Unleash Endless Possibilities with Network as a Service (NaaS)
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Navigating the Digital Frontier: Exploring Network as a Service (NaaS)
Network as a Service (NaaS) is a delivery model that provides organisations access to network resources and services over the internet. Rather than having to build, manage, and maintain their network infrastructure, organisations can subscribe to NaaS and provide network services as an outsourced services.
With NaaS, organisations can enjoy the benefits of a highly available and scalable network without worrying about the technical complexity and cost of managing their network. NaaS can be delivered through a variety of models, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), or Software as a Service (SaaS).
The network services provided through NaaS can include features such as network security, network performance optimisation, network monitoring, and network management. With NaaS, organisations can benefit from improved flexibility and scalability, allowing them to respond quickly to business requirements and demand changes.
In summary, NaaS provides organisations with a cost-effective and convenient solution for accessing network services, freeing them to focus on their core business activities and objectives.
What is NaaS?
Network as a Service (NaaS) is a cloud-based service model that allows businesses to outsource the management and provisioning of network infrastructure, such as routers, switches, and firewalls, to third-party service providers. NaaS offers a flexible and scalable approach to networking, providing organizations with on-demand access to network resources and services without the need for significant upfront investments in hardware or infrastructure. With NaaS, businesses can easily deploy, monitor, and manage their networks through a centralized dashboard, enabling greater agility, efficiency, and cost savings.
Are you tired of managing and maintaining your network infrastructure? Do you want to focus on your core business activities instead of worrying about networking technicalities? Then, network as a Service (NaaS) might be just what you need.
NaaS is a delivery model that provides organisations access to network resources and services over the Internet. By subscribing to NaaS, organisations can offer network services as outsourced services without worrying about the technical complexity and cost of managing their network.
NaaS provides organisations with a cost-effective and convenient solution for accessing network services, freeing them to focus on their core business activities and objectives. The network services provided through NaaS can include features such as network security, network performance optimisation, network monitoring, and network management. With NaaS, organisations can also benefit from improved flexibility and scalability, allowing them to respond quickly to business requirements and demands.
Access to flexible and scalable network solutions is crucial in today’s fast-paced and constantly evolving business landscape. NaaS can provide organisations with just that, giving them the ability to adapt and respond to the changing demands of their business without having to worry about the technicalities of network management.
So why not expand your options with NaaS? Give yourself the freedom to focus on what matters: growing your business and achieving your goals. The power of Networking is just a click away.
Some interesting facts and statistics about Networks as a Service (NaaS):
- Adoption is growing: According to a report by MarketsandMarkets, the global NaaS market is expected to grow from USD 12.2 billion in 2018 to USD 36.7 billion by 2023, at a CAGR of 24.2% during the forecast period.
- Cost-effective: NaaS can provide organisations with cost savings compared to managing their network infrastructure, as they don’t have to invest in hardware, Software, and personnel to manage the network.
- Improved performance: With NaaS, organisations can benefit from improved network performance and optimisation, as experienced network specialists manage network services.
- Increased security: NaaS can provide organisations with increased security, as experts manage network security with the resources and expertise to provide the best possible security solutions.
- Increased flexibility: NaaS provides organisations with increased flexibility and scalability, allowing them to respond quickly to changes in business requirements and demands.
- Cloud integration: NaaS is often integrated with cloud services, allowing organisations to take advantage of cloud-based applications and services, such as Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS).
- Global market: NaaS is a worldwide market with service providers and customers in different regions and countries.
- Growing demand: NaaS is increasing as organisations look for cost-effective and flexible network solutions to support their business requirements and goals.
‘Simplifying Networking: Get a Ready Network Infrastructure with NaaS’
We got used to several acronyms and jargon in our line of work. However, not everyone is familiar with these terminologies, what exactly they mean, and how they apply to your current information technology and network infrastructure.
We will take a step back and explain the most common in the Data Networks environment.
Network as a Service (NaaS)
Network as a service (NaaS) describes services for network transport connectivity. NaaS involves the optimisation of resource allocations by considering network and computing resources as a unified whole.
Why you should consider Networking as a Service
Network as a service can afford companies greater flexibility and even performance gains in their network infrastructure. But planning and careful testing are essential.
As companies strive to run IT more efficiently, they are looking for ways to operate and manage their networks—new business models like network as a service promise efficiency through an on-demand provisioning model.
