Microland Triple-T: The Critical Essence of NaaS
It’s clear that over the next few years, Managed Network Services will give way to Network as a Service…but what does NaaS really look like? In this short 10-min presentation, Bob Wysocki of Microland will provide pragmatic guidance on how enterprises should be thinking about adopting a NaaS service offering from the perspective of:
* Technique: What are the foundational requirements an enterprise should have of NaaS?
* Technology: What aspects of technology are truly differentiating that enable the benefits of NaaS?
* Tools: What types of capabilities are required to fuel a NaaS offering
Robert (Bob) Wysocki is the Client Solutions Leader for IT Networks and Cybersecurity. His
responsibilities include driving innovation, incubating emerging technologies, and enabling
customers to deploy key digital technologies for rapid business and operational transformation.
Bob is a seasoned IT evangelist with over 30 years of industry experience, gained at Fortune 20 as
well as start-up organizations. During his 16 years at General Electric (GE), as an executive in
Corporate Shared Services IT, he drove strong business results in numerous disciplines of
procurement, product management, engineering, operations, and financial management. Bob led
the initial services definition of infrastructure for GE’s Predix Cloud platform and most recently
played a key role in executing GE’s transformation of Edge Networking to enable their cloud-first
strategy. Before GE, he also led technology and engineering leadership roles at Pilot Network
Services and AT&T, architecting solutions with the commercial value of $1 Billion. A recognized
industry leader, Bob most recently co-chaired the ONUG Hybrid Cloud Working Group for which
he received an award at ONUG Fall 2017 for leading the engagement of Cloud Services and
Container Orchestration Providers to embrace enterprise IT requirements of their services.
Bob graduated from Georgia Tech and holds a Masters in Computer Engineering from the
University of Central Florida.
