Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 23 | Page 36

TALKING BUSINESS Autonomous networks of the future set to be ‘self driving’ Paying for equipment to sit idle is no-one’s idea of good practice but this is what some network providers are currently faced with should they be experiencing an inefficient network. The good news is, as Ravi Mali of Ciena tells us, the network of the future will be easier to run and more responsive to customer needs. 36 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com