transformation.\u201d added David Shi.
\nThe Huawei Network-as-a-Service Forum was held recently at Atlantis, the Palm in Dubai, as part of the Huawei Network Carnival & Partner Summit 2022, the company\u2019s annual regional flagship event dedicated to the IP networking industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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