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MEF President Nan Chen describes how new work to standardize end-to-end networking slices/services – with performance objectives – will help service providers provide a high-quality end user experience and better monetize 5G. Read More
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We chatted with Jacqueline Teo of HGC Global Communications, and John Nolan of AT&T, to discuss their experiences integrating MEF 3.0 LSO Sonata APIs to enable seamless ordering of network services. Read More
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MEF's latest SD-WAN and SASE Frequently Asked Questions answered! The latest perspectives from MEF that shed light on a host of new initiatives that will benefit service end-users, service providers, and technology suppliers. Read More
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How SD-WAN and SASE together protect your information when users are working remotely, giving you the same information security protection you have always built your business to rely on. Read More
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Our president highlights major strides MEF members have made over the last year in driving development of a global federation of network, cloud, and technology providers supporting dynamic, assured, and certified services that power enterprise digital transformation. Read More
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How SASE ties together SD-WAN, network security, and the Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) network edge delivered in a cloud-centric offering, to become one of the hottest topics in the industry. Read More
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In June 2020, MEF announced that eight leading service providers were on track to deploy MEF 3.0 LSO Sonata APIs to automate ordering MEF 3.0 Carrier Ethernet Access E-Line services. We interviewed PCCW Global to discuss their experience implementing LSO Sonata and expectations going forward. Read More
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How MEF’s LSO federation paradigm for orchestrating services spanning multiple operator domains helps to create a much-needed portal of visibility into the performance of a Carrier Ethernet service in the sections running over wholesale partners’ networks. Read More
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Fortinet, TCTS, and Spirent join together to demonstrate the use case of secure Local Internet Breakout connecting to O365 and Azure from branch offices. The resulting MEF 3.0 PoC (115) will be of great interest to service providers that want to offer advanced managed SD-WAN services based on MEF 70 to enterprise customers using cloud services from branches with Internet access. Read More
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Service providers throughout the world are ready to implement the newly standardized MEF 3.0 LSO Sonata APIs to automate the manual processes required for inter-provider business connections and, ultimately, create ‘frictionless commerce’ across all market players. Read More