Executives at the Edge

Executives at the Edge


Automation and Standard APIs: The Key to Network Transformation

June 15, 2023

Amartus’ Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Michael Kearns, discusses how multinationals and large enterprises increasingly want to connect to multiple providers around the globe to achieve the best possible networking options, performance, and reliability. How can managed service providers (MSPs) help enterprises access and manage these complex networks?



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In this Executives at the Edge episode, host Pascal Menezes explores these topics and more with Michael Kearns of Amartus:



  • How can service providers adapt to address the significant changes in enterprise networking requirements? 

  • What impact are new technologies such as SD-WAN, SASE, fixed wireless, satellite and multi-cloud networking having on enterprise networking?

  • Given all these changes what will the future enterprise cloud network look like?

  • What does this mean in terms of network automation and adoption of standardized APIs and processes between providers and between a provider and its enterprise customers? 


About Our Guest

Michael Kearns, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Amartus


Entrepreneur, expert and strategic advisor in Network & Cloud Automation and Intelligent business and operations software systems. Michael is Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Amartus. He was CEO from 2003 to 2015, during this time he led the company from start-up to becoming a leading industry innovator.

In 2015 he oversaw the successful exit of the company’s Chameleon OS™ orchestration product business to a Tier 1 vendor. Michael’s experience combines deep commercial & technical expertise with active involvement in industry groups & standards to deliver ground-breaking solutions. He was appointed as co-chair of the MEF LSO Committee in 2020.

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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