With on-demand purchasing, companies can be more cost-conscious and pay only for the networking services they need. Network as a service (PaaS) can also help companies that want greater flexibility in provisioning without rearchitecting networks or redoing contracts from the ground up.
However, companies need to be cautious about how they use NaaS. For example, outsourcing some aspects of network infrastructure can mean less direct control over your network. On the other hand, experts indicate that migrating networks can bring substantial benefits in ease of management and increased network availability and reliability.
“NaaS offers ROI [return on investment], enabling customers to trade Capex for Opex and refocus person-hours on other priorities,” said John Burke, research leader at Nemertes Research in Mokena, Ill.
Benefits of migrating networks to the cloud using NaaS
Network as a service enables companies to use their network with greater flexibility and dynamism, adjusting to application and service needs as they emerge. “NaaS gives the business the agility to quickly start a branch at location X, with the provider shipping a thin client so you can get on the WAN [wide area network] instantly while experiencing fewer network outages over the life of the service,” Burke said.
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Challenges of migrating networks to the cloud
The challenges of migrating networks to the cloud include the tradeoffs associated with other kinds of outsourcing, such as ceding too much control of network assets. “You need to develop a relationship with the NaaS provider’s technical support organisation and optimise your interactions to get the service you want, despite having less control over how they deliver it,” Burke said.
The migration process can also pose challenges. For example, running NaaS in parallel with existing Networking for each site is difficult. “You need to set expectations for yourselves, your employees, and anyone using the network during the transition, as there can be hiccups in services for performance or availability,” Burke said. “Those hiccups should be limited to the site you are migrating to.”
While NaaS has been touted as a cost-saver, the reality is that few cost savings come from migration. “In many cases, and will have a higher cost than doing it yourself,” Burke said. “But when you factor in labour cost on the staff side, NaaS can be cost-neutral or provide some savings. Generally, companies aren’t looking for cost savings but ample IT and business benefits.
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is an online service that provides high-level APIs used to dereference various low-level details of underlying network infrastructure like physical computing resources, location, data partitioning, scaling, security, backup etc. A hypervisor runs the virtual machines as guests, such as Xen, Oracle VirtualBox, Oracle VM, KVM, VMware ESX/ESXi, or Hyper-V, LXD. Pools of hypervisors within the cloud operational system can support large numbers of virtual machines and the ability to scale services up and down according to customers’ varying requirements.
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Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Platform as a service (PaaS) or application platform as a service (PaaS), or platform-based service is a category of cloud computing services that provides a platform allowing customers to develop, run, and manage applications without the complexity of building and maintaining the Infrastructure typically associated with developing and launching an app.
Communication as a Service (CaaS)
Communications as a Service (CaaS) is an outsourced enterprise communications solution that can be leased from a single vendor. Such communications can include voice over IP (VoIP or Internet telephony), Instant Messaging (IM), Collaboration, and video Conference Applications using fixed and mobile devices. CaaS has evolved along the same lines as Software as a Service (SaaS).
The CaaS vendor is responsible for all hardware and software management and offers guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS). CaaS allows businesses to selectively deploy communications devices and modes on a pay-as-you-go, as-needed basis. This approach eliminates the significant capital investment and ongoing overhead for a system whose capacity often exceeds or falls short of current demand.
CaaS offers flexibility and expandability that small and medium-sized businesses might not otherwise afford, allowing for adding devices, modes or coverage on demand. The network capacity and feature set can be changed daily if necessary so that functionality keeps pace with demand and resources are not wasted. There is no risk of the system becoming obsolete and requiring periodic significant upgrades or replacements.
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Software as a service (SaaS) (also known as subscriber or redware) is a software licensing and delivery model in which Software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted. It is sometimes referred to as “on-demand software” and was formerly referred to as “software plus services” by Microsoft.
SaaS applications are also known as Web-based, on-demand, and hosted Software. The term “software as a service” (SaaS) is considered to be part of the nomenclature of cloud computing, along with Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), desktop as a service (DaaS), managed Software as a service (MSaaS), mobile backend as a service (MBaaS), Data Center as a service (DCaaS), and information technology management as a service (ITMaaS).
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‘With Network as a Service, organizations can break free from the constraints of traditional networking models and embrace a more flexible and scalable approach that aligns with the demands of today’s digital economy.’
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