Light Reading Podcasts

Arelion's Mattias Fridström joins the podcast to discuss why disaggregation in service provider networks is necessary and 'good in our industry,' but also 'keeps everyone on their toes and keeps the operators buying the latest and greatest gear.'

This episode features Bill Long, chief product officer at Zayo. We discuss where and why Zayo is building middle mile infrastructure, the status of their projects, how the company is collaborating with local ISPs in the lead up to BEAD funding – and more.

Light Reading's Phil Harvey, Tereza Krasova and Kelsey Ziser join the podcast to discuss tech trends they identified among finalists in the 2023 Leading Lights Awards, from industry MVPs, advances in disaggregated networks, momentum in R&D and more.

Light Reading's Iain Morris and Nicole Ferraro discuss tech trends they identified while selecting finalists for the 2023 Leading Lights Awards, from AI and ML for network analytics, to new tech addressing the digital divide – and more.

LAS VEGAS – VMware Explore – Sanjay Uppal, SVP and GM of service provider & edge business for VMware, joins the podcast to discuss how the company's customers are deploying secure access service edge (SASE) and software-defined wide area networks (SD-WAN).

Light Reading's Mike Dano and Jeff Baumgartner join the podcast to discuss tech trends they discovered while selecting finalists for the 2023 Leading Lights Awards.

LAS VEGAS – VMware Explore – Abe Ankumah, VP GM of SASE for VMware, joined the podcast to discuss how the company's new Edge Cloud Orchestrator is assisting enterprises in managing cloud workloads at the edge.

This episode features Donna Gambrell, president and CEO of Appalachian Community Capital (ACC), and Brian Vo, chief investment officer at Connect Humanity. We discuss the state of the digital divide throughout Appalachia, one of the least-connected regions in the US.

Light Reading's Mike Dano joined the podcast to discuss why cable MVNOs are performing better than expected and what this means for wireless provider competitors such as T-Mobile.