AvidThink’s founder and principal, Roy Chua, discusses enterprise challenges in wide area connectivity and security. To simplify operations, many turn to Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) leveraging secure access service edge (SASE) and security service edge (SSE). How does NaaS, reinforced by SASE and SSE, improve agility, reduce costs, and prioritize core business functions?

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In this Executives at the Edge episode, host Pascal Menezes explores these topics and more with Roy Chua of AvidThink:

• What remote connectivity challenges do enterprises face?
  
  
• How has the definition of connectivity evolved to include security?
  
  
• What are SASE and SSE, and how are they replacing traditional security options?
  
  
• Why is NaaS appealing to enterprises?
  
  
• What are the different NaaS business models?
  

About Our Guest

Roy Chua, Founder and Principal, AvidThink

Roy Chua is a principal at AvidThink, an independent research and advisory service focused on infrastructure technologies. Roy is a frequent speaker at telecom and cloud conferences, and AvidThink has been quoted by and featured in major publications including the WSJ, Fierce Telecom, Fierce Wireless, The New Stack, and Light Reading. Roy was also a co-founder at SDxCentral, a technology publication.

He previously worked as a management consultant for Fortune 500 and startup companies, specializing in go-to-market and product strategy. Roy is a graduate of UC Berkeley’s electrical engineering and computer science program and MIT’s Sloan School of Business. With over 20 years of experience in telecom and enterprise computing, networking, and security, he has also founded several Silicon Valley startups.

Executives at the Edge podcast is brought to you by MEF, an industry association of 200 service, technology, and cloud providers who together accelerate enterprise digital transformation.

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