It’s pretty clear that we’re moving to a world where managed services and as-a-service begin to merge. This calls for an entirely new customer engagement model, one that revolves around partnerships.

Cisco’s 2022 Global Networking Trends Report explores recent research on how IT leaders and network professionals are thinking about network-as-a-service models.

Network as a Service (NaaS) is an emerging model for on-demand consumption of networking delivered as a service. NaaS is different than a traditional managed service, and it entails much more than just moving to an Opex financial model. Network as a Service (NaaS) is an emerging model for on-demand consumption of networking delivered as a service. NaaS is different than a traditional managed service, and it entails much more than just moving to an Opex financial model.

Cisco+ — our new brand for cross-architecture solutions that are designed to be delivered as-a-service — will provide unified subscriptions that are simple to use, deliver predictable outcomes, and provide intelligence from AI-driven insights and automation to drive performance and cost optimization.

Here at Cisco, we're focused on improving the end-to-end engagement model for how provider partners build, sell and scale their managed services based on Cisco’s industry-leading technology, and on accelerating Cisco’s delivery of as-a-service experiences.

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